Two Main Blast Load Codes
Two Main Blast Load Codes, what type of project do you have? Is it a Government Services Administration (GSA) Project or a Department of Defense (DoD) project? If it is neither of these, and it is not a Department of State project then it is likely a private party project. With criteria based on GSA or DoD criteria. Also the two main governing codes for the majority of projects in the US are:
US Department of Defense (DoD) Unified Facilities Criteria UFC 4-010-01, Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings
GSA/Interagency Security Committee (ISC) Security Design Criteria
The UFC code requires all future DoD programming beginning in 2004 to include blast resistant glazing systems. Over the last couple of years we have begun to see many of these projects entering into construction and it’s essentially the same story for the GSA’s programmed projects.