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Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS)

Updated May 21, 2009

As of June 2008, updated UFGS will be posted quarterly in February, May, August and November.

Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) are a joint effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (AFCESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). UFGS are for use in specifying construction for the military services.

UFGS are published only in electronic format and are intended to be used with SpecsIntact software. SpecsIntact versions 4.2.0.782 and above fully support UFGS in both MasterFormat 1995™ and MasterFormat 2004™, so you may use it simultaneously for older MasterFormat 1995 projects as well as new ones using MasterFormat 2004. Earlier SpecsIntact versions are not compatible with any UFGS Master from April 2006 and beyond.

For Specsintact Technical Support, please contact them directly:
Phone: 321-867-8800, E-mail, or visit their Website

UFGS that have been unified for use by all participating agencies have a level 3 or level 4 MasterFormat™ number. UFGS that are agency-specific have a fifth level number indicating it as an agency specific specification. A specification that has a fifth level number "10" indicates USACE, a "20" indicates NAVFAC, a "30" indicates AFCESA, and a "40" indicates NASA. Preparing agencies are indicated in the UFGS header of each specification. Users of UFGS should first consider a unified UFGS if one is available, next a UFGS identified as specific to their agency and lastly a UFGS identified as specific to another agency.

Points of contact and procedures for the development and maintenance of UFGS documents are prescribed in the latest edition of MIL-STD-3007.

Procedure for Automatic Updating of Reference Paragraphs in Masters and Jobs

UFGS Technical Proponents List

UFGS/UFC Discipline Working Group Members List

Criteria Change Request (CCR)

SpecsIntact for NMCI Users

UFGS Master Database Tracking Chart: This document identifies which UFGS sections are currently being edited and at what stage of the review cycle each section is.

Section templates for MasterFormat 2004 and MasterFormat 1995: These templates are provided to assist the user in creating a new section.