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8-21-25

Civil (Site) & Environmental Engineering Design Standards

Electrical Engineering Design Standards

Mechanical Engineering Design Standards

Updated requirements for metering. Added:

8-20-25

Civil (Site) & Environmental Engineering Design Standards

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

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

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

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

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.
 

Last updated: August 25, 2025

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