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Addressing Your Buildings’ Risk Mitigation Needs
Consequence or risk based facility siting has shown that your personnel exposure for an occupied building(s) is high – now what? A risk mitigation plan can be prioritized and implemented focusing on: Addressing your building’s risk migration needs When considering mitigating the risk through addressing the building(s), there traditionally have been three options: upgrade the…
Continue reading about hazard protection and company newsFlexible Floorplans Tailored to Your Needs
From 100 ft2 Guard Shacks to 20,000+ ft2 Central Control Buildings, FORTRESS’s modular sections are configured to make the best use of the available space to meet your layout requirements. The “open” design allows for a flexible floorplan tailored to suit: office spaces, meeting rooms, locker rooms, break rooms, bathrooms, and conference rooms are example options for fit out. Our…
Continue reading about hazard protection and company newsFORTRESS Protective Building, LLC’s Virtual Exhibit Booth for the 2020 GCPS Conference
Our team is pleased to join the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) 100% virtual 2020 Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety (GCPS). This conference will once again provide the platform to unite thousands of experts from over 110 countries, all gathered to discuss concerns and advancements in the process safety industry. A…
Continue reading about hazard protection and company newsDesign Basis Specifications for FORTRESS Protective Buildings, LLC
We are proud to offer a fully-tested concept that provides a high design specification for blast, fragments, thermal, and gas (flammable and toxic) ingress. However, the FORTRESS team also understands that the building design, engineering, construction, and finishing’s are just as important! To capture the “softer” sides of the great building design, we have updated…
Continue reading about hazard protection and company newsPresident Bill Mather discusses creation of FORTRESS
In the June/July 2020 issue of BIC Magazine, Bill Mather, President of FORTRESS Protective Buildings, LLC discusses factors that led to the creation of FORTRESS.
Continue reading about hazard protection and company newsFORTRESS Protective Buildings: A Modular and Flexible Approach
Along with providing a truly multi-hazard (fragment, blast, thermal, toxic, and extreme weather) building to protect the lives of its occupants, FORTRESS’s goal is it ensure a quality building that can be designed, fabricated, and assembled in a fraction of the time of a site-built structure with the flexibility of providing floorplans to meet the client’s needs.
Continue reading about hazard protection and company newsDesigning Beyond API RP 752/753 Compliance
How FORTRESS blast resistant buildings offer ultimate protective capabilities API Recommended Practice 752 and 753 are considered the go-to guidelines when siting protective structures designed and constructed for operational hazards. However, siting blast resistant buildings that only address blast hazards may not be maximally effective at protecting personnel against other industrial dangers, such as fire…
Continue reading about hazard protection and company newsRemote Building Specification
David Prakoth works from home on a FORTRESS floor-plan that gives the client the required building functionality. During this time of social distancing, the FORTRESS Protective Buildings, LLC (FORTRESS) team has quickly adapted to remote working. While Americans at large are sheltering-in-place (SIP) at home, personnel at processing facilities are looking for safe options for…
Continue reading about hazard protection and company newsShelter In Place (SIP)
With nearly one in two Americans under shelter-in-place (SIP) orders, it is worth mentioning this term has a very different meaning for Safe Havens in the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Fertilizer, and other processing facilities with toxic hazards. SIP at these facilities means prevention of exposure to high doses of toxic gases to prevent injury…
Continue reading about hazard protection and company newsAre you safe from flying fragment throw?
While VCEs are typically the focus when designing blast resistant buildings, some over pressures occur due to the catastrophic failure of pressure vessels. It is important to provide building occupants a level of protection against flying objects. The FORTRESS Protective Buildings, LLC modular reinforced concrete building is equivalent to being protected from a ¾” solid…
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