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Preparing Infrastructure / Roadway Plans
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Attention New York Engineers:
This course cannot be taken to fulfill your
continuing education requirements in the state of New York since the course does
not cover material from one of the core engineering disciplines.
For more information, check the
New
York State Board Requirements.
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Jack Schmitt, P.E.
Overview
This course covers the general
content and purpose of each drawing in a typical set of infrastructure plans
that could represent a roadway, drainage or utility improvement. The course
describes the basic format of each drawing, the uses of the drawing by the
various design teams and disciplines, and the expectations that a construction
team would have for each sheet.
Completion of this course will
provide the student with an understanding of the reasoning that supports the
variety of drawings in a typical set of contract plans. This will provide the
student with a basis for discussion with the team or project manager on each
assignment. This in turn can reduce false starts, provide specific direction to
the various disciplines involved and prepare questions for the client from a
pro-active position. The result is intended to be a savings in labor spent on
corrections, a savings in labor spent on re-design, and a reduction in
construction change orders.
This
course draws on the author's extensive experience with contract documents to
provide valuable project execution tips that can save your project cost and
schedule. Several low cost activities on the front end of a project are covered
that will prevent costly last minute changes.
This
course is a "cook-book" for setting up the content and format of deliverables on
the front end of a project. Any engineer involved in preparing
infrastructure / roadway plans will benefit from the lessons learned by the
course author from
a career that has spanned three decades and has seen hundreds of sets of
contract documents.
The
student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty-four (24)
questions at the end of the course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
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Setting up the Index
Sheet in a manner that will avoid rework later in the project
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The benefits of
obtaining early client buy-in of the content and format of plans
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Typical information
provided on the General Notes Sheet
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How to execute a
project so that the Summary of Quantities Sheet is done only one time
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Structuring the
Schedule of Quantities Sheet to minimize discrepancies with individual
discipline sheets
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Typical information
shown on the Typical Paving Section Sheet and how to avoid time-consuming
rework
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The steps associated
with the development of Alignment and Ties Sheets, including field survey
techniques employed and their design accuracies
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Methods for
establishing benchmarks
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How Traffic
Maintenance, Construction Sequencing, Detour Plan and Construction Access
Sheets should be used to minimize the impact of a project on local vehicular
traffic and to reduce potential project delays arising from construction
access issues.
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Typical information
provided on the Profile, Drainage and Utility Relocation Sheets
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How abrupt changes
in elevation at the project boundaries illustrated on the Grading Sheet are
used to mitigate potential issues affecting the areas adjacent to the
construction site
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How sections are
typically "cut" on the Cross Section Sheet and how the information typically
depicted on this drawing has evolved over the years.
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Saving time and
avoiding rework when creating the Construction Detail Sheet
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How a construction
project can cause sediment and erosion issues and how sediment/erosion control
is depicted in the project plans
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How seasonal
restrictions on landscaping can jeopardize the project completion schedule
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Regulatory
requirements that impact the placement of pavement markings and signing at the
conclusion of the project.
Course
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"Preparing Infrastructure/Roadway Plans" prior to taking a quiz for credit.
Preparing Infrastructure/Roadway Plans (5 MB)
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