Total Blast Protection

Cintec has been at the forefront of blast mitigation and blast protection since the 1980s. Motivated by the collapse of Ronan Point in London in 1968, where a gas explosion on the 18th floor triggered a progressive collapse, Cintec developed a blast protection strengthening system to reinforce masonry walls in order to resist accidental gas explosions and earthquakes. In the mid 1980s, approximately 48km (30 miles) of Cintec reinforcement anchoring was installed in large panel system buildings in both North America and Europe to resist against progressive collapse. The process continues today in many areas.

MISSION STATEMENT

Terrorist attacks against high value structures threaten the lives of those who work and live within the building and inflict extensive and expensive damage to the structure. Blastec blast protection provides a bottom line blast protection defense against an explosive attack.

When all the other protective measures have been circumvented, Blastec gives the final structural blast protection to prevent the progressive and brittle failures that lead to complete collapse.

BLASTEC BLAST PROTECTION

The Blastec blast protection System is a complete analysis, design and installation process that enables structures to withstand the adverse effects of blast loads with blast protection. With each project and application, from high-rise buildings to historical structures, the Blastec blast protection system provides an innovative, cost-effective solution to total building blast protection protection.

The Blastec blast protection System begins with structural analysis and design. Once an explosive threat has been identified, building owners, occupants, law enforcement agencies and security personnel will want to know how the threatened structures will respond when subjected to adverse explosive loads. Blastec’s blast protection structural engineers have many years of international civilian and military experience gained in the analysis and design of structures subjected to weapons effects.

Through a series of professional partnerships and collaborative agreements with leading window and door manufacturers in both North America and Europe, we are able to offer a complete building blast protection retrofit package to resist the effects of explosions and ballistic attack. This ‘turn-key’ blast protection approach provides the best possible solution to the specific needs of the client and the general needs of the building effectively dispensing with the problems of dealing with multiple contractors. In the increasingly important world of building and blast protection , many new and innovative products designed to save lives and money are continually being developed. We are able to appraise these products and incorporate them into the Blastec retrofit blast protection solution where appropriate.

Many cost-effective building protection measures have little to do with the actual building blast protection, but focus on the space surrounding it. Where it can be achieved, ‘stand-off’ or ‘set-back’ is without doubt the most effective technique to employ, but in urban environments this may be impossible or impracticable to achieve. The Blastec blast protection System offers a range of alternative blast protection mitigation possibilities including temporary self-inflating water walls, permanent permeable blast walls, vehicle anti-ram barriers and blast protection bins.