FOREWORD - 3_600

UFC 3-600-01

17 April 2003

with change 16 January 2004

FOREWORD

The Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) system as prescribed by MIL-STD 3007, provides planning,

design, construction, sustainment, restoration, and modernization criteria, and applies to the

Military Departments, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities in accordance with

USD(AT&L) Memorandum dated 29 May 2002. UFC will be used for all service projects and

work for other customers where appropriate.

UFC are living documents and will be periodically reviewed, updated, and made available to

users as part of the Services' responsibility for providing technical criteria for military

construction. Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE), Naval Facilities

Engineering Command (NAVFAC), and Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (AFCESA) are

responsible for administration of the UFC system. Defense agencies should contact the

preparing service for document interpretation and improvements. Technical content of UFC is

the responsibility of the cognizant DoD working group. Recommended changes with supporting

rationale should be sent to the respective service proponent office by the following electronic

form: Criteria Change Request (CCR). The form is also accessible from the Internet sites listed

below.

UFC are effective upon issuance. UFC are distributed only in electronic media from the

following sources:

NAVFAC Engineering Innovation and Criteria Office Internet site http://criteria.navfac.navy.mil.

Construction Criteria Base (CCB) system maintained by the National Institute of Building

Sciences at Internet site http://www.ccb.org.

Hard copies of UFC printed from electronic media should be checked against the current

electronic version prior to use to ensure that they are current.

AUTHORIZED BY:

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___Approved by Correspondence, April 2003

Dr. James W Wright, P.E.

Donald Basham, P.E.

Chief Engineer

Chief, Engineering and Construction Division

Naval Facilities Engineering Command

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Frank Lane

Kathleen I. Ferguson, P.E.

Director of Analysis & Investment

The Deputy Civil Engineer

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

DCS/Installations & Logistics

for Installations

Department of the Air Force

Department of Defense