ISC Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects A Review and Commentary (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Department of State convened a symposium to discuss the apparently conflicting objectives of providing security from terrorist attack while designing public buildings in an open society. The sponsors rejected the notion of rigid, prescriptive design approaches.
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of independent experts, the Committee to Review the Security Design Criteria of the Interagency Security Committee, under the auspices of the NRC Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment. The 11 members of the committee have expertise in architecture, structural engineering, blast-effects mitigation, mechanical and electrical engineering, physical security, site design, risk analysis and management, facility planning and cost engineering, and performance-based building codes.
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Besides commenting on the specific provisions of the ISC Security Design Criteria, the committee also addressed the broader issue of performance-based design, as required by the second task with which it was charged. Performance-based regulatory processes link specific design requirements for a building to broader social, political, or economic goals.
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2001. ISC Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects.
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