Unified Facilities Critreria (UFC)
Navy and Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI)
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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. All construction outside of the United States is also governed by Status of forces Agreements (SOFA), Host Nation Funded Construction Agreements (HNFA), and in some instances, Bilateral Infrastructure Agreements (BIA.) Therefore, the acquisition team must ensure compliance with the more stringent of the UFC, the SOFA, the HNFA, and the BIA, as applicable.

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 source:

• Whole Building Design Guide web site http://dod.wbdg.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.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1-1 Purpose
1-2 Scope
1-3 Order of Precedence
1-4 Order of Presentation
1-5 Coordination
1-6 Application
1-7 References
1-8 Glossary
CHAPTER 2 GENERAL CONDITIONS NEW CONSTRUCTION
2-1 General
2-1.1 Overview
2-2 Core Layer
2-2.1 Definition
2-2.2 Entrance Facility (EF)
2-2.3 Typical Equipment Provided by the NMCI Contractor
2-2.4 Typical Equipment Requirements
2-2.5 Location
2-2.6 Size
2-2.7 Structural
2-2.8 Electrical
2-2.9 Grounding
2-2.10 Mechanical
2-2.11 Fire Protection
2-2.12 Classified Network Requirements
2-3 Distribution Layer
2-4 Access Layer
2-4.1 Telecommunications Rooms (TR)
2-4.2 Location
2-4.3 Size of TRs
2-4.4 Size of NMCI Equipment within TRs
2-4.5 Structural
2-4.6 Electrical
2-4.7 Grounding
2-4.8 Mechanical
2-4.9 Fire Protection
2-4.10 Classified Network Requirements
2-5 Outside Cable Plant
2-5.1 Pathways
2-5.1.1 Detection
2-5.2 Cabling
2-6 Inside Cable Plant
2-6.1 Pathways
2-6.1.1 Backbone Pathways
2-6.1.2 Horizontal Pathways
2-6.2 Cable
2-6.3 Jacks and Cover Plates
2-6.4 Interference Considerations
2-6.5 Penetrations
2-7 Classified Network Requirements
CHAPTER 3 NMCI CONVERSION PROCESS
3-1 NMCI Conversion Process
3-2 Overview
3-2.1 Material Support
3-2.2 Coordination
3-2.3 Planned Construction
3-2.4 Navy Facilities Engineering Commands
3-2.5 ROICC
3-2.6 Public Works
3-2.7 U. S. Marine Corps (USMC) Additional Requirements
3-3 PHASE 1 – Preparation
3-3.1 BAN / LAN Implementation Team
3-3.2 Preliminary Site Questionnaire
3-3.3 Site In-Brief
3-3.4 Initial Facilities Briefing
3-4 PHASE 2 – Joint Assessment / Survey
3-4.1 High Level Design
3-4.2 Preconstruction meeting 1
3-5 PHASE 3 – Detailed Survey and Design
3-5.1 Team
3-5.2 Detailed Survey
3-5.3 Detailed Design
3-5.4 Preconstruction Meeting 2
3-6 PHASE 4 – Implementation
3-7.1 NMCI Assumption of Responsibility
3-7.2 NMCI Cutover
3-7.3 Documentation
CHAPTER 4 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS DURING THE CONVERSION PROCESS
4-1.1 Service Provision
4-1.2 Building Distribution
4-2 Mechanical
4-2.1 Existing HVAC
4-2.2 Cooling Guidelines
4-3.1 Existing Infrastructure
4-3.2 Fiber Routing
4-4.1 Existing Building
4-4.2 Wall Jacks and Cable
4-4.3 New Construction
4-5.1 POP Equipment
4-5.2 Access and Distribution Equipment
4-5.3 Secure Areas
4-5.4 Fire Protection
APPENDIX A REFERENCES
APPENDIX B GLOSSARY
APPENDIX C SUPPLEMENTARY TECHNICAL GUIDANCE
APPENDIX D ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS
APPENDIX E PROTECTED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS