K&C has a rich history of technical excellence dating back to its founding in 1945 as John Case and Associates, a Structural Engineering Consulting firm, in Pasadena, CA. For over five decades, K&C has specialized in work for government, NGO, and commercial organizations to develop and apply the latest technologies to address their risks to severe threat environments and to generate resilient, robust, and cost-effective designs to protect their structural and mechanical systems. In the 1970s and 1980s, after incorporation by Mr. John Karagozian and Mr. Case to form what we now know it as Karagozian & Case, Inc. (K&C), K&C assisted the U.S. Department of Defense in evaluating and designing structures hardened against a nuclear attack. In the 1990s, as the Cold War abated, K&C became involved with characterizing conventional weapons effects, especially related to characterizing the effects from precision weapons, and began applying its expertise in hardening structures to provide protection to civilian buildings and facilities (e.g., airports) and their occupants against terrorist bombings. This led to K&C becoming a recognized leader in developing practical designs and novel protection products to reduce the risks to buildings, occupants, and their operations from terrorist attacks and accidental explosions. In the 2000s, K&C supported Government and private organizations by addressing complex multi-hazard threats in urban environments and conflict regions. K&C continues this legacy today by addressing a variety of emerging and evolving threats and hazards, as demonstrated by our recent projects and news updates.
Our History
History
Lick Observatory Structural Design Completed
John Case and Associates completes the structural design of the Lick Observatory at Mt. Hamilton, CA, USA.
K&C Supports the Government with Hard Silo Designs
K&C supports the Government to develop super hard silos to protect strategic systems. K&C develops designs, performs pre and posttest calculations, and supports high explosive tests to simulate nuclear air blast effects. K&C innovates a “yield link”, an early development of a structural fuse in the silo design to enhance protection of the strategic assets.
K&C Designs and Supports the First Blast Test of a Full-Scale Building Structure
Component Test Structure 1 (CTS‑1) is completed to evaluate the blast-resistance of a conventional reinforced concrete building.
K&C Completes Protective Design for US Embassy
Location of US Embassy and details withheld due to the sensitive nature of the design.
K&C Completes Protective Design Support for Several International Airports
Locations of international airports and details withheld due to the sensitive nature of the designs.
K&C Supports the Government in Developing Models for Conventional Weapons Effects on Structures
To address a need for accurate assessment tools for conventional weapons effects, the Government tasks K&C to develop a suite of innovative fast-running models for application vulnerability assessment and planning tools.
K&C Develops Next-Generation Transparent Armor Window Design
K&C develops a new design for a Transparent Armor Window (TAW) system for naval ships. The design decreases the life-cycle cost of the system while improving ballistic, optical, RCSR, and chemical resistance performance.
K&C Completes the CBARD Design Software
The Column Blast Analysis Retrofit Design (CBARD) software is completed by K&C. The design tool can be used to evaluate the blast response of building columns. CBARD contains simple design procedures for designing new reinforced concrete columns or retrofitting existing columns to enhance their blast-resistance.
K&C Completes a Blast Test of a Curtain Wall System for the Government.
K&C supports the Government by developing a non-proprietary curtain wall system as an option to re-clad existing building envelopes. The system is blast-tested in 2014.
K&C Completes Support for Protective Design for Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridge
Location and details of the long span cable stayed bridge withheld due to the sensitive nature of the design.