Unified Facilities Criteria Program
The Department of Defense (DoD) initiated the Unified Facilities Criteria Program to unify all technical criteria (UFCs) and guide specifications (UFGS) pertaining to planning, design, construction, and operation and maintenance of real property facilities. The program streamlines the military criteria system by eliminating duplication of information, increasing reliance on private-sector standards, and creating a more efficient criteria development and publishing process. Administered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE), Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), the UFC Program organizes numerous working groups with one or more experts from each participating organization to develop the technical publications. Further information on the UFC program can be found in MIL-STD-3007 and in the PDF Download UFC_FY2024_Program_Review.pdf" target="_blank">UFC program report from the last fiscal year. UFC 1-300-01 and UFS 1-300-02 also provide information on developing UFC documents.
Previously, each service had its own publishing system resulting in criteria being disseminated in different formats. UFC and UFGS documents have a uniform format and a standardized numbering scheme. Though unification of all DOD criteria is the ultimate goal, there are instances when a particular document may not apply to all services, or some documents may have not been fully revised to reflect all service requirements before being issued in the system. See the introduction to the UFC and UFGS document libraries for more information.
In 1989, DoD adopted the Construction Criteria Base (CCB) information system as the official distribution method for facilities criteria. Over the years, the military services have been instrumental in the advancement of CCB and in 2003 adopted its evolution into the Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG).
Publications, Guidelines & Directives
The documents below are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs.
- PDF Download ufc_fy2023_program_review.pdf" target="_blank">DoD Unified Facilities Criteria Program FY2023 Program Review ( Posted 03-2024)
- PDF Download specsintact_mou_091614.pdf" target="_blank">Memorandum of Understanding for the Specifications-Kept-Intact (SpecsIntact) System (09-16-2014)
- PDF Download dod_sustainable_buildings_policy.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Memorandum: DoD Sustainable Buildings Policy (11-10-2013)
- PDF Download asaie_sdd_policy_upd.pdf" target="_blank">Memorandum of Army Sustainable Design and Development Policy Update - SPiRiT to LEED Transition (01-05-2006)
- PDF Download ufgs_moa.pdf" target="_blank">Memorandum of Understanding for the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (03-14-2005)
- PDF Download coord.pdf" target="_blank">Tri-Service Coordination Sheet
- PDF Download navy_coord.pdf" target="_blank">Navy Coordination Sheets
- PDF Download wbdg_moa.pdf" target="_blank">Memorandum of Agreement for the Whole Building Design Guide (10-08-2003)
- PDF Download dwg_charter.pdf" target="_blank">Working Groups Charter (09-23-2003)
- PDF Download ufc_implementation.pdf" target="_blank">Memorandum on Department of Defense Unified Facilities Criteria (05-29-2002)
- PDF Download udg_mou.pdf" target="_blank">Memorandum of Understanding on Unified Design Guidance (07-08-1998)
- PDF Download tsdgcp_charter.pdf" target="_blank">Tri-Service Design Guidance Coordinating Panel Charter (07-08-1998)
Informational Videos
The videos below are available in MP4 format for universal compatibility.
- DWG Roles & Responsibilities (08-26-2025)
- How to Submit a CCR (09-03-2025)
