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The Design and Construction Support site is constantly being updated. Please use the search feature on this site if you can't locate the document you're seeking.

 

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Use this page to find resources used in the design and construction of CDOT Highway projects:

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:  (ARRA) Related Documents.
  
  
• Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) Documents: See if ABC is recommended
  
  
• Construction Specifications: Find standard specifications appropriate for use on CDOT construction Projects and revisions. The 2017 Standard Specifications are now available and should be used on all projects advertised on or after Oct. 1, 2017.
  
  
• Bulletins and Manuals: Links to various construction and design bulletins, manuals, memos and other related documents
  
  
• M&S Standard Plans: The M Standard Plans and the S Standard Plans.
  
  
• Other Specifications: ITS, FIPI, material specificiations checklist, pilot project special provisions.
  
  
• Miscellaneous Design Documents: Safety selection guide and other documents not included in any of the other specifications websites
  
  
• CDOT's Office of CADD & ProjectWise programs, and Highway Engineering Design Processes: Find information on CDOT's CADD (MicroStation/InRoads) and ProjectWise (file sharing) softwares. It also contains consultant access information, software upgrades, CADD and ProjectWise training videos and materials, CADD and ProjectWise user manuals, how-to-workflows, tips and tricks, a library of detail drawings, software configurations, and other CDOT CADD-related resources.
  
  
• Alternative Delivery Program (Design-Build and CM/GC): A process of systematic decision-making, risk identification and allocation, identification of goals and objectives, identification and development of strategies, and creation of a competitive procurement environment.
  
  
• Dispute Review Board: The DRB assists in the final resolution of disputes and claims between CDOT and hired contractors.
  
  
• CDOT & Local Agency
  
  
• Materials and Geotechnical: Bulletins, Manuals, Policy and Procedures, Guidelines, the Approved Products List, Misc. documents, and Archived references.
  
  
• Chief Engineer Memos: Memos sent out by the chief engineer
• Policy Memos
  
  
• CDOT Emergency Engineering Projects SharePoint site: A link to CDOT's emergency engineering projects on SharePoint
• Water Quality: Protecting the quality of our water
  
  
• CDOT/FHWA Stewardship Agreement: How CDOT informs FHWA of its performance across a number of mutually agreed-upon indicators associated with the administration of the Federal Aid Highway Program (FAHP)
  
  
• Software / Support Information: Links to information on engineering applications, and AASHTOW Project SiteManager
  
  
• Value Engineering (VE): The independent review of a project during the planning and design