Dutch Foreign Affairs

          KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

              Foreign Affairs (BUZA) and WindowGard:

WindowGard will, in line with its contract with Foreign Affairs, advise & install Anti-Terror Security Solotions for one of the overseas Embassies.

Estimated start-end of project implementation: 3th quarter 2010

Project 2009: completed

Certificates

  NEN NEN 3569 provides a framework of legislation and qualifications for interior/exterior safety glazing of buildings, in order to prevent injury.

Defensie ABDO
Companies that provide services for the Ministery of Defense and are in contact with Classified Information, have to meet certain security requirements.

WindowGard is ABDO certified.

Partners

Arpal 

WindowGard has an exclusivity contract with the highly innovative international company Arpal Defender, that designs, develops and tests windows, curtain walls and doors, providing effective solutions for openings in the building envelope to withstand security threats including Blast, Ballistics and Forced-Entry.

Energy Absorbing Systems


 Cable Catch, Tilt & Turn Windows, Doors, Curtainwalls

When protecting an opening against high blast levels, the window (or door) is equipped with a thin cable stretched between the jambs.
The glass “balloons” in and stretches the cable that activates the energy-absorbing devices located at its ends.This is WindowGard's Defender’s Energy-Absorbing “cable catch” system. WindowGard Defender can incorporate blast protection in new and existing construction as well as in landmark and historic buildings.


WindowGard's Defender’s Energy-absorbing technology

 Results in minimal load transfer to the opening
 Eliminates heavy glazing units and massive framing
 Reduces hazards posed to people
  Eliminates additional reinforcement of openings in retrofit projects
  Offers engineering flexibility that meets most architectural design
     specifications
  Allows for egress from buildings

Over the years WindowGard's Defender has conducted hundreds of hours of blast tests under a variety of conditions, including open-air, live, and full scale blast testing. Arpal collaborates with government agencies, private blast consultants, and engineers to meet standards and building codes in a number of industries.

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WindowGard's Defender products have been involved in the following testing programs:

  GSA (General Services Administration) up to level 2
  U.S. Department of Defense for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) list
  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the U.S. Department of Defense Anti-Terrorism Construction Standard
  Ministry of Defense (Israel)
  Home Front Command (Israel)
  Technical Support Working Group (TSWG)
  Defense Threat Reduction Agency
  Department of State

Testing allows WindowGard to develop new products, to meet standards from government and industry, to qualify its products, and to generate a reliable database of testing information. WindowGards's windows are suitable for buildings retrofitted to resist blast loads when designed according to accepted codes, standards, and design guidelines.

Tried and Tested
WindowGard has conducted extensive R&D and live, full scale blast testing both in the United States and Europe. All WindowGard Defender products are designed to meet strict specifications.
 

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