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From page 112...
... 112 TDOT Documents and Tools TDOT Quick Clear MOU: is MOU is by and between TDOT, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, county/city law enforcement, and re and rescue agencies (city/county agencies)
From page 113...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 113   1 OPEN ROADS POLICY State of Tennessee "OPEN ROADS POLICY" Quick Clearance for Safety and Mobility Between the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and Tennessee Counties and Cities This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by and between the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT)
From page 114...
... 114 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management 2 Tennessee Hig hway P atrol R esponsibilities Members of the THP who respond to the scene of traffic incidents will make clearing the travel portion of the roadway a high priority. When an investigation is required, it will be conducted in as expedient a manner as possible considering the severity of the collision.
From page 115...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 115   3 TDOT, in cooperation with the THP, will determine and deploy the necessary heavy equipment and manpower to reopen the roadway if clearance of the travel lanes are being delayed or is determined that the task is beyond the capabilities of the wrecker service on scene. If cargo or nonhazardous spilled loads are involved, TDOT will make every effort to assist in the relocation of the materials in the shortest possible time, using whatever equipment necessary.
From page 116...
... 116 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management 4 Agencies understand that additional damage to vehicles or cargo may occur as the result of clearing the roadway on an urgent basis. The priority is treatment and recovery of injured parties, public and responder safety, and restoring the roadway to normal conditions as soon as possible.
From page 117...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 117   4 Agencies understand that additional damage to vehicles or cargo may occur as the result of clearing the roadway on an urgent basis. The priority is treatment and recovery of injured parties, public and responder safety, and restoring the roadway to normal conditions as soon as possible.
From page 118...
... 118 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management TDOT Roadway Design Checklist: e checklist is written to clearly dene features and text that will be shown on roadway sheets to ensure there is consistency throughout the state. CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST 9102/11/701-TSNOC County: Federal Project No.: P.E.
From page 119...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 119   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST 9102/11/702-TSNOC
From page 120...
... 120 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 3 07/11/2019 The checklist is written to clearly define features and text that shall be shown on roadway sheets to ensure there is consistency throughout the state. The CADD Unit of the Roadway Design Division in correlation with a TDOT CADD Users Group consisting of Designers in all four regions defined the features that would display on each sheet type (present layout, proposed layout, etc.)
From page 121...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 121   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 4 07/11/2019 SIGNATURE SHEET 1. ROADWAY-SIGN1 A signature sheet shall be used for engineers to digitally sign the plan set.
From page 122...
... 122 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 5 07/11/2019 ☐ North arrow ☐ Project Description filled in under County/Counties. Description shall match PPRM including interstate, state route, or local road name and project limits with log mile(s)
From page 123...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 123   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 6 07/11/2019 SHEET 2 SERIES QUANTITIES All quantities shall be approved TDOT items, descriptions, and units as listed in the Items.dat file. See Chapter 1, Section 4 in the Roadway Design Guidelines for additional information.
From page 124...
... 124 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 7 07/11/2019 ☐ Bridge typical section (if bridge typical differs from roadway such as additional width for future widening and/or contains sidewalks, then it shall be shown and labeled to match the bridge typical. If not, begin and end stations for bridge shall be listed as shown on the proposed layout sheets.)
From page 125...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 125   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 8 07/11/2019 2C. GENERAL NOTES (2C1 if needed)
From page 126...
... 126 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 9 07/11/2019 ☐ Catch Basins and Manholes ☐ Catch Basins ☐ Catch Basin Drop Inlet ☐ Concrete Barrier Wall ☐ Cross Drain Arterials ☐ Cross Drain Collectors ☐ Cross Drain Freeways with Access Control ☐ Cross Drain Local Roads ☐ Drop inlet ☐ Grading quantity (includes mainline, side roads, private drives, business entrances, and field entrances. Also include any quantities for acid producing rock ☐ Guardrail ☐ Guardrail removal ☐ Manholes ☐ Longitudinal Median Drains ☐ Median Drain Freeways with Access Control ☐ Pavement tabulation shall include mainline, side roads, single entry for private drives, and items used for construction entrances.
From page 127...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 127   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 10 07/11/2019 SHEET 3 SERIES 3.
From page 128...
... 128 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 11 07/11/2019 ☐ Boundary lines shall be shown for all properties. If boundary will not fit on sheet, a closed tract detail showing the reduced size boundary shape shall be shown and labeled Not to Scale (N.T.S.)
From page 129...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 129   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 12 07/11/2019 PLAN AND PROFILE SHEET SERIES Note to Designer: Limit of Construction station shall be checked on all sheets for consistency. Verify that limits match typical section and layout sheets.
From page 130...
... 130 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 13 07/11/2019 to the closest centerline of rail and the minimum distance from the right of way line to the closest centerline of rail shall be shown. ☐ Existing roads edge of pavements, medians, shoulders, etc., linework and widths labeled ☐ Existing roadside barriers shown and labeled (impact attenuators, cable barrier, guardrail, noise walls, retaining walls, etc.)
From page 131...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 131   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 14 07/11/2019 ☐ Temporary Construction Railroad easements (outside of permanent easements) shall be patterned with a leader line and a Temporary Construction Easement Label.
From page 132...
... 132 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 15 07/11/2019 ☐ Intersections of the centerline of railroad and the centerline of the Route/Interstate that includes the DOT crossing number and the railroad milepost along with the corresponding station of the Route/Interstate ☐ North arrow ☐ Proposed easement linework and patterning labeled (according to type: drainage, construction, railroad air rights, slope, utility, wetland mitigation)
From page 133...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 133   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 16 07/11/2019 ☐ Intersections of the centerline of railroad and the centerline of the Route/Interstate that includes the DOT crossing number and the railroad milepost along with the corresponding station of the Route/Interstate. ☐ Line of sight linework for intersections shall be shown only when R.O.W.
From page 134...
... 134 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 17 07/11/2019 ☐ Proposed pavement markings including channelization, stop bars, crosswalks, pavement arrows, linework, and text. (Proposed pavement markings will be shown on Proposed Layout Sheets if not shown on separate sheets as shown in Signing and Pavement Marking Plan(s)
From page 135...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 135   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 18 07/11/2019 4C-10C.
From page 136...
... 136 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 19 07/11/2019 grade labeled with station and elevation every 50' or as needed. When a tangent grade covers two layout sheets, the grade shall be copied and shown on both sheets.
From page 137...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 137   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 20 07/11/2019 ☐ Temporary culverts labeled as temporary with grate/inlet/outlet elevations, pipe diameter, and pipe grade 13-14.
From page 138...
... 138 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 21 07/11/2019 15-18.
From page 139...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 139   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 22 07/11/2019 ☐ Proposed bridges and cross drains with text (data table with station, skew, drainage area, flow, type, and size)
From page 140...
... 140 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 23 07/11/2019 which will calculate quantities including wingwalls. Quantities shall be checked against information in Standard Roadway Drawings, Estimated and Tabulated Quantity blocks, Proposed Layout sheets, and Profile sheets ☐ Endwall and/or ditch treatments (rip-rap, turf reinforcement mat, dissipater, etc.)
From page 141...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 141   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 24 07/11/2019 ☐ EPSC quantities tabulation block (quantities added to estimated roadway quantities block) ☐ Footnotes (add for clarity such as placement, payment, seeding practices, and/or when used in multiple locations, etc., add to define when substitutions are acceptable, and add to identify maintenance schedules or cycles, etc.)
From page 142...
... 142 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 25 07/11/2019 and North/East coordinates (4 decimal places)
From page 143...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 143   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 26 07/11/2019 ☐ Undisturbed areas labeled on plans. This is for special site considerations that contain areas that should not be disturbed.
From page 144...
... 144 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 27 07/11/2019 ☐ Existing bridge linework and text including drainage areas and type of terrain ☐ Existing buildings ☐ Existing pipe and culvert linework (no text) including drainage areas and type of terrain.
From page 145...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 145   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 28 07/11/2019 Note to Designer: Sheet Level Filter for all EPSC sheets shall be set to Sheets- Proposed Contours for the design sheet file and all referenced files. ☐ Add/check items directed by Environmental Division and Regional Environmental Tech Groups Recommendations (Ecology comments, Permit comments, SWPPP comments, etc.)
From page 146...
... 146 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 29 07/11/2019 ☐ Proposed road centerlines (mainline, side roads, haul roads, construction run-arounds and text)
From page 147...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 147   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 30 07/11/2019 with station and North/East coordinates (4 decimal places)
From page 148...
... 148 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 31 07/11/2019 CROSS SECTION SHEET SERIES 41 - 95.
From page 149...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 149   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 32 07/11/2019 ☐ Cross sections shall be cut at beginning and end of each proposed noise and/or retaining wall. ☐ Cross section shall match Geotechnical report and shall be checked against any updated Geotechnical information prior to field review and final submission (graded solid rock pads, temporary shoring, and other soil stabilization measures)
From page 150...
... 150 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 33 07/11/2019 ☐ Cross sections shall be cut at the beginning and end of a superelevated section and include a cross section at the PC, PT, fully superelevated, reverse crown, and zero percent cross slope stations. The Designer shall check proposed drainage to ensure zero percent cross slope area is draining properly.
From page 151...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 151   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 34 07/11/2019 ☐ Quantities calculated to include all traffic control phases ☐ Tabulation block for construction signs, barricades, lights, temporary pavement marking details and temporary signals. Footnotes for tabulation block (add for clarity such as placement, to identify maintenance schedules or cycles, etc.)
From page 152...
... 152 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 35 07/11/2019 ☐ Proposed private drives, business entrances, and field entrances with centerlines, edges of pavement, and radii shown and labeled with mainline station, station for driveway limit of construction, and radius length of driveway centerline(if applicable)
From page 153...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 153   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 36 07/11/2019 B-1. BRIDGE PLANS If proposed bridge(s)
From page 154...
... 154 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST 9102/11/70 73 - TSNOC ☐ E stimated L ighting q uantities b lock with Item N umb er, Description, Unit and Q uantity filled in with TDOT approved items. ☐ F ootnotes (add for clarity such as placement, payment, or when used in multiple locations, etc., add to define when sub stitutions are acceptab le, and add to identify maintenance schedules or cycles, etc.)
From page 155...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 155   CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 38 07/11/2019 If signals are in the project, sheets shall be completed by the Traffic Operations Division and provided to the Design Manager overseeing the project for insertion into the field review plan packet for all applicable field reviews (Construction and/or Constructability)
From page 156...
... 156 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management CONSTRUCTION PLANS CHECKLIST CONST - 39 07/11/2019 ☐ Footnotes shall use numbers and be shown in numerical order. Letters from the alphabet shall not be used.
From page 157...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 157   TDOT Construction Plans Submittal Approval: is is an approval form that has attached project plans. e form is circulated to all TDOT divisions to receive each division's approval of the attached project plans before the project is scheduled for a bid letting.
From page 158...
... 158 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management Construction Plans Submittal Approval Form Page 2 ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable Construction (HQ) Date District Operations Date Environmental Coordinator (Regional)
From page 159...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 159   Construction Plans Submittal Approval Form Page 3 ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Approve ☐ Deny ☐ Not Applicable Geotechnical Engineering Section Date Operations Director (Regional) Date Right-of-Way Director (HQ)
From page 160...
... 160 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management Construction Plans Submittal Approval Form Page 4 Purpose: T h e T DOT Construction Plans S ubmittal Approval f orm is a communication tool to ensure all req uired T DOT Divisions h ave review ed th e f inal set of plans prior to sealing and submitting f or L etting. T h is set sh ould include updates f rom comments at th e Construction F ield Review .
From page 161...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 161   Construction Plans Submittal Approval Form Page 5 Region X , County Name, Proj ect Description (as sh ow n in PPRM) , F ederal Proj ect Number, S tate Proj ect Number, PI N nnnnnn- nn, Const.
From page 162...
... 162 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management TDOT Construction Plans Submittal Delay: e Construction Plans Submittal Delay form is to be lled out by the project-development employee when the construction plans will not make the scheduled letting because one or more TDOT divisions chose to deny that the plans are ready for construction submittal. 1 CONSTRUCTION P L A N S S U B M I T T A L D E L A Y This Construction P lans Submittal Delay form shall be filled out by the P roj ect Development Employee when the Construction P lans will not make the scheduled letting because one or more TDOT divisions chose to Deny that the plans are ready for Construction Submittal.
From page 163...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 163   2 The following plan sheets and/or estimates are incomplete; therefore, the Construction plans will not be submitted for the Click here to enter a date. letting.
From page 164...
... 164 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management 3 Purpose: T h e Construction S ubmittal Plans Delay f orm is a communication tool to alert upper level management th at proj ects w ill not mak e a sch eduled letting. T h e Construction S ubmittal Plans Delay f orm sh all be completed and distributed by th e Proj ect Development Engineer of Record or th e Proj ect Development employee w h o is managing th e consultant proj ect.
From page 165...
... TDOT Documents and Tools 165   TDOT PDF of HOT Brochure: This is a copy of a 2-page brochure that TDOT produced explaining the hands-on training developed for safe quick-clearance practices.
From page 166...
... H.O.T. Brochure 1
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... H.O.T. Brochure 2
From page 168...
... 168 Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management TDOT Risk Assessment Tool: This is an Excel-based risk assessment tool that is used to identify, assess, manage, and track the status of mitigation of risks to roadway plans that could affect the quality, cost, and schedule of delivering projects. This tool can be found at www.NAP.edu by searching for "Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management."

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