Case Studies
Real-world security challenges demand more than templates. These projects illustrate how we apply structured risk analysis, design integration, and federal compliance expertise to deliver measurable results.
Multi-Building Federal Campus Security Master Plan
Comprehensive risk assessment and phased security roadmap for a 26+ building federal campus with no unified security framework.
No unified security framework across 26+ buildings with inconsistent perimeter controls, surveillance gaps, and unprotected utility corridors.
Delivered a Security Master Plan with campus defense plans, standoff analysis, four-tier lockdown architecture, and a phased, fiscally sequenced capital investment roadmap.
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Challenge
A federal campus with 26+ buildings had no unified security framework. Perimeter controls were inconsistent, surveillance coverage had significant gaps, and critical utility corridors were largely unprotected. Leadership needed a comprehensive baseline and a realistic plan for long-term security investment.
Approach
Force Protect conducted a full-spectrum risk assessment aligned with federal security design standards. We drew on classified, law enforcement, and open-source threat intelligence, then surveyed every building on campus. Using structured criticality ranking, we identified the top 20 critical targets and evaluated each against a prioritized threat matrix across five protection layers.
Result
We delivered a Security Master Plan including campus defense plans, standoff analysis, lighting and surveillance coverage plans, a four-tier lockdown architecture, and Security Control Center relocation design. The final package gave leadership a phased, fiscally sequenced roadmap they could plug directly into the capital investment process.
Mobile Diagnostic Imaging Facility
Security design guidance for a new mobile imaging pad on a critical federal medical campus during planned renovations.
Critical federal medical campus needed a new mobile imaging pad compliant with federal physical security and blast protection standards without disrupting operations.
Delivered a Physical Security Risk Mitigation Design Guidance report with blast-rated utility encasement, panoramic night-vision camera with analytics, and full security compliance.
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Challenge
A federal medical campus classified as "Critical" needed a new mobile imaging pad to keep diagnostic services running during planned renovations. The new structure required compliance with federal physical security and blast protection standards without disrupting day-to-day operations.
Approach
We performed a scope-specific risk assessment including critical targets analysis, threat evaluation for vehicle ramming, explosives, active shooter, and utility disruption. We developed design guidance covering standoff distances, blast-rated utility protection, surveillance with behavioral analytics, and exterior lighting, with QAQC reviews at each design milestone.
Result
The project received a Physical Security Risk Mitigation Design Guidance report with multiple mitigation options for each vulnerability. Buried utilities were specified for blast-rated encasement, a panoramic night-vision camera with analytics was integrated into the site plan, and the design moved to construction documents with full security compliance.
Campus Steam System Modernization
Security integrated from feasibility stage for a district steam-to-boiler conversion across a large federal campus.
Aging district steam infrastructure change would open new physical security vulnerabilities around gas lines, fuel storage, and boiler equipment.
Security built in from conceptual stage avoided costly redesign. Guidance addressed gas meter relocation, blast-rated enclosures, and surveillance with behavioral analytics.
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Challenge
A large federal campus relied on aging district steam across dozens of air handlers and heating stations. Evaluating the shift to on-site boiler capacity meant any infrastructure change would open new physical security vulnerabilities around gas lines, fuel storage, and boiler equipment.
Approach
Embedded in the feasibility study from the start, we ran a threat assessment identifying utility shutdown, equipment failure, vehicle ramming, and explosives as highest-impact scenarios. For each critical target we developed mitigation options including crash-rated gates, anti-ram protection, blast screen walls, and secure service yard configurations with LPR and remote intercom.
Result
Because security requirements were built in from the conceptual stage, the project avoided the costly redesign that typically happens when security is bolted on after the fact. Guidance addressed gas meter relocation, blast-rated enclosure options, and surveillance with behavioral analytics. QAQC at each milestone confirmed all prescriptions made it into the engineering documents.
Correctional Treatment Facility
Full door control system replacement and unified command interface across five buildings in an active correctional environment.
Five-building correctional facility needed unified door controls, video surveillance, intercom, and access control through a single command interface with field conditions far more complex than bid documents indicated.
QAQC caught critical discrepancies before they became change orders. Final design delivered touchscreen workstations, new PLCs, video wall capability, and unified graphic interface for full visibility and override authority.
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Challenge
A correctional treatment facility across five buildings needed a full door control system replacement. The facility needed door controls, video surveillance, intercom, and access control working through a single unified command interface. Field conditions turned out to be significantly more complicated than bid documents indicated.
Approach
Force Protect provided QAQC oversight for the complete electronic security package covering PLC riser diagrams, door control assignments, intercom stations, CCTV integration, and network infrastructure across all five buildings. We discovered roughly double the control closets identified in bid documents and reviewed the full integration architecture including HMI/SCADA, video management, and detention-grade intercom.
Result
Our QAQC process caught critical discrepancies between bid scope and field conditions before they turned into change orders or system failures. The final design delivered touchscreen workstations at each control point, new PLCs, integrated video wall capability, and a unified graphic interface giving central control full visibility and override authority across every door, camera, and intercom station.
Multi-Building Seismic Retrofit
Security continuity planning across a six-phase, multi-year seismic retrofit of eight high-risk federal buildings.
Eight buildings on a national high-risk seismic list needed structural retrofit while maintaining campus operations across a multi-year, six-phase construction program.
Security guidance incorporated as a dedicated project book section. Each construction phase had a corresponding security transition plan maintaining uninterrupted protection.
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Challenge
A federal campus with eight buildings on a national high-risk seismic list needed structural retrofit to stay operational through and after a seismic event. The six-phase construction program would take years, with buildings vacated, retrofitted, and reoccupied in sequence while the campus continued normal operations.
Approach
We focused on security continuity, a problem that gets overlooked in long-duration construction projects. When buildings are vacated and repurposed on a rolling basis, access control breaks down, surveillance develops blind spots, and security systems get bypassed. We worked phase by phase through the construction sequence, identifying where security gaps would emerge and coordinating requirements with the phasing plan.
Result
Our security guidance was incorporated as a dedicated section of the project book, on equal footing with structural and mechanical engineering. Each of the six construction phases had a corresponding security transition plan that maintained continuous protection for occupied buildings. The campus sustained uninterrupted security operations across the full duration of the retrofit program.
Underground Utility Tunnel Beneath Public Roadway
Vulnerability assessment and blast mitigation for a new utility tunnel carrying critical systems beneath a public road.
New utility tunnel beneath a public road carrying high-pressure steam, chilled water, fire protection, and electrical distribution with blast exposure from vehicle traffic overhead.
Blast mitigation criteria and surveillance specs adopted into construction documents. Caught outdated security references and recommended purpose-built cameras reducing cost while improving coverage.
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Challenge
A federal campus needed to replace aging direct-buried steam and chilled water lines with a new accessible utility tunnel running beneath a public road. The tunnel would carry high-pressure steam, chilled water, fire protection, and electrical distribution, facing blast exposure from vehicle traffic overhead and unauthorized access risks.
Approach
We built a vulnerability assessment around the tunnel's unusual risk profile: undetected trespass, utility tampering, and blast loading from vehicles above. We developed blast mitigation criteria calibrated to federal standards at the anticipated burial depth and specified motion-activated surveillance at both entrances linked to the Security Control Center with automatic notification on entry.
Result
The design team adopted our blast mitigation criteria and surveillance specifications into construction documents. We caught outdated security standard references in the original design and recommended swapping specified multi-sensor cameras for purpose-built fixed cameras better suited to the tunnel's confined geometry, reducing equipment cost while improving coverage.
Campus-Wide Security and Police Operations Upgrade
Ground-up security overhaul with new police operations facilities, Security Control Center, and campus-wide independent security network.
Large federal campus needed ground-up security overhaul with no centralized command capability, no independent security network, and police facilities below current ballistic and detention standards.
Fully independent security network with redundant fiber paths. Security Control Center with centralized command over all surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, and intercom systems.
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Challenge
A large federal campus needed a ground-up security overhaul built around new police operations facilities and a modern Security Control Center. The existing infrastructure had no centralized command capability, no independent security network, and police facilities that fell short of current ballistic and detention standards.
Approach
We led the physical security design across all phases, from risk assessment through blast modeling and QAQC review. We specified ballistic-rated doors, glazing, and transaction windows, detention-grade holding rooms, and primary and secondary Security Control Centers with blast protection and emergency generator backup. The campus-wide scope covered an independent fiber-optic network, AI-enabled video management, multi-factor access control with biometrics, and emergency call boxes.
Result
The result was a fully independent security network with redundant fiber paths and distributed equipment closets. The Security Control Center gave police centralized command over all surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, and intercom systems. The screening station received blast protection, and police operations got purpose-built facilities meeting current federal standards.
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