Design guidance
General
This section contains a few of the presentations that have been given in the past. They contain some useful information and are another format for explaining some of the information for plan preparation and information as presented in the Design Scene. Please note the disclaimer before downloading files.
- Common Errors (PDF)
- SEQ Guidance (PDF)
- Earthwork Guidance (PDF)
- Tabulation Guidance (PDF)
- Drainage Guidance (PDF)
- Guardrail Guidance (PDF)
- Review Checklist (PDF)
- ADA Design Checklists and Guidance (PDF)
- Design Engineers Workshop (PDF)
- Guardrail Guidance Spreadsheet (PDF)
- Culvert Apron Guidance (PDF)
Design Scene
Design Scene is a guidance document for designers, technicians and engineers to help them in their everyday work. Feel free to share ideas with us that you've developed to help improve the quality and reduce cost and time of plan preparation. Please note the disclaimer before downloading files.
- Index (PDF) Updated 8/6/19
- Chapters 1-18 — Entire Design Scene Document (PDF) - Updated 8/6/19
- Chapter 1 — Title Sheet and General Layout (PDF) - Updated 8/6/19
- Chapter 2 — Quantities and Tabulations (PDF) - Updated 4/12/19
- Chapter 3 — Details and ADA (PDF) - Updated 4/30/19
- Chapter 4 — Earthwork (PDF) - Updated 4/18/19
- Chapter 5 — Utilities (PDF) - Updated 4/18/19
- Chapter 6 — Staging and Bypass (PDF) - Updated 4/18/19
- Chapter 7 — Alignment (PDF) - Updated 4/30/19
- Chapter 8 — Inplace Topography and Removals (PDF) - Updated 4/30/19
- Chapter 9 — Plan and Profiles (PDF) - Updated 4/18/19
- Chapter 10 — Paving (PDF) - Updated 4/18/19
- Chapter 11 — Walls (PDF) - Updated 4/18/19
- Chapter 12 — Drainage (PDF) - Updated 4/30/19
- Chapter 13 — Turf Establishment (PDF) - Updated 4/18/19
- Chapter 14 — Guard Rail and Barriers (PDF) - Updated 8/6/19
- Chapter 15 — Fencing (PDF) - Updated 4/18/19
- Chapter 16 — Traffic (PDF) - Updated 8/6/19
- Chapter 17 — Cross Section (PDF) - Updated 4/18/19
- Chapter 18 — General Notes and Miscellaneous (PDF) - Updated 4/30/19
Design Scene newsletter
- August 2019 Design Scene news (PDF)
- April 2019 Design Scene news (PDF)
- September 2018 Design Scene news (PDF)
Project rating
- Bidability and Other Critical Plan Issues Checklist (Word)
- Plan Review - Data Collection (Excel)
- Plan Review - Rating Criteria (Word)
Plan presentation basics
The plan presentation basics are guidance on how the various sections of a MnDOT let plan should be shown. The goal is to make MnDOT let plan appearances consistent state wide. This section does not go into details on how to put a plan together but rather how it should look, be laid out, the order of sections in a plan, in other words, the presentation.
- Title Sheet Basics (PDF)
- General Layout Basics (PDF)
- Statement of Estimated Quantities Basics (PDF)
- Standard Plates and Soils & Construction Note Basics (PDF)
- Details & STD Plans Basics (PDF)
- Plan Presentation Typical Basics (PDF)