Design Guide: Military Police Facilities
DG 1110-3-146
Criteria for Upgrading Existing Facilities: Establishing Design Requirements
December 1979
existing items of site furniture, which are adequate and
operational efficiency and the accomplishment of basic
otherwise meet basic functional requirements, be re-
functional objectives, they should be relocated. Siting
tained and upgraded. In cases where new and existing
of relocated facilities should be indicated on the rehabili-
site furniture and equipment are combined, a coordina-
tation/conversion site plan and should be in accordance
tion of surface, color and shape between new and
with currently accepted standards for support facilities.
existing items is important to the establishment of a
i. REDESIGNING EXISTING FACILITIES Existing
harmonious group of site elements. The scale and aes-
non-designated facilities generally have an established
thetic of site furniture should be related to the materials,
architectural character, albeit one may be inappropriate
forms, and details used in the upgrading of the existing
to the architectural and functional requirements of mili-
building.
tary police activities. Chapter 3 provides fundamental
g. EXISTING UTILITY SUPPORT The capacities of
design guidance and outlines the principal design fac-
existing site utilities should be sufficient to support cur-
tors that should influence the establishment of an ap-
rent and projected operational requirements. Local
propriate architectural character. Specific functional re-
Facilities Engineering personnel will assist the using ser-
quirements will be used to determine the extent to which
vice in making a final determination as to site suitability.
an existing facility's design or space arrangement is in-
In making an initial estimate, the utility inventory report
adequate. Specific functional requirements will also be
for a specific site or facility contained in the Installation
used to determine the scope of required redesign and
will influence the order in which individual steps are ac-
Yearly Real Property Survey will be a reliable source of
complished in the rehabilitation/conversion process.
information. Additional utility support may be required
Environmental and interior design considerations, indi-
when comparisons are made between the preliminary
vidual space criteria and space organization principles
estimates of building requirements and presently avail-
should be evaluated to determine the specific redesign
able utility support. Probable requirements can be de-
recommendations and sequence for work in rehabilita-
rived from the mechanical and utility requirements pre-
tion/conversion projects. The general design require-
sented in the example designs in Chapter 6. Estimates of
ments for new construction contained in Chapters 4 and
requirements for an entire military police facility should
5 offer additional guidance for the establishment of specific
take into account local variations in the design as-
upgrading requirements.
sumptions relative to orientation, climatological con-
ditions and the engineering value of various construc-
j. TYPICAL FIELD APPLICATION OF DESIGNS
tion materials. By factoring in the proportion of new
The description of typical field conditions contained in
construction requirements represented by the area of
this chapter, as well as the example designs for new
activities requiring upgrading, partial requirements for
construction contained in Chapter 6 provide general
rehabilitation/conversion projects can be determined.
planning and design guidance for the accomplishment
Where utility support is substantially inadequate, tech-
of rehabilitation/conversion projects. In terms of applic-
nical assistance in the form of engineering studies will
ability to pre-design concepts, the hypothetical space
be required to determine the magnitude of such ad-
programs for new construction (Chapter 6) provide an
ditional requirements. This is especially important if, all
appropriate point of reference for determining zone or
other factors considered, the site in question remains
component requirements for existing facilities. Func-
the best choice of location of military police activities.
tional requirements for a given scale of operations
A primary objective of such engineering studies should
remain comparable irrespective of the physical con-
be to isolate the mechanical and utility requirements di-
ditions and facilities for which they were developed.
rectly associated with such limited upgrading for the
However, the direct or exclusive use of example re-
purpose of comparing costs. Engineering studies
quirements alone will not provide an adequate justifi-
should also indicate the best method of providing the
cation for project-specific requirements. The general
new mechanical and utility services. In all cases, utility
design guidance for new construction and the illustra-
support should be provided in such a way that subse-
tive examples of new construction requirements will
quent or future upgrading and expansion will be possi-
become the primary source for project justification only
ble without utilizing obsolete utility systems or impairing
when they are adapted to the requirements of existing
the effectiveness of those that are adequate. Guidance
conditions and used in conjunction with appropriate
related to typical utility systems is provided in Chapter 3
upgrading alternatives. The upgrading of existing facili-
of this guide.
ties must at all times respond to the physical character,
h. RELOCATION OF EXISTING SUPPORT FACILI-
the planning and design constraints, and the project
-TIES Where adequate utility and support facilities ex-
limitations that are peculiar to rehabilitation/conversion
ist, their location should not interfere with the accom-
projects. Although upgrading may respond to require-
plishment of rehabilitation/conversion objectives or the
ments in ways that reflect a more individual approach
provision of essential building/site elements. Where the
to physical development than is desirable for new con-
existing location of utilities, roads, drives sidewalks,
struction, it should result in the same high standard
paved terraces, or other support facilities would prohibit
of design.
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