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Volume 15 August 2017 Edition TERRABLOCK Brings Award-Winning Defense Expertise to Civilian Security Having successfully deployed HESCO security barriers at the London 2012 Olympics, the five-year development has seen TERRABLOCK evolve in response to security chal- lenges now faced, creating a unique security barrier, integrat- ing earth-filled vehicle barriers and climb resistant weldmesh panels. (Image Credit: HESCO) enhancing existing security measures as well as enabling institutions, events and businesses to maintain operations in response to an ever changing threat. Five years in the making, HESCO® body armor is launching a new range of unique rapid deploy security barriers, integrating earth-filled vehicle barriers & climb resistant weld mesh panels, ca- pable of combatting today’s security challenges, HESCO TERRABLOCK®. TERRABLOCK XL was designed for the London 2012 Olympic Games to provide crowd control and since been developed to include our patent- ed Energy Transfer System (ETS) to offer pro- tection against hostile vehicles. Engineered and tested to deliver hostile vehicle mitigation and deter unauthorized access, the TERRABLOCK range has been designed to be rapidly installed across diverse environments, (TERRABLOCK is an evolution of Hesco’s renown defensive barrier system, utilizing unrivaled capability in design, tech- nical innovation, manufacturing, and through development alongside customer requirements and security specialists. Courtesy of HESCO and YouTube) Having successfully deployed HESCO secu- rity barriers at the London 2012 Olympics, the five-year development has seen TERRABLOCK evolve in response to security challenges now faced, creating a unique security barrier, inte- grating earth-filled vehicle barriers and climb re- sistant weldmesh panels. 14