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ments deal with the disability act , fire and safety codes , such as ;
hall- way width , stair length and
stair height , doors and windows , and elevator placement , etc ., and de- pending on the region some miti- gation of weather related events
.
Secondly , very seldom are man- made threats considered .
This contributes to the fact
that man-made threats continue to occur despite large amounts
of money being spent on security measures .
I guess the argument could be made , that “ well , we ’ re not re- quired to consider them like we are for natural threats so we don ’ t need to ; besides it will drive up costs ”.
On the surface this makes sense but if you dig just below the
surface your next thought should be
, '
why don ’ t “ best practices ” always ap- ply
?' With that said
, there is a trend now to consider Crime
Prevention though Environmental
Design
( CPTED )[[ 2 ]) principles but they ap- ply to exterior space . With
CPTED the concept is that you can design the exterior space to deter or pre- vent crime . Unfortunately
, CPTED principles are not enough .
Sure , there is an occasion when the process is not fragmented , espe- cially when it comes to new con- struction . One of the best examples , I can think of is the US Embassy
build- ing and compound in
London , En- gland . It was designed as a prod- uct and not as a project . Fortunately , the Department of
Defense , and some other federal government agencies to a
limited degree , require that integration of mitigation strategies
be includ- ed in their building design re- view process regardless of where
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