ARMY AR 415-15 PDF

Applicability.

The regulation applies to the Active Army , the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. It also applies to tenants on Active Army installations.

Purpose

a. This regulation prescribes Army policies, responsibilities, and requirements for the development and execution of the Department of the Army (DA) Military Construction (MILCON) program as well as the DA portion of the Nonappropriated-Funded Construction Program during peacetime and mobilization. It also prescribes the means for achieving high-quality, cost-effective military and nonappropriated-funded (NAF) construction for the Army within schedules that meet the needs of the facility users and attain and maintain compliance with Federal, State, local, and host nation environmental laws and regulations. The term MILCON as used in this regulation is limited to Military Construction, Army (MCA), Unspecified Minor Military Construction, Army (UMMCA), Army Family Housing (AFH), Planning and Design, and the Army portion of the Medical Military Construction (MED MILCON) programs.

(1) The scope includes planning, programming, designing, budgeting, and execution of MCA, MCAR, MCANG, UMMCA, MED MILCON, AFH, and NAF projects, acquisition of real estate and demolition requirements related to MILCON, and other supporting activities.

(2) Additional AFH policy is contained in Army Regulation (AR) 210–50.

(3) Policy for minor construction projects costing $750,000 or less using Operations and Maintenance, Army (OMA) funds is contained in Section 2805, Title 10, United States Code (10 USC 2805(c)).

(4) Additional policy for nonappropriated fund projects is contained in AR 215–1

b. This regulation also sets forth policies and requirements for integrating the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process phases of the Army MILCON process, with primary emphasis on the programming and execution phases. The planning (project identification) phase is explained in AR 210–20.

c. Intergovernmental coordination for Army MILCON and NAF programs for installations located in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be accomplished in accordance with AR 210–20 and the published submittal requirements of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), as explained in Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 2–000–01.

d. Although this regulation does not govern construction programming funded under Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), many of the principles and guidelines associated with sound planning, design, and construction apply to the BRAC program.