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S 1.13 Layout of building parts requiring protection
Initiation responsibility: Project planner; agency/company
management
Implementation responsibility: Construction supervisor; Head of Site/Bldg
Technical Service
Rooms or building parts requiring protection should never be in exposed or
particularly endangered areas:
- basement rooms are exposed to water damage;
- first-floor rooms - facing public traffic zones - are exposed to attacks,
vandalism and force majeure (traffic accidents in the vicinity of the
building);
- first-floor rooms of buildings with courtyards that cannot be easily
observed are exposed to breaking and entering and to sabotage;
- rooms immediately below flat roofs are exposed to rainwater.
As a rule of thumb, it may be assumed that rooms or areas requiring protection
will best be located in the centre of a building rather than in its outer parts.
The optimum approach is to include these aspects already in the project
planning of a new building or in the room allocation plans for moving into an
existing building. Where buildings are already in use, the pertinent utilisation
scheme will often involve moves within the given buildings. Alternatively,
consequent use should be made of the opportunities offered by changes which
are to be made anyhow to room allocation.
Additional controls:
- Which rooms requiring protection are in an exposed location?
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IT-Baseline Protection Manual: Oktober 2000