To provide innovative cold regions solutions and services to agencies planning, constructing, operating, and maintaining standard and strategic facilities in cold regions worldwide.


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Building Technology

• Criteria and Design Guidance for Army and Air Force Buildings and Facilities Including:
• Headquarters, Barracks and Dining Facilities
• Medical and Dental Facilities
• Family Housing and Child Development Centers
• Development and Testing of Innovative Phase Change Materials for Heat Exchange Systems
• Thermal Analysis of Unique, Cold Regions Infrastructure
• Roof Ventilation Design Guidance to Avoid Problematic Icing
• Research on Permafrost Engineering and Interactions with Infrastructure
• Techniques to Minimize Snow and Ice Problems in and Around Buildings
• Energy Efficiency Analysis

Pavements, Concrete, and Airfields

• Snow Drift Siting Studies Using Wind Tunnel Facility
• Development of Cold Tolerant Concrete Mixes
• Mechanistic-Empirical Models for Pavement Subgrade Design
• Research on Permafrost and Terrains
• Design and Repair Guidance and Criteria for Air Force Bases and Fixed Runways

Polar Facilities and Logistics

• Research to improve the Army's ability to conduct operations in extreme climates and remote locations.
• Improved site planning for Arctic land disturbance analyses.
• Provide Arctic and Antarctic operation and logistics support.
• Development of construction methods and design requirements for sea ice, glacial ice, and deep snow airfields.
• Development of autonomous instrument shelters for extreme climates.

Cold Challenges

• Strategic defense and national facilities located in cold and remote locations.
• Performance criteria must be adapted to provide high reliability.
• Cold regions can add significant cost penalties to build and sustain facilities.
• Effects of extreme cold on material and procedures.
• Army Transformation infrastructure must support all season operations.