UFC 1-300-09N
25 May 2005
CHAPTER 2 POLICY
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CRITERIA.
Design Naval shore facilities in accordance with all Navy and Department of Defense
(DOD) Criteria. DoD Design Criteria are available from the Whole Building Design
Guide web site (http://dod.wbdg.org/) and from the Construction Criteria Base (CCB)
web site (www.ccb.org.) Design criteria include general design criteria, as well as
specific criteria on particular elements of the work (e.g., Geotechnical and Engineering
Procedures for Foundation Design of Buildings and Structures) and facility types (e.g.,
Bachelor Quarters). Design guidance is typically in the form of Unified Facilities Criteria
(UFC). The A/E contract or the Design-Build RFP will reference the specific guidance
applicable to a particular project. Deviations from criteria must be approved by the
NAVFAC Chief Engineer.
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Antiterrorism.
Design all inhabited buildings to meet the requirements of UFC 4-010-01, DoD Minimum
Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings; UFC 4-010-02, DoD Minimum Antiterrorism
Standoff Distances for Buildings; and/or Combatant Commander Anti-terrorism/Force
Protection construction standards. It is important to remember that the project
documents provide only the minimum amount of information necessary for the
installation of all elements required for force protection and must not contain information
on force protection methods, philosophy, or information on design threats, as this
information is considered sensitive and for official use only.
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Sustainable Design.
Integrate sustainable development principles into all phases of projects. Refer to
NAVFAC Instruction 9830.1, Sustainable Development Policy and use the U. S. Green
Building Council's LEED Green Building Rating System as a tool to apply sustainable
development principles and as a metric to measure the sustainability achieved through
the planning, design and construction processes. All applicable projects must meet the
LEED Certified level, unless justifiable conditions exist that limit the pursuit and
accomplishment of the LEED credits necessary for achieving the Certified level.
The Government determines the minimum sustainable LEED goals and verification
methods. The facility project manager or the RFP document will identify the sustainable
LEED goals. There are three methods of sustainable verification for Design-Build
projects. Refer to UFGS-01331 in the RFP for identification of Design-Build verification
method.
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INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS.
It is NAVFAC policy to use the metric system of measurement (International System of
Units, SI) for planning and design criteria, Unified Facilities Guide Specifications
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