UFC 3-260-11FA
25 May 2005
f.
Design Traffic. Include the air traffic for which the project is to be
designed.
1)
Pavement design: Type of design aircraft mix and number of
passes
2)
Design wheel load for inlet and manhole design
3)
Wingspan of critical aircraft for design clearances
2.
SITE DESCRIPTION (Refer to the RFP drawings.)
a.
Location (location map with graphical scale)
1)
Existing airfield/heliport facilities (e.g., layout, type)
2)
Location of the proposed project with respect to existing facilities,
utilities, or improvements
3)
Extent of the proposed construction (e.g., size, dimensions)
b.
Topography/Drainage of Site
1)
Topography (e.g., hilly, rolling, flat, terrace, floodplain)
2)
Surface drainage (characteristics and direction)
3)
Subsurface drainage (characteristics, groundwater conditions and
elevations, including seasonal variations) if available
4)
Existing surface and subsurface drainage facilities (e.g., type,
location, capacity, condition)
c.
Climate (Use National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration or
the military installation's weather service center for climatological data
where available.)
1)
Temperatures (especially with reference to frost condition and
design air freezing index)
2)
Rainfall (particularly with respect to its effect on construction
operations)
3)
Season variations
d.
Vegetation (e.g., wooded, open, brush, cultivated fields)
3.
FIELD INVESTIGATIONS (if any)
a.
Subgrade explorations (type of investigations)
b.
Borrow explorations for fill (type of investigations)
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