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If You Have Not Yet Made Plans To Attend FENCETECH 2014 and Fence Industry Week, Get Busy! There Is Still Time! Complete Registration Details May Be Found On Pages 70-71 OSU Radiation Center one of many lower profile facilities utilizing crash barriers as anti-terrorism protection They may not have the high pro- ward, Calif., with whom Overhead The unit is rated at 100 cycles per hour to be challenging and rewarding, file status or visibility of nuclear Door has a 25-year-long relationship, for one vehicle, one cycle applications. Overhead Door capitalized on their power plants, major airports or gov- it was decided to bid the project using It runs at 6-8 seconds open/close de- years of experience to make OSU's viernment embassies, but there is a vast three StrongArm M30TM high cycle pending on the length of the arm. It is sion a reality. "Crash rated products are more array of smaller yet still sensitive in- crash rated fortified hydraulic barrier certified to ASTM F2656-07, Standard stallations across the country which re- arms manufactured by HySecurity of Test Method for Vehicle Crash Testing prevalent than ever," commented of Perimeter Barriers, P1 standard, Zach Eichenberger, Encon Elecquire anti-terrorism security. Water Kent, Wash. The project involved securing meaning it can stop a 15,000-pound tronics sales manager. "Certainly, the treatment facilities, fertilizer plants, oil refineries and food processing centers two 16-foot openings and one 24- vehicle traveling at 30 mph, penetrat- tragedies of September 11 have foot opening. The M30 is available to ing less than one meter. heightened awareness and the need for are a few examples. Although the project would prove increased anti-terrorism security. It Such an installation is Oregon fit 12-foot to 24-foot clear openings. may be paranoia driving the specificaState University's Radiation Center in tions, but an ounce of prevention is Corvallis, Ore., home of the OSU worth a pound of cure," he said. TRIGA nuclear reactor and the De"These are formidable barriers that partment of Nuclear Engineering and deter attacks on such facilities. The Radiation Health Physics. The reidea is that they will never have to be search facility's reactor is a waterused for what they were built for." cooled, pool–type research unit that Projects of this nature take good uses uranium/zirconium hydride fuel PVC & Polyester Coated Pipe L. Kindrick, Temporary planning, noted Curtis elements, which by their nature require Fencing Panels service manager and gate operator a high level of threat protection in sales for Overhead Door. "The civil today's world. work in this project determines the Recently, Oregon State University called on veteran fence contraccontinued on page 13 tor Town and Country Fence of Clackamas, Ore. to oversee the securing of three driveways leading into the radiation center with crash rated barrier gates. The perimeter of the facility has existing crash rated fencing installed, but OSU decided that the prior system utilizing large removable blockades was laborious and cumberPictured at left is one of three HySecurity StrongArm M30 high cycle some to move on a regular basis, crash rated fortified hydraulic barrier prompting the university to seek a arms installed at Oregon State Univer"better mousetrap." Ore. Corrugated Steel Privacy Panels (90 sity's Radiation Center in Corvallis,high mph wind protection) Golden Gate then Town and Country FenceSlide Gates Although the OSU facility is not as subcontracted with Overhead Door profile as some others, the fact that it houses a nuclear reactor makes it a poCo. to perform the installation. It was tential target for terrorists. Above, OverOverhead Door's first opportunity to head Door of Eugene, Ore., an bid a crash rated barrier gate system, authorized HySecurity installer, comand after consultation with wholesale pleted the exacting project. (Photos courtesy Encon Electronics) distributor Encon Electronics of Hay- ironworldfencing.com Ornamental Iron Fencing WE SHIP EVERYWHERE! & MORE! 1-888-487-3448