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In the July 2009 Commercial Issue:

Juvenile Hall's "Calming Expansion With Concrete Masonry
For Lionakis Beaumont Design Group Inc., the job of designing a Juvenile Hall expansion project in Sacramento was more than just another contract. They also wanted to provide the juvenile offenders who would be housed there with a more "humanizing environment."

Blast and Bullet Resistant Concrete Masonry Buildings
In recent years, more nonmilitary buildings, particularly federal buildings and correctional buildings, are considering protection from terrorist type attacks as part of building security. This is a brief overview of some of the main considerations in designing blast resistant structures.

Impact Resistance Of Concrete Masonry For Correctional Facilities
Communities across the nation rely on concrete masonry for their prisons and detention centers. Standard Test Methods for Physical Assault on Fixed Barriers for Detention and Correctional Facilities was developed to help quantify levels of security for walls designed to incarcerate inmates in detention and correctional institutions.

Detail Of The Month: Blast Resistant Structural Systems
The overriding design philosophy for blast resistant structural systems is to prevent progressive collapse of a structure subjected to a blast load. Structural redundancies should be provided to carry additional loads that may be imposed after a bomb attack.