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April 20, 2012
The Office of Production has updated the CADD Engineering Standards Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has updated the CADD Support & Standards for MicroStation & GEOPAK. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised the Sign Design Manual. Click here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Standard Construction Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised Plan Insert Sheets. Click here to view.
The Office of Construction Administration has revised Supplemental Specifications and Proposal notes. Click here for details.
January 20, 2012
The Office of Traffic Engineering has has published the 2012 OMUTCD. Click here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Sign Design Manual. Click here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised Standard Construction Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to Plan Insert Sheets. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has revised the CADD Engineering Standards Manual. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has revised the CADD Support and Standards for MicroStation & GEOPAK. Click here for details.
The Office of Real Estate has updated the Real Estate Policies and Procedures Manual: Acquisition Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Real Estate has updated the Real Estate Policies and Procedures Manual: Appraisal. Click here to view.
The Office of Structural Engineering has updated the Bridge Design Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Pavement Engineering has updated the Pavement Design Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Hydraulics has updated the Location & Design Manual, Volume 2. Click here to view.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has updated the Geotechnical Bulletin 1 (GB1) Plan Subgrades, GB 1 Subgrade Analysis Spreadsheet, and Specifications for Geortechnical Explorations (SGE). Click here for details.
October 21, 2011
The Office of Pavement Engineering has updated Appendix A of the Pavement Design Manual with the new/current Pavement Selection Policy and Standard Procedure. Click here for details.
The Office of Hydraulics has updated three Standard Construction Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Hydraulics has updated the Location & Design Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has updated the CADD Engineering Standards Manual. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has updated the CADD Support & Standards for MicroStation & GEOPAK. Click here for to view.
The Office of Production has removed the following categories...GEOPAK Road & Survey Downloads and GEOPAK Road Training Guide.
The Office of Structural Engineering has posted revisions to the Bridge Design Manual. Click here to view.
The Office Structural Engineering has revised the Standard Bridge Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised Plan Insert Sheets. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised Standard Construction Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised the Sign Design Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised the Traffic Engineering Manual. Click here for details.
July 15, 2011
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to Plan Insert Sheets. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised the Traffic Engineering Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised the Sign Design Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised the Standard Construction Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the CADD Engineering Standards Manual. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the CADD Support & Standards for MicroStation & GEOPAK. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has revised the GEOPAK Road & Survey Downloads. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the GEOPAK Road Training Guide. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has revised the Location & Design Manual, Volume 3. Click here for details.
The Office of Structural Engineering has released revisions to the Standard Bridge Drawings. Click here to view.
The Office of Structural Engineering has revised the Bridge Design Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering had revised GB:1 Plan Subgrades and GB1: Specification for Geotechnical Explorations. Click here for details.
The Office of Hydraulic Engineering has issued revisions to the Location & Design Manual, Volume 2. Click here for details.
The Office of Roadway Engineering has updated the Location & Design Manual, Volume 1. Click here for details.
The Office of Roadway Engineering has revisions to the Standard Construction Drawings. Click here to view.
The Office of Construction Administration has issued revisions to Proposal Notes and Supplemental Specifications. Click here for details.
April 15, 2011
The Office Geotechnical Engineering has revised GB 1: Plan Subgrades. Click here to view.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has added new document GB 7: Drilled shaft Landslide Stabilization Design. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has revised the CADD Engineering Standards Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has revised the CADD Support & Standards for MicroStation & GEOPAK. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the GEOPAK Road & Survey Downloads. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has revised the Location & Design Manual, Volume 3. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to Sample Plan Sheets. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has updated the Real Estate Policies and Procedures Manual: Right of Way Plans. Click here for details.
The Office of Structural Engineering has updated Standard Bridge Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has made revisions to the Standard Construction Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has made revisions to Plan Insert Sheets. Click here for details.
The Office of Real Estate has updated the Real Estate Policies and Procedures Manual: Aquisition Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Construction Management has revised Supplemental Specifications and Proposal Notes. Click here for details.
January 21, 2011
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised the Traffic Engineering Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised the Sign Design Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to Standard Construction Drawings and Plan Insert Sheets. Click here to view.
The Office of Structures has revised Standard Bridge Drawings. Click here to view.
The Office of Structures has revised the Location & Design Manual, Volume 2. Click here for details.
The Office of Construction Administration has revised Supplemental Specifications and Proposal Notes. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has revised the Location & Design Manual, Volume 3. Click here to view.
The Office of Roadway Engineering has revised the Location & Design Manual, Volume 1. Click here to view.
The Office of Roadway Engineering has revised the Standard Construction Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has revised the Design Build Scope. Click here for details.
The Office Geotechnical Engineering has issued revisions to the Specifications for Geotechnical Explorations (SGE) and Geotechnical Bulletin GB 2: Special Benching and Sidehill Embankment Fills. They are also issuing New Geotechnical Bulletin GB 6: Shear Strength of Proposed Embankments. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the GEOPAK Road & Survey Downloads and the GEOPAK Road Training Guide. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has revised the CADD Support & Standards for MicroStation & GEOPAK. Click here to view.
October 15, 2010
The Office of Construction Administration has revisions for Proposal Notes and Supplemental Specifications. Click Here for details.
The Office of Roadway Engineering has issued revisions to the Roadway Standard Construction Drawings. Click Here for details.
The Office of Roadway Engineering has updated their Location & Design, Volume 1 Manual. Click Here for details.
The Office of Aerial Engineering has updated the Mapping and Survey Specification Manual. Click Here for details.
The Office of Production has revised the Location and Design Manual, Volume 3. Click here for details.
The Office of Structural Engineering has revised the Location and Design Manual, Volume 2. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has revisions to the CADD Support and Standards for MicroStation & GEOPAK. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to GEOPAK Road and Survey Downloads. Click Here to view.
The Office of Structural Engineering has issued revision to the Bridge Design Manual. Click Here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to Standard Construction Drawings. Click Here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual. Click Here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Sign Design Manual. Click Here for details.
July 16, 2010
The Office of Production has revised the Design Build Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the Project Development Process Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has revised the Location & Design Manual, Volume 3. Click here to view details.
The Office of Production has updated the Sample Plan Sheets. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has updated the CADD Engineering Standards Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has updated the CADD Support & Standards for MicroStation & GEOPAK. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has updated GEOPAK Road and Survey Downloads. Click here for details.
The Office of Construction Administration has published Supplemental Specifications. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has some added some updates to the Right of Way Manual, Section 3100 and the Appendices. Click here for details.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has updated GB1 Plan Subgrades. %3ow/Pages/ROW_Manual_Revision_History.aspx">Click here for details.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has updated GB1 Plan Subgrades. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised Standard Construction Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual. Click here to view.
The Office of Traffice Engineering has revised Plan Insert Sheets. Click here for details.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has updated the GB1: Subgrade Analysis Spreadsheet. Click here for details.
April 16, 2010
The Office of Production has revised the CADD Engineering Standards Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions for the CADD Support and Standards for MicroStation and GEOPAK. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has revised the GEOPAK Road and Survey Downloads and GEOPAK Road Training Guide. Click here for details.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has posted a new copy of the Specifications for Geotechnical Engineering. Click here to view.
The Office of Roadway Engineering has revised the Roadway Standard Construction Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Construction Management has issued revisions to Proposal Notes and Supplemental Specifications. Click here for details.
The Office of Structures has issued revisions to the Bridge Design Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Structures has issued revisions to the Location & Design Manual, Volume 2. Click here for details.
February 1, 2010
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised their Standard Construction Drawings as well as their Plan Insert Sheets. Click here to view.
The Office of Structures has revised the Bridge Inventory Manual to Bridge Inventory Coding Guide as well as other revisions. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the CADD Engineering Standards Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the CADD Support and Standards for MicroStation and GEOPAK. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the GEOPAK Road and Survey Downloads. Click here to view.
The Office of Structures had revised the Bridge Design Manual, January 2004. the Bridge Design Manual, July 2007, and Standard Bridge Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Structural Engineering has issued revisions to the Location & Design Manual, Volume 2. Click here to view.
The office of Roadway Engineering has updated the Location & Design Manual, Volume 1. Click here to view.
May 5, 2009
The Office of Construction Administration has published one Supplemental Specification. Click here for details.
April 17, 2009
The Office of Estimating has posted the lastest version of "ODOT's Procedure for Construction Budget Estimating." Click here to view.
The Office of Structural Engineering has issued revisions to their Standard Construction drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Structural Engineering has revised the Location and Design Manual, Volume 2. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the CADD Engineering Standards Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the CADD Support & Standards for MicroStation and GEOPAK. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions for the GEOPAK Road and Survey Downloads. Click here for details.
The Office of Construction Administration has revised Suppelmental Specification and Proposal Notes. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has published revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual. Click here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has published revisions to the Sign Design Manual. Click here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has published revisions to the Standard Construction Drawings. Click here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Design Build Scope Document. Click here for details.
March 6, 2009
The Office of Traffic Engineering has released an early publishing - TC-85.20 and 85.21, and TEM Section 240-4.3. Click here for details and here for TEM.
February 2 2009
The Office of Traffic Engineering has updated the Traffic Engineering Manual. Click here for details.
January 23, 2009
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the Design-Build Scope Documents. Click here for details.
January 16, 2009
The Office of Roadway Engineering has published one Standard Construction Drawing. Click Here for details.
The Office of Structural Engineering has published revisions for the Bridge Design Manual, January 2004. Click here for details.
The Office of Structural Engineering has also published revisions for the Bridge Design Manual, July 2007. Click Here for details.
The Office of Structural Engineering has revised the Standard Bridge Drawing Manual. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the CADD Engineering Standards Manual and the GEOPAK Road & Survey Downloads. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has revised the CADD Support & Standards for MicroStation and GEOPAK. Click here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to their Standard Construction Drawings. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revised Plan Insert Sheets. Click here to view.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has added new Geohazard Sample Plan Sheets to the Specifications for Geotechnical Exploration Manual. Click here to view.
November 4, 2008
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has updated GB 2: Special Benching and Sidehill Embankment Fills. Click here for details.
October 17, 2008
The Office of Production has updated Section 1300 of the Location & Design Manual, Volume 3. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the CADD Engineering Standards Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the CADD Support and Standards for MicroStation and GEOPAK. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the GEOPAK Road and Survey Downloads. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual. Click here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Sign Design Manual. Click here for details.
July 18, 2008
The Office of Estimating has updated their bid history catalogs. Click here for details.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has updated the Specifications for Geotechnical Explorations. Click here for details.
The Office of Roadway Engineering Services has revised the Roadway Standard Construction Drawings. Eight drawings have been revised. Click here for details.
The Office of Structures has issued revisions for the following publications: Bridge Design Manual, January 2004, Bridge Design Manual, July 2007, and Standard Bridge Drawings. Click here to view.
The Office of Construction Administration has updated Supplemental Specifications. Click here for details.
The Office of Roadway Engineering has updated the Location & Design Manual, Volume 1. Click here for details.
The Office of Pavement Engineering has issued updates to the Pavement Design & Rehabilitation Manual which also includes shortening the name from Pavement Design & Rehabilitation Manual to Pavement Design Manual or PDM. Click here to view.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the CADD Engineering Standards Manual. Click here for details.
The Office of Production has also issued revisions to the following: CADD Standards (MicroStation and GEOPAK), GEOPAK Road Downloads, and GEOPAK Survey Downloads. Click here for details.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual as well as some Sign Design Revisions. Click here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to Plan Insert Sheets. Click here to view.
The Office of Traffic Engineering will be deleting some Standard Construction Drawings. Click here for details.
May 12, 2008
The Office of Local Projects has updated the Locally Administered Transportation Projects - Manual of Procedures.
April 18, 2008
The Office of Construction Administration has updated Proposal Notes and Supplemental Specifications for the 2008 CMS.
The Office of Construction Administration has issued revisions to Proposal Notes and Supplemental Specification for the 2005 CMS.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has updated GB5: Geotechnical Submission Guidelines, Geotechnical Engineering Checklists, and add new GB9: Geotechnical Software.
The Office of Production has updated the Location & Design Manual, Volume 3.
The Office of Production has revised the CADD Engineering Standards Manual.
The Office of Production has issued revisions for the following: CADD Standards (MicroStation and GEOPAK), GEOPAK Road Downloads, and GEOPAK Survey Downloads.
The Office of Structural Engineering, Hydraulics section has posted revisions to the Location & Design Manual, Volume 2.
The Office of Structural Engineering has issued a revision to the Standard Bridge Drawings.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has posted a new Plan Insert Sheet (209940, Traffic Control for Post Chip Seal Operations).
The Office of Traffic Engineering has posted revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual.
February 14, 2008
The Office of Estimating has updated the ODOT Procedure for Construction Budget Estimating.
January 18, 2008
The 2008 CMS along with associated Supplemental Specifications, Proposal Notes, Item Master data, Design Conversion Guidelines and a revised General Summary mdl have been released. Additional details are available on the 2008 CMS Conversion webpage.
The Office of Production has updated the Location & Design Manual, Volume 3.
The Office of Production has rescinded Sample Plan Sheet, Standard Drafting Guidelines. These guidelines have been incorporated into the Location & Design Manual, Section 1200.
The Office of Production has updated the following MicroStation/GEOPAK CADD Standards: CADD Standards (MicroStation and GEOPAK), GEOPAK Road Downloads and GEOPAK Survey Downloads.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual and the Sign Design Manual.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to their Standard Construction Drawings as well as their Plan Insert Sheets.
The Office of Structural Engineering has issued a revision to the Bridge Design Manual, January 2004.
The Office of Structural Engineering, Hydraulics Section has revised the Location and Design Manual, Volume 2.
January 7, 2008
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has updated "GB2: Special Benching and Sidehill Embankment Fills."
December 7, 2007
The Office of Estimating has posted a new inflation calculator to Estimating's website in the "Trends and Forecast" section. The new calculator uses only the business plan inflation values provided in the 2008 & 2009 Business Plan.
October 19, 2007
The Office of Structural Engineering has issued revisions to Standard Bridge Drawings.
The Office of Structural Engineering has revised the Bridge Design Manual, January 2004 and Bridge Design Manual, July 2007.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has posted revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual and the Standard Design Manual.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to their Standard Construction Drawings and Plan Insert Sheets.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the following: CADD Standards (MicroStation & GEOPAK), GEOPAK Road Downloads, and GEOPAK Survey Downloads.
The Office of Pavement Engineering has updated the Pavement Design & Rehabilitation Manual.
The Office of Construction Management has posted updates to the Supplemental Specifications and Proposal Notes.
The Office of Structural Engineering, Hydraulics Section has posted revisions to the Location & Design Manual, Volume 2.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has updated the Specifications for Geotechnical Exploration.
October 1, 2007
The Office of Real Estate has issued revisions to Acquisition Manual, Sections 5000,5200, 5400, 5500, 5600, and 5700. Also updated was the Relocation Manual, Section 6500.
August 13, 2007
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has posted a new Geotechnical Bulletin entitled GB5: Geotechnical Submission Guidelines.
August 10, 2007
The Office of Construction Administration has updated ODOT Specifications and Proposal Notes.
The Office of Traffic Engineering posted a recall notice for a conflict monitor (signal related item).
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has updated their GB1 Spreadsheet due to a rounding error in calculation.
July 20, 2007
The Office of Production has issued updates for the MicroStation/GEOPAK CADD Standards.
The Office of Production has also updated the CADD Standards Engineering Manual.
The Office of Real Estate had revisions to the Property Management Manual.
The Office of Construction Administration has issued updates to Supplement Specifications and Proposal Notes.
The Office of Production has updated the Location & Design, Volume 3 (Section 1300).
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revisions for Plan Insert Sheets and revisions of the Traffic Engineering Manual and the Sign Design Manual.
The Office of Structural Engineering has released a new version of the ODOT Bridge Design Manual. There office will continue to maintain both the new 2007 version and the 2004 version of the manual.
July 13, 2007
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has updated the Specifications for Geotechnical Explorations (SGE).
May 8, 2007
The Office of Traffic Engineering has added Guidelines for Traffic Control in Work Zones (Pocket Guide).
April 20, 2007
The Office of Construction Management has updated Supplemental Specifications and Proposal Notes.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to CADD Standards (MicroStation & GEOPAK), GEOPAK Road Downloads and GEOPAK Survey Downloads.
The Office of Production has also issued revisions to the CADD Engineering Standards Manual.
The Office of Structural Engineering has issued revisions to the ODOT Standard Bridge Drawings.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions to the Traffic Engineering Manual, Standard Design Manual, and Plan Insert Sheets.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has issued revisions to the Specification for Geotechnical Exploration and Geotechnical Engineering Design Checklists.
March 22, 2007
The Office of Real Estate has updated the Relocation Manuals 6100 - 6700.
March 1, 2007
The Office of Real Estate posted and created a subscription list for Consultant Contract Administration for Right of Way Services - 2100.
February 1, 2007
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering has issued a minor change to the GB1 Spreadsheet.
January 19, 2007
The Office of Real Estate posted revisions to the Appraisal Manuals - Sections 4100, 4200, 4300, & 4500.
The Office of Geotechnical Engineering revised the following three documents: Specification for Geotechnical Exploration now replaces the Specifications for Subsurface Investigations, GB1: Plan Subgrades (replacement of earlier version), and GB1: Subgrade Analysis Spreadsheet (replacement of earlier version).
The Office of Roadway Engineering has issued revisions to the Location & Design Manual, Volume 1.
The Office of Structural Engineering, Hydraulics section has revised sections 1115 through 1118 of the Location & Design Manual, Volume 2.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has issued revisions the Traffic Engineering Manual/Sign Design Manual.
The Office of Traffic Engineering has revisions to the Standard Construction Drawings as well as Plan Insert Sheets.
The Office of Production has updated the Project Development Process Manual.
The Office of Production has issued revisions to the CADD Engineering Standards Manual.
The Office of Production has also issued revisions to the following: CADD Standards (MicroStation and GEOPAK), GEOPAK Road Downloads, and GEOPAK Survey Downloads.
The Office of Construction Administration has updated Supplemental Specifications.
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