GENERAL ENGINEERING - United States Army

ATP 3-34.40 (FM 3-34.400) MCWP 3-17.7

GENERAL ENGINEERING

February 2015

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FOREWORD

This publication has been prepared under our direction for use by our respective commands and other commands as appropriate.

ANTHONY C. FUNKHOUSER Brigadier General, USA Commandant U.S. Army Engineer School

K. J. GLUECK, JR. Lieutenant General, USMC Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration

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Army Techniques Publications No. 3-34.40

Marine Corps Warfighting Publication No. 3-17.7

*ATP 3-34.40 (FM 3-34.400) MCWP 3-17.7

Headquarters, Department of the Army Washington, DC

Marine Corps Combat Development Command Quantico, VA

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General Engineering

Contents

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

Chapter 4 Chapter 5

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PREFACE.............................................................................................................. iv

INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................vi

GENERAL ENGINEERING AS A DISCIPLINE AND FUNCTION .................... 1-1 Life Cycle Activities............................................................................................. 1-1 Employment Considerations .............................................................................. 1-3

GENERAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO OPERATIONS .............................. 2-1 Range of Military Operations .............................................................................. 2-1 Theater and Operational Levels ......................................................................... 2-1 Tactical Level...................................................................................................... 2-6

PLANNING AND DESIGN ................................................................................. 3-1 Joint General Engineering Planning ................................................................... 3-1 United States Army and United States Marine Corps General Engineering Planning.............................................................................................................. 3-4 General Engineering Design ............................................................................ 3-15 Engineer Work Line .......................................................................................... 3-21 Unified Facilities Criteria................................................................................... 3-23 Field Force Engineering ................................................................................... 3-24

CONSTRUCTION............................................................................................... 4-1 Plans and Estimates........................................................................................... 4-1 Project Management .......................................................................................... 4-3 Methods of Construction..................................................................................... 4-4 Construction Materials ........................................................................................ 4-6 Construction Techniques.................................................................................. 4-14

SEAPORTS ........................................................................................................ 5-1

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*This publication supersedes FM 3-34.400, 9 December 2008.

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Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10

Chapter 11 Chapter 12

Appendix A Appendix B

Responsibilities and Capabilities ........................................................................ 5-1 Scope of Port Operations.................................................................................... 5-5 Planning and Design ........................................................................................... 5-6 Construction ...................................................................................................... 5-10 Operation and Maintenance.............................................................................. 5-13

AIRFIELDS AND HELIPORTS........................................................................... 6-1 Responsibilities and Capabilities ........................................................................ 6-1 Planning and Design ........................................................................................... 6-3 Construction ...................................................................................................... 6-10 Operation and Maintenance.............................................................................. 6-13

ROADS AND RAILROADS ................................................................................ 7-1 Responsibilities and Capabilities ........................................................................ 7-1 Planning and Design ........................................................................................... 7-3 Construction ...................................................................................................... 7-12 Operation and Maintenance.............................................................................. 7-15

BRIDGING .......................................................................................................... 8-1 Responsibilities and Capabilities ........................................................................ 8-1 Planning and Design ........................................................................................... 8-3

BASE CAMPS AND BED-DOWN FACILITIES ................................................. 9-1 Responsibilities and Capabilities ........................................................................ 9-1 Planning and Design ........................................................................................... 9-2 Construction ...................................................................................................... 9-13 Operation and Maintenance.............................................................................. 9-22

REAL ESTATE AND REAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.............................10-1 Responsibilities and Capabilities ...................................................................... 10-1 Objectives ......................................................................................................... 10-4 United States Army Policies.............................................................................. 10-5 United States Navy Policies .............................................................................. 10-5 Planning ............................................................................................................ 10-5 Real Property Maintenance .............................................................................. 10-9 Real Estate or Real Property Transfer............................................................ 10-13

POWER SYSTEMS .......................................................................................... 11-1 Responsibilities and Capabilities ...................................................................... 11-1 Planning and Design ......................................................................................... 11-4 Construction, Installation, and Connection ....................................................... 11-9 Operation and Maintenance.............................................................................. 11-9

WATER PRODUCTION, WELL DRILLING, AND DISTRIBUTION.................12-1 Responsibilities and Capabilities ...................................................................... 12-1 Planning and Design ......................................................................................... 12-3 Water Production .............................................................................................. 12-4 Water Detection ................................................................................................ 12-5 Well-Drilling Operations .................................................................................... 12-5 Distribution ........................................................................................................ 12-6

METRIC CONVERSION CHART ...................................................................... A-1

BASE CAMP CONSTRUCTION PLANNING FACTORS ................................. B-1

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GLOSSARY .......................................................................................... Glossary-1 REFERENCES .................................................................................. References-1 INDEX.......................................................................................................... Index-1

Figures

Figure 1-1. Contiguous, noncontiguous, and unassigned areas............................................ 1-8 Figure 3-1. Division engineer work line in contiguous operations ........................................ 3-22 Figure 3-2. Division engineer work line in noncontiguous operations .................................. 3-23 Figure 4-1. Project management process .............................................................................. 4-3 Figure 6-1. Airfield damage categories ................................................................................ 6-16 Figure 9-1. Base camp development planning process ......................................................... 9-8 Figure 9-2. Southeast Asia hut company cluster.................................................................. 9-15 Figure 11-1. Power continuum ............................................................................................. 11-4

Tables

Introductory table-1. Modified U.S. Army term .........................................................................vii Table 3-1. General engineering in the military decisionmaking process.............................. 3-11 Table 4-1. Sample stockage level for engineer Class IV supply point ................................... 4-8 Table 9-1. Sample construction standards ............................................................................. 9-6 Table 9-2. Minimum distances between facilities ................................................................. 9-12 Table 10-1. Example of base camp estimated solid-waste disposal in tons per day......... 10-12 Table 11-1. Example of estimated power plant sizes, in kilowatts ....................................... 11-8 Table A-1. Metric conversion chart.........................................................................................A-1 Table B-1. Summary table--base camp engineer construction effort....................................B-1 Table B-2. Summary table--base camp aggregate requirements .........................................B-2 Table B-3. Construction effort--site preparation requirements..............................................B-2 Table B-4. Construction effort--facilities requirements (temporary to semipermanent

standard/temperate climate/wood frame) ...........................................................B-3 Table B-5. Motor park .............................................................................................................B-4 Table B-6. Soldier or Marine support facilities........................................................................B-4 Table B-7. Covered/open storage requirements for 14 days of stockage..............................B-4 Table B-8. Cold storage requirements for 14 days of stockage .............................................B-5 Table B-9. Fuel storage ..........................................................................................................B-5 Table B-10. Soldier or Marine housing ...................................................................................B-5 Table B-11. Quality-of-life standards for tentage....................................................................B-5 Table B-12. Selected tentage planning factors ......................................................................B-6 Table B-13. General planning factors for potable and nonpotable water requirements.........B-6 Table B-14. Selected transportation information ....................................................................B-7

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