STRONG ROOM & Safes

The reason for the Construction of Strong

Room is to have a very high secured place
in order to protect high volume of cash
money, precious stones, jewelers and other
valuables like art collection items.
Building a fixed strong room requires
a place with very high structural load
bearing capacity, normally it should be in
the underground floor of the bank, due to
the thick armored walls that usually vary
between 30 to 60 cm, relative to the level
of protection needed, which makes strong
room a very heavy load.

While a modular prefabricated strong room

has thin walls not exceeding 150mm, with
the same or even higher burglary protection
grade. Such weight and disassembled walls
permit the set-up of these modular strong
rooms in the upper floors of new buildings,
its components are welded together making
a very clean and compact construction site.
There are also additional advantages,
such as the possibility of disassembling the
strong room and transporting it to another
location, it can also be expanded or reduced
in volume, expected load not exceeding
300 kg/m2 inner and wall covering can be
added to match the general design of the
premises.

1.Floor and Ceilings Components

5.Ventilation System

2.Construction of Components

6.Vault Door

3.Inner Covering

7.Airing

4.Cables

8.Outer Coverings

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Vault doors follow the level of security

selected for the modular panels from
0 to 9. Also, they may have two to four
different combinations & locks, preferably:
one high security double bit lock, and the
other a keyless mechanical or electronic
programmable combination. Moreover, a
daily grill gate should be installed inside,
behind the vault doors, and kept close while
working in the strong room to keep out
unauthorized employees or visitors.
The Design Plan related to ventilation is a
very important survival factor in case the
vault door closes for any reason, trapping

people inside, as is found in some rubbery

cases. Also, the installation of an antiintrusion alarm system should be taken into
consideration while preparing cabling.
In the end, not all engineers and architects
are capable of designing a perfect strong
room, therefore it is advised to coordinate
either with experts or your future safe
equipment provider.

Double bits
Mechanical
Lock

Electrical Combination Lock

Mechanical
Combination
Lock

Vault Doors
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VAULT ROOM CONSTRUCTION

MINIMUM BANK VAULT ROOM; FLOOR AND CEILING REQUIREMENTS

TYPICAL WALL AND FLOOR

REINFORCEMENT ARRANGEMENT (SIDE &
TOP VIEW)

Vaults require at least 30cms thickness walls,

floor and ceiling of reinforced concrete. The
vault door should be manufactured from
steel with 9cms minimum in thickness, or
other drill and torch resistant material and
equipped with a dial combination lock (a time
lock is optional) in additional to a Security
key lock and a substantial grill gate.
Concrete:
The adequate concrete used in walls, floor
and ceiling for bank vaults will develop an
ultimate compressive strength of at least
212 kg/cm2 (the (RC) would then weigh
2300KGkni2 on 30 cm thickness basis - )
in accordance with the American Concrete
institute standards (ACI).
Steel Reinforcing (SR):
Deformed steel of 16mm diameter reinforcing
bars (SR) should be located in vertical and
horizontal rows in each direction to form a
grid with not more than 10cms space in the

centers and weighting at least 30kgs/m2

each direction. Number of grids required
for reinforced walls, floor, and ceiling of
bank vaults is as follows: 30cms thickness
requires 3 grids; 45cms thickness requires
4 grids; 68cms thickness or greater requires
5 grids.
The front elevation of steel reinforcing grids
should show maximum space requirements
of 16mm deformed steel reinforcing bars.
Grids for all (RC) Reinforced concrete walls
are to be located not less than 10cms apart
and staggered equally.
Finally, the weights of reinforced concrete
(RC) per square meter of wall, floor and
ceiling area are as follows: 30cms with
SR=763.3Kgs. 35cms with SR=1175.0Kgs.
68cms with SR=1721.6Kgs.

Systems and Equipment cannot be

reliable unless properly maintained by
professionals on a yearly basis

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