UFC 3 -520-01
June 10, 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 all service
commands having military construction responsibilities. UFC will be used for all service 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, United States 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. Technical content of UFC is
the responsibility of the preparing tri-service committee. Recommended changes with
supporting rationale should be sent to the respective service proponent office, as follows:
HQUSACE, ATTN: CECW-E, 441 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20314-1000, by electronic
Criteria Change Request (CCR) form on the TECHINFO site listed below.
Commander, Atlantic Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 1510 Gilbert Street (ATTN:
NAVFAC Engineering Innovation and Criteria Office), Norfolk, Virginia 23511-2699, or
ufc@efdlant.navfac.navy.mil, by commercial telephone (757) 322-4200 or DSN 262-4200, or by
Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency, 139 Barnes Drive, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
32403-5319, or larry.spangler@Tyndall.af.mil.
UFC are effective upon issuance. UFC are distributed only in electronic media from the
following sources:
USACE TECHINFO Internet site http://www.hnd.usace.army.mil/techinfo.
NAVFAC Engineering Innovation and Criteria Office Internet site http://criteria.navfac.navy.mil/criteria.
Construction Criteria Base (CCB) system maintained by the National Institute of Building
Sciences at Internet site http://www.nibs.org/ccb/.
The following documents are superseded by this manual:
MIL- HDBK-1004/4, Electrical Utilization Systems
TM 5-811-2, AFM 88-9-2, Electrical Design, Interior Electrical System
AFMAN 32-1181, Design Standards for Facilities Interior Electrical Systems
TM 5-811-14, Coordinated Power Systems Protection
MIL- HDBK-1004/3, Switchgear and Relaying