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... The vehicle bomb employing conventional explosives still appears to be the most serious bomb threat confronting federal buildings. Given the large number of buildings potentially vulnerable to terrorist attack, it is imperative that their planning and design be sound, particularly when the magnitude of risk will vary widely depending on each facility's mission and location.
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... ISC Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects (ISC, 2001~. The criteria apply to new construction or major renovation of those office buildings and courthouses occupied by federal employees in the United States that are not under the jurisdiction or control of the Department of Defense, which has its own criteria.
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... The following recommendations address issues that the committee believes should receive the immediate attention of the ISC; unless these first recommendations are implemented promptly, the ISC Security Design Criteria will probably continue to be underused and often misinterpreted by users who do not have a strong background in blast or security analysis. Additional recommendations are presented in Chapter 4, but the committee does not view them as having similar urgency.
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... 7. The ISC Security Design Criteria be expanded to include basic information on how blasts affect buildings and people, as a technical basis for the protective strategies incorporated in the document (for suggested content, see Chapter 3 below)
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