FOREWORD - ufc_3-440-010003

UFC 3-440-01

14 June 2002

FOREWORD

The Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) system is prescribed by MIL-STD 3007 and

provides planning, design, construction, operations and maintenance criteria, and

applies to the Military Departs, 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 Engineering Innovation and Criteria Office Internet site

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 assure that they are current.

AUTHORIZED BY:

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Dwight A. Beranek, P.E.

Dr. James W. Wright, P.E.

Chief, Engineering and Construction Division

Chief Engineer and

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Naval Facilities Engineering Command

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Kathleen I. Ferguson, P.E.

Frank Lane

Director of Analysis & Investment

The Deputy Civil Engineer

DCS/Installations & Logistics

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

Department of the Air Force

for Installations and Environment

Department of Defense