Section 5: General Plan Set Checklist
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Check the plan set for completeness.
Make sure that all sheets (including standards) have been included
in the plan set prior to submission.
- Make sure that the title block
(district, county, highway, CSJ, and sheet number) on all plan sheets
has been completed correctly.
EXAMPLE: Check the index of sheets. All sheet numbers must be listed, including all supplemental sheets (Example: 13, 13A-F as opposed to 13-13F). Each individual plan sheet must be accounted for in the index of sheets. List all omitted sheets in the index of sheets. Titles shown on the index of sheets must match the title exactly on the plan sheet.
- Check plan set for proper engineer’s signature,
seal, and date. See Construction Documents in Section 3, Policy
on Signing, Sealing and Dating Construction Documents for
additional details.
- Check design speed and ADT shown on the Title Sheet against
that shown on the approved Form 1002, Page 3. (See Page 3 of Form
1002 in Chapter 5, Section 2, for more information.)
- Check the governing specification note on the Title Sheet
to make sure spec book year adoption date and the proper provisions
(federal or state) have been referenced.
- Check the limits, stationing, and equations on the Title
Sheet for accuracy. Make sure that the stationing, equations, and
exceptions shown equate to the project length shown and match the
project length(s) included on DCIS. See the DCIS User
Manual; Chapter 2, Section1; and Chapter 4, Section
1.
- Make sure that all necessary signatures (including other
entities) have been included on the Title Sheet prior to submission.
- Make sure that the responsible engineer’s statement,
seal, and signature have been included next to the index of sheets.
- Make sure there is an applicable typical section for all
stations and roadways.
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The following sheets should be provided for all 4R projects. In addition, this sheet should be provided for 3R projects that involve substantial changes to the vertical grade and/or horizontal alignment of an existing facility and/or right of way acquisition.
- Survey Control Index Sheet (signed, sealed and dated by a PE)
- Horizontal and Vertical Control Sheet (signed, sealed and dated by a PE)
Check the plans to make sure that the locations of existing utilities are shown. Also make sure that the locations of unacquired ROW parcels (pending acquisition prior to submission) have been shown.
- Check proposed design features
such as horizontal and vertical alignments, superelevation, etc.,
for compliance with design standards and design speed requirements.
- Check the bridge layouts, typical sections, and P&P
sheets for conformance with any previously approved preliminary
design submissions.
- Confirm that environmental commitments made in the environmental
assessment were addressed in the PS&E.
- Check the proposed roadside design. Make sure all safety
enhancements (safety end treatments, metal beam guard fence, single
guardrail terminals, etc.) have been addressed. Check layouts,
typical sections, etc., for proper clear zone requirements (see Roadway
Design Manual, Chapter 4, Section 3).
- Check the TCP for conformance with the TMUTCD.
- Check the index of sheets to verify all necessary current
standards have been listed and that these sheets have been inserted
into the plan set. All standards must be inserted into the plan set
prior to submission. Make sure that the proper unit standards have
been specified (Metric standards for 1995 specification projects
and English standards for 1993 specification projects).
- Check all modified (MOD) standards to verify that they
have been properly sealed by the responsible engineer with the modifications
noted.
- Make sure that the mylar plan sheets are the same size.
Refer to Chapter 2, Section 4, for permissible plan sheet sizes.
Check to make sure that the plan set is drilled and bound prior
to submission.
- Check sidewalks, ramps, and other pedestrian features
for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and
Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS) requirements. (See Roadway Design
Manual, Chapter 2, Section 6).
- Check the TCP or other plan sheets to verify that the
proper treatment for temporary pavement drop-offs has been provided.
(See Roadway Design Manual, Appendix
B, Guidelines for Pavement Drop-offs).
Make sure that all ends of temporary or permanent traffic barriers
have been properly end treated.
- Check signing summary and layout sheets to make sure that
all signs included on the summary sheets are shown on the layout
sheets.
- Check delineation layouts for proper delineator and object
marker usage and spacing.
- Check pavement marking layouts for conformance with the
TMUTCD.
- Check electrical and illumination sheets for service connections.
- Check traffic signal layouts for accuracy. Check foundation
specifications.
- If bridges or bridge class culverts are involved, make
sure that these lengths have been broken out on the Title Sheet
and that the mileages add up to match the total project length shown.
- Verify permanent structure numbers for bridges and bridge
class culverts are shown for TxDOT let projects. The permanent
structure number and National Bridge Inventory (NBI) number need
to be shown on the bridge/culvert layout sheets and in the estimate.
- Review all plan sheets for legibility and reproducibility
(type, size, contrast, clarity, etc.).
- For all district review projects, the E&Q and General
Notes sheets must be plotted and inserted into the plan set. The
information on the E&Q sheet must match the data on DCIS. For
all other projects, these sheets will be plotted by the responsible
Austin division.