Issue No. |
Month/Year |
Content |
89
(PDF) |
September
2019 |
- Local Partnership Program
- Revised environmental documentation for federally funded projects
- Retainage: MN Statutes 15.75: Progress Payments of Public Contracts
- On the horizon, new electronic fillable load rating forms
- FLAP—call for projects is open
- Upcoming HSIP solicitation
- Variance request process
- Coming soon: SRTS engineering studies solicitation
- Project coordination within AIA
- NHI Roadside Safety Design course
- Gravel Road Management Tool
- Required specifications for contractors
- Employee news
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88
(PDF) |
June
2019 |
- MnCMAT 2.0 update
- FLAP—call for projects
- Standard Specifications for Construction update
- Town bridge improvement costs
- Guidance for creating searchable contracts
- Plastic pipe options for storm sewer and culverts
- Proprietary products on federally funded projects
- Coming soon, new bridge funding eligibility criteria using BRIM
- Employee news
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87
(PDF) |
March
2019 |
- Emergency preparations
- HSIP solicitation for 2020-2023 update
- Proposed amendment to rules governing environmental review
- LPA access to AASHTO TC3 online training library
- MN LRRB update
- Dealing with those blasted bridges
- New State Aid liaison at USACE
- Northern area SALT Construction Specialist named
- Out of sight, out of mind
- 2018 SRTS awarded projects
- Employee News
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86
(PDF) |
December
2018 |
- Newly Updated State Aid Bridge Website
- LRIP Update and Solicitation
- Bridge Bonding Review
- DCP Checklist and Partial Payment Request Update
- Schedule for Rule Changes for Mandatory EAW Categories
- DCP Checklist Updates
- $5.3 Million for Off-System Bridge Projects
- Employee News
- SAPR Revision
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85
(PDF) |
September
2018 |
- Emergency Relief update
- SRTS infrastructure solicitation coming soon
- LPP saves you time, cost and requirements, while improving customer experiences
- Additional SRTS funding from FHWA
- Online State Aid trainings
- New NPDES Construction Stormwater General Permit
- PathWeb application
- New State Aid Project Map
- Minnesota back under Obama-Era WOTUS
- Rusty Patched Bumble Bee map
- IC & PMTP Quality HMA paving technologies
- SRTS Planning Solicitation
- Transportation Regional General Permits
- Employee News
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84
(PDF) |
June
2018 |
- BUILD Transportation Program
- SAAS Report update
- LRIP update
- PIFs and certificates
- Federal report reminder
- Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing Program project selection
- Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and Office of State Archaeologist review on local projects
- Paving Quality Initiatives Assistance
- OCR Update
- Retainage & finaling projects when you can’t get an IC-134
- Employee News
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83
(PDF) |
March
2018 |
- Agreement news
- If you don’t read anything else in this E-Scene, read this!
- Contract changes in the 2018 Spec Book
- New Minnesota Temporary Traffic Control Field Manual and training
- Reinforcing contractors’ closeout responsibilities
- What’s different in the 2018 specifications?
- Tips for a smoother reimbursement on a federal funded project
- Proprietary items - PIFs and Certificate
- 2017 LRIP awarded projects
- DBE Final Clearance Letters
- New URLs for eAdvert Employee News
- Federal FAIN number, know this for the auditors!
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December
2017 |
- ESAL Calculator Update
- LRIP Solicitation Update
- DCP Agreement Update
- New MN/WI Section 404 RGPs
- Online Technical Recertifications
- Federal Project End Dates
- Cooperative Agreement Projects
- Employee News
- Minnesota receives National Roadway Safety Award
- Project Groups on Plans
- 2018 Electronic Proposal Tool
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September
2017 |
- SP/SAP numbers on MnDOT plans
- Safe Routes infrastructure solicitation is coming, is your community ready?
- MnDOT launches new online crossing guard training
- Employee News
- Paver Mounted Thermal Profiling
- New guidebook, webinar available on enhanced culver inspections
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June
2017 |
- ADA Transition Plans for Local Agencies—guidebook and training
- New Programmatic Categorical Exclusion signed
- Project work types and federal authorizations
- Federal project end dates
- NACE award recipients
- Master Contract renewals
- Minnesota Local Agency Asset Management Peer Exchange
- Overview of upcoming MnDOT solicitations and funding sources
- OCIC: What can we do for you?
- Roadside safety on local roads and streets
- Employee News
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March
2017 |
- If you’re doing work in MnDOT Right of Way
- New funding opportunity - Safe Routes to Transit
- The US Army Corps has reissued RGP-003-MN
- State Aid construction webpage refresh
- Don’t buy wetland credits until you’ve checked with BWSR
- New Precast Concrete Box Culvert Length Calculator
- Greater MN ePlans process – Federal Aid for locals
- New Army Corps of Engineers liaison
- Right of Way and Utility Certificate - streamlining the process for all
- FYs 2018–2021 HSIP solicitation results
- New online project map
- Accessing the most recent documents
- Minnesota local agency Asset Management Peer Exchange
- State Aid Finance Website Redesign
- Equal Pay Certificate: New for contracts >$500,000
- 2018 Spec
- Employee News
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December
2016 |
- County Bicycle Trail Maps
- Contract Payment Reminder
- Peer Exchange - Local Agency Asset Management
- Local Transportation Bonds Check Box on Pay Request
- Historic Bridge Legacy Grant Recipients
- Right of Way/Minimum Damage Changes
- $6.1 Million for Off-System Bridge Projects
- Force Account Agreements on Federal Projects
- Mapping Slope-Failure Susceptibility
- Crashworthiness
- More changes to Right of Way Certificate 1 & 1A
- Bridge Academy II
- Employee News
- NPDES Closeouts
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September
2016 |
- BWSR - Wetland Credits for Road Re-placement Program
- Summary on “Evaluation of Pavement Markings on Challenging Surfaces”
- Alexandria Complete Streets Demo Project
- SAF Roles and Responsibilities
- Signal and Lighting Certification and Recertification
- FLAP Round 3 to December 16, 2016
- Master Partnerships
- Changes coming to the Right of Way Certificate #1 document
- Contract Payment Reminder
- Changes Proposed to RGP-4
- Reviews for USACE 404 Permits
- Employee News
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June
2016 |
- Are your pay items clear to your bidders?
- Federal Aid Construction Project Engineers: Don’t forget the Exhibit A’s
- BridgeInfo3
- ADA pedestrian inventory for cities and counties
- Employee News
- Don't let the bats drive you batty!
- 2017-2020 Local HSIP Solicitation Results
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March
2016 |
- Numbering Districtwide Federal Projects
- Kim DeLaRosa receives MCEA Special Service Award
- Northern Long-Eared Bat Update
- New State Bridge Engineer
- Sign Maintenance/Management and Sign Retroreflectivity Training
- Who makes a de minimis 4(f) Determination?
- Addendum to Dodd Ford Bridge Rehabilitation article
- New Threatened & Endangered Species - Section 7 Staff at OES
- MnDOT Reclamation Inspector’s Guide
- Use the Electronic Proposal Document Table
- Plan Guidance for Projects on Trunk Highways
- Employee News
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