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Stone Security Engineering (Stone) provides a comprehensive program of safety and security engineering assessment and design training courses for our clients. We believe in the adage that knowledge is power and we are therefore devoted to sharing information and creating an informed consumeIMG_3840r base.
Stone Security Engineering presents safety and security engineering, blast effects, design mitigation,  blast effects awareness for first responders, training classes for commercial, government or industrial owners, contractors, oversight agencies, vendors, engineering community, and first responders. Our standard class offerings are listed below.  Classes can be  provided at our offices or client facilites. Classes can also be customized to meet the goals and knowledge base of attendees and can vary from one-hour to multi-day sessions, depending on the curriculum.

 

Upcoming Course:  Protection In High Threat Environments:  Demonstration Course

Blast and Extreme Loading Training Programs:  Stone provides a range of blast and extreme loading resistance training courses, applicable to all industries that need to address safety and/or security design requirements. This includes commercial, government or industrial owners, contractors, oversight agencies, vendors, engineering community, and first responders. Our standard list of training offering for blast and extreme loading resistance is listed below as follows:

  • Blast Resistance by Design: This comprehensive 4.5-day course is designed to provide owners, and design and construction professionals an overall knowledge of blast effects, blast resistant design guidelines and criteria, blast resistant products, the overall process of implementing blast resistant design, and how blast resistant design impacts new and retrofit design projects. The course provides in-depth discussion of blast resistant design. Topics include analytic tools and approaches for different materials and structural systems, blast load calculation from accidental explosions, door and window testing and analysis, risk based vs consequence design, and innovative retrofit materials. Design examples will be provided throughout the course.
  • Protection in High Threat Environments:  This 3-day course is designed to provide professionals who work in high threat environments an overall knowledge of blast effects on structures and people, the strengths and vulnerabilities in traditional building construction, types and pros and cons of retrofits that are available, an explanation of what a blast (or multi-hazard) vulnerability assessment is (and is not), steps to be taken to provide protection to your people and structures, and myth-busting of frequently misunderstood concepts.
  • Introduction to Blast Design of Glazing and Door Systems: This is a 2.5 day course designed to provide vendors and design and construction professionals an overall knowledge of the various blast resistant design guidelines and criteria for glazing and door systems, the overall process of implementing blast resistant design criteria for glazing and doors into a project and an overview of industry-accepted door and window blast testing and dynamic analysis methodologies. Design examples will be provided throughout the course.
  • Introduction to Blast Design of Precast Concrete Systems: This is a 2.5 day course designed to provide vendors, design and construction professionals an overall knowledge of blast resistant design guidelines and criteria for reinforced and pre-stressed concrete members, the overall process of implementing blast resistant design criteria for precast systems to a project and an overview of precast design considerations for connections and embeds when designing for blast. Design examples will be provided throughout the course.
  • Introduction to Progressive Collapse Mitigation Design: This 3-day course designed to provide design and construction professionals an overall knowledge of progressive collapse mitigation design requirements provided in the GSA and DoD criteria, the overall process of implementing progressive collapse mitigation design criteria to a project and an overview of industry-accepted analysis procedures and methodologies. Design examples will be provided throughout the course incorporating alternative path method, tie force method and enhanced local resistance requirements.
  • Blast 101 For Security Professionals: This 1-day course is a primer on blast resistant design, which is intended to provide security professionals an overview of blast effects, the impacts of blast resistant design requirements on building construction and costs, and conventional and innovative types of retrofits available for existing buildings.   After taking this course, attendees will have a solid understanding of the basics of blast resistant design and will be better able to provide input and recommendations related to security design requirements.
  • Blast 101 For Architects: This 1-day course is similar to Blast 101 for Security Professionals, but focuses more on issues that affect the architectural design of buildings. The course an overview of blast effects, the impacts of blast resistant design requirements on building construction and costs, and conventional and innovative types of retrofits available for existing buildings.   Emphasis will be placed on impacts to facades, site layout, programmatic space allocations, and lobby area design for commercial buildings.   Additional topics will be discussed based on attendee areas of interest.
  • Physical Security (Blast, Ballistics, Forced-Entry, Anti-ram) Basics for Developers, Contractors and Design-Builders: This 1.5-day course has been developed specifically for construction professionals.   When a project includes physical security requirements, a whole new field of coordination, sub-contractors, and vendors – and possibly headaches – are involved. This course is intended to give construction professionals a heads up with respect to what to expect from a project with these types of requirements.   Discussions will include guidelines and criteria, what to look for in specifications, how to find experienced sub-contractors and vendors, the required interactions between the different trades, and the impacts of the different types of criteria.     After taking this course, attendees may not know everything about physical security requirements, but they will have a robust tool-box of resources and knowledge that will allow them to tackle these complex projects.

First Responder Training Programs

  • Bombs and Buildings – What First Responders Need to Know:  This 2-day course has been developed to inform first responders about the effects of blasts on different types of buildings, the types of hazard and damage to expect from these events, the probable types of injuries that may be found after an explosion, and what impacts the latest protective design requirements for buildings may have on their normal operations.
  • Firefighter Forcible Entry Through Blast, Ballistic, and Hurricane Resistant Windows:  This 1-day course introduces first responders to the new-world of safety and security windows.   As our built environment has begun to catch up with the latest hazards and threats facing (explosions, ballistics attacks, greater frequency of hurricanes), the windows that we put in our buildings have become tougher and harder to get through. Whether it be for access, ventilation, or emergency egress – forcible entry through these new windows is different than it was before.   This class introduces the students to the new types of windows, where they can be expected to be found, and techniques that have been developed to more effectively gain access through them.   An additional day can be added to the course for hands-on demonstrations.

For more information email Training@StoneSecurityEngineering.com or call Khaled El-Domiaty at  +1(703) 682-6872 or Hollice Stone at +1(646) 649-3169.