Department of Defense (DoD) facilities have never had a more complex set of protective needs than they do today. Following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the DoD published its Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-010-01, DoD Minimum Anti-Terrorism Standards for Buildings. In 2013, this document was updated to its current version. UFC 4-010-01 identifies what reasonable precautions can be taken – for a reasonable cost – on buildings owned, leased, privatized or otherwise occupied, managed or controlled by or for the DoD. …
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Mark P. Gardner, P.E., is a Managing Engineer at Hinman Consulting Engineers, Inc. in Alexandria, VA. He can be reached at mgardner@hce.com.
UFC 4-010-01, DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings, dated February 2012, outlines 21 standards that govern site planning and the design of structural, architectural, electrical and mechanical systems for Low and Very Low Levels of Protection. The current document was developed as an update to a previous version originally issued in October 2003 and modified by Change 1, in January 2007. Though some of the revisions were incremental and provided additional clarification to existing standards, others were significant and represent a major change in approach. Implementation of the updated criteria is likely to result in levels of hardening or analysis that vary from those required by earlier editions. …