MMM performed a risk assessment and continued operability analysis for the Pentagon’s NMCC. As part of the Pentagon’s multi-billion dollar renovation package, command centers from each of the armed services were being co-located with the NMCC, the focal point of Presidential Action during national defense reaction. MMM conducted a peer review of renovation designs, while analyzing the suitability and reliability of the communications architecture and supporting systems, in order to ensure the NMCC’s mission survivability and sustainability. MMM focused on reliability assessment and security assessment of equipment, components, systems, and staff.

Risk analysis assessment encompassed two floors (basement and mezzanine) of the reinforced concrete frame and masonry structure totaling 726,700 SF. Significant characteristics of the NMCC, which were subject to MMM review and recommendations:

> Electrical power generators, switchgear, and transformers
> Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS)
> HVAC controls with smoke control and clearance
> Fire detection and suppression
> Automated data processing procedures
> Raised flooring
> RF and HEMP shielding
> Reaction forces responding to national defense readiness conditions
> Blast resistance and mission survivability within a closed environment
> Adjustment to relocation of mission protocols
> Security control center with CCTV monitoring and other intrusion controls/monitors
> Use of collapsing security perimeters