Blast-Resistant Building Design

From industrial facilities to critical infrastructure, buildings in high-hazard environments must be designed to withstand environmental demands in addition to extreme events like explosions, impacts, and unforeseen threats. At Arthian, we specialise in creating tailored blast-resistant building design solutions that protect people, assets, and operations.

Why Blast-Resistant Design Matters

In industries regulated under the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) framework, blast-resistant design is crucial for minimising risks to workers, safeguarding critical infrastructure, and ensuring operational continuity. We understand the complexities of designing for hazardous environments, balancing the need for protection with practicality and compliance.

Our Blast-Resistant Design Services

Our specialist multidisciplinary team leverages advanced structural integrity analysis, risk assessments, and innovative engineering solutions to deliver bespoke, future-proof structures. We have decades of experience designing blast-resistant industrial buildings, including:

• Control Rooms
• Forward Operating Buildings (FOBs)
• Office & Welfare Facilities
• Amenities Buildings
• Workshops & Stores
• Onshore Substations
• TAR and Contractor Villages
• Security Gatehouses
• Emergency Response Buildings

In addition to the structures mentioned above, our team has extensive experience with new-build, bespoke-built and modular buildings. We also offer a retrofit service for existing buildings, to provide enhanced protection of occupants from external process hazards more cost-effectively and sustainably.

How We Protect People and Assets

We provide comprehensive services to ensure the safety, stability, and compliance of your facilities:

• Structural Integrity Analysis: Assessing how structures respond to blast overpressures to ensure strength and stability.
• Blast-Resistant Structure Design: Creating buildings that can withstand explosions and protect occupants.
• Toxic Refuge Design: Creating a shelter-in-place building to protect occupants from toxic gas release.
• Thermal Shelter in Place: Creating a safe building for occupants from any thermal events, such as hydrocarbon pool fires, jet fires, etc.
• Blast Doors and Windows Design: Engineering reinforced openings to protect building occupants.
• Occupied Building Risk Assessments (OBRAs): Evaluating risks to people inside buildings and recommending risk reduction measures.
• New Build and Remedial Solutions: Designing blast-resistant new structures and strengthening existing buildings.

Ensuring COMAH Compliance

We have significant experience conducting OBRAs alongside specifications for blast doors, windows, and reinforced enclosures to help clients comply with COMAH regulations. Our experience spans collaborating with top-tier COMAH sites to develop site-wide mitigation strategies, ensuring all aspects of risk management are considered, including temporary buildings within blast contours. As SER Certifiers, we also provide certified design of buildings in Scotland.

By choosing Arthian, you gain a partner dedicated to creating safer, more resilient facilities that withstand extreme events while protecting critical operations.

Ready to Secure Your Future?

Contact us to discuss your project needs or request a site assessment. Download our brochure for detailed information on our blast-resistant solutions.