MIL-STD-3007C
recommendations, the priorities of each participating
organization, and available resources.
4.4
Criteria Development.
a. Although all DoD organizations must participate, UFC and
UFGS development is primarily a joint effort of the Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE), the Navy Facilities Engineering Command
(NAVFAC), and the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency
(AFCESA). These organizations are referred to as participating
organizations. All planning, design, construction, operations,
and maintenance criteria for facilities will be unified to the
extent practical. The unification process will maximize use of
non-government standards in accordance with Public Law 104-113,
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995, Section
12(d), dated 7 March 1996, and Office of Management and Budget
Circular A-119, Federal Participation in the Development and Use
of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment
Activities, dated 10 February 1998.
b. Following agreement by the ESEP that criteria should be
developed or updated, the appropriate DWG will be assigned to
accomplish the task. Private-sector criteria and technical
standards will then be surveyed to assess their suitability for
military use.
4.5
Format Standards. Criteria will be developed and
revised in accordance with UFC 1-300-01, Criteria Format
Standard; Guide specifications will be developed and revised in
accordance with UFC 1-300-02, Guide Specifications Format
Standard. Copies of UFC 1-300-01 and 1-300-02 may be obtained
from the Web sites in 4.6.
4.6
Availability. The ESEP has signed a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) with the National Institute of Building Sciences
(NIBS) to assist in the development and distribution of UFC and
UFGS. This agreement may be viewed at
http://www.wbdg.org/pdfs/wbdg_moa.pdf. All UFC and UFGS are
primarily distributed at the Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG)
Web site at http://dod.wbdg.org/. Full movement of documents to
NIBS has not occurred, and service Web sites are available in the
interim. UFC and UFGS are also available by electronic media on
the Construction Criteria Base (CCB) DVD and CD-ROM system
distributed by NIBS.
5. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
5.1 MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES FOR UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA
(UFC).
5.1.1 Purpose. UFC are developed by individual discipline
working groups and are approved by the ESEP. UFC may contain
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