DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ER 1110-1-8162
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
CECW-CE Washington, DC 20314-1000
Regulation 31 January 2014
No. 1110-1-8162
Engineering and Design
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION POLICY FOR ELECTRONIC
SECURITY SYSTEMS
1. Purpose. This regulation establishes policies, roles, responsibilities, and procedures for the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to execute electronic security systems (ESS) projects
and ESS portions of projects. Projects may be associated with MILCON, Support for Other
(SFO), sustainment renovation and modernization, or other programs executed by USACE. This
regulation also outlines the roles, responsibilities and mandatory services provided by the
USACE Electronic Security Systems Mandatory Center of Expertise (ESS-MCX).
2. Applicability. This regulation applies to all Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(HQUSACE) elements, major subordinate commands (MSC), district commands, laboratories,
and field operating activities (FOA) having design and/or construction responsibilities.
3. References.
a. Army Regulation (AR) 190-13, The Army Physical Security Program.
b. ER 1110-1-8158, Corps-Wide Centers of Expertise Program.
4. Distribution. Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited.
5. Establishment. HQUSACE established the Electronic Security Systems Mandatory Center of
Expertise at the Huntsville Engineering and Support Center in 1983 in response to concerns
identified by the Department of the Army Physical Security Review Board. AR190-13 was soon
revised to include the requirement that HQUSACE establish and maintain such a center. The
most recent edition of AR190-13 paragraph 1-18. h. tasks the Commanding General, US Army
Corps of Engineers to maintain the Electronic Security Center as a mandatory center of expertise
for electronic security systems technical expertise to US Army organizations. The Electronic
Security Systems Mandatory Center of Expertise tasking was further defined in the Electronic
Security Systems Program Management Plan which was last issued by HQUSACE in NOV
1997.
6. Mission. The mission of the ESS-MCX is to provide worldwide expertise to deliver the
highest quality electronic security systems projects for the DoD, other Federal agencies and other
customers in partnership with USACE commands. As such, the ESS-MCX is the USACE-wide
MCX for electronic security system applications including, but not limited to, electronic access
