ABSTRACT
The threat of a vehicle as a weapon attack continues to be a security risk for unprotected spaces. As a result of this, increasingly more spaces have incorporated hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM) into their security designs. Many times, the use of HVM measures is mandated by company policies or governmental regulations. Clients are seeking to understand the carbon costs of the HVM mitigations proposed and want the most sustainable security design, while also meeting their applicable safety requirements. This paper aims to analyze the carbon costs associated with two different types of HVM measures: bollards and walls. The carbon costs of each method will be quantified via established material quantity carbon calculations. This information will then be combined with relevant product data such as the foundation depth, crash impact energy rating, and system footprint. This paper displays the relationship between carbon cost estimates and HVM barrier features, as well as insights that will help in the recommendations and design of HVM measures with lower carbon costs.
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Structures Congress 2023
Pages: 71 - 84
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Published online: May 1, 2023
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- Engineering fundamentals
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- Infrastructure
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