Skip to content

WVDOH Standards & Manuals Committee

Standards 1

A meeting of the WVDOH Standards & Manuals Committee will be held in person on July 3, 2024, at 9:00a.m. in Room 820 in Building 5 of the WV Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, WV.  For those unable to attend in person please join via Google Meet, details below.  A copy of the proposed changes for the meeting can be found below or on the WVDOH’s Technical Support page by clicking here.

Members interested in submitting comments should do so by Friday, June 28, 2024 in advance of the meeting.  Comments may be submitted directly to the WVDOH at dee.l.begley@wv.gov, to CAWV Standards Committee Chairman, Jeremiah Knavenshue at Jeremiah.Knavenshue@mbakerintl.com, and/or 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.

TO JOIN VIA GOOGLE MEET:

meet.google.com/mjx-eaas-cmr

To join by phone: 224-572-8654 --- PIN: 816409217

Unfinished Business – Standards discussed at last Committee meeting.

Design Directive (DD)-202 Field and Office Reviews for Initial Engineering, Preliminary Engineering and Final Design. DD-202 Plan Distribution Schedule. Updated to add additional Traffic Engineering personnel. It is a redline copy showing the revisions.
2nd time to CommitteeNote: This list isn’t required to go through the Standards Committee for updates, but we’ve included it so that others can provide input or further updates, if needed.
 

 

 

 

D. Begley

Structure Directive (SD)-1045 Foundation Types. Updates the approval requirements of Intermediate Geomaterial. It is a redline copy showing the revisions.
2nd time to Committee.
 

 

R. Scites

New Business

Standard Drainage Details. Inlet and Manhole details with a 6” thickness. They have 28-day strengths of 5000 psi and include a note (12) which is their version of, “Flow of outlet pipe shall match bottom elevation of inlet.”
1st time to Committee.
 

 

A. Gillispie

Past Posts

WVDOH Specification Committee – May 7, 2025

By JCrane | 2025/04/24

The WVDOH announces its May Specifications Committee meeting, which is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7 at 9:00 a.m. at the WVDOH Building 5 Conference Room…

Gov. Morrisey Signs Amended Budget Bill

By JCrane | 2025/04/21

On Thursday evening April 17, following the vetoing of several line items, Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed into law a version of House Bill 2026, the…

WVDOH Sweeps 2024 Perpetual Pavement Awards

By JCrane | 2025/04/17

The WVDOH was among 15 other Agencies across the country to earn honors for long-life asphalt pavements which deliver sustainable performance.  Awarded annually by the…

National Work Zone Awareness Week 2025

By JCrane | 2025/04/15

Work Zone Awareness Week (WZAW) has been successful in spreading awareness for work zone safety across the country because of participation from organizations and individuals…

WVDOH Returns to E-Notarizing Documents

By JCrane | 2025/04/15

The WVDOH recently updated their policies, giving them the ability to accept e-notarizations when executing contract documents for projects awarded through Contract Administration Division for…

WV Legislature Approves FY2026 Budget – $125M Surplus to Road Fund

By JCrane | 2025/04/15

Update – April 17th, Governor Morrisey signed into law the 2026 state budget.  See here for more details here. The West Virginia Legislature adjourned the…

MP Committee Meeting – April 16, 2025

By JCrane | 2025/04/11

The WVDOH announced an upcoming Materials Procedures (MP) Committee meeting.  The meeting will be held in person on April 16 at 10:00 a.m. at the…

WVDOH April Material Indices

By JCrane | 2025/04/01

WVDOH has released the Asphalt, Concrete and Fuel price adjustment indices for the month of April 2025 as shown below.

Period – 4/1/2024
#2 Fuel (Gal) – $2.3297
Asphalt (Ton) – $579.00
Cement (Ton) – $195.28

Historical and individualized information can be found on our Index page.

Paving Industry Convenes for 45th Asphalt Paving Conference

By JCrane | 2025/03/21

Even with a winter storm that moved eastward over the area, nearly 200 individuals from industry, WVDOH, and academia joined together for the 45th Annual…

AWP – Industry Sample Submissions

By JCrane | 2025/03/21

APAWV received a letter dated March 4, 2025 from the West Virginia Division of Highway’s materials division recently regarding Contractor’s responsibility to initiate and enter…