NEW UFC 4-010-01 DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings

The DoD has released a new UFC 4-010-01, dated February 9, 2012. Whenever there is a new version of this UFC, the industry experiences growing pains as they become familiar with the changes and nuances in the new document, and there are quite a few changes in this new version.    However, we see wanted to highlight two updates as being the ones that will have the most far-reaching effects or will cause/remove the most confusion in this time of transition between versions.  These are:

• Clarifications in the levels of protection, applicability and exceptions of the requirements.
• Significant changes in standoff distances.

Clarifications:

The standards in the UFC 4-010-01 are applicable to all DoD components, all DoD inhabited buildings, billeting, and high occupancy family housing, and all DoD expeditionary structures. The updated document includes needed clarification on the applicability of these standards. For example:

• Mandatory for all new construction (regardless of funding source) with the following caveats:
  • Projects programmed or designed under previous standards if design has proceeded past 35% completion (design-bid-build projects) or if the project has progressed past the RFP phase for Design-Build projects.
  • Projects funded by host-nation agreements upon completion of negotiations with the foreign government.
• Non-DoD Tenant Buildings on DoD Installations – are to comply with the new document.
• Enhanced Use Leases  – if facilities associated with Enhanced Use Leases are completely outside the installation controlled perimeters and where access to those facilities does not require access from within the controlled perimeter – the facilities are exempt (unless they meet the DoD occupancy limits)
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NEWS UPDATE – January 6, 2012: Suicide Bomber Strikes Syrian Capital

Date:                     January 6, 2012

Location:               Damascus, Syria

Event:                     Suicide Bomber

Fatalities:               26 (As of January 6^nd)

Injured:                  63 (As of January 6^nd)

Summary:

On Friday, a suicide bomber attacked a bus at a traffic light in the al-Midan quarter of Damascus.  The blast killed 26 and injured at least 63.  The area is densely populated and traffic was heavy at the time of the blast.  There were also mass anti-government protests occurring today in the area.

Source

CNN

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Upcoming Conference: ASIS International 2011, Orlando Florida

It is hard to believe that an entire year has passed, but ’tis true, that time of year has rolled around again. ASIS International will be holding their next (the 57^th!) Annual Seminar and Exhibits on September 19 – 22, in Orlando, Florida.   Stone Security Engineering is looking forward to attending this conference, both to share information with the security community and to learn from other security professionals. We are pleased to announce that Hollice Stone will again be presenting. This year, the topic will be Security Engineering In High Threat Environments in a session on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 11:00 AM.   Please come by to say hello and to share in the discussion.

Stone Quoted in SecurityInfoWatch.com Article

Check out this recent article from Joel Griffin of SecurityInfoWatch.com: 6 Tips for Hardening Buildings Against Explosions.