Security : Structural Engineering and Blast Design For more information, contact security@wai.com. Filter Projects By Security Type View All Security Types View Structural Engineering and Blast Design View Blast Design - New Construction View Blast Design - Retrofit and Renovation View Vulnerability Assessment 2012   American Institute in Taiwan - New Office Compound Taipei, Taiwan Department of State, OBO Moore Ruble Yudell Structural and blast engineering for new office complex. Challenging site. 2010   New U.S. Federal Courthouse - Buffalo Buffalo, New York General Services Administration (GSA) Kohn Pedersen Fox Structural and blast engineering for new federal courthouse with semi-elliptical shape, in Joseph Ellicott Historic District. 2009   Patriots Plaza Office Complex (Square 537) Washington, DC Trammel Crow Company Gensler Architects Structural and blast engineering for 3 new office buildings with underground parking garage. First building completed in 2005; others scheduled for construction. 2008   FBI Manassas (Innovation NVRA Building) Manassas, Virginia The Peterson Companies Wisnewski Blair & Associates Secure 5-story office building, 1-story annex building, parking structure, visitors center, and vehicle-control buildings. LEED Gold.      Pacific Beacon Residential Buildings and Garage San Diego, California Clark Realty Capital Torti Gallas and Partners Blast design services for three 18-story concrete-frame residential buildings with 1,050-car garage required to meet ATFP standards.      U.S. Federal Courthouse - Nashville Nashville, Tennessee General Services Administration (GSA) Michael Graves & Associates Structural and blast engineering for new facility for public agencies; 12 courtrooms, library, office space.      US Embassy - Berlin Berlin, Germany Department of State, OBO Moore Ruble Yudell; Gruen Associates Structural and blast engineering for embassy office complex with roof gardens and inner courtyard on historic Pariser Platz. Design competition winner; LEED-equivalent standards. 2007   Department of Transportation Headquarters Building Washington, DC JBG Companies Michael Graves & Associates Structural and blast engineering for two Class A office towers for 5,000 employees. Concrete superstructure and precast cladding; 2 levels of below-grade parking for 950 cars.      GSA Federal Building Washington, DC General Services Administration (GSA) Moshe Safdie & Associates Structural and blast engineering for 3-wing complex housing 1,100 employees. Atrium, multi-tiered curtain wall, pedestrian bridges, 200 parking spaces.      O'Hare International Airport - Terminal Facade and Circulation Enhancement (FACE) Chicago, Illinois Chicago Department of Aviation Murphy/Jahn Structural and blast engineering for additions to terminals, including new 30-foot-tall blast-resistant, cable-supported curtain wall with point-supported glazing.      US Embassy - Athens Office Building Annex Athens, Greece Department of State, OBO Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Comprehensive design services for new office building compound. Master plan, structural and blast engineering, perimeter security.      US Embassy - Kathmandu Kathmandu, Nepal Department of State, OBO Sorg and Associates Structural, seismic, and blast engineering for new complex consisting of chancery, 3 CACs, MSGQ, and utility building. Design-build, high seismic forces, poor soil conditions.      US Federal Courthouse - Mobile Mobile, Alabama General Services Administration (GSA) Moshe Safdie & Associates Structural and blast engineering for new courthouse to satisfy GSA, other agency, and district design and blast requirements. Site development and parking for 100 vehicles.      US Land Port of Entry - Champlain Champlain, New York General Services Administration (GSA) Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects Blast and security engineering services for new multi-building facility to comply with specified GSA requirements.      US Land Port of Entry - Massena Massena, New York General Services Administration (GSA) Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects Blast and security engineering for new multi-building facility to comply with specified GSA requirements. 2006   National Defense University (NDU) Fort McNair, Washington, DC National Defense University Skidmore Owings & Merrill Blast engineering and superstructure design for 3-story concrete building with courtyard entrance, arcade/drum auditorium, and pedestrian bridge link to existing Marshall Hall.      Picatinny Arsenal Explosives R&D Facility Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey US Army - ARDEC RBA Group Structural and blast engineering for 3 buildings to store, process, and administer machining of explosives. Design-build.      US Embassy - Accra Accra, Ghana Department of State, OBO Skidmore Owings & Merrill Structural and blast engineering for new embassy complex. Adapted Standard Embassy Design program. Design-build.      US Embassy - Lome Lome, Togo Department of State, OBO Skidmore Owings & Merrill Structural and blast engineering for new embassy complex. Adapted Standard Embassy Design. Design-build.      US Embassy - Rangoon Rangoon, Myanmar Department of State, OBO Skidmore Owings & Merrill Structural and blast engineering for new embassy complex. Adapted Standard Embassy Design. Design-build.      US Federal Courthouse - Springfield Springfield, Massachusetts General Services Administration (GSA) Moshe Safdie & Associates Structural and blast engineering for new 4-story courthouse with 4 courtrooms, glass entry pavilion, and pedestrian walkway to judges’ chambers in separate structure. 2005   US Embassy - Yaounde Yaounde, Cameroon Department of State, OBO Ross Technology (Wanchul Lee Architects) Structural, seismic, and blast engineering for new embassy complex, adapting generic design to complicated slope. Large punched windows, 4-story glass curtain wall. Design-build. 2004   Federal Laboratories Project - Ammendale Site Beltsville, Maryland General Services Administration (GSA) Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Structural and blast engineering for state-of-the-art headquarters for criminal law enforcement, fire and arson investigation, and general research.      US Embassy - Abidjan Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire Department of State, OBO SmithGroup Inc Structural and blast engineering for new office building with 3-story atrium and window wall, MSGQ, and ancillary buildings. 2003   Newark FBI Headquarters Newark, New Jersey Claremont Newark LLC Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects Structural and blast engineering for Newark FBI headquarters building with ground-level retail and 4-story garage on Passaic River waterfront. Design-build. 2002   US Embassy - Tunis Tunis, Tunisia Department of State, OBO Tai Soo Kim Structural engineering for chancery and related buildings of 7-building embassy complex on new site near airport. Wind, seismic, and blast analysis. 2000   US Embassy - Moscow Moscow, Russian Federation Department of State, OBO Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) Structural and blast engineering for vertical “top hat” addition to embassy office building with stringent security requirements.      US Embassy - Seoul Seoul, Republic of Korea Department of State, OBO Michael Graves & Associates Structural, blast, seismic, and wind engineering for office and apartment buildings on historic site with height limit and irregular topography. Site moved, to be redesigned.
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