JS Global Design Practice

Integrate protection into the facility, not around it.

JS Global coordinates anti-terrorism and force protection requirements with planning, architecture, structure, engineering, site design, and operations to create proportionate, buildable protection.

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Anti-terrorism + Force Protection

Translate risk and criteria into coordinated design decisions.

Protective requirements affect where a facility is placed, how people and vehicles approach it, how the perimeter functions, how loads move through the structure, and how envelope, openings, utilities, and operations respond to credible hazards.

JS Global integrates those requirements into the broader design rather than treating protection as an isolated overlay. The result balances risk reduction with mission, constructability, access, appearance, maintenance, cost, and the realities of the site.

Core Capabilities

Protective planning across site, building, and operations.

01

Criteria + risk translation

Applicable standards, threat and vulnerability information, mission needs, assets, consequences, and acceptance criteria organized for design.

02

Site + standoff planning

Controlled approaches, vehicle access, stand-off distances, barriers, circulation, screening, service areas, and emergency response.

03

Building hardening

Structural systems, envelope, glazing, doors, roofs, connections, openings, and critical components coordinated to required performance.

04

Secure circulation + zoning

Public, controlled, restricted, and critical areas organized around access, screening, observation, response, and operational workflows.

05

Infrastructure protection

Utilities, equipment, air intakes, emergency systems, pathways, redundancy, and critical services considered within the protective strategy.

06

Design + construction coordination

Protective intent translated into coordinated details, specifications, reviews, testing requirements, field support, and acceptance evidence.

Protection in Context

Apply the right measures to the right risks.

01

Protective requirements remain tied to mission, assets, credible hazards, and acceptance criteria.

02

Site, structure, envelope, openings, systems, and operations support one strategy.

03

Measures are coordinated for constructability, maintenance, access, and architectural integration.

04

Documentation, reviews, testing, and evidence support traceable delivery.

Our Approach

From protective criteria to verified implementation.

  1. 01

    Frame

    Confirm mission, assets, users, criteria, hazards, vulnerabilities, consequences, authorities, and acceptable risk.

  2. 02

    Plan

    Develop site, zoning, circulation, standoff, access, screening, response, and infrastructure strategies.

  3. 03

    Integrate

    Coordinate structural, envelope, opening, utility, MEP, technology, operational, and architectural measures.

  4. 04

    Document

    Translate intent into clear criteria, drawings, details, schedules, specifications, and testing requirements.

  5. 05

    Verify

    Support reviews, submittals, mockups, testing, field conditions, deficiencies, evidence, and closeout.

Frequently Asked Questions

Protective design engagements.

Practical answers about integration, existing facilities, scope, and construction support.

01When should protective design begin?
As early as practical. Site layout, standoff, zoning, circulation, structural systems, envelope, utilities, and cost are easier to coordinate before fundamental design decisions are fixed.
02Can protection be added to an existing facility?
Yes. Existing conditions, operations, structural capacity, envelope, site constraints, access, phasing, and feasible risk-reduction measures can be evaluated together.
03Is this service limited to blast-related design?
No. Scope may address site access, standoff, vehicle barriers, zoning, circulation, envelope, openings, structural response, infrastructure, critical systems, and other applicable protective criteria.
04Can JS Global support construction of protective measures?
Yes. Protective design can connect to JS Global’s Force Protection + Hardening construction capability or be delivered as an independent design service with construction-phase support.
Start With the Risk

What must be protected, and what performance is required?

Share the facility, mission, site, applicable criteria, known hazards, project stage, and operating constraints. JS Global will help define a proportionate protective design response.

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