Sustainability in Contingency

About Sustainability in Contingency

The Center of Standardization (CoS) for Contingency Designs.

The CoS is responsible for:

• Development and review of Army designs for semi-permanent facilities as defined in UFC 1-201-01
• Ensuring that alterations to semi-permanent designs comply with UFC 1-201-01
• Being an active participant in the design process for semi-permanent designs not overseen by the CoS
• Creation of functional spaces for various missions within standard exterior envelopes
• Maintaining lines of communication with Combatant Command Engineer staffs

The CoS accomplishes these responsibilities through:

• Breaking the custom design paradigm
• Facilitating creation of Joint/Army semi-permanent design standards
• Being Army’s design agent for ALL semi-permanent facilities
• Developing semi-permanent base camp layout utilizing semi-permanent standard designs
• Archiving legacy semi-permanent designs from Iraq and Afghanistan
• Conceptualizing and designing all semi-permanent facilities for base camps
• Creating innovative construction solutions for customers

To see if the CoS has a design solution for your requirements, please contact tcxcosmed@usace.army.mil.

Click here to see Non Permanent Army Facility Standards (in the Library section on that page).

Research & Services

The Branch does not execute research. Services offered are the complete design of structures in a contingency environment, review of existing designs, maintenance of existing designs to incorporate new building codes, and structure cost estimating. Furthermore, Base Camp designs exist to assist Field Commanders in their decision making process. Contingency design uses standard USACE design tools to create designs. Input designs are modified according to stakeholder priorities to create better products. DD1391 have been created to assist Field Commanders and accelerate the construction process. Additionally, standard Base Camp designs give insight to Field Commanders to ensure proper sizing.