PARTNERSHIPS
The Protection Alliance - Founded by Layne Consultants International in 2000, The Protection Alliance
is a federation of leading consultants working together to offer a broad range
of experience and expertise in specific fields. The Alliance is a professional
affiliation of security and fire protection firms with similar goals and objectives.
Members of the group are independent, non-product affiliated authorities, working
together to enhance their extensive professional skills, integrity, and recognition.
The combined talents of Alliance members is directed towards projects in
a host of specialty areas. Individual members of the Alliance are nationally recognized leaders
in their respective areas with special skills and extensive experience. Areas
of concentration include every facet of security management, consulting, training
and planning.
MC Peterson & Associates - Since 2000, MC Peterson & Associates' founder Mark C. Peterson has served as LCI’s leading security design and technology
partner. Mr. Peterson has over 30 years of industry experience performing security surveys,
technology audits, policy and procedure development, design and specification
services, project management, and system commissioning of integrated electronic
security management systems including: intrusion detection, FIPS 201/TWIC smart
cards, physical access control, video surveillance, parking control, and communication
systems. Mark possesses extensive security industry product knowledge as well
as expertise in electronic security system acquisition, implementation, and commissioning. He has conducted physical security informational sessions for American Society
of Industrial Security (ASIS), BICSI, American Association of Museums (AAM), International
Foundation of Cultural Property Protection (IFCPP), and the Smithsonian Institution's
national cultural property protection conference. Mark is chairman of the Security Industry Association’s (SIA’s) Application
Standards subcommittee, Technology Advisory for the International Foundation for
Cultural Property Protection, and standing member
of The Protection Alliance.
Heritage Protection Group/Fire Safety Network - Founded in 1990 by Nick Artim PE, CIPT, CIPI, HPG is a collaborative of licensed
fire protection engineers and consultants who specialize addressing the unique
fire safety issues in museums, libraries, archives and historic structures. Their worldwide clients range from remote rural historic societies to international
monumental structures. Services offered include fire risk analysis, development of fire prevention
and fire emergency response programs, performance-based fire protection evaluations
and code consultation, integration of fire protection systems in historic buildings,
and fire detection and suppression systems engineering. Mr. Artim is a principal member of the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA)
Cultural Resources Committee, is a technical fire protection advisor for the International
Foundation for Cultural Property Protection, and holds membership in the Society
of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), and International Association of Museum Facilities
Administrators and Association for Preservation Technology. He has conducted a number of fire protection educational programs and authored
technical documents for organizations that include IFCPP, the Northeast Document
Conservation Center, and the Society of American Archivists. Nick is a standing member of The Protection Alliance.
LCI is also proud of its long-standing strategic alliance with C.H. Guernsey and Company of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. C. H. Guernsey & Company offers the highest
quality engineering and consulting solutions to clients in the United States and
abroad. This alliance allows LCI to expand its support base for projects throughout
the United States and abroad. While significantly improving our
ability to provide the best in system evaluation, design, and specification, we're
not changing players, but adding to the team. Our same reliable design team remains
involved in direct management of all design projects.
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