R 132005Z MAR 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 127/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 3-17.7F, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT//
REF/A/MCO/5600.31/ARD/26 APR 2010//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/MR J. A. BASS/CIV/CD AND I, CDD, MID/QUANTICO VA/TEL DSN 278-3616 OR COML (703) 784-3616/EMAIL:  JOHN.BASS(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED (MCRP) 3-17.7F, "CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT", DATED 19 DECEMBER 2012.  MCRP 3-17.7F IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
2.  BACKGROUND.  MCRP 3-17.7F SERVES AS A GUIDE AND A REFERENCE FOR MARINE COMMANDERS AND THEIR STAFFS AT ALL LEVELS OF OPERATIONS.  THE REVISED PUBLICATION WILL PROVIDE ALL ASPECTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT REQUIRED TO SUCCESSFULLY PLAN AND EXECUTE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER (NCO), STAFF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER (SNCO), AND OFFICER LEVEL.  THIS PUBLICATION WILL ALSO PROVIDE EXPEDITIONARY CONSTRUCTION PLANNING FACTORS FOR USE BY PLANNERS AT ALL LEVELS.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  REF A DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.  UNITS WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE PRINTED COPIES OF MCRP 3-17.7F VIA THE MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (MCPDS).  HOWEVER, THIS PUBLICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ONLY UNLESS COMMANDERS SUBMIT COMPELLING NEED JUSTIFICATION FOR PRINTED COPIES.  UNITS REQUIRING PRINT ALLOCATIONS MUST FOLLOW PROCEDURES IDENTIFIED IN REF (A), PARAGRAPH
4A(2).  FOR MCPDS IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS:  144 000184 00.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN RICHARD P. MILLS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//