Minnesota Department of Transportation

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Project development

Functional groups

Project Design Services Unit

Goal

The Project Design Services Unit ensures that all design-bid-build and emergency project plans are complete, biddable, and consistent with legal requirements and quality standards.

Products the unit provides

  • Feedback on construction plans
  • Complete, accurate construction plans suitable for advertising and letting
  • Engineering design expertise
  • MnDOT Design Scene

What to expect from the unit

  • Review construction plans to make sure they are complete, biddable, and meet the requirements of federal and state statutes, rules, technical memorandums, specifications, AASHTOWare, and state design standards, details, and policies
  • Participate in new design standard, policy, and procedure development and implementation
  • Provide feedback, education, and information to support continuous improvement of construction plans

What you need to provide to the unit

  • Submittal Memo
  • Accurate and complete plan and contract documents

What the unit expects from you

  • Answer questions about projects
  • Respond to comments on project plans
  • Maintain contact from the time of project turn in through letting