SCOPE. This military handbook, UFC 4-150-07, is a guide for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of waterfront structures and related facilities. It is a source of reference for planning, estimating, and performing technical maintenance and repair work; and may serve as a training manual for waterfront facilities maintenance personnel. PURPOSE. This handbook provides guidance for maintenance and repair of waterfront facilities to retain them in continuous readiness for use by the Fleet and in support of military marine operations.

This manual is a guide for engineers, planners and maintenance supervisors in scheduling inspection, maintenance, and repair of waterfront structures and related facilities. Introductory chapters provide a summary of types of facilities, descriptions of materials, preventive maintenance planning. Overview of types of facilities, descriptions of materials, preventive maintenance measures, and guidelines for safety. Inspection levels, methods, planning, and techniques and checklists are covered for above water and underwater inspection. Typical repair methods and techniques are described and illustrated for timber, concrete, steel, and rubble-mound structures.

CONTENTS Introduction General --- Joint Service Responsibility --- Maintenance Standards, Policies, and Criteria --- Terminology --- Planning --- Preparation for Work --- Access to Work --- Safety Timber Structures Preservation of Wood --- Inspection --- Maintenance Concrete Structures Concrete Technology --- Causes and Types of Deterioration --- Methods of Inspection --- Repair Methods Stone Masonry Structures Introduction --- Method of Inspection --- Methods of Repair Rubble-Mound Structures Structural Components --- Causes and Types of Deterioration --- Inspection --- Methods of Repair Structures Involving Soil Soil Description --- Soil Placement --- Inspection --- Repair Steel Structures Corrosion --- Protective Coatings --- Cathodic Protection --- Substitute Materials for Steel --- Inspection --- Maintenance of Steel Structures Plastic and Elastomeric Structures Types of Materials --- Construction Techniques References Glossary Appendices Diver Inspection of Structures --- Inspection, Documentation, Maintenance, and Certification of Graving Docks Index