CEMP-E
TI 809-26
1 March 2000
FOREWORD
These technical instructions (TI) provide design and construction criteria and apply to all U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE) commands having military construction responsibilities. TI will be used for
all Army projects and for projects executed for other military services or work for other customers where
appropriate.
TI are living documents and will be periodically reviewed, updated, and made available to users as part
of the HQUSACE responsibility for technical criteria and policy for new military construction. CEMP-ET
is responsible for administration of the TI system; technical content of TI is the responsibility of the
HQUSACE element of the discipline involved. Recommended changes to TI, with rationale for the
changes, should be sent to HQUSACE, ATTN: CEMP-ET, 20 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC
20314-1000.
TI are effective upon issuance. TI are distributed only in electronic media through the TECHINFO
Internet site http://www.hnd.usace.army.mil/technifo/index.htm and the Construction Criteria Base (CCB)
system maintained by the National Institute of Building Sciences at Internet site
http://www.ccb.org/html/home/. Hard copies of these instructions produced by the user from the
electronic media should be checked against the current electronic version prior to use to assure that the
latest instructions are used.
FOR THE COMMANDER:
DWIGHT A. BERANEK, P.E.
Chief, Engineering and Construction Division
Directorate of Military Programs
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