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Concurrent Sessions - Tuesday, July 27
Security Design Expo

10:30 am - Noon

A1: Two Case Studies:
Track: The Design Process: Protecting Public Spaces

Astrid Haryati, ASLA

Study One: Secured Landscape for a Mies van der Rohe Designed Federal Complex
Responding to pressure for heightened security measures, a series of urban design elements were placed throughout this highly regarded plaza. Explore the project's planning and design process, threat assessment techniques, the search for architecturally contextual solutions, and attention to pedestrian activities. Learn how collaborative effort with design peers and the GSA Chief Architect, the Mies's Project Architect, and the City of Chicago provided sensible solutions that address the security needs and the preservation of this modern open space.

Speaker: Astrid Sri Haryati, ASLA, CLARB, Principal Landscape Architect, Teng & Associates

Study Two: Force Protection Design - Andrews Air Force Base: A Case Study
Examine the design process for Force Protection measures at Andrews Air Force Base - Headquarters Building. Because it is a prominent military installation supporting American and foreign dignitaries, numerous considerations were involved. Find out how the project design team met the Unified Facilities Criteria - Department of Defense Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings; created the aesthetics and character worthy of a prominent facility; and planned budgets, scheduling, maintenance, and construction phasing.

Speaker: Troy L. Brown, ASLA, CLARB, Principal, Sitebrown, LLC

A2: The Risk Management Series and FEMA 430, Building, Site, and Layout Design Guidance to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attacks
Track: Threat Assessments and Risk Analysis: New Tools

Mary Ann Lasch, FASLA

Learn about The Risk Management Series, new FEMA publications that provide design guidance for mitigating potential damage from terrorist attacks against buildings. FEMA 430 is currently under development and will be completed by the end of 2004. Its objective is to provide design solutions for standoff distance, site layout, and blast resistance. The publicationíźŮs intended audience is architects, landscape architects, planners, urban designers, and facility managers. It will illustrate a variety of "how-to" design measures for achieving appropriate levels of protection relating to varying degrees of threat.

Speakers: Milagros Kennett, Architect/Project Officer, FEMA Risk Management Series, Department of Homeland Security; Chris Arnold, FAIA, RIBA, Consultant, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute; and Mary Ann Lasch, FASLA, Strategic Planner/Change Management Facilitator, Gensler

A3: Facility Security and Target Hardening
Track: Working With Standards and New Technology

Treadstone Group

This session will introduce and expand upon real-world, practical security solutions for safeguarding private, public, and government facilities. It will highlight methods of reducing injuries and deaths, as well as damage to property and critical infrastructures and discuss best practices for integrating mechanical/electronic systems, security operations, and natural/architectural design elements. Learn how best practices and accepted standards are critical to mitigating premise liability and negligent security claims. Analyze current events and threats as they relate to physical security and explore appropriate countermeasures.

Speaker: Ross D. Bulla, CPP, President, The Treadstone Group Inc.


3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

B1: Preserving Pleasure Grounds: Security in Public Parks
Track: The Design Process: Protecting Public Spaces

Sean E. Michael, Ph.D.

American freedom and democracy is exemplified in urban parks. Intended for pleasure, these unique lands attract those in need of restoration. Ironically, the very nature of parks also makes them supportive settings for many offenders. This session will explore risks faced by modern parks, the range of solutions employed in their defense, and approaches to developing both initial designs and restoration plans. Emphasis will be placed upon case studies, including examples from Chicago's park system.

Speaker: Sean E. Michael, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Washington State University.

B2: Threats to Public Spaces and Policy Tools for Determining Appropriate Response
Track: Threat Assessments and Risk Analysis: New Tools

Richard G. Little, AICP

Since September 11, 2001, our vulnerability to terrorism and how best to address that vulnerability have been the subject of considerable discussion, debate, and defensive measures. This session will review the nature of the terrorist threat; explore possible design, engineering, and management responses to it; and discuss tools that can be used to develop balanced approaches to physical security and help to establish realistic priorities for implementing them.

Speaker: Richard G. Little, AICP, Director, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment of the National Research Council

B3: Designing Against Terror, Crime, and Workplace Violence With CPTED Codes and Security Standards
Track: Working With Standards and New Technology

This presentation will address emerging security and safety standards and regulations from the perspective of urban planning and landscape architecture. As new communities, shopping centers, and government centers are planned and built, new standards of care should be drawn upon and used as reference points, similar to the NFPA Life Safety Code or the ADAAG. Life safety needs to include security as much as fire prevention. But, are building codes the answer to achieving compliance with minimum standards? This session will explore the current and future roles of building codes, ordinances, resolutions, laws, and regulations safeguarding structures from security threats and assaults.

Speaker: Randall I. Atlas, Ph.D., AIA, CPP, President, Counter Terror Design Inc.