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Date	Page / Section / Item Changed	Change Details
9-23-25	Design Standards > General Statements	Added: The National Park Service Museum Handbook offers best-practice guidance relevant to architects and engineers involved in the planning and design of facilities that house or support museum collections. It addresses critical design considerations such as environmental controls, integrated pest management, storage systems, fire protection, health and safety, and security-ensuring the built environments meet the preservation and operational needs of NPS collections.
9-10-25	Division 1 Specifications 01 26 01 Contract Modification Procedures 01 31 00 Project Management and Coordination	Updated to reflect current Contracting policies.
8-21-25	Civil (Site) & Environmental Engineering Design Standards NPS Requirements >Government Directives & Government Standards Executive Orders (EOs) Electrical Engineering Design Standards NPS Requirements > Government Directives & Government Standards Executive Orders (EOs) Mechanical Engineering Design Standards NPS Requirements > Government Directives & Government Standards Executive Orders (EOs)	Updated requirements for metering. Added: Metering in Federal Buildings EO 13783 Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth
8-20-25	Civil (Site) & Environmental Engineering Design Standards Executive Orders (EOs) Laws	Updated to reflect current policies: Added EOs: EO 11644 Use of Off-Road Vehicles on the Public Lands EO 11988 Floodplain Management EO 13007 Indian Sacred Sites EO 13089 Coral Reef Protection EO 13112 Invasive Species EO 13175 Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments EO 13195 Trails for America in the 21st Century EO 13287 Preserve America Removed EOs: EO 12072 Federal Space Management EO 13834 Efficient Federal Operations Added Law: Energy Policy Act 2020
8-13-25	Division 1 Specifications 01 11 00 Summary of Work	Removed erroneous duplication in Construction Contractor name throughout.
8-11-25	Quality Assurance (QA) Review Checklists Occupational Health & Safety Engineering QA Review Checklist Structural Engineering QA Review Checklist Definitions	Defined abbreviations and acronyms on QA Review Checklists. Updated to reflect current resources on Definitions landing page.
7-3-25	NPS Survey Monument Record Sheet	Updated to reflect current requirements and reformatted towards 508-compliance.
6-23-25	Structural Fire Design Guide Fire Protection Engineering Design Standards NPS Requirements > Handbooks, Reference Manuals (RMs), Strategies, Plans, & other Professional Materials	Structural Fire Design Guide is now Appendix D in Reference Manual (RM) 58 Structural Fire Management.
6-20-25	Cost Estimating Requirements Handbook Class C Uniformat Construction Cost Estimate Class B & A MasterFormat Construction Cost Estimate	Previous versions of construction cost estimating templates with corresponding instructions and requirements handbook are no longer available. Current Cost Estimate Class C Uniformat template, Class B&A MasterFormat template, and corresponding Requirements Handbook were updated to reflect this.
5-28-25	Architectural Standards Government Directives & Government Standards > Department of the Interior (DOI) Policies	New NPS National Cemetery Standards.
3-20-25	NPS Project Sustainability Checklist Project Sustainability Application Decision Matrix Division 1 Specification Section 01 81 13 Sustainable Design Requirements Sustainability Design Standards Sustainability Quality Assurance (QA) Checklist	Per updated policies, deleted references to Sustainability and Climate Change throughout DSC Workflows. Please view the bulleted list on the left for some deleted items.
3-6-25	Contract Modifications	Updated to reflect current requirements. Removed outdated forms.
3-4-25	Contract Modifications	Updated requirement: Contracting Officer (CO) will issue Request for Proposal (RFP). (Previously Contracting Officer Representative (COR) issued RFP.)
2-12-25	Payroll Report Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Certification form	Removed outdated content and reformatted towards 508-compliance.
1-23-25	Design Standards Architectural Executive Orders (EOs) Resources Civil (Site) & Environmental Engineering	Per Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions, removed the following Executive Orders (EOs) on applicable Design Standards: EO 11988 Floodplain Management EO 13690 Federal Flood Risk Management Standard EO 13990 Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis EO 14008 Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad EO 14030 Climate-Related Financial Risk EO 14035 Diversity, Equity, Inlcusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce EO 14057 Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability
1-13-25	Mechanical Engineering Design Standards	Updated to IECC 2024 (International Energy Conservation Code).
1-8-25	Design Templates > Task Order Estimate	Corrected formula errors on worksheet named 2-PD-SD-ESTIMATE SUMMARY.

 

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