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Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC

NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND

(NAVFAC)

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Our Mission:

NAVFAC is the Naval Shore and Expeditionary Systems

Command that:

Plans, builds, and maintains sustainable facilities.

Delivers environmental, utilities and other base services.

Acquires and manages expeditionary combat force systems and equipment.

Our Vision:

We are the facilities technical and business experts with the total trust and confidence of the Navy and Marine Corps.

Rear Admiral Bret Muilenburg, Civil Engineer Corps, United States Navy, and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads NAVFAC’s Civil Engineer Corps officers, civilians and contractors who serve as engineers, architects, contract specialists and professionals. NAVFAC delivers best value facilities engineering and acquisition for the Navy and Marine Corps, Unified Commanders, and Department of Defense agencies through our five business lines:

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

The Chief Engineer is the final technical authority for the Navy, and provides the highest level of interdisciplinary engineering consultation, guidance, expertise, and continuity in the Command. The Chief Engineer provides the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) and its customers leadership, expertise, management, and specialized services for the following:

• Development and implementation of engineering concepts, practices,

programs and advanced technologies for improvement of design, construction, and facilities management activities. • Associated strategic liaison necessary for the accomplishment of the above. • Development of policy and guidance. These policies are in keeping with laws, regulations, and higher-level policy requiring responsible engineering practices that ensures that facilities designs meet appropriate standards of health, safety and engineering criteria. • Provides advise and technical assistance to all of NAVFAC. • Professional engineering community management.

The Capital Improvements Business Line (CIBL) strives to deliver better, faster, and more cost-effective facilities to our clients. This business line encompasses execution of Project

Development, A&E Design, In-House Design, Construction, as well as Medical Facilities and Waterfront and Ocean Facilities.

CIBL provides efficient, effective and creative acquisition strategies with the best business practices and processes to meet our client needs. Accurate forecasting of our workload and resource requirements are critical to our success.

ENVIRONMENTAL

NAVFAC’s Environmental Program provides high quality, timely, cost effective and efficient environmental support to the Navy, the Marine Corps, and other clients. Environmental management is the means of conserving, protecting and restoring the environment and natural and cultural resources for future generations. We offer sound environmental management and technical support necessary for Navy and Marine Corps compliance with federal, state, local and host nation regulations. We strive to continually improve our relationship with our clients, regulators and other stakeholders through focus on common operational goals, sharing of information regarding our products and services and availability of a highly skilled environmental workforce.

Good environmental management can enhance the ability to accomplish assigned missions as well as improve community and public relations. Our staff of engineers, scientists, environmental professionals, technicians and management professionals is organized to be responsive and to provide quality and innovative products and services.

EXPEDITIONARY

NAVFAC has been supporting the expeditionary warfighter since the establishment of the Seabees in World War II. This support continues today for a much broader community, which includes the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Naval Beach Groups ONE and TWO, Naval Special Warfare, Navy Expeditionary Medical Support and similar expeditionary forces ashore.

The major functions of NAVFAC Expeditionary are to develop and maintain the warfighter materiel allowance lists known as Tables of Allowances (TOA); conduct initial outfitting and life-cycle management of the systems, equipment and material authorized in the TOAs; and to support the operations of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Enterprise (NECE).

NAVFAC’s expeditionary products and services are delivered to the warfighter by the NAVFAC Expeditionary Programs Office (NEPO) located in Washington, DC, the NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC) located in Port Hueneme, CA, and with the support of various providers worldwide within government and industry.

NEPO, as part of NAVFAC headquarters, provides the supported commanders with a single coordination point for NAVFAC expeditionary products and services. NEPO independently executes the responsibilities for Tables of Allowance (TOA) management and enterprise operations. In its expeditionary systems command (SYSCOM) role, NEPO focuses on next generation capability, serves as the primary representative for cross-SYSCOM and joint initiatives, and provides oversight of current year execution. NEPO consists of a Product Group staff with six program managers, a TOA Requirements staff, an Enterprise Operations staff, and a functionally-aligned staff who operate under the leadership of a Civil Engineer Corps Captain.

The expeditionary component of EXWC, which is headquartered in Port Hueneme, CA, and has an expeditionary detachment in Gulfport, MS, focuses on procurement, fielding and sustainment of existing TOA equipment and material. EXWC also directly supports NEPO and other Commands with research, development, test and evaluation of future capabilities, as well as specialized engineering and logistics support. The expeditionary component of EXWC consists of an Operations staff that is directly aligned to the NEPO programs managers, and an Expeditionary Department aligned to NEPO’s functionally-aligned program staff.

PUBLIC WORKS

The Public Works Business Line has four Product Lines: Facility Management and Sustainment (FM&S), Utilities and Energy Management (UEM), Base Support Vehicles and Equipment (BSVE), Facility Support Contracts Management and Facility Services (FMFS). The Public Works Business Line’s annual volume of business is 4.5 billion dollars, and the 10,000 civilian and military workers as well as the supporting g

service and maintenance contractors provide products and services at each Installation within the Navy global enterprise.

The Public Works Business Line, through installation Public Works Departments, supports installation infrastructure with the utmost diligence because the material condition, operations and safety of the Navy’s installations are essential to meeting the mission requirements of afloat and ashore operating forces and other activities, and in being prepared during all circumstances.

ASSET MANAGEMENT

The Asset Management Business Line provides key planning, project development, real estate, and regional engineer support to the Navy, Marine Corps, and other clients.

This business line manages the full real estate function for the US Navy and Marine Corps, including acquisitions, disposals, easements and leases. Asset Management directly supports the Navy’s footprint reduction goal through planning and real estate initiatives, including innovative programs such as Enhanced Use Leasing and PublicPrivate Ventures.

Asset Management also oversees global and regional shore strategic planning, guiding the future of the shore establishment. Through Encroachment Action Plans and Encroachment Partnering, Asset Management ensures continued mission-critical operations through prevention and mitigation of encroachment activities. By operating the Navy’s real property inventory system, Asset Management professionals ensure that data used for shore management-related decisions is comprehensive, accurate and easy to use, resulting in efficient and effective management of the entire shore infrastructure.

NAVFAC COMPONENT COMMANDS

NAVFAC has thirteen component commands, nine of which are Facilities Engineering Commands that report to two NAVFAC Commands, NAVFAC Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia, and NAVFAC Pacific in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

NAVFAC Atlantic

• NAVFAC EURAFSWA • NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic • NAVFAC Northwest • NAVFAC Southeast • NAVFAC Southwest • NAVFAC Washington

NAVFAC Pacific • NAVFAC Far East • NAVFAC Hawaii • NAVFAC Marianas

SPECIALTY CENTERS

NAVFAC also has two centers that perform specialized missions. The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center, in Port Hueneme, California, supports combatant capabilities and sustainable facilities through specialized engineering, technology development, and lifecycle logistics services. The Navy Crane Center, based at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, leads the Navy shore-based weight handling program by establishing policy and providing engineering, acquisition, technical support, training and evaluation services to all Navy shore activities worldwide.

In addition, NAVFAC provides program management for all aspects of the Naval Construction Force, the Seabees, and equipment/materiel management for the Naval Beach Group and other Naval Special Operating Units.

The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC)

The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC

Below: Members of Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic, load crates of ammunition aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG

81). Winston S. Churchill is preparing to deploy to the US Navy 5th and 6th Fleet area of responsi-

bility. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast, an Engineering locates buildings that need to be inspected. The Department of Defense is supporting FEMA in helping those affected by Hurricane Irma to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams.

EXWC) is a command of more than 1,300 dedicated men and women who provide specialized facilities engineering, technology solutions, and life-cycle management of expeditionary equipment to the Navy, Marine Corps, federal agencies, and other Department of Defense supported commands. NAVFAC’s Warfare Center was established in September 2012 and represents the consolidation of the NAVFAC Engineering Service Center, the NAVFAC Expeditionary Logistics Center, the Specialty Center Acquisitions NAVFAC, and the NAVFAC Information Technology Center.

MISSION

NAVFAC EXWC supports combatant capabilities and sustainable facilities through specialized engineering, technology development, and lifecycle logistics services.

VISION

We are your trusted partner for premier engineering and logistics support.

The Navy Crane Center Mission Statement

We lead the Navy’s shore activity weight handling program by establishing policy and providing engineering, acquisition, technical support, training and oversight for compliance to maintain readiness.

Our goal is to achieve safe and reliable weight handling programs throughout the Navy.

Vision Statement

We are the organization of choice for weight handling program solutions. We are leaders who offer and deliver timely and effective weight handling program solutions.

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