TPS Security Seminar At Passenger Terminal Expo
Darius Aibara, an Associate Director with TPS's Security & Explosion Effects team, will feature as one of the keynote speakers at 2009's Passenger Terminal Expo, to be held at London's ExCel centre. The event - one of the most highly regarded conferences in the industry calendar - will see Aibara provide expert insight on how to incorporate counter-terrorist requirements into airport terminal design by examining the gap in provisions currently made in airport design and security.
Recent events in the UK such as the Glasgow Airport attack, coupled with the ongoing general worldwide terrorist threat, have made this one of the hottest topics amongst airport operators, security managers, designers and other professionals involved in today's commercial aviation and aviation security industry. The TPS seminar features in the afternoon session on day one, March 24th, of the three-day annual event, as part of a conference stream focusing specifically on Aviation Security and Airport Safety "Sometimes security is considered as a secondary issue rather than a central driver in airport terminal design," Aibara explained.
"The session will emphasise that in order to protect public areas and buildings against terrorist attack, security issues must be in the forefront of any decision-makers' minds when constructing new airports or terminals". Drawing on examples from some of their most recent airport terminal projects, TPS (part of Carillion plc) will be shedding light on how practical means of protecting airport terminals, staff and passengers from terrorist attack can be employed without necessarily turning terminals into fortresses or bunkers.
Potential terrorist threats also will be discussed, along with the UK Department for Transport's aviation security requirements and how these are implemented in the design of terminal structures, facades, interiors and associated infrastructure such as car parks and public transport hubs. This will be illustrated with actual examples and video footage of live blast tests.
TPS' Security and Explosion Effects division offers an unparalleled level of expertise in the protection of assets against terrorist attack, particularly with respect to airport terminal design. Over the last 15 years TPS has been involved in the blast enhancement of all five terminals at London Heathrow Airport, as well as at Gatwick, Stansted and Edinburgh airports, and at other UK and overseas terminal developments.
Darius Aibara has more than 23 years' experience in the design and construction of buildings and civil engineering structures. His recent responsibilities include the design management and day-to-day organisation of the structural and security design of a large UK Government communications headquarters, as well as specialist design of blast -enhanced structures for the UK Government, Armed Forces and a number of commercial clients.
Darius Aibara, an Associate Director with TPS's Security & Explosion Effects team, will feature as one of the keynote speakers at 2009's Passenger Terminal Expo, to be held at London's ExCel centre. The event - one of the most highly regarded conferences in the industry calendar - will see Aibara provide expert insight on how to incorporate counter-terrorist requirements into airport terminal design by examining the gap in provisions currently made in airport design and security.
Recent events in the UK such as the Glasgow Airport attack, coupled with the ongoing general worldwide terrorist threat, have made this one of the hottest topics amongst airport operators, security managers, designers and other professionals involved in today's commercial aviation and aviation security industry. The TPS seminar features in the afternoon session on day one, March 24th, of the three-day annual event, as part of a conference stream focusing specifically on Aviation Security and Airport Safety "Sometimes security is considered as a secondary issue rather than a central driver in airport terminal design," Aibara explained.
"The session will emphasise that in order to protect public areas and buildings against terrorist attack, security issues must be in the forefront of any decision-makers' minds when constructing new airports or terminals". Drawing on examples from some of their most recent airport terminal projects, TPS (part of Carillion plc) will be shedding light on how practical means of protecting airport terminals, staff and passengers from terrorist attack can be employed without necessarily turning terminals into fortresses or bunkers.
Potential terrorist threats also will be discussed, along with the UK Department for Transport's aviation security requirements and how these are implemented in the design of terminal structures, facades, interiors and associated infrastructure such as car parks and public transport hubs. This will be illustrated with actual examples and video footage of live blast tests.
TPS' Security and Explosion Effects division offers an unparalleled level of expertise in the protection of assets against terrorist attack, particularly with respect to airport terminal design. Over the last 15 years TPS has been involved in the blast enhancement of all five terminals at London Heathrow Airport, as well as at Gatwick, Stansted and Edinburgh airports, and at other UK and overseas terminal developments.
Darius Aibara has more than 23 years' experience in the design and construction of buildings and civil engineering structures. His recent responsibilities include the design management and day-to-day organisation of the structural and security design of a large UK Government communications headquarters, as well as specialist design of blast -enhanced structures for the UK Government, Armed Forces and a number of commercial clients.
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