PS&E Preparation Manual

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♦Manual Notice 2012-2
►1. Pre-Assembly Activities
- ►1. Environmental, Design, Right-of-Way, and Utility: Requirements and Value Engineering Studies
  - ♦Non-discrimination
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Environmental Requirements
  - ♦Environmental Clearances
  - ♦Design Schematic
  - ♦Design Conference
  - ♦Attendees
  - ♦Right-of-Way and Utility Status
  - ♦Value Engineering Studies
- ►2. Required Legal Documents
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Agreements
  - ♦Agreement Description
  - ♦Agreement Deadline
  - ♦Local Agency Agreements
  - ♦Agreement Information References
  - ♦Memorandum of Understanding or Memorandum of Agreement
  - ♦Permits
- ►3. PS&E Submissions Schedules
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦General Deadlines and Project Categories
  - ♦Detailed Deadlines
►2. Plan Set Development
- ►1. Preliminary Review/Coordination
- ►2. Engineer’s Seal and TxDOT Copyright Requirements
  - ♦Overview
  - ►Sealing and Dating Construction Documents
  - ♦Standard Drawing Reliability
  - ♦Standard Drawing Modification
  - ♦Plan Sheet Revisions
  - ♦Proposal
  - ♦As-built Plans
  - ♦Document Reproduction
  - ♦Copyright Requirement Guidelines
- ►3. Plan Set Preparation
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦General Types of Plan Sheets
  - ♦Title Sheet
  - ♦Project Layout
  - ♦Roadway Typical Sections
  - ♦General Notes
  - ♦Estimate and Quantity Sheets
  - ♦Summary Sheets
  - ♦Traffic Control Plan
  - ♦Traffic Control Plan (TCP) Sheets
  - ♦Traffic Standards
  - ►Roadway Details
  - ♦Alignment Data Sheets
  - ♦Plan and Profile Sheets
  - ♦Other Sheets
  - ♦Retaining Wall Details
  - ♦Retaining Wall Layouts
  - ♦Retaining Wall Standards
  - ♦Drainage Details
  - ♦Drainage Area Map Sheets
  - ♦Hydraulic Calculation Sheets
  - ♦Culvert Cross Sections, Layout and Detail Sheets
  - ♦Plan and Profile Sheets
  - ♦Miscellaneous Details
  - ♦Drainage Standards
  - ♦Utilities
  - ♦Existing Utilities
  - ♦Proposed Utility (P&P) Layouts
  - ♦Utility Standards
  - ♦Bridges
  - ♦Bridge Hydraulic Data
  - ♦Bridge Layout
  - ♦Detailed Summary
  - ♦Structural Details
  - ♦Bridge Standards
  - ♦Traffic Items
  - ♦Traffic Signal Layout
  - ♦Electrical and Illumination
  - ♦Signing and Delineation
  - ♦Pavement Markings and Markers
  - ♦Traffic Management System
  - ♦Traffic Standards
  - ♦Environmental Issues
  - ♦Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans
  - ♦Wetland Mitigation Plan
  - ♦Environmental Standards
  - ♦Environmental Permits, Issues and Commitments (EPIC) Sheet
  - ♦Miscellaneous Items
  - ♦Removal Sheets
  - ♦Landscaping/Irrigation
  - ♦Railroad Plans
- ►4. Drafting Guidelines
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Drafting Conventions
  - ♦Annotation Conventions
  - ♦Design Files
  - ♦File Management
  - ♦Standard Sheet Cells
  - ♦Plotting Guidelines
  - ♦General Plotting Guidelines
  - ♦Local Plotting on the Current Network in Use
- ►5. General Plan Set Checklist
  - ♦Checklist
►3. Specifications
- ►1. Types of Specifications and Provisions
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Standard Specifications
  - ♦Special Specifications
  - ♦Special Provisions
- ►2. New Special Specification and Special Provision Submission Requirements
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦General Guidelines
  - ♦Form 1814 and Specification Templates
  - ♦When to Submit Completed Form
  - ♦How to Complete Form
  - ♦Accessing Specification Templates
  - ♦Centralized Libraries
  - ♦Approval Procedure
- ►3. Specification List
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Specification List Components
  - ♦Standard Specifications
  - ♦Special Provisions
  - ♦Important Notice to Contractors
  - ♦Railroad Insurance Special Provision to Item 7
  - ►Road User Cost Provisions
  - ♦Special Specifications
  - ♦Reference Items
  - ♦Specification List Creation
  - ♦Specification List Review
- ♦4. Specification List Checklist
- ►5. General Notes
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Key Points Regarding General Notes
  - ♦Specification Modifications
  - ♦Creating General Notes
- ♦6. General Notes Checklist
►4. Plans Estimate
- ►1. Overview
  - ♦Plans Estimate Description
- ►2. Preparation of Project Estimate
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦P1 Screen (DCIS)
  - ♦P5 Screen (DCIS)
  - ♦Determination of Bid Items
  - ♦Standard Bid Items
  - ♦Alternate Bid Items
  - ♦Optional Bid Items
  - ♦Descriptive Code Numbers
  - ♦Requesting New Descriptive Codes
  - ♦Computer File Format (P4 Screen/ROSCOE/Estimator® Software)
  - ♦Permanent Structure Number
  - ♦P4 Screen (DCIS)
  - ♦ROSCOE Batch Program
  - ♦Estimator® Software
  - ♦Translate Program’s Output for Uploading to DCIS
- ►3. Quantities
- ►4. Prices
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Average Bid Price Access
  - ♦Bid Tabs
  - ♦Average Low Bid Unit Prices
  - ♦Project Specific Adjustments
  - ♦Unit Bid Determination
  - ♦Unbalanced Bidding
  - ♦Project Variations
  - ♦Importance of Good Estimating
  - ♦Factors Affecting Unit Bid Prices
- ►5. Funding Program Overruns
- ♦6. Estimate Checklist
►5. PS&E Submissions and Processing
- ►1. Overview
  - ♦Introduction
- ►2. PS&E Submission Data Sheet (Form 1002)
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Project Identification
  - ♦Supporting Papers Checklist
  - ♦State Transportation Improvement Program Information
  - ♦Environmental Status
  - ♦Financing
  - ♦Agreements
  - ♦Airway-Highway Clearance
  - ♦Contract Time
  - ♦Project Manager in Charge of Construction Contract
  - ♦District Contact Person
  - ♦Estimated Cost of Pedestrian Elements
  - ♦Comments
  - ♦Proposed Basic Design Data Information
  - ♦Proposed Standards (Design Division, Bridge Division, and Traffic Operations Division)
  - ♦Design Speed (Applicable)
  - ♦Terrain
  - ♦Traffic
  - ♦Highway Functional Class
  - ♦Design Exceptions
  - ♦Design Waivers
  - ♦ADA/TAS Design Variances
  - ♦Alternative Construction Strategies
  - ♦Time Determination
  - ♦Other Tools for Minimizing Construction Time
- ►3. Supporting Papers Checklist
- ►4. PS&E Checklists
- ►5. District Level PS&E Review Process
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Process for District Review Projects
  - ♦Checklist of Required Items
  - ♦Submission Dates
- ►6. Division Level PS&E Review Process
- ►7. Addendum Process
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Need for Addendum
  - ♦Addendum Notice
  - ♦Federal Oversight Project Addendum
  - ♦District Review Project Addendum
  - ♦Last Revision Date
  - ♦Addendum Notice Procedure
  - ♦Addendum Information Sheet
►6. Pre-Letting and Post-Letting
- ►1. Overview
  - ♦Pre-Letting Information
  - ♦Post-Letting Information
- ►2. Federal Project Authorization and Agreement
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Function of FPAA
  - ♦Respective FPAA Duties
  - ♦FPAA Detailed Reporting Instructions
- ►3. State Letter of Authority
- ►4. Project Financial Clearance
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Other Participation Field
  - ♦Additional Payments
  - ♦Financial Clearance Reference
- ►5. Pre-letting Checklist
  - ♦Checklist
- ►6. Post-letting Guidelines
►7. Local Public Agency Let Projects
- ♦1. Guidance for Local Governments

PS&E Preparation Manual

October 2012

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