DG 1110-3-146
Design Guide: Military Police Facilities
December 1979
Table of Contents: Criteria for Upgrading Existing Facilities
Criteria for Upgrading Existing Facilities
Chapter 5
5-1
General
5-1
a. Purpose
5-1
b. Applicability
5-1
c. Factors Affecting Individual Projects
5-1
d. Development of Project Options
5-1
5-2
Pre-Planning Decisions
5-1
a. Basic Decisions
5-1
b. Functional Character of Existing Operations
5-1
c. Physical Character of Facilities
5-4
d. Project Desirability
5-5
e. Project Funding
5-7
f. Technical Assistance
5-7
5-3
Establishing Project Requirements
5-8
a. General
5-8
b. Determining Individual Upgrading Needs
5-8
c. Determining Building/Site Suitability
5-11
d. Desirable Building and Site Conditions
5-16
5-4
Establishing Project Sequence
5-17
a. General
5-17
b. Basic Requirements
5-17
c. Concurrent and Conflicting Improvements
5-17
5-5
Special Design Guidance
5-17
a.
General
5-17
b.
Basic Guidance
5-17
c.
Special Design Procedure
5-18
d.
Pre-Design Concepts
5-18
5-6
Establishing Design Requirements
5-19
a.
Site-Planning Considerations
5-19
b.
Site Elements
5-19
c.
Landscape Planting
5-20
d.
Site Lighting
5-20
5-20
e.
Site Signage
f.
Site Furniture and Equipment
5-20
5-21
g.
Existing Utility Support
5-21
h.
Relocation of Existing Support Facilities
5-21
i.
Redesigning Existing Facilities
5-21
j.
Typical Field Application of Example Designs