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District Department of Transportation

Standards and Guidelines

UPDATE: DDOT design and engineering standards and manuals have moved to the DDOT Compendium | Standards and Manuals.
 
This section provides important information for firms doing design and construction work for the Department of Transportation. If you do not find the information you are looking for here or on the DDOT Compendium please contact the department at (202) 673-6813 or send an email to [email protected].
 
Providing Engineering Guidance

Bid Tabulations

Bids are posted as submitted by offerors. With regard to such information, the District of Columbia Office of Contracting and Procurement makes no representations or interpretations as to what has been submitted or the correctness of such information.

Construction Management Manual

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Office Manual for Construction Management presents DDOT’s procedures and standards for managing and administering construction projects.

Design Build Manual

This manual describes the agency’s procedures and recommended best practices to effectively and successfully procure and administer DDOT projects using the Design-Build project delivery process.

Design and Engineering Manual

This manual describes the Department’s procedures and standards for preparing project construction documents

DPW Downtown Streetscape Regulations

These are regulations that include design elements in the Downtown DC Business Improvement District Streetscape Enhancement Notebook, August 1999.

Estimation Catalog and Funding Group Names

AASHTO estimator application is designed to deliver accurate, reliable estimates for your construction program. DDOT uses the gold book pay item catalog called "DDOT13Catalog.xml."

MicroStation V8 CAD Standards Manual

This manual presents the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) standards of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT).

Pedestrian Safety and Work Zone Standards - Covered and Open Walkways

These standards apply to the construction of protected walkways on the sidewalks and roadways. They are also part of a required traffic control plan that provides guidance on the preferred methods for routing pedestrians safely through work zones occupying public space in the District.

Policy and Process for Access to the District of Columbia Interstate and Freeway System

This document describes the procedures for reviewing and approving requests for new or modified access to the Interstate and Freeway system within the District of Columbia.

Price Index

Submitted Bids Disclaimer: Bid information and unit prices are posted as submitted by offerors. With regard to such information, the District of Columbia Office of Contracting and Procurement makes no representations or interpretations as to what has been submitted or the correctness of such information.

Public Realm Design Manual

This manual should be used to help design a public realm that balances the mobility and access needs for all users. This includes roadways, sidewalks, parks, plazas, and other open spaces that comprise the arteries and focal points of the urban framework. It is the main space where civic interaction occurs.

Right of Way Policies and Procedures Manual

In the process of constructing, operating, and maintaining transportation facilities, it is often necessary to acquire private property or property controlled by another Federal or District agency. This manual is intended to help complete these acquisitions or transfers of property, consistent with federal and local regulations.

2nd DDOT Major Utility Roundtable Discussion of Proposed Regulations

On October 1, 2010, DDOT published proposed amendments to the Municipal Regulations [DCMR] governing excavation in public space.

Sidewalk Installation Guidelines and Policy

Nationally recognized guidelines for street and highway design recommend that sidewalks be constructed in areas with pedestrian activity, especially in residential and school areas.

Standard Drawings

These publications are the engineering drawings for highways and structures in the District of Columbia.

Standard Specifications for Highways and Structures

This document specifies an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service utilized in highways and structures in the District.

Traffic Control in Work Zones, Guidelines for...

The guidelines provided in this manual may be used as a resource in preparing a traffic control plan to submit with your public space permit application for your proposed work zone or construction staging area on public space.

Transportation Asset Management Plan (TAMP)

The Transportation Asset Management Plan (TAMP) is a performance-based plan to achieve a State of Good for pavement and bridge infrastructure in the District of Columbia and to preserve and improve the condition of the National Highway System (NHS).

Uniform Traffic Control Devices Manual

MUTCD defines the standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices on all public streets, highways, bikeways, and private roads open to public traffic.

Utility Work Zone Traffic Control Plan (TCP) Typicals

The twenty-one (21) approved traffic control plan (TCP) typicals are used for utility excavation.

Work Zone Management Manual

This manual provides guidance related to employing the appropriate level and compliment of transportation management strategies in work zones and clarifies the policies and procedures governing the closure of transportation facilities.

Work Zone Safety and Mobility Policy

This policy provides guidance for assessing the District work zone impacts on the traveling public across the various stages of all Federal-Aid Highway-funded projects that are determined to be significant.

Work Zone Typicals for Bicycle Cycle Track Closures

Pedestrian Access Typicals for a Sidewalk Closure.