Sean Ahrens

Working Group: Security Chair

AEI, Security Market Group Leader | Chicago, United States

About

Mr. Ahrens is a well-known security/resilience leader, whose accomplishments span the globe. He has facilitated risk, loss, shrinkage and created technological and operation controls for Tall buildings both domestically and internationally. He is well known for the development of strategic operational, technical and physical security programs for a myriad of Clients. Culminating decades of achievement in the security space, Mr. Ahrens, in 2014, received two awards for security innovation for his contributions on the Doha Qatar Petroleum Headquarters project.

Mr. Ahrens has also offered thought leadership in the development of security standards and guides. A former founding member of the ASIS commission on guidelines, he has contributed to a number of security guides and standards and continues his work now with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). In this role, he is…

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Sean Ahrens

CTBUH Roles

Working Group: Security, Chair (2014 – Present)

Annual Conference, Presenter (Chicago 2019)

Research

01 May 2012

Securing Iconic Structures

Sean Ahrens, Aon; Stephen Yas, MulvannyG2 Architecture

This paper emphasizes the importance of integrating security programming into building design, allowing for different uses and threat levels for the life of the building....

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25 July 2019

Now Available: Tall Building Security Technical Guide

This guide explores critical tall building security factors—such as site context, asset identification, access control systems, and positioning.

30 August 2016

Research Kick-off Meeting: Rope-Less, Non-Vertical Elevators

The kick-off meeting for the CTBUH research project on rope-less, non-vertical elevators sponsored by thyssenkrupp AG was held on the campus of IIT.

01 May 2012

Securing Iconic Structures

Sean Ahrens, Aon; Stephen Yas, MulvannyG2 Architecture

This paper emphasizes the importance of integrating security programming into building design, allowing for different uses and threat levels for the life of the building....