FM-3-81 Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Download

Organic and Task-Organized Structure 09 November 2021 FM 3-81 2-13 Table 2-1. Engineer mission planning and capabilities (continued) Organization Mission Planning Capabilities Engineer vertical construction company (continued) • Provides equipment support platoon focused on shaping, upgrading, and repairing foundations for facilities, air field, roads, survivability/force protection, and river crossings. • Provides clearing, grubbing, borrow pit, and dust suppression for project sites. • Provides earthmoving with haul, grade, shape, compact, cut, fill, and drainage capability. Engineer support company • 1 per 605 horizontal construction hours per day and • 1 per 280 vertical or horizontal construction hours per day or • 1 per 280 general construction hours per day • Company HQ provides command, control, and oversight of two rapidly deployable earthmoving (RDE) platoons, one vertical construction platoon, and a field maintenance team able to operate on a 24-hour basis. • Conducts surveys for construction projects. • Provides RDE platoons focused on rapid airfield repair, military facilities, aircraft platforms, roads, and survivability/force protection. • Provides clearing, grubbing, borrow pit, and dust suppression for project sites. • Provides hauling, grading, shaping, compacting, cutting, filling, emplacing culverts, and earthmoving. • Provides vertical platoon focused on the building, assembly, repair, or upgrade of vertical structures (to include basements) through the skills of masons, carpenters, plumbers, interior electricians, and other laborers. • Provides construction, upgrade, and maintenance of wood-frame, steel-frame, concrete, and preengineered structures. • Provides installation, repair, and maintenance of plumbing, and sewage distribution systems. • Provides interior electrical design, layout, installation, and maintenance inspections of facilities and host-nation electrical systems. • Provides field maintenance and vehicle recovery. Multirole bridge company • 1 per four 40-meter gap crossings or eight 20- meter gaps • 1 per wet gap crossing span of 107-213 meters • 1 per two wet gap crossing spans less than 106 meters each • Provides technical advice and assistance to commanders in the emplacement/construction of standard and nonstandard United States Army bridging systems. • Conducts and prepares reconnaissance reports for road, route, tunnel, bridge, and ford sites. • Provides float bridging operations with a maximum span of 213 meters up to Class 75 (tank) and/or Class 96 (wheel) or 1 six rafts of Class 75 (tank) and/or Class 96 (wheel) based on stream velocity of 0 to 3 feet per second. • Provides four heavy dry support bridges, spanning 40 meters, with a capacity up to Class 70 (tank) and/or 96 (wheel) or combination of single or double-story bridge.