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Preparation of Contract Documents for Highway
and Traffic Engineers
Robert Hintersteiner, P.E.
Transportation/ Forensic
Engineer
Overview
This four-hour course focuses on the Preparation
of Contract Documents for Highway and Traffic Engineers. It is extremely
important for highway and traffic engineers to be able to adequately inform
contractors regarding what is to be left as is, and what is to be constructed,
removed, or replaced. The course focuses on the items to be placed on the
contract plans and specifications that are required in order to build and
construct an intersection, with or without traffic signals. The proper
presentation of the contract plans and specifications facilitates bidding and
the time required for construction.
Participants of this
course will learn to avoid a number of situations where information has not been
accurately placed on the plans, which could be the basis of a lawsuit.
At the conclusion of this course the student will:
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Be able to better prepare accurate contract
plans and specifications.
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Understand the need to show all existing above
ground and below ground utilities.
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Better understand the needs of the contractor in
order to properly complete his work according to the contract plans and
specifications
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Have greater knowledge of how existing traffic
control features affect the construction of the project
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Be better able to present standard information
on each plan sheet
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Learn where to obtain
applicable standards.
The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty questions
at the end of the course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
1. Initial
Site Investigation:
Survey Area; Plan Review; Condition Diagram;
Traffic Control Devices Inventory; and Aerial Photos.
2. Roadway
Geometrics:
Land Use; Parking Restrictions; Existing Signs;
Existing Speed Limits; Existing Pavement Markings; Existing Utilities; Existing
Traffic Signal Equipment; Agency Design Standards; Field Investigation.
3.
Preparation of Contract
Documents:
Title Sheet; Table of Contents Sheet(s);
General and Specific Notes Sheet(s); Summary of Quantities Sheet(s); Signal
Design Sheets; Standard Detail Sheets; and Engineer’s Estimate.
4. Standard
Information of Each Sheet:
Agency authorizing the project; Project Number;
Location of signal installation; Title on each Sheet; Number of sheets in the
Plan Set; Scale of Drawing; Checker Identification; Date of Original, Progress
Print and subsequent revisions; North Arrow; Existing and Proposed Items and
Conditions.
5.
Quality of Plans.
6. Items
to be placed on the Drawings:
Existing and Proposed Items; Right-Of-Way
Property and Building Lines; Legends and Tables; Stationing; Specifications.
7. Traffic
Signal Items:
Existing and Proposed Traffic Signal Items;
Traffic Signal Easements; Phasing and Sequence Diagrams; Signal Configuration
Diagram; Junction Boxes; Conduit Wiring; Poles Designs; Vehicle and Pedestrian
Detection.
8. Applicable
Standards:
State DOT’s; MUTCD;
AASHTO, ADA;
NEMA; ISMA; etc.
Course
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course
Preparation of Contract Documents for Highway and Traffic Engineers
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