Develop 30%

ACTIVITY: Develop preliminary (30%) design consists of the steps below.

  1. Incorporate recommendations
  2. Layout approach roads.
  3. Develop pullout and parking area conceptual design.
  4. Complete Preliminary Road Safety Evaluation
  5. Identify (location and type) major structures
  6. Develop preliminary drainage.
  7. Identify potental site for borrow, staging, waste, etc.
  8. Determine resource impacts and areas of disturbance
  9. Identify potential detours and road closures
  10. Estimate table of quantities for major work items.

Step 1 (Weight: 20)

Description: Incorporate recommendations

Incorporate recommendations from Preliminary Geotech Recommendation Memo and Preliminary Pavement Recommendation Memo.

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Step 2 (Weight: 5)

Description: Layout approach roads.

  • Layout approach roads: horizontal and vertical alignments for major approaches/intersections
  • Plan and profile sheets for major approaches/intersections.
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Step 3 (Weight: 10)

Description: Develop pullout and parking area conceptual design.

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Step 4 (Weight: 1)

Description: Complete Preliminary Road Safety Evaluation

Complete Preliminary Road Safety Evaluation analysis and form.

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Step 5 (Weight: 10)

Description: Identify (location and type) major structures

Identify (location and type) major structures on plan and profile sheets.

Step 6 (Weight: 10)

Description: Develop preliminary drainage.

Develop preliminary drainage for major and minor drainage locations and approximate quantities

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Step 7 (Weight: 5)

Description: Identify potental site for borrow, staging, waste, etc.

Identify potential disposal sites, borrow areas, staging areas, and water sources.

Step 8 (Weight: 10)

Description: Determine resource impacts and areas of disturbance

Step 9 (Weight: 15)

Description: Identify potential detours and road closures

Identify potential detours and road closures and evalute possible construction phasing

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Step 10 (Weight: 14)

Description: Estimate table of quantities for major work items..  Estimate table of quantities for major work items:

  • earthwork quantities,
  • potential waste and borrow quantities
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