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Out in Print – the WVDOH’s 2023 Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridges

Out in Print – the WVDOH’s 2023 Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridges

The WVDOH Technical Support Division has received the long-awaited hard copies of the 2023 Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridges. An order form for these books is available online here.  Each copy will cost $23.00 + Shipping.  If you have any questions regarding Specification book orders, please contact the WVDOH Assistant Specification Engineering Janie Matics-Adkins at (304) 414-6978.


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Thursday, September 28, 2023/Author: John/Number of views (101)/Comments (0)/
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WVDOH Price Index

October 2023

WVDOH has released the Asphalt, Concrete and Diesel Fuel price adjustment indexes for the month of October.  

Period #2 Fuel (Gal) Asphalt (Ton) Cement (Ton)
10/1/2023 3.2210 $605.00 276.27

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023/Author: John/Number of views (0)/Comments (0)/
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2024 WVDOH Asphalt Contracts

The West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) is preparing to solicit for the rebid of the 2024 Asphalt Materials Pick Up by Agency contract and the 2024 Asphalt Materials, Delivery, and Labor by Vendor, by County, contract in the very near future.
  

Please watch for an update to this article when the Solications have been made public.

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WVDOH Specifications Committee to Meet October 4, 2023

WVDOH Specifications Committee to Meet October 4, 2023

The WVDOH announces its August Specifications Committee meeting.  The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 4th at 9:00 a.m. and will be held at the WVDOH Technical Support Division office at 1334 Smith Street, Charleston WV, in the lower-level Conference Room. 


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WVDOH MP Committee Meeting - September 20

The WVDOH Materials Procedures (MP) Committee’s next meeting will be held in person on September 20, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Materials Control Soils and Testing, 190 Dry Branch Drive, Charleston, WV 25306.  For those unable to attend in person please join via Google Meet.


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WVDOH Standards Committee & Manuals Committee Meetings May 3, 2023

Author: John/Friday, April 21, 2023/Categories: News, Events

Event date: 5/3/2023 9:00 AM

The WVDOH Standards & Manuals Committee’s next meeting will beheld in person on May 3, 2023, at 9:00a.m. at the Technical Support Division office, 1334 Smith Street, Charleston, WV, in their Lower-Level Conference room.  For those unable to attend in person please join via Google Meet, details below.  A copy of the proposed changes for the meeting are available below and will be available soon on the WVDOH’s Technical Support page by clicking here.

Standards Committee Meeting Packet 5-3-23.pdf

Manuals Committee Meeting Packet 5-3-23.pdf

Members interested in submitting comments should do so by Friday, April28, 2023 in advance of the meeting. Comments may be submitted directly to the WVDOH at steve.d.boggs@wv.govor to John Crane at jcrane@asphaltwv.com.  Please share any comments by the deadline, to ensure ample time for your comments to be reviewed prior to the meeting.  This meeting complies with the Open Government Meeting Act.

TOJOIN VIA GOOGLE MEET:

https://meet.google.com/brb-jvhr-xmg?hs=224

To join by phone: 1 478-308-5514 --- PIN: 795005920

STANDARDS COMMITTEE OLD BUSINESS

Various Structure Directives

 1) SD110-Project Design Criteria. Update to line and grade criteria.
 2) SD1040-Structrural System Selection. Removed sections which are duplicated in SD 1041 through 1044. 
 3) SD1041-Steel Superstructure Type. Changed Fracture Critical Member (FCM) to Nonredundant Steel Tension Member (NSTM) to reflect changes in National Bridge Inspection Standards terminology. Also, revised text for more generality in superstructure type by span length.
 4) SD1042-Concrete Superstructure Type. Revised text for more generality in superstructure type by span length.
 5) SD1043-Abutment Types. Minor terminology updates.
 6) SD1044-Pier Type. Terminology updates, such as FCM to NSTM
 7) SD1073-Rehabilitation Techniques. Terminology updates, such as FCM to NSTM. Revised Dye Penetrate to NDT for greater flexibility in repair. Revision to 1073.6 to reflect what I think was the original goal of the section.
 8) SD2034-Fatigue Critical. Terminology update, such as FCM to NSTM
 9) SD2045-Croncrete Superstructures. Remove strand diameter requirement to provide greater flexibility to the Designer.

STANDARDS COMMITTEE NEWBUSINESS

WVDOH Standard details Book – Volume 2.

Proposed sheets have revised areas highlighted yellow.

 a) TE1-3A Roadside Sign Supports Steel Beam Type
 b) TE1-3B Roadside Sign Supports Steel Beam Type
 c) TE1-3C Roadside Sign Supports Steel Beam Type
 d) TE2-1A Bridge or Retaining Wall Sign Mounting, Type K 1 & 2 Supports
 e) TE2-1B Bridge or Retaining Wall Sign Mounting, Type K 1 & 2 Supports
 f) TE2-2 Bridge or Retaining Wall Sign Mounting, Type L Pipe Post Mount 
 g) TE2-3 Barrier Wall Sign Support Bracket Type D
 h) TE3-1 Overhead Sign Support – Steel Two Tube Span (TTS)
 i) TE3-2 Overhead Sign Support – Steel One Tube Span (OTS)
 j) TE4-3A Overhead Sign Support – Steel Double Arm Cantilever
 k) TE4-3B Overhead Sign Support – Butterfly Cantilever
 l) TE4-4A Overhead Sign Support – Single Arm Cantilever (Heavy)
 m) TE4-4B Overhead Sign Support – Single Arm Cantilever (Light)
 n) TE4-5 Overhead Sign Support – Steel Common Details
 o) TE5-1A Overhead Sign Support Box Truss Span
 p) TE5-1B Overhead Sign Support Box Truss Span
 q) TE9-1 Sign Clamps for Tubular Supports
 r) TEL41 Junction Box Details Type A
 s) TES-31 Pedestrian Push Buttons (PPB)
 t) TEM-2 Typical Pavement Markings (Sheet 2 of 2)

Design Directive (DD) 202

Field and Office Reviews for Initial Engineer, Preliminary Engineering, and Final Design

The DD updates Appendix A, which lists the resource agencies.

MANUALS COMMITTEE OLD BUSINESS

Consultant Services Manual

This is an update of the 2011 manual; it includes four new chapters and revisions to the other chapters for consistency with current WVDOH policies and procedures.

New Chapters:

    • Chapter 1 – Checklist to Perform Services
    • Chapter 8 – Project Reporting
    • Chapter 9 – Consultant Evaluations
    • Chapter 10 – Project Closeout
    • Chapter 11 – Audit Requirements

Significantly Modified Chapters:

    • Chapter 2 – Requirements to Perform Services

The manual has been updated per comments at the last meeting; it is redline copy showing the revisions.

MANUALS COMMITTEE NEW BUSINESS

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