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Hardwire, LLC 1947 Clarke Avenue Pocomoke City, MD 21851 (410) 957-3669 Threat Awareness and Risk Mitigation 1 AASHTO Technical Committee for Bridge Security and Hazards June 12, 2017 Tim Keller [email protected] Manager, Bridge and Infrastructure Armor Programs

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Pocomoke City, MD 21851(410) 957-3669

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AASHTO Technical Committee for Bridge Security and Hazards

June 12, 2017

Tim [email protected]

Manager, Bridge and Infrastructure Armor Programs

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Hardwire Armor Protection PortfolioMilitary: Vehicles, Aircraft, Boats, and Personnel Infrastructure: Bridges and Utilities

Police and Law Enforcement Schools / Commercial Buildings

Bulletproof Whiteboards and Bulletproof Advertising for schools and public places.

Armor supplier for the U.S. military and for Foreign Military Sales customers.

Critical domestic and overseas infrastructure protection.

Shields, clipboards, and ballistic protection panels for law enforcement officers and SWAT teams.

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Hardwire Facilities

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Bridge Armor Production Facility

R&D and Ballistic Testing Facility

63,000 ft2 Production Facility

Hardwire spans three facilities with over 130,00 ft2 of manufacturing

space in Pocomoke City,

Maryland.

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Infrastructure Armor

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We have installed armor on 12 bridges in the US.

• Main Cable Shields.• Suspender Rope

Shields.• Socket Panels.• Underdeck Panels.• Stay Cable Armor.

Hardwire

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Focus on Cables• Fire

• Cutting• Mechanical

• Thermal

• Fragmentation

• Blast• Contact Charges

• Stand-Off Charges

Threats

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• Fire is the most likely event that could take down a bridge due to the fact that it could be planned or accidental.

• Consequences of heat on steel and concrete make bridges extremely vulnerable.

Fire

• Testing is performed onsite following the UL 1709 temperature curve in custom made ovens capable of testing full scale anchorages.

• Specifications vary significantly in time and strand temperature requirements.

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• Extremely effective way of inflicting damage to cables to create disproportionate collapse of structure.

• Gas Powered Saws• Oxy Acetylene Torch• Thermal Lance.

Cutting

• Testing is performed on site.

• Specifications vary significantly on duration, blade types and sizes.

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• Fragmentations from blast events can be very destructive to cables.

• Ropes and hangers are susceptible to damage from high caliber rifles.

Fragmentation• Testing is performed on site in ballistic

chambers with fragment simulating projectiles (FSP).

• Specifications vary significantly on size and velocity of FSP.

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Contact Charges• Terrorist Grade Shaped Charge

• Whiskey Mixer• Soup Ladle

• Flexible LSC• Diamond Charge

Standoff Charges• Satchel Charge

Blast• Testing is performed off site at a

blast range.

• Typically strands are unstressed.

• Specifications vary on size and type of charge.

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Blast: Whiskey Mixer

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Blast: Soup Ladle

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Blast: Flexible LSC

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Blast: Diamond Charge

Point of detonation

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Blast: Standoff Charge

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• Create Standoff.

• Use deception.

• Use shielding that incorporates multiple materials that work together to defeat threats.

• If you can’t stop it – delay it. Make it harder and longer to accomplish their mission.

• Make them want to go somewhere else for their attack.

What do we do?

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Owner’s perspective:• Cable armor costs for a new bridge typically run significantly

less than a single percent of the total project budget. Some structures are still being built with no cable protection or only fire protection.

Supplier perspective:• Testing cost is an ongoing cost that remains for mature

designs that have been previously tested and installed.

• Specifications from bridge to bridge are inconsistent. Standardized specifications could help lower costs.

Challenges: Cost

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Continue to work on:

1. Owner education.• Documenting the performance of unprotected cables.• Understand the threats.

2. Understand the application.• Developing products that will hold up to the tough environment on

the bridge.• Work with contractors and owners to provide solutions that are easy

to install and maintain.

Where do we go from here?

3. Developing the best performing, lowest cost solutions for the market place. • Reduce the weight and footprint of the armor. • Improve the performance of our armor.• Work on ways to defeat threats, not just meet specifications.

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Contact Information:

Tim Keller Scott GreenhausHardwire LLC Structural Group Inc.1947 Clark Avenue 10150 Old Columbia RoadPocomoke City, MD 21851 Columbia, MD 21046

Phone: 410-957-3669 Phone: 410-859-6548

www.hardwirellc.com www.structuraltechnologies.com

Thank You.