Architecture & DesignSelection, Specification and Installation of Safety and Security Barriers and Bollards

Selection, Specification and Installation of Safety and Security Barriers and Bollards

SKU: RV-11380AW
Duration: 1.00 Hr

The use of a vehicle by terrorists to attack crowds is on the rise. In 2016, more people in Europe and the United States were injured or killed by vehicle attacks than by shootings and bombings combined. The Storefront Safety Council notes that commercial buildings are struck 60 times per day, resulting in over 4,000 serious injuries and as many as 500 deaths. The use of bollards and barriers in high security applications is well known. This interactive online course will teach professionals the Why and Where and How of using bollards and barriers to protect people and property, and give design parameters that account for vehicle weights and speeds, approach vectors, penetration levels and more. The course will give numerous examples, will teach about ASTM standards F2656 and F3016 for the testing of bollards and barriers, and discuss recent code changes and legal and other trends as pertaining to providing effective protection and security to the public by specifying the correct product, installed in the correct way, and tested to the correct standard of performance.

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Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:
  • Describe how to specify safety and security bollards and barriers for public and private projects.
  • Identify areas of particular risk of vehicle intrusions at parking lots, retail storefronts, commercial buildings, and public areas.
  • Evaluate ASTM test standards, manufacturer’s claims and installation limitations.
  • Summarize how to limit the possibility of future liability claims by designing to a greater level of safety and by excluding post-construction conditional uses and changes in parking lots, traffic controls, and additional subsequent exterior features or uses.
  • Locate recent additions to codes, ordinances, and trends in local and state jurisdictions.

Specs

Course Level Intermediate
Languages English
Compatibility Audio, WebCast, MobileReady

Robert Reiter

Rob is a twenty year veteran of the security industry and is an expert in perimeter security and preventing vehicle incursions. He is a national expert on how frequently they occur and how to prevent them. He has worked on the protection of embassies, government facilities, public infrastructure projects, stadiums, shopping centers, retail centers and pedestrian malls. Rob serves on ASTM committees working on high speed anti-terrorist barriers as well as low speed pedestrian protective barriers. Rob co-founded the Storefront Safety Council in 2012 to call attention to the 60 accidents per day where a vehicle crashes into a commercial or public building in the United States. He is a member of the Security Industry Association and the American Society of Safety Engineers and is currently Chief Security Consultant to Calpipe Security Bollards and an advisory board member for SPECS / Chain Store Age. Rob has worked to design, test, manufacture, distribute, specify, and ship thousands of bollards, barriers, and pedestrian safety systems which are now protecting people and property on several continents. He is a published author and also frequently appears in articles and on newscasts on the topics of preventing terrorist incidents, the need for increased pedestrian and public safety, and the prevention of criminal or accidental vehicle attacks or incursions where the public works, plays, dines and shops. Rob was motivated to focus on protecting pedestrians from vehicle incursions by the 2003 Santa Monica Farmer's Market tragedy in California in which an 86-year-old driver mowed down dozens of people, killing 10 and injuring 63. Rob is based in Colorado Springs.

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