Not all of the documents on this page are fully Section 508 compliant. If you have difficulties accessing a file or need assistance, please email bips@dhs.gov.

The High Performance and Integrated Design Program (HP&IDR) was created by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) in 2009 to improve the security and resilience of our nation's buildings and infrastructure. The program's overall goal is to better prepare buildings and infrastructure to recover from manmade and natural disaster events such as explosive blasts; chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) agents; floods; hurricanes; earthquakes, and fires. The HP&IDR web pages provides publications, software, and tools to support the protection of our nation's physical inventory.

• Building and Infrastructure Protection Series Publications and Tools
• High Performance Resilience Program Databases and Tools
• Building and Infrastructure Protection Series Workshops
• High Protection Resilience Program Flyers
• Security Risk Management Series Publications (FEMA)

Building and Infrastructure Protection Series Publications and Tools

The Building and Infrastructure Protection Series (BIPS) is a series of publications and software tools developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) to provide guidance on risk assessment and mitigation against multi-hazard events. The series emphasizes strengthening and protecting critical infrastructure from the impacts of a terrorist attack. The objectives of the publications and software tools are to reduce physical damage to structural and nonstructural components of buildings and critical infrastructure, and to reduce resultant casualties from impact events that include manmade hazards (including explosive blast, and chemical biological, or radiological agents) and natural hazards (including floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disaster events).

• BIPS 01 - Aging Infrastructure: Issues, Research, and Technology
• BIPS 02 - Integrated Rapid Visual Screening Series (IRVS) for Mass Transit Stations (Manual and Software)
• BIPS 03 - Integrated Rapid Visual Screening Series (IRVS) for Tunnels (Manual and Software)
• BIPS 04 - Integrated Rapid Visual Screening Series (IRVS) for Buildings (Manual and Software)
• BIPS 05 - Preventing Structures from Collapsing (Manual and UBT Demo)
• BIPS 06/FEMA 426 - Reference Manual to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attacks against Buildings, 2nd Edition
• BIPS 07 - Primer to Design Safe School Projects in Case of Terrorist Attacks and School Shootings, 2nd Edition
• BIPS 08 - Field Guide for Building Stabilization and Shoring Techniques
• BIPS 09 - Urban Blast Tool
• BIPS 10 - High Performance Based Design for the Building Enclosure

Back To Top

High Performance Program Databases and Tools

The High Performance and Integrated Design Resilience (HP&IDR) Program has developed a number of tools to provide guidance on building and infrastructure high-performance design and protection, risk assessment, and mitigation against multi-hazard events. The objectives of the publications and software tools developed under this program are to reduce physical damage to structural and nonstructural components of buildings and critical infrastructure and to reduce resultant casualties from impact by manmade and natural disaster events. The tools include:

• Owners Performance Requirements (OPR) Tool
• Urban Blast Tool (UBT)
• Security Information and Technology Exchange Database (SITE)
• Advanced and High Performance Materials Database (AMD)

Back To Top

Building and Infrastructure Protection Series Workshops

The Building and Infrastructure Protection Series (BIPS) developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) includes several workshop proceedings, reports, and manuals sponsored by the DHS S&T Infrastructure Protection and Disaster Management Division (IDD). The intended audience for these publications includes architects and engineers working for private institutions, building owners/operators/managers, and state and local government officials, but is not limited to these groups. The BIPS provides information that is applicable for a wide range of users.

• Designing for a Resilient America
• Ultra High Performance Concrete Roadmap to Commercialization
• Aging Infrastructures Workshop Proceedings
• Stabilization of Buildings Workshop Proceedings
• Security, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Summit Proceedings
• Monitoring and Sensing of Near-Collapse Buildings Workshop
• Near-Collapse Buildings Workshop for Emergency Management Personnel

Back To Top

High Performance Resilience Program Flyers and Webinars

• Building and Infrastructure Publications (PDF, 1 page trifold - 2 MB)
• Cutting Edge Risk and Resiliency Webinar
• Cutting Edge Risk and Resiliency Webinar - 508 Compliant (XML, 11 KB)
• High Performance and Integrated Design Resilience Program Brochure (PDF, 2 pages - 1.07 MB)
• High Performance and Integrated Design Tools and Publications (PDF, 2 pages - 1.82 MB)
• Integrating Resilience into Building Infrastructure Design (PDF, 1 page - 573 KB)
• Integrated Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings (PDF, 2 pages - 1.33 MB)
• Integrated Rapid Visual Screening of Tunnels and Mass Transit Stations (PDF, 2 pages - 1 MB)
• Blast Load Effects in Urban Canyons - The Urban Blast Tool (UBT) (PDF, 1 page - 1.14 MB)
• Stabilization of Damaged Structures (PDF, 1 page - 635 KB)
• Retrofit of Buildings and Infrastructure in Large Urban Areas (PDF, 1 page - 937 KB)
• Ultra-High Performance Requirement Tool (OPR) (PDF, 1 page - 970 KB)

Back To Top

For additional questions about the High Performance and Integrated Design Program, email bips@dhs.gov.