Documents and Publications
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Documents and Publications |
Office of Design | |
| Publication | Description |
| Bulletins Memorandums Design Engineering/Operations | Bulletins and Memorandums detail changes to our many Publications, facilitate changes in policies and procedures and promote effective communication with our Customers to ensure they have the latest up to date information available. The links to the left lead to the discipline based Bulletin & Memorandum websites. |
| Standard Plans | Standard Plans issued by the Office of Design for FY2018-19 to Present. |
| Design Standards | Design Standards issued by the Office of Design from 1976 to FY2017-18. |
Roadway Design | |
| Publication | Description |
| FDOT Design Manual | FDOT Design Manual (FDM) since 2018 |
| Plans Preparation Manual | Plans Preparation Manual (PPM) 1967 to 2017 |
| Florida Urban Area 1 Mile Buffer Maps | Maps depicting Florida’s Urban Areas (places with a population of 5,000 or more persons) plus a 1-mile buffer from those Urban Areas. This data is comprised using the 2010 Census data. |
| Traditional Neighborhood Communities Handbook | Traditional Neighborhood Communities handbook (TND) provides planning-level guidance for the design of Traditional Neighborhood communities that are inherently walk-able and bike-able |
| Florida Greenbook | Manual of Uniform Minimum Standards for Design, Construction and Maintenance for Streets and Highways - For use on all public roads that are not part of the State Highway System. Includes links to Committee Member and Event information and Subcommittee Member and event information. Includes Minutes and Meeting packages from the past |
| Temporary Traffic Control (Maintenance of Traffic) | Provides links to the TTC/MOT Administration website for Providers, Students, various course offerings and other training resources |
| Drainage Manuals, Handbooks, Design Aids | Policy and Criteria for the design of Florida Department of Transportation drainage facilities. This site offers an all inclusive list of our Manuals, Handbooks and Design Aids |
| Pavement Management Publications | Pavement Management Publications issued by the State Roadway Design Office which includes Rigid Pavement Design Manual, Pavement Type Selection Manual and the Flexible Pavement Design Manual. The Rigid and Flexible Pavement Design Manuals include information necessary to design a new pavement or develop a properly engineered rehabilitation project. The Pavement Type Selection Manual includes methods and computations to properly develop a Pavement Type Selection Report. |
| Quality Assurance Training Help site | Training materials/sites used by the State Roadway Design Office |
| Quality Assurance Help Tools | Tools used by the State Roadway Design Office in the evaluation of QA Section Review Activities |
| Quality Assurance Help Links | Publications used by the State Roadway Design Office in the evaluation of QA Section Review Activities |
| Accessibility/ADA Forms | FDOT Facility or State Highway System comment forms |
| Rest Area Program Long Range Plan | Long range plan for rest area facilities |
| Rest Area Study Executive Summary | 2005 Rest Area Assessment Study to update existing 1993 - 30 year study |
Production Support | |
| Publication | Description |
| Errors, Omissions, and Contractual Breaches by Professional Engineers on Department Contracts Policy | Procedure to identify, evaluate and document resolution of errors, omissions and contractual breaches by Design consultants and Construction Engineering and Inspection consultants |
| Professional Services Consultant Work Performance Evaluation | Procedure to evaluate and report to FDOT work performance of professional services consultants under contract |
| Project Management Handbook | Provides guidelines and recommended practices for both Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and consultant Project Managers. This comprehensive resource covers all FDOT project phases, from planning to maintenance. The handbook
contains references to further information on the Department's project development and implementation process |
| Value Engineering Program | Value Engineering is a systematic process used by a multidisciplinary team to improve the value of a project through the identification and analysis of functions. This procedure provides a consistent and uniform process for executing the
Value Engineering (VE) Program during the development of a project |
| Project Management Benchmarking Report | A study which identified Project Management best practices and improvement opportunities that FDOT might consider evaluating for implementation |
| Standard Scope of Services and Staff Hour Estimation Guidelines | Detailed descriptions of the work efforts (Activities and Tasks) for uniform and consistent project scoping and a basis or range of staff hours required to complete every project task. The Guidelines consist of the Scope of Services files
(MS Word documents), the Staff Hour Forms and the Staff Hour Estimation Basis (MS Excel spreadsheets) |
| CADD Manual | The CADD Manual addresses the requirement to utilize Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) for production and delivery of digital project data for the Florida Department of Transportation. |
Structures Design | |
| Publication | Description |
| Structures Design Research Reports | Post-Tensioning Reports, Structures Research Laboratory Project Reports, Current Structures Research Laboratory Research Projects |
| Structures Manual | Includes Structures Design Guidelines, Structures Detailing Manual, Modifications to LTS, and Fiber Reinforced Polymer Guidelines |
| Soils and Foundation Handbook | A guide to the proper procedures for performing geotechnical services for Florida Department of Transportation |
| Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Inspector's Handbook | General guidelines used in the construction inspection process |