DELTA SECURITY SYSTEM INSTALLED AT NASDAQ.

Byline: Daily News

VALENCIA - Nasdaq headquarters in New York City has a new state-of- the-art security system, developed and installed by Delta Scientific Corp. of Valencia.

With the nation's financial capital reeling from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on World Trade Center's Twin Towers, Nasdaq is the most recent institution to install Delta's highest crash-rated bollard system that can stop and destroy a vehicle weighing up to 15,000 pounds.

The stock market headquarters planned the security upgrade more than a year before the terrorist attacks, but only recently was the system installed and operating.

``The Delta systems are now up and operational when the threats to people and facilities are highest,'' said David Dickinson, Delta's senior vice president.

The bollards are strong barricades that are raised and lowered into the guard position by a remote-controlled precision power system. Under emergency conditions, these bollards can be raised in a split second.

Delta supervised the layout, construction, wiring and system start-up for the project. Engineers also trained Nasdaq personnel to operate the system.

Delta, in the Valencia Industrial Center, has supplied similar bollards and other counterterrorist barricades to more than 160 U.S. embassies and consulates across the world. In the United States, Delta systems protect 110 federal buildings, security measures that were taken after the April 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Also, 85 percent of the nation's nuclear power plants are protected by Delta vehicle barricade systems.

The bollard systems carry a top rating from the U.S. State and Defense departments for their ability to stop large vehicles at high speed.