Ballistic and Forced Entry Resistant Construction

Abstract

A ballistic and forced entry resistant construction in which a sidewall is made up of a plurality of vertical columns, at least one perimeter floor sill section, at least one perimeter ceiling sill section, a plurality of bottom internal sleeves at spaced intervals extending upward from the perimeter floor sill section, a plurality of top internal sleeves at spaced intervals extending downward from the perimeter ceiling sill section, a plurality of upper outer panels, a plurality of lower outer panels, and a plurality of inner wall panels. A connecting tube is used to connect the upper and lower outer plates. The vertical columns are located between the bottom and top internal sleeves such that the sleeves fit inside the opposite ends of vertical columns and the upper and lower outer panels are located between vertical support columns.

1 . A vertical support apparatus for use in a sidewall of a ballistic and forced entry resistant construction, comprising:
 a vertical support column having opposite ends, an outer side, an inner side;   a ballistic stop fastened to the inner side of the vertical support column;   a perimeter floor sill section having an upper surface;   a perimeter ceiling sill section having a lower surface;   a bottom internal sleeve extending upward for a distance from the upper surface of the perimeter floor sill section; and   a top internal sleeve extending downward for a distance from the lower surface of the perimeter ceiling sill section,   wherein the opposite ends of the vertical column are located between the bottom and top internal sleeves such that the sleeves respectively fit inside the opposite ends of the vertical column.   
     
     
         2 . The vertical support apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the vertical support column defines opposite first and second facing sides between the outer and inner sides of the vertical support column, the vertical support apparatus further comprising a means for attaching an outer panel and an inner panel to each of the first and second opposite facing sides of the vertical support apparatus such that adjacent outer panels abut against each other along the outer side of the vertical support column.