Repository, new technical bulletin put focus on range siting  

Mar. 28, 2008

By Heidi Howard and Niels Svendsen
Engineer Research and Development Center

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a new Public Works Technical Bulletin (PWTB) that provides an overview on how range design and the environment can influence the siting of range features on military installations. 

This PWTB was prepared to address elements commonly found on training ranges that have high potential for environmental degradation in addition to providing checklists to promote avoidance of many common compliance-related pitfalls associated with sustained use of range design elements.  Multiple resources have been identified that provide assistance (e.g., regulations, erosion control and construction site best management practices). 

Also, an AutoCADD® repository of unique range designs is provided in a navigable Web page that provides a lessons-learned unique forum for people involved in range design, planning and siting found at http://www.cecer.army.mil/CAD%20Repository/cadindex.html.  PWTB 200-3-49, "Range Repository and Guidance for Planning and Siting: Environmental Considerations for Military Installations" is available on the TECHINFO Web site, http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/browse_cat.php?o=31&c=215 or http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/ARMYCOE/PWTB/pwtb_200_3_49.pdf.