JS Global Design Practice

Design the facility around the mission.

JS Global brings planning, architecture, interiors, engineering, and protective design into one coordinated practice for secure, federal, diplomatic, and mission-critical environments.

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Secure Facility PlanningConcept Sequence
Conceptual secure facility floor plan A conceptual facility plan with a ring hallway, side corridors leading to exits, perimeter rooms, and a small protected SCIF at the center reached through an anteroom. Every enclosed room has a clearly drawn doorway.
Concept floor planProtected room / SCIF
The Design Practice

What is secure facility design?

Secure facility design coordinates mission requirements, architecture, engineering, protective criteria, existing conditions, and operational continuity before they become construction conflicts. The result is a facility that can be built, accredited, operated, maintained, and adapted with greater clarity.

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Mission-led planning

People, workflows, equipment, security conditions, and future change shape the design from the beginning.

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Disciplines in coordination

Architecture, interiors, civil, structural, and MEP systems are resolved as one building rather than isolated packages.

03

Delivery kept visible

Constructability, phasing, access, testing, and turnover requirements remain present throughout design.

Six Coordinated Disciplines

The expertise required to resolve the whole facility.

Engage a focused discipline or assemble a multidisciplinary team around the requirement. Each service is connected to the same project context, decisions, and delivery priorities.

01 Architectural team reviewing coordinated facility plans and a physical building model

Architecture + Planning

Programming, planning, building design, documentation, phasing, and construction administration shaped around mission and site conditions.

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 02 Controlled institutional interior with durable finishes and integrated circulation

Interior Design

Interior environments, space standards, finishes, furniture coordination, accessibility, and wayfinding aligned with performance and occupant needs.

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 03 Coordinated mechanical, electrical and fire-protection systems inside a facility plant room

MEP Engineering

Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire-protection, controls, and infrastructure systems coordinated for reliability and maintainability.

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 04 Structural steel framing and reinforced concrete foundations under construction

Civil + Structural Engineering

Site, grading, drainage, utilities, foundations, structural systems, and modifications coordinated with facility and resilience requirements.

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 05 Hardened institutional entrance with reinforced glazing and integrated protective bollards

Anti-terrorism + Force Protection

Protective planning, hardening, blast-informed coordination, controlled perimeters, and risk-responsive design integrated with the architecture.

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 06 High-performance building envelope with solar shading, green roof and rainwater management

Sustainability + Resilience

Energy, water, envelope, material, continuity, and resilience strategies balanced with mission, lifecycle, and operational priorities.

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Designed as One System

Resolve the interfaces before they reach the field.

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Architecture + operations

Spaces, circulation, adjacencies, equipment, and occupant workflows are tested against how the facility must function.

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Engineering + continuity

Capacity, redundancy, pathways, controls, maintenance access, and temporary provisions are considered together.

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Protection + constructability

Security measures, structural implications, penetrations, materials, sequencing, and documentation are coordinated early.

The Design Foundation

Atlantic Design Group brings established design depth into JS Global.

Atlantic Design Group is the design foundation within JS Global. Its architecture, interior design, civil, structural, MEP, and protective-design capabilities operate within the broader JS Global enterprise, giving clients a direct path from early requirements through design and, when needed, coordinated construction delivery.

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A Disciplined Design Process

Move from requirement to coordinated documents with fewer blind spots.

  1. 01

    Understand

    Confirm the mission, stakeholders, site, existing conditions, security criteria, budget, schedule, and procurement path.

  2. 02

    Define

    Translate operating needs into program, performance criteria, system concepts, phasing, and clear decision points.

  3. 03

    Coordinate

    Resolve architecture, engineering, protection, constructability, and discipline interfaces through shared reviews.

  4. 04

    Validate

    Check the developing solution against requirements, cost, schedule, maintainability, documentation, and delivery risk.

  5. 05

    Support

    Carry design intent through procurement, construction administration, field coordination, testing, and turnover.

Frequently Asked Questions

How clients can engage the Design practice.

Practical answers about independent design services, multidisciplinary teams, secure facilities, and construction support.

01Can JS Global provide design without construction?
Yes. The Design practice can be engaged independently for planning, architecture, interior design, civil, structural, MEP, protective design, sustainability, and construction-administration services.
02Can individual design disciplines be engaged separately?
Yes. A client or prime contractor may engage a focused discipline or a coordinated multidisciplinary team. Scope is structured around the requirement, procurement strategy, and responsibilities already held by others.
03How are secure-facility requirements incorporated?
Relevant security, access, hardening, pathway, documentation, testing, and accreditation considerations are identified early and coordinated with the architecture and engineering disciplines throughout design.
04Does the design team support construction?
Yes. Depending on scope, the team can support procurement, submittal and request-for-information reviews, site observations, field coordination, design clarifications, testing, closeout, and turnover.
Start With the Requirement

What does the facility need to accomplish?

Share the mission, location, current conditions, security environment, delivery stage, and primary constraint. JS Global will assemble the right design disciplines around the work.

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