FOREWORD - 4_740

UFC 4-740-03

1 NOVEMBER 2002

FOREWORD

The Unified Facility Criteria (UFC) system is prescribed by MIL-STD 3007 and 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 DoD 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 and are distributed only in electronic media from the following

sources:

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

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

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.

Don Basham, P.E.

Chief Engineer and

Chief, Engineering and Construction Division

Director of Planning and Engineering,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Naval Facilities Engineering Command

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Frank Lane

Kathleen Ferguson, P.E.

Director of Analysis & Investment

Deputy Civil Engineer

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations

Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations and Logistics

Department of the Air Force

Department of Defense