UFC 3-320-01A
1 MARCH 2005
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.aspx .
NAVFAC Engineering Innovation and Criteria Office Internet site http://dod.wbdg.org/.
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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DONALD L. BASHAM, P.E.
DR. JAMES W WRIGHT, P.E.
Chief, Engineering and Construction Division
Chief Engineer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
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KATHLEEN I. FERGUSON, P.E.
Dr. GET W. MOY, P.E.
The Deputy Civil Engineer
Director, Installations Requirements and
DCS/Installations & Logistics
Management
Department of the Air Force
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense
(Installations and Environment)
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