People and property are at risk from a potential terrorist attack or other malevolent act, as well as natural hazards such as high winds and earthquakes.

Burns & McDonnell multidisciplinary planning, engineering, construction and evaluation of defensive measures intended to deter, resist or mitigate these undesirable events.

Typical Structural Security Needs of Clients, by Type

• Government
  • Vehicle barriers and entry control
  • Building integrity
  • Blast effects analysis and design
  • Ballistics and forced entry hardening
  • Secure spaces (vaults, SCIFs)
• Utility
  • Control center strucutral integrity
  • Substation or transformer hardening
  • Transmission tower structural improvements
  • Vehicle barriers and entry control
  • Blast effects analysis and design
• Transportation
• Bridge stability
• Terminal building integrity
• Explosives detection (EDS)
• Blast effects analysis and design
• Ballistics and forced entry hardening
• Industrial
• Vehicle barriers and entry control
• Control building integrity
• Blast effects analysis and design
• Ballistics and forced entry hardening