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UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC)
ENGINEERING USE OF
GEOTEXTILES
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITED
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UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC)
ENGINEERING USE OF GEOTEXTILES
Any copyrighted material included in this UFC is identified at its point of use.
Use of the copyrighted material apart from this UFC must have the permission of the
copyright holder.
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (Preparing Activity)
NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND
AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER SUPPORT AGENCY
Record of Changes (changes are indicated by \1\ ... /1/)
Change No. Date
Location
This UFC supersedes TM 5-818-8, dated 20 July 1995. The format of this UFC does not conform to
UFC 1-300-01; however, the format will be adjusted to conform at the next revision. The body of
this UFC is the previous TM 5-818-8, dated 20 July 1995.
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FOREWORD
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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 technica