The WBDG Federal Facility Criteria section is an extensive electronic library of construction guide specifications, manuals, standards and many other essential criteria documents. Published and updated continuously, this library contains the complete unabridged, approved, current electronic equivalents of over 6,000 documents direct from participating federal agencies. The WBDG Federal Facility Criteria section is the most effective tool available for finding and using current, approved U.S. construction criteria. Documents are mainly available in Adobe Acrobat PDF . Some documents are also furnished by agencies in an editable format, such as Microsoft Word  or SpecsIntact, a specification processing program used by the Army, NAVFAC, and NASA. Documents are organized by agency and document type.

For document inquiries or additional information, please contact us either by phone at 202-289-7800 or by email at wbdg@nibs.org.

Agencies / Organizations

Select an Agency below to view its library of documents.

Department of Defense Department of Housing and Urban Development
Army | USACE Department of Labor
Navy | NAVFAC Department of State
Air Force | AFCEC Department of Transportation
Defense Health Agency Environmental Protection Agency
Air National Guard National Institute of Standards and Technology
Washington Headquarters Services National Institutes of Health
General Services Administration National Park Service
Department of Veterans Affairs Smithsonian Institution
Department of Energy U.S. Access Board
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Federal and Executive Government
Department of Health and Human Services Green Seal
Department of Homeland Security National Institute of Building Sciences