DESIGN PLANS

OUTLINE
 Introduction
 DOT Plan Set
 The future
INTRODUCTION
 Your design
 Communication
 Standard design material
 Quantities
 Other instructions
YOUR DESIGN
 Clear, unambiguous
 Complete
COMMUNICATION
 Information to public
 Directions to contractor
STANDARD DESIGN MATERIAL
 Road Design Details
http://www.dot.state.ia.us/design/desdet.htm
 Standard Road Plans
http://www.dot.state.ia.us/design/stdrdpln.ht
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ORGANIZATION
 Alphabetical sheets
 A sheets – cover and introductory information
 B sheets – typical sections
 C sheets – quantities and reference
information
 D sheets – mainline roadway plan and profile
 E sheets – sideroad plan and profile
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 F sheets –
 G sheets –
 And the list goes to Z
 Rarely all letters in one set
 Projects split up
 THE COVER (A.01)
 Project Name, Highway(s), Type of Project
 Listings of sheets, standard plans, seals
 Location plan
 Summary of project length
 ABBREVIATIONS (A.02)
 Legend and symbols used
 TYPICALS (B.01 et seq)
 Roadway typical sections (grading, paving, etc)
 Drainage typical details
 Other typical details
 Typical superelevation layout
GRADING TYPICAL
PCC PAVING
HMA PAVING
SUPERELEVATION TYPICAL
 QUANTITIES (C.01)
 Pay items
http://www.ia.bidx.com/lettings/eng_proj.txt
 List them all!
 Think!
QUANTITIES
 MAINLINE PLAN/PROFILE
(D.01 et seq)
 Plan above, profile below
 Ditches
 Earthwork
 SIDE ROAD PLAN/PROFILE
(E.01 et seq)
 Side road stationing
 Plan above, profile below
 Ditches
 Earthwork
 PLAN/PROFILE- DETOUR
(F.01 et seq)
 Same stuff
 REFERENCE TIES
& BENCH MARKS (G.O1)
 Not-to-scale mini-plans of each tie
 Table listing all bench marks
 STAGING AND TRAFFIC
CONTROL (J.01 et seq)
 Recommended or required?
 Sequence of construction
 Public and worker protection
 MUTCD
 INTERSECTION STAKING,
JOINTING, ETC (K & L SHEETS)
 Profiles on vehicle paths
 Special shaping for drainage
 Horizontal curve information (tabular)
 Edge profiles
 Type and locations of joints
 STORM SEWER
(M SHEETS)
 Plan and profile
 TRAFFIC SIGNAL PLANS
(N SHEETS)
 Layout
 Connections
 Power source
 Loop locations or detector zones
 Initial phasing and timing plans
 LIGHTING LAYOUT
(P SHEETS)
 Mostly urban
 Plan
 Power source
 Coverage
 SOILS
(Q SHEETS)
 Boring locations
 Plan and profile
 Materials present
 Subdrains
 Subgrade treatments
 BORROW AND HAULING
(R SHEETS)
 Source of material
 Material types
 Mass diagram/haul diagram
SOILS STABILITY
(S SHEETS)
 TABULATION OF TEMPLATE
QUANTITIES (T SHEETS)
 Summary table
 All work to be done
 SPECIAL DETAILS AND
MODIFIED STANDARDS
(U SHEETS)
 Temporary closure methods
 Other special plans
 BRIDGES AND CULVERTS
(V SHEETS)
 Bridge type, size, and location plan (TSL)
 aka situation plan
 Bridge detail plans
 MAINLINE CROSS-SECTIONS
(W SHEETS)
 Generally stacked
 2 columns
 Bottom to top
 OTHER CROSS-SECTIONS

 Side road – X sheets

 Ramps and loops – Y sheets
 Borrows – Y sheets
 Same layout as W sheets