Author Description

The purpose of the Design Guide is to provide guidance that assists designers in preparing engineering deliverables for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District. Designers include the Architect-Engineer firms under contract with the Japan District, the Japan District project delivery teams producing in-house designs, and other USACE districts providing reach back support to the Japan District.The Design Guide covers technical requirements for plans and design analysis submittals, specifications preparation, and quality control requirements for U.S. funded design and construction projects to include Military Construction; Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization (SRM); Non-Appropriated Funds (NAF); and Operations & Maintenance. The architectural and engineering discipline specific chapters are also applicable to the Host Nation funded construction program. The Design Guide contents focus on quality and technical design requirements. The Design Guide does not cover subjects such as scopes of work, project management; progress milestones and schedules; value engineering; handling of sensitive information; and other procedural/managerial types of instructions and requirements.