scope:

Purpose.

This standard establishes policy for developing and maintaining Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), Facilities Criteria (FC), and Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) as common facility standards and engineering practices for the Department of Defense (DoD) and other supported agencies.

Applicability.

UFC, FC, and UFGS provide facility planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance, sustainment, restoration, and modernization criteria for facilities owned by the DoD.

Authority.

This standard implements the UFC program as a component of the Defense Standardization Program and is established by House Conference Report 105-247 (9 September 1997); Tri-Service Unified Design Guidance Report to the congressional defense committees (March 1998); Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (DUSD) letter (29 May 2002). The Military Departments jointly develop individual UFC, FC, and UFGS pursuant to their authorities under Title 10, United States Code, and therefore represent DoD consensus standards.

Other criteria.

Where there are no UFC, FC, or UFGS, other criteria may still be in effect and will be used until superseded or incorporated into UFC, FC, or UFGS. Inactive UFC or FC documents can be used to identify requirements but will be verified and determined to be applicable prior to use.

intended Use:

Standards covered by this standard are intended for use in acquisition to establish requirements for military facilities and other engineering, architectural, or technical criteria.