FOREWORD - 4_826

UFC 4-826-10

10 July 2002

FOREWORD

The Unified Facilities 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:

Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) Index http://65.204.17.188//report/doc_ufc.html.

USACE TECHINFO Internet site http://www.hnd.usace.army.mil/techinfo/index.htm.

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.nibs.org/ccb.

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.

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Dr. James W Wright, P.E.

Dwight A. Beranek, 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 and Environment

Department of the Air Force

Department of Defense