 The firm started working on Homeland Defense projects in 1998 to streamline the
response capabilities of state and local agencies in North Carolina in cases of
WMD incidents. We have
applied our engineering and military experience to the solution of force protection problems
in the public and private sector. We have modeled entire multistory buildings and applied
explosive forces to determine the vulnerable structural elements and designed protective
measures. We have conducted vulnerability assessment of hospital facilities and recommended
facility and procedural improvements to their operations to prevent and attack and to cope
with the consequences of a breach in security. ZAPATA
is a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenberg ALERT team providing emergency engineering support
to the local fire and police departments.
Highlights of our capabilities include:
- Experience executing design, ordnance, antiterrorism, counterterrorism, and construction projects across the globe from Massachusetts to Hawaii to Iraq.
- Experience in preparing threat analysis and vulnerability assessments for DoD and high visibility commercial clients.
- Experience in designing and constructing protective countermeasures.
- Experience integrating physical protective design with security personnel methods and procedures.
- Established delivery systems to quickly mobilize, in response to increased threat conditions and terror alerts.
- In-house multidiscipline staff, including Army, Air Force, and Navy personnel trained in explosives, WMD, threat analysis, and antiterrorism.
- Provided bio-terror protection to a 12 county area in North Carolina.
- Experience in designing facilities to train soldiers in different combat situations.
- Verified track record performing and managing multiple concurrent projects across the world by integrating a diverse group of disciplines and subcontractors into an Integrated Team.
- Unblemished safety record.
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