text: Chapter 7
  During continuous operations, the estimate process supporting the rapid decision-making and
  synchronization process may need to be abbreviated because of time constraints.
  The engineer staff officer uses the running estimate to determine the requirements for unit and mission
  sustainment and compares the requirements with the reported status of subordinate units to determine the
  specific amount of supplies needed to support the operation. These requirements are then coordinated with
  the supporting sustainment unit or forward support element to ensure that the needed supplies are identified
  and resourced.
  The engineer staff officer then translates the estimate into specific plans that are used to determine the
  supportability of supported unit COAs. After a COA is selected, the specific sustainment input to the
  supported unit base OPORD and paragraph 4 of the engineer annex is developed and incorporated.
  In each of the different types of BCTs, the engineer staff officer (working with the appropriate
  sustainment planner and executor) tracks essential sustainment tasks involving all engineer units supporting
  the brigade. Accurate and timely status reporting assists the engineer staff officer in providing the overall
  engineer status to the brigade commander and allows the engineer staff officer to intercede in critical
  sustainment problems, when necessary. The engineer staff officer also ensures that the supplies needed by
  augmenting EAB engineer units to execute missions for the brigade are integrated into the brigade
  sustainment plans. For the engineer staff officer to properly execute these missions, accurate and timely
  reporting and close coordination between the engineer staff officer, sustainment planners and providers, task
  force engineers, and supporting EAB engineers is essential. Supporting EAB engineer units must affect
  linkup with the existing engineer sustainment to ensure their synchronization of effort.
  Some important considerations for engineer planners include—
  * Coordinating for a field maintenance team to support each engineer unit to ensure quick
  turnaround of maintenance problems.
  * Coordinating closely with the logistics staff to assist in the management of required construction
  materials. The engineer staff helps the logistics staff identify and forecast requirements to ensure
  that a quality control process is in place for receipt of the materials. The management of Class IV
  supplies for survivability and countermobility is most efficient when there is a shared interest
  between maneuver and engineer logisticians.
  * Using preconfigured loads of barrier materials.
  * Coordinating closely with the theater support command or sustainment command (expeditionary)
  support operations officer, the ARFOR G-4, the supporting contract support brigade, and the
  associated logistics civil augmentation program planner to ensure that engineer requirements are
  properly integrated and captured in the operational contract support plan and/or are specifically
  addressed in the ESP.
  Engineers must consider the environmental impacts of their actions. They must weigh the implications
  of holding out for logistical support against possible collateral environmental damage. They must ensure that
  a proper environmental risk assessment is done before beginning any action. See ATP 3-34.5 or TM 3-34.56
  for additional information.