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DEVELOPMENT GUIDE

Bureau of Development Design Division

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Preamble

This manual provides guidance to administrative, engineering, and technical staff. Engineering practice requires that professionals use a combination of technical skills and judgment in decision making. Engineering judgment is necessary to allow decisions to account for unique site-specific conditions and considerations to provide high quality products, within budget, and to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. This manual provides the general operational guidelines; however, it is understood that adaptation, adjustments, and deviations are sometimes necessary. Innovation is a key foundational element to advance the state of engineering practice and develop more effective and efficient engineering solutions and materials. As such, it is essential that our engineering manuals provide a vehicle to promote, pilot, or implement technologies or practices that provide efficiencies and quality products, while maintaining the safety, health, and welfare of the public. It is expected when making significant or impactful deviations from the technical information from these guidance materials, that reasonable consultations with experts, technical committees, and/or policy setting bodies occur prior to actions within the timeframes allowed. It is also expected that these consultations will eliminate any potential conflicts of interest, perceived or otherwise. MDOT Leadership is committed to a culture of innovation to optimize engineering solutions.

The National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics for Engineering is founded on six fundamental canons. Those canons are provided below. Engineers, in the fulfillment of their professional duties, shall:

1. Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public.
2. Perform Services only in areas of their competence.
3. Issue public statement only in an objective and truthful manner.
4. Act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees.
5. Avoid deceptive acts.
6. Conduct themselves honorably, reasonably, ethically and lawfully so as to enhance the honor, reputation, and usefulness of the profession.

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Foreword

This guide has been prepared to give information and guidance to project design personnel associated with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).

This guide has been created to incorporate changes brought about by the release of the Design Advisory 2012-05, the increased demand for 3D models as a result of progress in equipment, construction practices, and materials. The format has been established to follow the design manual outline with chapters and sections set up to facilitate revision and addition of new information as needed.

Additional information about the Development Guide and submitting revision suggestions is located in the Help:Contents page.

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MDOT Mission Statement:

Providing the highest quality integrated transportation services for economic benefit and improved quality of life.

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General Information

Current News

If you find an error on a page please contact the Content Manager for that particular Chapter located in the Help:Contents page. Some sections are still undergoing content revisions; most have been identified by the Content Managers and are noted as such in the Development Guide.

Content will be revised frequently and a way to monitor what changes have occurred recently is by using the Recent changes page. This page will show all major and minor edits along with new users that were created - virtually everything that goes on in the Development Guide. For a more specific listing of content changes you will want to see the Recent Major Changes page which contains manually updated lists of content changes for specific Chapters of the Development Guide.

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General Changes

The table below is a list of General Changes to the Wiki Page.

Title	Summary
Folder Structure	All New Content
Training Materials	All New Content

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Recent Major Changes to the Design Submittal Requirements

The table below is a list of Major changes to the Design Submittal Requirements.

Chapter	Summary
Chapter 1	All New Content
Chapter 2	Removed Section 2.4 and created Chapter 7 - Plan and Proposal Preparation from the data Added to Section 2.2.2 the workspace that corresponds to the respective version of Power GEOPAK.
Chapter 3	Added Level Terminology Table to 3.4_Level_Library. Added clarification on providing ZIP files. Updated Model XML file description for clarification.
Chapter 4	Added Data Management Recommendations to Section 4.3.
Chapter 5	Added RID Submittal and Review Process Content
Chapter 6	All New Content
Chapter 7	Added Chapter on Plan and Proposal Preperation
Chapter 8	Added Chapter on ProjectWise Pre-Bid Processes

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Recent Major Changes to the Survey Manual

The table below is a list of Major changes to the Survey Manual

Chapter	Summary
Chapter 1	All New Content
Chapter 2	All New Content
Chapter 3	All New Content
Chapter 4	All New Content
Chapter 5	All New Content
Chapter 6	All New Content
Chapter 7	All New Content
Chapter 8	All New Content
Chapter 9	All New Content
Chapter 10	All New Content
Chapter 11	All New Content
Chapter 12	All New Content
Chapter 13	All New Content
Chapter 14	All New Content
Chapter 15	All New Content
Chapter 16	All New Content

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