Civil Engineering Plans Standards
Civil Engineering Plans Standards
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Hi,
I am in charge of setting up new standards for our Civil Engineering projects. We mainly focus on small sites and provide construction plans for grading, stormwater management, and utilities. I was wondering if anyone could steer me in the right direction as I begin to set up the standards.
Thank-you
Mark
I am in charge of setting up new standards for our Civil Engineering projects. We mainly focus on small sites and provide construction plans for grading, stormwater management, and utilities. I was wondering if anyone could steer me in the right direction as I begin to set up the standards.
Thank-you
Mark





RE: Civil Engineering Plans Standards
RE: Civil Engineering Plans Standards
If you are in PA, USA, using PennDOT's standards as a template will be OK...with the following exceptions:
PennDOT uses 1" = 25' as their standard plan and profile viewport scale. Noone else does, and I have only ever seen one scale with those increments on it, and it was very old.
PennDOT uses Microstation. So make sure your standard hatches, linetypes, fonts and symbols jive with the software you, your consultants and the review agencies use. If that software is AutoCAD, I will tell you from experience that they often do not.
PennDOT has their own E&S details and symbols, as well as their own E&S specs. All projects (including PennDOT projects) will have to (by law) follow the E&S standards of PaDEP.
PennDOT has much more stringent specs for paving, drainage faciliteis and curbing than most municipalities and counties require in their Ordinances. If you don't need SuperPave, for example, don't spec it.
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-Steve
RE: Civil Engineering Plans Standards
RE: Civil Engineering Plans Standards
Don't bank on it. NY and CA are known for fussiness, DE follows PA's example, and TX likes to have its way as well.
I was about to suggest a local city's standards if you're not expecting DOT clients, but cities often standardize off the state DOT as well.
Hg
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