GENERAL ENGINEERING - United States Army

1 ATP (FM ) MCWP GENERAL ENGINEERING February 2015 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Headquarters, Department of the army FOREWORD This publication has been prepared under our direction for use by our respective commands and other commands as C. FUNKHOUSER K. J. GLUECK, JR. Brigadier GENERAL , USA Lieutenant GENERAL , USMC Commandant Deputy Commandant for army Engineer School Combat Development and Integration This publication is available at army Knowledge Online < >. To receive publishing updates, please subscribe at < >. It is also available at the Marine Corps Web site at Marine Corps Doctrine at < >.

2 *ATP (FM )MCWP army Techniques Publications No. Marine Corps Warfighting Publication No. Headquarters, Department of the army Washington, DC Marine Corps Combat Development Command Quantico, VA 25 February 2015 GENERAL ENGINEERING Contents Page iv INTRODUCTION .. vi Chapter 1 GENERAL ENGINEERING AS A DISCIPLINE AND FUNCTION .. 1-1 Life Cycle Activities .. 1-1 Employment Considerations .. 1-3 Chapter 2 GENERAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO OPERATIONS .. 2-1 Range of Military Operations .. 2-1 Theater and Operational Levels .. 2-1 Tactical Level .. 2-6 Chapter 3 PLANNING AND DESIGN .. 3-1 Joint GENERAL ENGINEERING Planning.

3 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 Chapter 4 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 Chapter 5 SEAPORTS .. 5-1 Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes FM , 9 December February 2015 ATP i Contents Responsibilities and Capabilities.

4 5-1 Scope of Port Operations .. 5-5 Planning and Design .. 5-6 Construction .. 5-10 Operation and Maintenance .. 5-13 Chapter 6 AIRFIELDS AND HELIPORTS .. 6-1 Responsibilities and Capabilities .. 6-1 Planning and Design .. 6-3 Construction .. 6-10 Operation and Maintenance .. 6-13 Chapter 7 ROADS AND RAILROADS .. 7-1 Responsibilities and Capabilities .. 7-1 Planning and Design .. 7-3 Construction .. 7-12 Operation and Maintenance .. 7-15 Chapter 8 BRIDGING .. 8-1 Responsibilities and Capabilities .. 8-1 Planning and Design .. 8-3 Chapter 9 BASE CAMPS AND BED-DOWN FACILITIES .. 9-1 Responsibilities and Capabilities.

5 9-1 Planning and Design .. 9-2 Construction .. 9-13 Operation and Maintenance .. 9-22 Chapter 10 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 Chapter 11 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 Chapter 12 WATER PRODUCTION, WELL DRILLING, AND DISTRIBUTION.

6 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 Appendix A METRIC CONVERSION CHART .. A-1 Appendix B BASE CAMP CONSTRUCTION PLANNING FACTORS .. B-1 ii ATP 25 February 2015 Contents 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.

7 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 9- 15 Figure 11-1. Power continuum .. 11-4 Tables Introductory table-1. Modified 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.

8 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 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.

9 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 Table B-12. Selected tentage planning factors ..B-6 Table B-13. GENERAL planning factors for potable and nonpotable water Table B-14. Selected transportation information ..B-7 25 February 2015 ATP iii This page intentionally left blank. Preface This manual provides GENERAL ENGINEERING (GE) doctrine for the United States ( ) army and Marine Corps. This manual is linked to joint and army doctrine to ensure its usefulness for joint and army commanders and staffs.

10 To comprehend the doctrine contained in this manual, readers must first understand the nature of unified land operations as described in ADP 3-0 and ADRP 3-0, joint engineer functions discussed in JP 3-34 and NWP 4-04, and army engineer disciplines discussed in FM 3-34. In addition, readers must also fully understand the discussion of engineer operations at echelons above brigade in ATTP , the fundamentals of assured mobility found in ATTP and ATP , the discussion of Seabee operations in the Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) found in NTTP , the discussion of base camps found in ATP , and the protection tasks discussed in ADP 3-37 and ADRP 3-37.