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Ed Conrath joins
Protection Engineering Consultants
Spring Branch, Texas, April 21 -- Edward J. Conrath, P.E., a long-time security engineering expert with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has joined Protection Engineering Consultants as Senior Principal, effective April 7, 2008.
Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Protective Design Center from 1985-2008, Mr. Conrath has been at the leading edge of protecting people and structures from the effects of terrorist attacks in the United States and around the world. He is a leading analyst and developer of security design guidelines and has performed more than 100 building vulnerability assessments in the U.S. and over 20 countries throughout the world, including assessments in the high-threat environments of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mr. Conrath completed two rotational assignments in Baghdad, providing support to U.S. and coalition forces. In this capacity, he performed vulnerability assessments and worked with local architects and material vendors to produce blast-mitigating products locally, allowing for rapid and cost-effective protection of U.S. and Iraqi personnel. His work was profiled in the January 2004 Engineer Update published by the Corps of Engineers.
Mr. Conrath has conducted post-blast investigations in Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and he provided support to U.S. federal agencies after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing attack. He also served as a United Nations inspector in Baghdad following the 1991 Gulf War.
Protection Engineering Consultants' principals and Mr. Conrath have a long history working together in the development of protective design standards and in blast, ballistic and fragment hazards research. PEC Managing Principal Kirk Marchand, Senior Principal Chuck Oswald and Mr. Conrath first worked together in 1986 during the course of a Task Order Agreement the Southwest Research Institute had with the Protective Design Center at Omaha. More recently, they have collaborated on developing DoD standards for blast-resistant windows and computer programs for the analysis of blast effects on building components.
About Protection Engineering Consultants
Protection Engineering Consultants provides research, design and consulting services to enhance the physical protection of people, systems and the built environment. Working with government agencies, the design community and industry, PEC brings expertise in multi-hazard assessment and protective design to mitigate blast, ballistic and vehicular impact attacks and accidents. Through the application of established and novel scientific methodologies as well as government and industry best practices, Protection Engineering Consultants helps clients maximize the physical security of plant, property and people while preserving utility and aesthetics.
For additional information, contact:
Kirk Marchand, P.E.
Managing Principal
+1 512 380 1988
kmarchand@protection-consultants.com