Objective It is a fact that terrorist attacks, including bombings, have taken place in Europe and continue to do so at an escalating rate. The 15 worst terrorist attacks have occurred since 1982, 80% in the last 10 years. Apart from the direct impact of the blast, there are the devastating consequences of broken glass, debris and building collapse, which act as lethal missiles and which claim more lives than those caused by the direct effects of the blast. With this in mind, the Consortium behind this proposal have devised an innovative building response system to bomb blasts which enables the building fabric to absorb and spread blast forces, thereby minimising the amount and velocity of glass and structural debris and manages the blast forces to avoid building collapse. Our proposed innovative concept can be economically retrofitted to existing buildings.The concept is based around developing a new form of ductile shatterproof glass and a unique method of tying the glass to the structure of the building, designed to absorb the blast impact in a ductile manner, thus avoiding building collapse and debris. The system also checks that the specified alterations do not compromise the integrity of the structural framework, as this could lead to the building's collapse. Furthermore, the low weight of the Blastwall solution does not cause any further structural issues when retrofitted. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionsterrorismengineering and technologymaterials engineering Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2004-SME-COOP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme COOPERATIVE - Coordinator HAMILTON ERSKINE LIMITED EU contribution No data Address 17 Moss Road, Ballygowan, County Down NORTHERN IRELAND United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all IFS CHEMICALS LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 26 King Street KING'S LYNN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HANDING EN GROS S.R.L. Romania EU contribution No data Address Str. Lunga nr.66 BRASOV See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RIOJALEX SA Spain EU contribution No data Address Po. Industrial El Sequero. Parcela 192 ARRUBAL See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DMR RUBANS SAS France EU contribution No data Address 16 Rue Carnot COMINES See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VIDISCO LIMITED Israel EU contribution No data Address 17 Yehiel Dresner St., Sgula Industrial Park PETACH TIKVA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KOMMERLING CHEMISCHO FABRIK GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Zweibrucker Strasses200 PIRMASENS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data OVE ARUP AND PARTNERS LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 13 Fitzroy Street LONDON See on map Total cost No data APPLIED INNOVATION IRELAND LIMITED Ireland EU contribution No data Address One Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace DUBLIN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution No data Address Hansastrasse 27C MUENCHEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STAP A.S. Czechia EU contribution No data Address Vilémov u Sluknova, c.p. 103 See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PERA INNOVATION LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Nottingham Road MELTON MOWBRAY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data QINETIQ LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 85 Buckingham Gate LONDON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data