Confirm whether the project triggers UFC 3-210-10, which the digital criteria apply to projects that build or expand buildings with a footprint over 5,000 gross square feet of new impervious area, then check that the pre-final submission documents pre-development conditions, pre- and post-development runoff for the 95th percentile rainfall event, any technical constraints, and the LID practices used. Next confirm the LID features on the civil sheets match the calculations and the DD Form 1391 cost estimate. AI can flag conflicts; the civil designer of record and the Government civil engineer decide compliance.
What does UFC 3-210-10 cover?
The digital UFC 3-210-10, Low Impact Development, has three chapters: an introduction with applicability, including overseas projects; technical requirements covering the design objective, the pre-development condition, the design storm event, the maximum extent technically feasible, technical infeasibility, documentation, and post-construction analysis; and planning and design covering hydrologic analysis, runoff depth, LID storage volume, time of concentration, implementation, off-site options, and Clean Water Act permits. WBDG’s record says the UFC provides criteria for DoD projects to comply with the stormwater requirements of Section 438 of the Energy Independence and Security Act.
WBDG’s UFC 3-210-10 page lists the criteria as active digital UFC content, published July 2, 2026, and tells teams to refer to UFC 1-200-01 for project applicability. The digital criteria viewer labels the latest version June 4, 2026. Checked October 19, 2026. WBDG lists eight superseded files, the newest from 2023, and its change summary says the best practices, calculation guidance, TR-55 equations, and LID feature descriptions moved to a companion UFS 3-210-10. Contracts awarded before the reissue may invoke a superseded PDF version; record the version and date the task order names.
The design objective is to maintain the pre-development hydrology and allow no net increase in runoff where technically feasible, and the digital text says cost alone is not a technical constraint. The TR-55 curve number method is the approved hydrologic method, and other methods need the Government civil engineer’s approval. The UFC defers to UFC 4-010-01 for antiterrorism offsets, UFC 3-420-01 for reuse of harvested rainwater, and UFC 3-260-01 at airfields, and state and local Clean Water Act permits still apply. See the UFC 3-201-01 civil engineering guide.
Gather the hydrology, site, and cost documents
Collect the task order naming the UFC version, the DD Form 1391 LID cost estimate, the pre-development site conditions with soils, groundwater, and existing development history, the geotechnical report, the stormwater or LID calculations, the grading, drainage, and utility plans, the LID feature details, the landscape plans, and the stormwater specifications.
Add the state or local stormwater permit and the antiterrorism site plan, since both can constrain where LID features go.
Trace LID criteria through the set
| Review question | Sources to compare | Decision to record |
|---|---|---|
| Applicability | Site plan, impervious area takeoff, scope narrative | Record whether the new building and supporting pavement footprint triggers the UFC or whether LID applies only to the extent practicable. |
| Pre-development condition | LID report, existing conditions survey, geotechnical report | Confirm the pre-development condition is documented with soils, groundwater, and existing development, and that the calculations use it. |
| Design storm and runoff calculations | LID calculations, drainage report, rainfall source | Check the calculations use the 95th percentile event and show pre- and post-development volumes and rates. |
| Technical constraints | LID report, geotechnical report, site plan | Record each claimed constraint and whether it is technical rather than cost alone. |
| LID features on the drawings | Grading and drainage plans, LID details, landscape plans, specifications | Match each feature in the calculations to a location, detail, and specification, and confirm offsets from buildings and antiterrorism clear zones. |
| Post-construction validation | Specifications, closeout requirements, as-built survey | Confirm the contract asks for the as-built check that LID features were built per the plans and specifications. |
Drainage calculations continue in the drainage study checklist, pipes and structures in the stormwater utility specifications guide, and standoff zones in the UFC 4-010-01 guide.
Example: a bioretention area missing from the plans
Hypothetical example. A new maintenance facility adds a building and a paved apron. The LID calculations take credit for a bioretention area and permeable pavers at the visitor parking, but the grading plan shows conventional asphalt at the parking, the bioretention area is drawn half the size the calculations assume, and the specifications have no permeable paver section.
The LID calculations rely on permeable pavers at visitor parking and a bioretention area, but the grading plan shows asphalt at the parking, the bioretention area is drawn smaller than the calculations assume, and the specifications omit permeable pavers. Confirm the LID features and coordinate the calculations, civil sheets, and specifications.
The civil designer updates the calculations or the drawings and adds the paver section. The finding is a document conflict, not a runoff determination.
Review LID documents with Groundbook
Upload the current drawings and specifications to Groundbook, and state the edition, amendments, and review scope in your instructions. Add UFC 3-210-10 and the other UFCs the task order names from WBDG, which publishes them free, plus the model codes and standards the project uses from copies you are licensed to upload.
Compare the LID report and calculations, DD Form 1391 cost estimate, existing conditions survey, geotechnical report, grading, drainage, utility, and landscape plans, LID details, antiterrorism site plan, and stormwater specifications. Flag a conflicting UFC version, an applicability statement that does not match the new impervious area, missing pre-development documentation, calculations that do not show pre- and post-development runoff, cost-only constraints, LID features in the calculations that the drawings or specifications do not show, and no post-construction validation. Use the supplied UFC 3-210-10 and cite both sources.
Groundbook links each potential finding to the sheets and documents involved. It does not run hydrologic or runoff calculations.
Document review does not certify compliance with DoD criteria or stormwater permits or replace the civil engineer of record or the Government civil engineer.