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... 1 Practices for Construction-Ready Digital Terrain Models Facilitated by advancements in computer-aided design (CAD) technologies, highway designers have had three-dimensional (3D)
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... 2 Practices for Construction-Ready Digital Terrain Models The majority of respondents indicated that DTMs are provided "for information only" for contractors to use at their own risk. Only eight of the responding agencies have used a 3D model as a legal contract document; however, the 3D models do not take precedence over written specifications and two-dimensional plans when conflicts arise.

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