With this year’s earthquakes in Southern California, Chili, and Mexico, and the the Fukashima earthquake and subsequent tsunami Japan still causing problems 3-years later, earthquake preparedness has – and should be – been on the minds of many. The New York Times recently posted an article and accompanying video discussing past earthquakes and the damage they […]
Arturo Montalva Speaks to ASIS Egypt Cairo Chapter
The ASIS Egypt Cairo Chapter’s first meeting in 2014 had Stone’s own Arturo Montalva present as the guest speaker. Below is a brief summary of the program from the latest ASIS Middle East Dynamics Newsletter. “The Egypt Cairo Chapter held its first meeting of 2014 on March 20 at the newly opened Le Meridien Hotel at […]
Lessons Learned from Power Grid Preparedness Drill
An after-actions report from GridEx II was released on March 12, 2014. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) held its second grid security exercise, GridEx II on November 13th and 14th. That exercise brought together over 2,000 participants from over 234 organizations from groups all across the United States, Canada, and Mexico and was […]
GSA Updates Progressive Collapse Guidelines
The United States General Services Administration (GSA) has officially released a new update to their progressive collapse criteria titled, General Services Administration Alternate Path Analysis & Design Guidelines For Progressive Collapse Resistance, dated October 24, 2013. This document has been modified from previous versions to more effectively address leased as well as owned facilities. Applicability […]
Can you Design a Building to Resist 250 MPH Winds?
This FastCompany article examines the feasibility of designing a structure to resist typhoon force winds. Robust building components, alternate building design, and cost are a few of the items discussed. One of the items discussed is a report written by the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Council that speaks of the benefits of mitigation ($1 spent: $4 savings) […]
Anti Ram Barrier Test Standards
The DoD Anti-Ram Vehicle Barriers list includes vehicle barriers successfully tested in accordance with ASTM F2656, Standard Test Method for Vehicle Crash Testing of Perimeter Barriers or U.S. Department of State (DoS) SD-STD-02.01, Vehicle Crash Testing of Perimeter Barriers and Gates. Barriers on this list have been tested by certified testing facilities or laboratories and reports have been […]