Among the primary services offered by Beason Brackin are the design, development, improvement, testing, and evaluation of structural glass products, architectural glass and frame systems, roadside safety hardware, and physical security products and systems. In addition, Beason Brackin performs unique research to solve new and complex problems regarding structural glass, roadside safety, and physical security systems. The following are examples of the scope of services performed by Beason Brackin.
Glass:
- Interpretation and application of glass standards, guidelines, and building codes
- Finite element analysis of glass systems (structural and thermal stress)
- Development and design of specialized non-traditional glass applications
- Inspection and evaluation of in-service glass
- Inspection and evaluation of glass damage due to windborne debris
- Failure and forensic analysis of glass systems
- Design and evaluation of glass curtainwall systems
- Design and evaluation of glass canopies
- Design and evaluation of glass window and frame systems
- Design of aquarium and animal enclosures
- Design of glass handrails and stair systems
- Design and evaluation of glass walkways and bridge systems
- Design of glass dance floors
Roadside Safety:
- Finite element analysis and computer simulation of full-scale vehicle impacts
- Design and evaluation of cable median barriers
- Design and evaluation of concrete and steel longitudinal barriers (portable, semi-rigid, and rigid)
- Development of work-zone and low-profile longitudinal barriers and end-treatments
- Design and evaluation of guardrail end-treatments
- Design of general hardware systems and connections
- Development and Evaluation of energy absorbing crash-cushions and components
- Full-scale crash test analytics, vehicle stability, and barrier performance
- Interpretation and application of test and design guidelines
Physical Security:
- Finite element analysis and computer simulation of full-scale vehicle impacts
- Development and evaluation of wedge barriers
- Development and evaluation of planter barriers
- Development and evaluation of fence barriers (wire and fiber rope)
- Design and analysis of bollard systems
- Design and analysis of pedestrian protective devices
- Design of terrain features (ha ha walls, ditches, boulders, etc.)
- Interpretation and application of test standards
