Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design [Hardcover]

Barbara A. Nadel (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071411712 | ISBN-13: 978-0071411714 | Publication Date: April 9, 2004 | Edition: 1

Whether planning for new construction, renovations, or security upgrades of existing facilities, Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design is the definitive twenty-first century reference on security design, technology, building operations, and disaster planning.

Award-winning architect and author Barbara A. Nadel, FAIA, and over 50 national experts provide security design solutions for creating safe commercial, institutional, industrial, and residential buildings in the post-September 11, 2001, environment. Generously illustrated with 600 photos, drawings, tables, and checklists. (20040622)

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Excerpts from article by Shelly Whitehead
A Farewell to Mayberry
Enhancing building security was top priority for new Boone facility

Kevlar walls. Blast windows. Blow rooms. In a post-9-11 world, designing secure buildings to protect and serve those sworn to protect and serve has gotten very complicated and costly. ….Security actually begins outside the building, where cameras record who enters what door and at what time, while a gated parking area ensures that only authorized employees' cars park in the walled lot adjoining the building. Such perimeter security considerations are primary in the minds of architects when designing critical infrastructure buildings like police departments.

"Every law enforcement agency is concerned about threats and being a target," said Barbara A. Nadel, a New York City-based fellow of the American Institute of Architects who this week publishes her voluminous reference book, "Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design." "So if you go from the baseline that a police station is a target," she asked, "what do you do from there?" Ideally, she said, such buildings should have a setback from the road of 50 feet or more. "Then they have to take a look at access roads and -- how traffic and circulation goes toward a building."

..predicament for many law enforcement agencies struggling to build or renovate more secure quarters: They must create a facility which balances the need for a receptive, citizen-friendly environment with the demand for a facility that is hardened against the violent and criminal forces that might stymie their efforts to protect and serve.

In fact, the predicament is so pervasive today Nadel said it's spawned a whole new architectural subheading called "transparent security." In essence, this means building safeguards into a structure through unobtrusive and sometimes invisible features. "Everybody is concerned about this because they don't want to build fortresses. So what a lot of us are trying to do is to encourage transparent security. It is invisible to the public eye, but it's there," Nadel said. "It's things like setbacks, laminated glass, blast windows. -- Then on the mechanical engineering side -- there are subtle things like moving air supply vents several stories higher -- where somebody can't throw some substance into it and affect everybody inside."

As with Kentucky's police accreditation program, Nadel's book draws its recommendations for the future from the lessons learned through past tragedies, as interpreted by more than 50 multidisciplinary national experts. She says that, for all their collective horror, events like the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and 2001 terrorist attacks spoke volumes to law enforcement and other emergency responders about protecting themselves so that they might protect everyone else during mass tragedies. ... (The Kentucky Post )

From the Back Cover

Whether planning for new construction, renovations, or security upgrades of existing facilities, Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design is the definitive twenty-first century reference on security design, technology, building operations, and disaster planning. Award-winning architect and author Barbara A. Nadel, FAIA provides security design solutions for creating safe commercial, institutional, industrial, and residential buildings in the post-September 11, 2001, environment. Generously illustrated with 600 photos, drawings, tables, and checklists, this comprehensive compendium addresses protection from terrorism, natural disasters, chemical and biological agents, crime, and workplace violence, along with thorough, detailed coverage of:
* Lessons learned from benchmark events
* Planning and design of over 20 building types
* Historic preservation security guidelines
* Home and business disaster planning, response, and recovery
* Emergency management and facility procedures
* Protective structural design
* Mechanical, electrical, and fire protection design
* Chemical and biological protection
* Construction site emergency response guidelines
* Technology and security design
* Codes, standards, and security guidelines
* Liability exposure after September 11, 2001

This essential volume is the single-source reference for architects, engineers, planners, building owners, facility managers, construction and real estate professionals, public officials, safety specialists, educators, and students seeking to create safe, secure, and well-designed environments. Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design received the 2003 Milka Bliznakov Prize Commendation from the International Archive of Women in Architecture.

Book Description:
* Illustrates how to assess and respond to threats from terrorism, natural disasters, emergencies, chemical and biological agents, crime, and workplace safety
* Provides one-stop reference on security planning, design, technology, building operations, disaster response, recovery, and crisis management
* Includes over 50 multidisciplinary contributors from over 30 professional firms, public agencies and nonprofit organizations across the United States

CONTRIBUTOR AFFILIATIONS
AMEC Construction Management Inc.
The Anti-Defamation League
Art Commission of the City of New York
Barbara Nadel Architect
Battelle Memorial Institute
DMJM
Flack + Kurtz Inc.
Fougeron Architecture
Harper Perkins Architects
HLW International LLP
HOK Sport + Venue +Event
International Association of Assembly Managers
KGA Architecture
National Crime Prevention Council
National Multi Housing Council
National Park Service
New York State Department of Correctional Services
New York State Department of Health
Oldcastle Glass
Planned Parenthood
RKK&G Museum & Cultural Facilities Consultants, Inc.
RTKL Associates, Inc.
Sako & Associates, Inc.
Skanska USA Building Inc
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Terrance J. Brown, FAIA
Thomas Blurock Architects
Thomas Phifer & Partners
The Thornton-Tomasetti Group Inc.
U.S. General Services Administration
Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, Inc.
Zetlin & De Chiara LLP

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 672 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (April 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071411712
• ISBN-13: 978-0071411714
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #732,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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131 of 131 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific book for everyone in the post-9/11 world, July 4, 2004

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This review is from: Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design (Hardcover)

This outstanding book is easy to read and useful to everyone who wants to build security into their region, city, community, home, workplace, design and construction projects, and daily routine. Topics are clearly divided into sections and chapters. Sections include achieving transparent security (the opposite of designing fortresses and building bunkers), planning and design of buildings (including commercial, institutional, historic, and religious facilities, schools, health facilities, single and multifamily residential, and many others); engineering, technology, construction, cost estimating, codes and liability concerns. A who's who of experts in the design and construction world, government and nonprofit organizations, along with the author/architect, write about security for many situations and building types.

A series of lessons learned from benchmark events, such as September 11, 2001, the Oklahoma City bombing, Khobar Towers, and major natural disasters, are found throughout the book, reflecting extensive research about what went wrong in the past, and how we can learn from previous mistakes. Rarely has such a comprehensive reference been compiled for the public.

For those concerned about home and business security, there are dozens of handy checklists, charts, and illustrations for disaster planning, emergency response, disaster recovery, and even how to handle public relations and the media when your organization is caught in the middle of a crisis. Homeowners, landlords, families, and those involved in residential design and construction will find information about design and emergency management techniques to minimize damage from fires, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, blackouts, and natural disasters.

Readers will be pleasantly surprised with many impressionist pen and ink architectural drawings illustrating the topics, injecting a creative, artistic touch into serious discussion. Hundreds of checklists, diagrams, top 10 lists, website resources, and photos simplify important concepts and summarize key ideas at a glance. Examples include how to recognize suicide bombers to safety checklists for building personnel dealing with intruders, hostages, suspicious packages and workplace violence.

Not to be missed are the very moving photographs of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon taken on and immediately after September 11, 2001, by those on the scene. They serve as a chilling, yet poignant reminder to readers everywhere why this remarkably comprehensive book is so essential and immensely valuable to everyone concerned with building safety, freedom, democracy, and maintaining a free and open society. Highly recommended, as a must have, must read!

120 of 121 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Attorney at law, November 28, 2004

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This review is from: Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design (Hardcover)

I'll never look at my clients' nursing home facilities the same as I did before I read this handbook! I'm a healthcare attorney, not an architect. There are some chapters that are more applicable to my role with clients than others; nevertheless, I found this book extremely informative and thought provoking. Clearly this book was a labor of love for Ms. Nadel.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Security in a New Light, May 23, 2006

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Michelle L. Pitman "Michelle Pitman" (Omaha, NE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design (Hardcover)

Since 9/11, the security industry has been evolving. The need for standards in the industry is imperative and this book discusses a varity of industries and their standards of care. This book is a great reference for anyone in any industry that is looking for information on security. Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design is a must have.