Department of State Forced Entry Testing

National Technical Systems (NTS)

Forced entry testing is conducted on building envelope and system components such as doors, windows, wall panels and escape hatches as an attempt to penetrate or distort an edge in order to disengage a fitting or device from its mountings and allow access. The US Department of State has developed a standard that all building envelope and system components used in both domestic security and overseas facilities are required to achieve. NTS conducts all forced entry test in their DOS approved facility in accordance to the SD-STD-01.01 standard. All testing is witnessed by DOS personnel with NTS providing reports on all tests performed.