In addition to its ongoing work on security-related projects, PB is developing internal security initiatives that will enhance the firm's capabilities in specific areas of security engineering. PB has formed alliances with both Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Weidlinger Associates, pooling skills and experience in various aspects of security engineering.

Often recognized for its Homeland Security Readiness and Response Division, SAIC has a comprehensive history of work on national security programs. Projects taken on by the PB/SAIC alliance are a result of PB's program management and transportation infrastructure expertise and SAIC's security record.

In October 2001, PB formed an agreement with blast engineering expert Weidlinger to jointly market and perform the analysis and design of various facilities in relation to threat mitigation. Weidlinger's experimental, analytical and computational studies make it an international leader in understanding structural response to explosions. The combination of Weidlinger's expertise and PB's U.S. federal and state level infrastructure experience make this team an invaluable provider of large-scale blast analyses, structural upgrades and modifications, for such clients as departments of transportation, local and state transit agencies, municipalities, power facilities and airports.

For more information on our security capabilities, please contact Dick Madenburg (madenburg@pbworld.com).

Weidlinger press release (169 kb)
SAIC press release (27kb)

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