Review of inconsistencies between SUDAS and Iowa DOT specifications :
Phase II : implementation of recommendations into SUDAS specifications /
Steven A. Klocke, Cindy A. Spencer; Snyder & Associates, Inc.
Description
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English
- Published
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[Ames, Iowa : Iowa Dept. of Transportation, 2008]
- Summary
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To begin this process, a research project was initiated in 2004 to identify the inconsistencies between the two sets of specifications and standard drawings, with the aim of updating both the DOT and SUDAS specifications. This project (now referred to as Phase I) compared the following areas: Definitions and abbreviations, Bid items, measurement, and payment, Construction methods and materials, and Standard drawings. A second phase of this project was initiated in the fall of 2006 (now called Phase 2). This project proposed to implement the recommendations from Phase I.
Under the SUDAS program, the original Des Moines Metropolitan Standards, have become the benchmark documents used in water main, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and other urban items of work across the State of Iowa. The DOT has expressed an interest in improving its Standard Specifications to include items of work typically associated with construction in urban areas. Rather than duplicating work already performed in the development of the SUDAS Specifications, the DOT desired to either reference or model new specifications. Prior to the DOT utilizing the SUDAS Specifications, changes need to be made to eliminate conflicts with the DOT's specifications. At the same time, the revised specifications need to remain specific enough so there is no ambiguity in how items are constructed, what the material requirements are, and how the items will be measured and paid for.
In the 1990's, city, county, and utility agencies throughout central Iowa joined together to develop the Des Moines Metropolitan Standards and Specification Committee, with the goal of developing a unified set of design and construction standards that could be applied to work within these communities. The Urban Standard Specifications for Public Improvements were adopted in 1998. Soon thereafter, communities outside central Iowa began to realize the benefits and potential cost savings of utilizing the uniform specifications, and adopted them for their own use. The interest in the Urban Standard Specifications continued to grow. Eventually control and upkeep of the specifications was transferred to the Center for Transportation Research and Education at Iowa State University. CTRE developed the Statewide Urban Design and Specifications (SUDAS) program to expand the use of the specifications to a statewide basis.
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Depository.
Cover title.
"April 2008."
- Physical Description
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ii, 25 p. ;
28 cm
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