DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ER 1110-1-8170
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
CECW-CE Washington, DC 20314-1000
Regulation
No. 1110-1-8170 28 April 2017
Engineering and Design
POLICIES FOR USING THE USACE SURVEY MONUMENT ARCHIVAL AND
RETRIEVAL TOOL (U-SMART) FOR PROJECT CONTROL AND BOUNDARY
MONUMENTATION
1. Purpose. This regulation establishes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) policies for
storing, managing, and archiving control/boundary points used in surveying for planning,
engineering, design, construction, operations and maintenance, and other USACE related
mapping activities. Its purpose is to mandate the use of U-SMART to store, manage, and archive
all USACE project control points to ensure project control is properly connected to the National
Spatial Reference System (NSRS) per ER 1110-2-8160, support USACE continued work with
sea level change initiatives, and allow for easy access for others.
2. Applicability. This regulation applies to all USACE commands having responsibility for the
planning, engineering and design, operation, maintenance, construction, and related real estate
and regulatory functions of military construction, civil works, and environmental restoration
projects. This regulation also applies to control/boundary points collected or established by
hired-labor personnel, construction contractors, and Architect-Engineer (A-E) contractors.
3. Distribution. This regulation is approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
4. References.
a. ER 1110-2-8160, Policies for Referencing Project Evaluation Grades to Nationwide
Vertical Datums
b. EM 1110-1-1002, Survey Markers and Monumentation
c. EM 1110-2-6056, Standards and Procedures for Referencing Project Evaluation Grades to
Nationwide Vertical Datums
5. Policy. U-SMART will be used to store, manage, and archive control points used to establish
horizontal and vertical positioning and boundary points for all USACE projects throughout their
lifecycle. The use of U-SMART provides consistent documentation for project control points
and connection to the NSRS through each phase of a project. The same control points will be
used for all project phases (to include Feasibility, Preconstruction Engineering and Design
(PED), planning engineering and design, construction and operations and maintenance phases) of
a project to provide consistency and continuity unless a strong business case is documented. U-
SMART will be used to document the required minimum three project control points with at
