| Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Opportunities for Civil Works Projects Unique to the US Army Corps of Engineers |
26 Oct 2012 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Michael R Kemme; David M Underwood; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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 | Executive Order (EO) 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance expanded on the energy reduction and environmental performance requirements of EO 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management. EO 13514 requires Federal agencies to set a Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goal for fiscal year 2020 (FY20) based on an FY08 baseline. US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civil Works projects include many ... |
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| Engineering Research Development Center Contingency Base Virtual Forward Operating Base R&D Program |
18 Oct 2012 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Kurt J Kinnevan; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Resource Efficiency in the US Army Corps of Engineers: Examination of Strategies to Reduce Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
15 Sep 2012 |
96 pages |
| Authors:
Paul M Loechl; Michael R Kemme; Payal S Shah; William D Goran; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| As with other Federal agencies, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is attempting to plan a long-term strategy to increase the efficiency of operations through a series of investments and operational changes that reduce energy and water use and green house gas (GHG) emissions. These investments and changes are driven by a number of legislative and executive requirements that, since 2010, are addressed in annual sustainability plans, as required ... |
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| Facility Degradation and Prediction Models for Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization (SRM) Planning |
Sep 2012 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Michael N Grussing; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This report describes the process for integrating the BUILDER Sustainment Management System (SMS) condition life cycle and prediction analysis capabilities with condition assessment information from the Army Installation Status Report for Infrastructure (ISR-I) program to create BUILDER life-cycle condition models. It expands upon previous efforts to integrate the two systems with a common building component and assessment data framework. This framework is based on the ASTM International UniFormat II classification ... |
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| 2012 DoD Historic Building Workshop: After-Action Report for Legacy Project # 10-387 |
Sep 2012 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Michelle Michael; Adam D Smith; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| All federal agencies have legislative requirements to document actions and effects on historical properties under their control. This After-Action Report discusses Legacy Resources Management Program project #10-387 the development and hosting of the 2012 Department of Defense (DoD) Historic Buildings Workshop (HBW). As submitted by Michelle Michael, Architectural Historian at NAVFAC SE, and Adam Smith, Architectural Historian at ERDC-CERL, the project was a response to the need for a conference ... |
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| Towards a Pre-Intervention Analytical Methodology |
Aug 2012 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Lucy A Whalley; Timothy K Perkins; David A Krooks; Michael L Hargrave; Chris C Rewerts; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Few systematic methods are available to guide analysis of sociocultural dynamics for the planning of civil-military operations (CMO). Military practice provides limited guidance on how to address history and sociocultural context in planning. Each case is addressed as a unique situation, at a high cost in terms of time and effort. This text, first presented to the 2nd International Conference on Cross-Cultural Decision Making: Focus 2012, describes emerging results of ... |
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| Contingency Bases and the Problem of Sociocultural Context |
Jul 2012 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
David A Krooks; Lucy A Whalley; H G Anderson; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| United States (US) military presence during contingency operations can have a large impact on the host nation and other regional actors. Recent experience has shown that even on-base actions can have profoundly negative consequences for the success of US missions. One key to successful missions is to win and preserve the trust and confidence of the affected population. A thorough understanding of a host nation s customs, laws, and practices ... |
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| Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in Building Information Modeling for the US Army Installation Management Command |
Jul 2012 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
Beth A Brucker; E W East; Lance R Marrano; Michael P Case; William D Goran; Allan Carroll; Gus DeJesus; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the process of generating and managing building data during a facility's entire life cycle. New BIM standards for computable building information could serve as the foundation for automation and transformation of many current activities of the US Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM). As with any important emerging technology, a key issue for IMCOM is to decide when it makes economic sense to adopt BIM at ... |
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| Energy Savings and Sustainability Opportunities at US Army Corps of Engineers Facilities: A Guide to Identify, Prioritize, and Estimate Projects at Complexes That Have Not Conducted a Facility-Level Energy and Water Evaluation |
16 Jun 2012 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
David M Underwood; Laura Curvey; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Executive Order (EO) 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance, expanded on the energy re-duction and environmental performance requirements of Executive Order 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management, by adding sustainability requirements and performance planning, and also by establishing goals for water efficiency improvement. EO 13514 requires agencies to reduce their energy intensity 3% per year through fiscal year 2020 (FY20) based on an FY03 baseline ... |
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| Index of Available Research on Military Impacts: Optimal Allocation of Land for Training and Non-training Uses |
Jun 2012 |
152 pages |
| Authors:
Marcus E Ricci; Anne P Dain-Owens; Alan B Anderson; Randolph A Jones; Heidi R Howard; Alex M Effinger; Jeffrey S Fehmi; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The US Department of Defense (DOD) is the nation?s fifth-largest Federal land management agency. The DOD employs several pro-grams to assess the impacts of military training on Army installation lands. These programs must in turn meet the Army?s environmen-tal technology requirements. One Army User Requirement for Land Characterization calls for the development of methods applicable for use at the installation level that characterize suitability of lands for mission use, the ... |
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| Emerging Technologies: Net Zero Technology R&D |
23 May 2012 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen Cosper; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Sustainability Criteria for Planning, Constructing, and Operating Contingency Bases |
22 May 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Giselle Rodriguez; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Irrigation Alternatives to Meet Army Net Zero Water Goals |
May 2012 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Richard J Scholze; Dick L Gebhart; H G Anderson; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Overview: Water Issues, Water efficient landscaping, water efficient irrigation, and summary. |
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| Energy Conversion Efficiency Potential for Forward-Deployed Generation Using Direct Carbon Fuel Cells |
May 2012 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin Berner; Alex Perwich; Chris Brett; Justin Ruflin; Pallavi Pharkya; Abhishek Guba; Scott M Lux; Franklin H Holcomb; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Fuel logistics are a huge burden to the Army mission and supply lines. Improving efficiency and fuel flexibility will, in the long run, save lives as well as dollars. Fuel cells have long been looked on as a viable method to achieving efficiency and flexibility. The direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) technology is one potential game-changing technology which could support meeting this challenge. It has the potential to convert carbon ... |
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| Installation Strategic Planning Guidebook |
May 2012 |
168 pages |
| Authors:
Kathleen S Vann; David R Della-Rovere; Paul M Loechl; Harold E Balbach; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Installation Strategic Planning Guidebook is designed as a textbook for use in conjunction with the Installation Management Academy Plans, Analysis, and Integration Office (PAIO) Signature Course. The book is designed to leverage internet based multime-dia content with embedded hyperlinks along with a capability for content to be searchable and copyable. |
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| Prioritizing Historical Archaeological Sites at Fort Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, Missouri |
Apr 2012 |
104 pages |
| Authors:
Carl G Carlson-Drexler; Ellen R Hartman; Carey L Baxter; Susan I Enscore; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Army is tasked with managing the cultural resources on its lands. For installations such as Fort Leonard Wood that contain large numbers of historic farmsteads, meeting these requirements through traditional approaches entails large investments of time, personnel, and capital. Fort Leonard Wood and the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory have developed a model for efficiently identifying the best examples of historic sites, and also those sites that are least likely ... |
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| An Investigation of Community Attitudes Toward Blast Noise. Complaint Survey Protocol |
Apr 2012 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Edward T Nykaza; Kathleen Hodgdon; Gloria Wienke; Trent Gaugler; Peg Krecker; George Luz; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Current blast noise impact assessment procedures do not fully meet the military s noise management needs. In particular, it is unclear how an installation or range commander should interpret blast noise complaints. This work investigated whether there are significant differences in reported annoyance to complaint-referenced blast events between complainants and their non-complaining neighbors. It was found that complainants were significantly more annoyed to both complaint-referenced blast events and general military ... |
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| An Investigation of Community Attitudes Toward Blast Noise. General Community Survey, Study Site 1 |
Apr 2012 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Edward T Nykaza; Dan Valente; S H Swift; Brendan Danielson; Peg Krecker; Kathleen Hodgdon; Trent Gaugler; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Current blast noise assessment procedures at military installations in the United States do not fully meet the military s noise management needs; military blast noise sometimes disturbs surrounding communities, resulting in legal actions against US military installations. Specifically, current procedures do not accurately capture the way humans respond to blast events, and do not adequately account for the level, number, timing, and spatial variability of blast noise events. This work ... |
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| SafePort (trademark) - Transitioning Novel Environmental Sensors from Laboratory to the Field |
29 Mar 2012 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Imee G Arcibal; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| SafePort(trademark) is a handheld water analysis system allows users with minimal technical background to conduct sophisticated chemical and biological analysis on site in minutes. |
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| Incorporation of Chemical Contaminants into the Combined ICM/SEDZLJ Models |
Mar 2012 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Carl F Cerco; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This report describes two tasks. The first is the conversion of the combined ICM/SEDZLJ computer codes to parallel operation. The conversion results in order-of-magnitude speed-up of the combined codes with no adverse effects on the computation. Results from parallel operation are identical to serial operation for up to 128 processors. The second task is the incorporation of an initial toxics code into the combined ICM/SEDZLJ codes. Two toxicants are considered. ... |
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| Identifying Military Impacts on Archaeological Deposits Based on Differences in Soil Organic Carbon and Chemical Elements at Soil Horizon Interfaces |
Mar 2012 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Dick L Gebhart; H A Torbert; Michael Hargrave; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Military training is often assumed to negatively impact archaeological resources, but methodologies to estimate or infer damage to these resources are expensive and time consuming. Cultural resources managers require a technique allowing them to estimate past and current impacts of training on archaeological site condition and determine if the site is capable of supporting future training activities. The technical objectives of this research were (1) to demonstrate that naturally occurring ... |
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| Feasibility of Energy Crops Grown on Army Lands |
Mar 2012 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This collaborative study by The Louis Berger Group, Inc. and Utah State University demonstrates that land managed by the military could become a significant asset in biofuel production. The viability of renewable oils as a significant fuel source for the U.S. Army (Army) is limited by the availability of feedstocks-a limitation related to the availability of land on which to grow energy crops without impacting food supplies or requiring land ... |
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| Demonstration of Improved Technologies for Rehabilitating Metal Roofing in Severely Corrosive Environments |
Mar 2012 |
283 pages |
| Authors:
David M Bailey; L D Stephenson; Ashok Kumar; Katharine Sweeton; Lawrence Clark; Michael W Surratt; Karl Palutke; Alan Meier; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The objective of this project was to successfully demonstrate and evaluate two technologies for extending in place the service life of failed metal roofs on two different buildings at Wheeler Army Airfield, which is located in a severely corrosive marine environment. A polyurea-hybrid coating was applied to a leaking corrugated aluminum-panel roof on a barracks building, and a structural standing-seam metal roofing (SSSMR system) with an innovative sub-purlin framing system ... |
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| Lab-on-a-Chip Sensor for Monitoring Perchlorate in Ground and Surface Water |
Feb 2012 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Jana C Gertsch; Imee G Arcibal; Charles S Henry; Donald M Cropek; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Perchlorate is a pervasive water contaminant that has drawn national attention as a public health concern. Although perchlorate contamination has both natural and anthropogenic origins, its recurrent use in military munitions makes perchlorate the highest-priority military pollutant. Currently, perchlorate detection at the critical parts-per-billion level requires large, sophisticated instrumentation in a centralized laboratory. This report describes a fieldable, microchip capillary electrophoresis (MCE) device that is selective for perchlorate and exhibits ... |
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| Electro Decomposition of Ammonia into Hydrogen for Fuel Cell Use |
Jan 2012 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
Gerardine G Bottle; Carl A Feickert; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This work was undertaken to create an efficient process for electrolyzing ammonia, by clarifying the electrolytic decomposition path-ways of ammonia and urea. This project demonstrated the feasibility of using ammonia and urea electrolysis technologies to produce hydrogen as a potential fuel source for the fuel Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell back up power for training facilities and soldier camps, under the Silent Camp initiative. This was achieved with scaling ... |
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| Evaluation of Moisture-Cure Urethane Coatings for Compliance with Industry Specifications |
Dec 2011 |
116 pages |
| Authors:
Alfred D Beitelman; Jeffrey P Ryan; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Army Corps of Engineers has observed the performance of commercially available moisture-cure coatings on various hydraulic structures over the years, but has had no generic specifications government or private industry for reference in specifying the products. The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) recently published specifications for several moisture-cure urethane coatings. However, it cannot be assumed that other commercially available moisture-cure urethanes meet those specifications without confirmation through formal testing. ... |
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| The Use of Natural Pozzolan in Concrete as an Additive or Substitute for Cement |
Dec 2011 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
Ghassan K Al-Chaar; Mouin Alkadi; David A Yaksic; Lisa A Kallemeyn; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Chemical, physical, and mechanical tests were conducted to assess the feasibility of using naturally occurring pozzolan as a ce-ment mortar additive. One test series assessed the feasibility of substituting pozzolan for a portion of cement in concrete mortar mixtures. The chemical composition of five natural pozzolans was determined. Compressive testing was conducted on specimens with varying amounts and types of pozzolan. One pozzolan was found suitable for cement replacement in ... |
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| Proposed Field Sampling and Sample Preparation Changes for Soils Containing Metallic Residues |
01 Nov 2011 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Jay L Clausen; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Study objectives were to demonstrate improved data quality for metal constituents in surface soils on military training ranges by coupling multi-increment sampling with modifications to sample preparation and analysis methods. |
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| Early Design Energy Analysis Using Building Information Modeling Technology |
Nov 2011 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Annette L Stumpf; Hyunjoo Kim; Elisabeth M Jenicek; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| With the advent of Military Construction (MILCON) Transformation, the responsibility for conducting energy modeling late in the design process falls solely on the Design/Build contractor or their consultants. This research utilized Building Information Modeling (BIM) for energy analysis during the conceptual design phase. Most building energy analyses are conducted later in the design process by energy analysts. This report describes a process of exploring different energy saving alternatives in early ... |
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| SPIDERS Microgrids for Enhanced Mission Assurance and Renewable Energy Utilization |
Nov 2011 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Harold Sanborn; Tarek Abdallah; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The ability of today's warfighter to command, control, deploy, and sustain forces is adversely impacted by a fragile, aging, and fossil fuel dependent electricity grid. This poses a significant threat to national security. The SPIDERS (Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security) is designed to provide a comprehensive secure energy solution using energy surety microgrids (ESMs) and cyber-security of electric grids applying virtual secure enclave networks to SCADA. ... |
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| Demonstration Of A Nanomaterial-Modified Primer For Use In Corrosion-Inhibiting Coating Systems |
Nov 2011 |
127 pages |
| Authors:
Susan A Drozdz; Todd Hawkins; Larry Clark; Michael Surratt; Joshua Kingsley; Karl Palutke; James Dean; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Above-ground steel fuel tanks, some as large as 1 million gallons, are the main fuel supply for central energy plants and aviation sup-port throughout the Department of Defense (DoD). These tanks and their associated pipelines are aging and many need remediation before leaks or catastrophic failures occur. This project evaluated an emerging coating technology for steel tanks and implemented the technology at Fort Bragg, NC, on a fuel oil storage ... |
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| Optimal Selection of Conservation Lands at Fort Stewart Using Integer Programming |
Oct 2011 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Sahan T Dissanayake; Hayri Onal; James D Westervelt; Harold E Balbach; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This report documents an application of linear integer programming for determining compact and ecologically valuable conservation management areas (CMAs) on a military installation with populations of at-risk animal species. Two models were developed and applied to the conservation efforts Fort Stewart, GA, involving the at-risk Gopher Tortoise (GT) and the tortoise-dependent Gopher Frog (GF). The models produced solutions that are consistent with the species conservation and military training land-use objectives ... |
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| Optimum Selection of Clustered Conservation Areas Within Military Installations |
Oct 2011 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Sahan T Dissanayake; Hayri Onal; James D Westervelt; Harold E Balbach; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Suitable habitat areas for many rare, threatened, or endangered species in the United States are found inside the boundaries of military installations. Because these same lands are also needed for conventional and emerging training requirements, there is growing need to manage military landscapes in a balanced way that can satisfy competing goals. This study introduces linear integer programming formulations that can be used as a decision-support tool for relocating multiple ... |
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| Anticipating Climate Change Impacts on Army Installations |
Oct 2011 |
140 pages |
| Authors:
Robert C Lozar; Matthew D Hiett; James D Westervelt; John W Weatherly; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Military installations must be maintained and managed to provide appropriate training and testing opportunities. As climate changes, natural habitat areas on installations may shift and change the costs to maintain training and testing areas. Habitat is important for: (1) its ability to support training and testing and (2) its capacity to meet Federal requirements regarding the maintenance of listed threatened and endangered species. That capacity can change due to shifts ... |
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| Forecasting Climate-Induced Ecosystem Changes on Army Installations |
Oct 2011 |
133 pages |
| Authors:
James D Westervelt; William W Hargrove; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Military installation training lands must be managed to support species at risk as well as to be effective training environments for soldiers. Forecasts from various global climate change models suggest that the habitats associated with some military training installations will face pressures that induce biome-shifts, invasive species, loss of habitat, and changes in training opportunities. This study combined worldwide habitat forecast data with a current habitat map to identify major ... |
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| A Sustainable Approach for Optimal Steel Sheet Pile Structure Assessment, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation |
30 Sep 2011 |
108 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin L Rens; Rui Liu; Stuart Foltz; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has constructed a wide variety of civil works structures. Due to age and other factors, many of these structures have deteriorated to a point that they need varying levels of maintenance and repair (M&R). Steel sheet pile (SSP) structures are part of the USACE civilian projects such as lock and dam and other navigation facilities. Failure of a SSP wall or cell can ... |
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| Integration of Sustainable Practices into Standard Army MILCON Designs |
Sep 2011 |
184 pages |
| Authors:
Annette L Stumpf; Julie L Webster; Richard L Schneider; Elisabeth M Jenicek; Justine A Kane; Kelly L Fishman; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) works to integrate sustainability and energy efficiency into military construction (MILCON) projects. This project originated with an effort to determine funding levels needed for MILCON project budgets to support planning, programming, design, and construction that meets all current and near-term energy and sustainability mandates. The project team assessed current practices and costs, emerging technologies, and performed analyses of five standard designs to develop ... |
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| Experimental Building Information Models |
Sep 2011 |
90 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Johnson; Kristine K Fallon; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| In a previous Army research project, a core life-cycle building information model (BIM) was developed based on example models for three specific buildings: a Duplex Apartment, a Clinic, and an Office. These models were developed inconsistently over time by different modelers and contain a various levels of detail and quality of content across disciplines. This report documents the development and creation of three building information models that include information for ... |
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| Architectural Survey of Pence Elementary School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri |
Sep 2011 |
173 pages |
| Authors:
Sunny Adams; Chris J Cochran; Adam Smith; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This document is an architectural survey of Building 6824, Pence Elementary School, constructed in 1954 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. This survey was initiated for a Section 106 process and satisfies Section 110, both of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended. The work was used to determine the eligibility of the school for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It is the determination of ... |
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| Integration of Sustainment Management Systems (SMS) with the Army Installation Status Report for Infrastructure (ISR-I) |
Sep 2011 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
Michael N Grussing; Kelly M Dilks; Matthew C Walters; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This report describes the process for integrating the BUILDER Sustainment Management System (SMS) with the US Army Installation Status Report for Infrastructure (ISR-I). A common building component and assessment data framework between SMS and ISR-I was developed to link local facility condition and functional requirements managed through the BUILDER Sustainment Management System (SMS) to enterprise-level quality and mission metrics reported in the ISR-I. To accomplish this, the applicable facility components ... |
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| Army Facility Standard Design and ISR-I Mission Criteria Alignment |
Sep 2011 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Michel N Grussing; Kelly M Dilks; Matthew C Walters; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This report describes a process for integrating US Army Standards and Standard Designs with assessment criteria used in the Army Installation Status Report for Infrastructure (ISR-I). Army-specific mission-critical facility criteria were identified for two Tier 1 building types, the Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility and the Company Operations Facility. These criteria were established to meet fundamental performance requirements of the subject facilities. Non-conformance to these criteria could result in the inability ... |
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| Use of a Climate Change Vulnerability Index for Assessing Species at Risk on Military Lands |
Sep 2011 |
62 pages |
| Authors:
Jinelle H Sperry; Timothy J Hayden; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Global climate change is seen as an emerging threat to wildlife species' population distribution and persistence. Climate change vulnerability indexes allow land managers to rapidly assess the vulnerability of species to climate change, and to predict a species persistence into the future. This work evaluated the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index as a tool for military land managers. The NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index was applied to three high priority ... |
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| Operational Energy Base Camp Studies |
Aug 2011 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
III Brown William T; Elon Curvey Laura; Dahtzen Chu; John Vavrin; Garth Anderson; Kurt Kinnevan; Ghassan Al-Chaar; Samuel L Hunter; Franklin H Holcomb; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom, there have been countless studies, assessments, and reports that have made recommendations on how to improve energy use in the expeditionary environment. While there have been many studies focused on reducing fuel demand in theater, to date, there has been no comprehensive review of existing studies, and limited data is available to draw conclusions. To address this need, the Office of ... |
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| 2011 In-Water Testing of Aquatic Nuisance Species Dispersal Barriers IIA and IIB with Increased Voltage and Frequency Operating Parameters |
Aug 2011 |
143 pages |
| Authors:
Michael K McInerney; Brianna S Aubin; Jonathan C Trovillion; Carey L Baxter; Ethan T Trovillion; Jr Hock Vincent F; David M Weir; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| US Army Engineer District - Chicago operates an electric field-based aquatic nuisance species dispersal barrier system in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC), Romeoville, IL. The barriers were constructed to prevent the movement of invasive species, such as Asian big-head carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) between the Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins. The objective of this project was to perform a series of in-water tests ... |
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| Soil Bacteria And Fungi Respond On Different Spatial Scales To Invasion By The Legume Lespedeza Cuneata |
03 Jun 2011 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Anthony C Yannarell; Ryan R Busby; Michael L Denight; Dick L Gebhart; Steven J Taylor; Jay T Lennon; Michael S Strickland; Christopher Blackwood; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The spatial scale on which microbial communities respond to plant invasions may provide important clues as to the nature of potential invader microbe interactions. Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don is an invasive legume that may benefit from associations with mycorrhizal fungi; however, it has also been suggested that the plant is allelopathic and may alter the soil chemistry of invaded sites through secondary metabolites in its root exudates or ... |
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| Cavitation-Resistant Coatings for Hydropower Turbines |
JUN 2011 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Ryan Sollars; Alfred D. Beitelman; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Operating hydropower turbines to obtain the ultimate power output often results in cavitation (the rapid formation and collapse of vapor pockets in a flowing liquid in regions of very low pressure) in the turbine area. The level of cavitation typically destroys organic coatings in a relatively short time. Traditional metallizing to repair cavitation damage has resulted in unsatisfactory performance. Other coating systems, such as those deposited by High Velocity Oxygen ... |
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| Operational Site Selection for Unmanned Aircraft |
JUN 2011 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Scott Tweddale; Ted Fichtl; Sofya Tenenbaum; Dan Stouch; Charles Ehlschlaeger; Kirk McGraw; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Selection of a suitable Operational Site (Op Site) for the launch and recovery of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) is critical to the success of any UAS mission. Op Site Selection is a tactical mission task in which a UAS unit prepares a plan for the intended site and equipment locations before emplacing the system. To identify potentially suitable locations and eliminate unsuitable areas, the Operational Site Selection process must first ... |
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| Water Reuse and Wastewater Recycling at U.S. Army Installations: Policy Implications |
JUN 2011 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Richard J. Scholze; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| In the future, some U.S. Army installations may face water shortages resulting from climate change, drought, reduced surface streams and aquifer levels, competing regional requirements for agriculture, municipal consumption, energy production, and environmental requirements. This reduction in available water resources will threaten the Army?s ability to execute its mission. Many Federal, Department of Defense (DOD), and Army policies, regulations, plans, and strategies have sought to address this problem by encouraging ... |
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| Army LEED-Certified Projects, August 2008 - January 2011 |
Jun 2011 |
98 pages |
| Authors:
Richard L Schneider; Justine A Kane; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| All Federal agencies are mandated to apply sustainable design principles to the siting, design, and construction of their facilities. Agencies are further required to certify the sustainability of 5% of the buildings constructed each year with an independent, third-party authority. The US Army's certifier is the US Green Building Council (USGBC) using the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design s (LEED) rating system. In Fiscal Year 2011, the Office of ... |
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| Army Overseas Water Sustainability Study |
Jun 2011 |
117 pages |
| Authors:
Elisabeth M Jenicek; Natalie R Myers; Laura Curvey; Sarah B Nemeth; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| A key concern for the US Army is the vulnerability of military installations to critical resource issues. Water issues of concern (adequate supply, cost of production, quality, habitat degradation, and salinity) already impact military installations and military operations around the globe. There is a need to assess vulnerability of regions and installations to water supply and to develop strategies to ameliorate any adverse effects on military sustainment. This work assessed ... |
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