UFC 4-721-10
31 July 2002
wall of the bedroom for flexibility and easy furniture access. No additional
telephone lines or outlets are required if the room is intended for temporary use
of 2 occupants. For example: a 1+1E bedroom is designed to house 1 occupant
by assignment therefore a minimum of 1 separate line and 2 outlets on opposite
walls are required. Voice and data communication lines can be ganged into one
duplex outlet rather than separate outlet boxes as the electrical code permits.
Refer to Military Handbook 1012/3 for additional criteria. Do not provide
telephone outlets in open bay berthing spaces.
3-20.2
Public Telephones. Requirements for Public Telephones vary by
Plan. Refer to individual Plan chapter for details.
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LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEMS (LAN). Provide building
space as required for Local Area Network hubs, routers, and rack mounted
equipment supporting administrative operations, training, and support operations
associated with Bachelor Housing management and mission assignment of the
occupants. Media may share a common raceway system with telephone and
other communications systems. Refer to EIA/TIA 570-A, 758, 569-A, 568-A-5,
568-B.2 and 568-B.3 for additional criteria. Provide a permanent installed
conduit/raceway system to support LAN operations.
3-21.1
In-Room Services. Provide In-Room access to Services to EACH
resident in all plans except Open Bay Berthing. For example: a 2+0 room is
designed to house 2 occupants, therefore 4 outlets are required. Provide each
occupant with two LAN outlets per room for voice and data system connections.
Locate LAN outlets on each party wall of the bedroom for flexibility and easy
furniture access. Media may share a common raceway system with telephone
and other communications systems. Refer to EIA/TIA 570-A, 758, 569-A, 568-A-
5, 568-B.2 and 568-B.3 for additional criteria. Do not provide services to open
bay berthing spaces.
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Federal reservations and are governed by the Uniform Federal Accessibility
Standards (UFAS.) Barrier-free design should be in accordance with the
requirements of the UFAS as required by 42 U.S.C. 4151-4157, Architectural
Barriers Act of 1968, and consistent with 29 U.S.C. 794, Rehabilitation Act of
1973, but also meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG.) Use the criteria that provides the greatest
barrier-free design requirements. Spaces in Bachelor Housing that are open to
the public, civilian staff, visitors and transients should be barrier free. The
apartments and modules of Permanent Party quarters and 95% of the transient
rooms are for able-bodied personnel and do not require accessibility provisions
Refer to the reference section for additional information.
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CABLE TELEVISION. In each building, provide a permanently
installed conduit raceway system for cable television system media. Exposed
surface mounted wiring is not permitted. Provide fire resistant media listed and
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