Design & Construction Project Support
The Design and Construction Support site is constantly being updated. Please use the Search feature if you cannot locate the document you're seeking.
Use this page to find resources used in the design and construction of CDOT Highway projects:
- Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) Documents: See if ABC is recommended
- Buy America Requirements: Introduces the Buy America requirements for the use of iron and steel products in federally-funded highway construction projects and explains how to document the processes for iron and steel products.
- Construction Specifications: Find standard specifications appropriate for use on CDOT construction Projects and revisions. The 2021 Standard Specifications are now available and should be used on all projects advertised on or after Oct. 1, 2021.
- Bulletins and Manuals: Links to various construction and design bulletins, manuals, memos and other related documents
- M Standard Plans: The M Standard Plans.
- S Standards Plans: The S Standard Plans.
- Other Specifications: FIPIs and Bridge 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 Program: The DRB assists in the final resolution of disputes and claims between CDOT and hired contractors.
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Specifications: Part of the Division of Maintenance and Operations, ITS serves and supports the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the traveling public with technologies to better communicate, decrease travel times, and create a safer driving environment.
- CDOT & Local Agency
- Materials and Geotechnical: Bulletins, Manuals, Policy and Procedures, Guidelines, the Approved Products List, other documents, and archived references.
- Chief Engineer Memos: Memos sent out by the chief engineer
- Policy Memos
- Project First on Construction Projects: Project First formalizes the partnering process to proactively identify and manage risks.
- 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
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