Scope: The Air Resource Management program promotes air
quality compliance excellence, develops execution policy/guid-
ance, oers technical consultation/advice and tracks regulatory
compliance. The program provides the compliance tools, tech-
nical resources, expertise, process ow charts, playbooks and
techniques to achieve regulatory compliance with the Clean Air
Act. In addition, the program assists installations in determining
the most relevant air quality standards and implementing the
most ecient and eective management approaches. ARM aids
in evaluating air quality compliance through annual air emis-
sion inventories, greenhouse gas inventory reports, compliance
certications, training and assistance with the permitting, air
quality impact analysis and general conformity processes. The
program executes an eective and sustainable dual Dem-
ing cycle (Plan-Do-Check-Act) approach for both long- and
short- term continuous quality improvement in regulatory risk
reduction, personnel prociency and contingency planning.
The program strategically executes guidance/policy interven-
tions that mandated eective permit compliance and record-
keeping procedures. The program also identies new/evolving
air-quality requirements.
Vision: To protect the Air Force mission by enhancing natu-
ral infrastructure resources through regulatory compliance, risk
minimization, professional competency and pursuing emissions
reduction
Scope: The Antiterrorism program provides guidance and
criteria on facility security engineering to mitigate the risk from
terrorist attacks and protect Air Force assets. The SME manages
the program; promotes site planning, design and construction
compliance; develops design criteria; oers technical consulta-
tion; provides experience; and represents the Air Force on the
Tri-Service Security Engineering Working Group developing
DOD engineering standards and criteria for facility antiterror-
ism mitigation. The program covers both garrison and expe-
ditionary requirements. Security engineering encompasses a
wide range of threats, including explosive devices, direct- and
indirect-red weapons, airborne hazards, forced entry and
surveillance. The SME also manages Air Force small arms range
design and construction criteria and standard facility drawings.
The small arms range SME works in collaboration with the Air
Force Security Force Center and the Air Force Medical Support
Agency to review the design of all new and rehabilitated ranges
and to maintain safe operations of Air Force ranges.
Vision: Improve protection against terrorism for DOD per-
sonnel and other assets with enhanced planning and design
standards in new and existing facilities
Scope: The Architecture program provides guidance on
facility architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and
sustainability, as well as tools, resources, expertise, processes,
technical information and techniques to achieve design excel-
lence in these areas. The Architecture SME is responsible for
program guidance, policies, promotion and implementation.
The SME develops design criteria for Air Force facilities and
represents the Air Force on DOD and technical panels, such as
the Tri-Service Architecture Discipline Working Group under the
Unied Facility Criteria program. The SME works with the career
eld manager on mentoring, training, education, recruitment,
retention and professional registration opportunities. The SME
also manages design standards, accessibility and design tech-
nology issues.
Vision: To facilitate and advance the conuence of archi-
tects’, interior designers’ and landscape architects’ skills, knowl-
edge, creativity, commitment, vision and resources to promote
and sustain design excellence of Air Force facilities
Scope: The Chemistry program promotes the acquisition
of defensible quality data by providing guidance on chemistry
practices and quality systems and supplementing with training,
consultative expertise and other specialized technical informa-
tion to support environmental restoration goals and objectives.
The Chemistry SME is responsible for the advocacy and imple-
mentation of environmental data acquisition policies and for
oversight of the design, planning, implementation and review
of environmental quality systems, including life-cycle project
planning, data collection and review and technical consultation.
The SME represents the Air Force on tri-service and interagency
workgroups and committees — such as the DOD Environmental
Data Quality Workgroup and the Intergovernmental Data Qual-
ity Task Force — developing standards of chemistry practice
of interest to the Air Force and the DOD. The SME provides Air
Force oversight for the DOD Environmental Laboratory Ac-
creditation Program to ensure analytical testing consistency and
compliance with the DOD Quality Systems Manual.
Vision: Promote good chemistry practices and systematic
project planning in the acquisition of quality data to support
defensible decision-making
Scope: The SME focuses on preventing and mitigating mate-
rial deterioration of facilities and infrastructure by addressing
the four areas of corrosion control: cathodic protection, protec-
tive coatings, industrial water treatment and design/material
selection. The SME represents the Air Force on the Department
of Defense Corrosion Prevention and Control Working Inte-
grated Process Teams, which develop criteria, tools and training
to prevent and mitigate corrosion degradation of DOD assets to
include facilities and infrastructure. The SME is also the Air Force
Facilities and Infrastructure representative on the AF Corrosion
Prevention and Control Working Group, which researches, pre-
dicts and prevents corrosion while managing corrosion-related
strategies for acquisition, construction and maintenance of
equipment, weapons, facilities and infrastructure. The working
group identies pervasive corrosion issues, provides advocacy
within member organizations and monitors corrosion activi-
ties related to safety, cost and system availability. The ultimate
outcomes of the group’s activities are enhanced systems safety,
higher systems availability and lower operating costs.
Vision: Provide new technologies, training, updated policy
and accurate requirements identication to mitigate and pre-
vent corrosion degradation of facilities and infrastructure
Scope: The program comprises three broad categories:
prehistoric and historic archaeology; historic buildings and
structures; and American Indian tribal issues (including those
of Native Alaskans and Hawaiians). The SME is responsible for
program guidance, policies, promotion, assistance and imple-
mentation of and adherence to the National Historic Preserva-
tion Act; the Archaeological Resources Protection Act; and
the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
among others. The SME oversees and directs the Air Force CRM
Program, including organizing an annual Air Force CRM work-
shop; chairing the Cultural Resources Panel; developing and
updating AFIs (e.g., 90-2002, “Air Force Interactions With Feder-
ally Recognized Tribes” and AFI 32-7065, “Cultural Resources
Management”); managing the cultural resources eDASH page
and playbook; and collecting, compiling and reporting CRM
and Native American data required by air sta, the Department
of Defense, the Department of Interior and Congress. The SME
represents the Air Force on a variety of DOD and other federal
agency working groups, committees and teams.
Vision: Increase mission capacity on bases and ranges by
creative compliance, accurate inventories, expert planning and
engagement with stakeholders and commanders
Scope: The SME ensures technical references comply with
current National Fire Protection Act, National Electric Code,
DOD, Air Force and other guidance and provides technical
information to installations and commands to assist with system
design. The SME reviews designs within the electronic controls
realm and provides comments. The SME remains current on
new technology and decides when this technology is reliable
enough and maintainable enough for Air Force use. The SME
provides interpretation of all AFIs and UFCs within controls top-
ics and directs the focus of the bases to intent rather than meet-
ing a checklist. The SME is a member of NFPA 780 Lightning
Protection Committee and represents the AF during the three-
year process of developing updates. The SME also represents
the U.S. on several NATO panels and working groups and on the
ASIC Agile Combat Support Working Group, ensuring that NATO
and ASIC bases meet, as closely as possible, the standards of the
Air Force.
Vision: Familiarize Air Force personnel with concepts of
equivalency and intent, and remove focus from checklists that
create unnecessary expense and work
Scope: The Air Force Construction Criteria program encom-
passes technical development, implementation and problem
resolution for programming, design and construction of Air
Force facilities. The SME serves as the Air Force’s nal technical
authority for matters relating to construction criteria. These
criteria include, but are not limited to, government/agency
policies; laws and regulations; Unied Facility Criteria; and vari-
ous building codes. The SME represents Air Force interests on
numerous committees and working groups, including the Co-
ordinating Panel for Unied Facility Criteria and the Board of Di-
rection for the Whole Building Design Guide. The SME provides
implementation guidance on new construction techniques and
technologies, and the introduction of such technologies to the
Air Force. The Construction Criteria SME is responsible for tech-
nical matters concerning overall building construction and how
best to integrate various systems into single projects.
Vision: Increase construction criteria knowledge and main-
tain continuous process improvement to better identify and
evaluate Air Force construction criteria
Air Resource Management
Francisco Castaneda III, PE, AFCEC/CZ
Antiterrorism, Security
and Small Arms Range
Je Nielsen, PE, AFCEC/CO
Architecture
Randall L. Lierly, RA, AFCEC/CF
Chemistry
G. Cornell Long, AFCEC/CZ
Corrosion Control
Robert J. “Bob” Evans Jr., AFCEC/CO
Cultural Resources Management
James D. Wilde, Ph.D., Registered Professional
Archaeologist, AFCEC/CZ
Electrical: Aireld Lighting/
Lightning/Grounding Systems
Joanie Campbell, PE, AFCEC/CO
Construction Criteria
David M. Duncan, RA, LEED AP, AFCEC/CF
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