UFC 4-022-03 14 June 2007 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) SECURITY ENGINEERING: FENCES, GATES, AND GUARD FACILITIES DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A; Approved for Public Release; Distribution unlimited UFC 4-022-03 14 June 2007 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) SECURITY ENGINEERING: FENCES, GATES, AND GUARD FACILITIES 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 NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND (Preparing Activity) AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER SUPPORT AGENCY Record of Changes (changes are indicated by \1\ ... /1/) Change No. Date Location UFC 4-022-03 14 June 2007 FOREWORD 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. UFC are living documents and will be periodically reviewed, updated, and made available to users as part of the Services’ responsibility for providing technical criteria for military construction. 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AUTHORIZED BY: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Donald L. Basham, P.E. Steven R. Iselin, P.E. Chief, Engineering and Construction Division Chief Engineer U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Naval Facilities Engineering Command ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Kathleen I. Ferguson, P.E. Dr. Get W. Moy, P.E. The Deputy Civil Engineer Director, Installations Requirements and Management DCS/Installations & Logistics Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Department of the Air Force (Installations and Environment) UFC 4-022-03 14 June 2007 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) NEW DOCUMENT SUMMARY SHEET Document: UFC 4-022-03, Security Engineering: Fences, Gates, and Guard Facilities Superseding: Military Handbook 1013/10, Design Guidelines for Security Fencing, Gates, Barriers, and Guard Facilities. Document Description and Need: • Purpose: This UFC provides a unified approach for the design, selection, and installation of security fences, gates, and guard facilities associated with Department of Defense (DoD) facilities. • Application and Use: Commanders, security personnel, planners, designers, architects, and engineers should use this UFC when evaluating existing and providing new security fencing, gates, and guard facilities for the installation perimeter as required. That design criteria should be developed using the risk and threat analysis process in UFC 4-020-01. Criteria in this UFC apply to facilities that require perimeter boundaries and/or restricted area enclosures based on current Service policies, location of facility, and threat level. Security specialists shall provide all risk and threat assessments. This UFC is intended to be used in performing detailed design of countermeasures previously identified during preliminary design using UFC 4-020-02. • Need: This UFC is one in a series of security engineering Unified Facilities Criteria that address minimum standards, planning, preliminary design, and detailed design for security and antiterrorism. The manuals in this series are designed to be used sequentially by a diverse audience to facilitate development of projects throughout the design cycle. The manuals in the security engineering series include the following: o UFC 4-010-01: DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings o UFC 4-020-01: DoD Security Engineering Facilities Planning Manual o UFC 4-020-02: DoD Security Engineering Facilities Design Manual o Security Engineering Support Manuals more specifically with UFC 4- 022-01: Security Engineering Entry Control Points/Access Control Points and UFC 4-022-02: Selection and Design of Vehicle Barriers. This UFC is one of the security engineering support manuals, and as such is intended to be used to refine preliminary designs developed using UFC 4-020-02, . Impact: The following will result from publication of this UFC: • The approach to designing fences, gates and guard facilities will be standardized among the Services. • Separate Service manuals that included conflicting guidance will be disestablished. • Use of this manual will not result in any adverse impacts on environmental, sustainability, or constructability policies or practices. UFC 4-022-03 14 June 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................1-1 1.1 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................1-1 1.2 PURPOSE .....................................................................................................1-1 1.3 SCOPE AND GUIDANCE ..............................................................................1-1 1.4 CRITERIA DOCUMENTATION......................................................................1-1 1.5 NATO CRITERIA ...........................................................................................1-2 1.6 MANDATE .....................................................................................................1-2 1.7 APPLICABILITY.............................................................................................1-2 1.8 IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................................................1-2 1.9 SECURITY ENGINEERING UFC SERIES ....................................................1-2 CHAPTER 2 FENCING ................................................................................................2-1 2.1 FENCING OVERVIEW...................................................................................2-1 2.1.1 Entry Control Facilities/Access Control Points ...............................................2-1 2.1.2 Natural Barriers..............................................................................................2-1 2.1.3 Material Selection and Coatings ....................................................................2-1 2.2 LEVELS OF PROTECTION...........................................................................2-1 2.3 CHAIN LINK FENCING..................................................................................2-6 2.3.1 Chain Link Fencing Fabric .............................................................................2-6 2.3.2 Fencing Components, Fittings and Accessories ............................................2-7 2.3.3 Conventional Arms and Ammunition Storage Areas ......................................2-7 2.3.4 Nuclear Requirements ...................................................................................2-8 2.3.5 Airport Requirements .....................................................................................2-8 2.4 ORNAMENTAL FENCE.................................................................................2-8 2.5 WELDED WIRE MESH FABRIC FENCING...................................................2-8 2.5.1 Fence Components, Fittings and Accessories...............................................2-9 2.6 EXPANDED METAL FENCING .....................................................................2-9 2.6.1 Retrofitting Existing Fencing ..........................................................................2-9 2.6.2 Fence Components, Fittings and Accessories...............................................2-9 2.7 FARM-STYLE FENCE ...................................................................................2-9 2.8 EXPEDITIONARY PERIMETER FENCING .................................................2-10 2.9 FENCE FABRIC HEIGHT ............................................................................2-10 2.10 TOP GUARDS .............................................................................................2-10 2.10.1 Outriggers.................................................................................................2-10 2.10.2 Barbed Wire and Barbed Tape Concertina...............................................2-11 2.11 GROUNDING...............................................................................................2-11 2.12 REINFORCEMENT FOR FENCING ............................................................2-12 2.12.1 Deadman Anchor .....................................................................................2-12 2.13 CLEAR ZONES............................................................................................2-13