One of the first questions any installer asks when planning a bollard project is: how deep does the foundation need to be? The answer you get usually starts with a number and ends with a caveat. That caveat, more often than not, involves drainage. For fixed bollards, the calculation is simple. Most ...
Most people do not think about electrical wiring when they budget for bollard installation. They think about the bollards, the concrete, the excavation. Then the electrician shows up, looks at the site, and the quote comes in higher than expected. That surprise usually comes down to voltage. Traditi...
Why Ports Are Hard to Secure Ports and harbors face a security challenge that few other facilities have to deal with. They are vast, often covering hundreds of hectares, with boundaries that run along coastlines, rivers, or canal banks. They have dozens of access points for trucks, rail cars, ships,...
The Threat Landscape at Military Installations Military bases exist in a category of their own when it comes to physical security. Unlike commercial facilities, where the threat is often opportunistic or accidental, military installations face targeted attacks from adversaries who may have significa...
A Crash at a Gas Station Is Not Just a Fender Bender Every year, thousands of vehicles crash into gas stations around the world. Most of these are low-speed incidents where a driver misjudges the distance to the pump, hits the accelerator instead of the brake, or gets confused in a crowded forecourt...
The Physical Security Gap at Banks Banks spend enormous amounts on cybersecurity, fraud detection, and surveillance cameras. But when it comes to the most basic form of physical attack, a vehicle ramming through a storefront, many branches are still surprisingly exposed. A quick search of news archi...
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