UFC 3-301-01 is the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) for Structural Engineering [UFC 3-301-01], prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command as a joint DoD standard.
The current baseline document is dated 11 April 2023, with Change 1 effective 2 October 2023 [UFC 3-301-01 Record of Changes]. Recent substantive changes include:
Change 1 (2 October 2023): Modified tsunami design provisions to allow "other utilities" (secondary or tertiary elements) to be designed for reduced risk category where approved by the Authority Having Jurisdiction, and extended the prohibition on fabric hangar doors in windborne debris regions to fabric-covered buildings generally [UFC 3-301-01 Change 1 summary].
Change 3 (3 February 2025): Adopted 2024 I-codes and ASCE 7-22 standards; transferred frost depth determination for foundation design to the project geotechnical engineer [UFC 3-301-01 Change 3 description].
UFC 3-301-01 incorporates Chapters 2 and 3 design load requirements [UFC 3-130-04 4-2] and serves as the baseline structural design standard across DoD
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