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Wilfred E. Baker Research Test Facility Opens

The new Wilfred E. Baker Research Test Facility is a 160-acre test site that includes our new 9,800 sq ft high-bay test building, several outdoor test pads, and a hardened test cell. The facility is located 45 minutes southeast of our San Antonio office,consolidating our shock tube and blast testing programs into a single facility.

Shock tube testing can now be conducted year round and is less dependent on weather conditions, since test equipment is housed inside the high-bay. The main test building was designed for a 120 MPH hurricane wind load due to anticipated test conditions. The building includes a control room to operate the shock tube, a second control room to operate outdoor test programs, and a client meeting room. The BakerRisk shock tube and test equipment have been refurbished and relocated into the high-bay, which is equipped with a 10-ton travelling crane beam for safe installation of test specimens and to support one-off indoor testing and accident reconstruction efforts. The image below shows the shock tube installed in the high bay with the 10-ton travelling crane.

For more information on our expanded testing capabilities at our new test facility, please contact MikeLowak at (210) 824-5960 or via email at MLowak@BakerRisk.com.