UFC 4-010-01
8 October 2003
2-4.6.4
Medical Transitional Structures and Spaces. These structures and
spaces may be required for limited durations to maintain mission-critical operations
during construction that require close proximity or physical connection to the existing
building undergoing construction. This may make compliance with some of the standoff
distance provisions of these standards impractical during the limited construction
duration.
2-4.6.5
Other Transitional Structures and Spaces. These structures and
spaces are exempted from some of the standoff distance provisions of these standards
because it would be impractical to apply them considering the limited less-than-1-year
duration of occupancy.
2-4.6.6
Recruiting Stations In Leased Spaces. These facilities are exempted
because their visibility and accessibility necessitate their being located in public spaces,
which makes requiring them to comply with these standards impractical. In addition, the
majority of these facilities do not have a sufficient population and population density to
meet the inhabited building standard.
2-4.6.7
Military Protective Construction. These facilities are exempted
because the military conventional and nuclear weapons threats to which they are
designed are much more stringent than those included in these standards. Facilities
designed to protective construction standards will provide higher levels of protection for
facility occupants than those required by these standards.
2-4.7
Policies and Procedures. Policies and procedures are a critical adjunct
to building standards. It is assumed that there are means to control access to controlled
perimeters, underground parking, and other locations where vehicle access needs to be
limited. It is further assumed that unusual packages or containers or improperly parked
vehicles will be recognized as potential terrorist threats and appropriate reactive
measures will be implemented to reduce the potential for casualties. Finally, it is
assumed that policies and procedures will be developed to support these and other
related issues and that those policies and procedures will be incorporated into
antiterrorism plans, training, and exercises.
2-4.8
Design Criteria. It is assumed that the provisions of these standards will
be coordinated with all other applicable DoD building and design criteria and policies.
Nothing in these standards should be interpreted to supersede the provisions of any
other applicable building or design criteria. Where other criteria mandate more stringent
requirements, it is assumed that the provisions of those criteria will be followed.
2-4.9
Enhanced Fire Safety. Historic fire scenarios and fuel loadings for
various common buildings types that are the basis for requirements in building and life
safety codes are likely to be much less severe than those experienced in terrorist
attacks. Therefore, in the event of a terrorist attack, fire safety may be critical to the
survival of building occupants and limiting the extent of building damage. Fire safety
may be enhanced by designing buildings to limit the extent or severity of a fire and
providing more effective egress routes. Changes to fire safety requirements, while they
may be justifiable from an antiterrorism standpoint, are beyond the scope of these
standards.
2-9
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