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Architectural Surety Workshop - - This Sandia National Laboratories web site presents the workshop that considered normal, abnormal (natural disasters), and malevolent (terrorist attack) environmental conditions as the basis for deliberations.

Blast Mitigation of Structures - - List of some related sites prepared by Purdue University.

Blast-Resistant Structures - - List of some blast resistant buildings by Weidlinger Associates.

Bomb Protection of "Soft Buildings" - - Strengthening of "Soft Buildings" against car bombing in Israel.

Building Blast Protection Research - - Research projects on terrorist blast protection conducted at California State University, Northridge.

Designing and Managing Vulnerability - - CERF's sponsored conference agenda (October 23-24, 2001).

DoD Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) - - Unit established to advise the US Secretary of Defense on matters concerning explosives safety and to prevent hazardous conditions to life and property. Includes some technical documents.

Innovative Ideas (AISC) - - Articles and links concerning blast protection for steel buildings.

Laminate Security Window - - ACE/Security Laminates provides demonstration of a shatter resistant glass.

MIPT - - Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) is dedicated to preventing and reducing terrorism and mitigating its effects.

Mitigating Terrorist Hazards - - National Academy of Engineering presents The Bridge publication.

Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage(1995) - - National Academy Press online presentation.

Protective Technology Center - - This is an indirect link to the Protective Technology Center, Pennsylvania State University.

Sails-Rigging Blast Protective Structural Shield - - SEAINT Research Paper describing a new structural technique for mitigation of terrorist blast effects to buildings.

Structural Design for External Terrorist Bomb Attacks - - Summarizes the methods available to define an external terrorist bomb threat and estimate structural design loads and element responses using simple dynamic system models and principles. [PDF.

Testing Components of Catcher System for Blast Debris Protection - - Research project performed by the California State University Northridge, Department of CE&AM.

U.S. Department of State - Counterterrorism - - U.S. State Department site: Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism.

USACE Engineer Research and Development Center - - The Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers distributed research and development command which is including, but not limited to, the terrorist blast mitigation.