Poland's accession to NATO and the presence of Polish forces in Iraq are just a few factors that influence Poland's risk of terrorist attacks. Therefore, there is a need to identify a possible range of damage at construction facilities in the event of terrorist attacks. The awareness of this type of risk helps provide better protection for construction facilities and minimise damage. This is why Mostostal Warszawa has decided to develop a system of structural reinforcements to improve the resistance of structures against destruction following a terrorist attack.

The development of a suitable technology will be preceded by a series of analyses to determine: parameters of the impact that means of destruction have on construction structures, types of structures applied at public facilities (most vulnerable to terrorist attack), effects of means of destruction on construction structures, resistance of basic structural materials and simple structural elements against explosion effects. The results of the tests will be used to create an index featuring the resistance of specific structures to means of destruction prior to and following the introduction of the reinforcements. They will also allow the creation of construction structure design and completion methods, methods for using facilities in emergency situations, and development of a catalogue of reinforcement systems for standard type structures and the estimated levels of resistance to means of destruction.

Paweł Poneta, the project coordinator from R[&]D at Mostostal Warszawa points to the significant role of composite materials for creating innovative solutions: glass, aramid and carbon fibers. These are widely used across the United States. As early as before the attacks of September 2011, the Pentagon building was modernised with composite materials used to improve its physical resistance. These improvements contributed to a large decrease in the damage caused by the plane's impact. In early August of this year, Mostostal and the Military Academy of Technology will carry out tests at the Kazuń training ground to verify the effects that means of destruction have on structural elements and systems with and without the reinforcements.