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Preparing to splice girders Pre-assembling fasteners to connect bridge steel beams Conduits and MO tower from about halfway up the IL tower View from atop IL bridge tower Top of the MO tower Fastening steel New Missouri River Bridge Click a picture to enlarge Maintenance Worker Joe Gundel, left, and Sr. Maintenance Worker Richard Munoz install a new stop sign at Rte. 112 and County Road 2192 near Cassville. MoDOT Commission Chair Rudolph Farber, backed by Commission Vice Chair Grace Nichols and other dignitaries, presents A Proposal for Missouri’s Transportation Future, a temporary 10-year, one per cent general sales/use tax dedicated specifically to transportation needs. The proposal would give the state, cities and counties resources to make significant progress toward meeting the needs of a total transportation system. MoDOT has made great strides to build a good transportation system and increase taxpayers' trust in its ability to deliver what was promised. Innovative concepts, such as Practical Design and design-build, were used to deliver those commitments and have made MoDOT a leader in the transportation industry. These forward-thinking, innovative concepts are reflected in the ENGINEERING POLICY GUIDE (EPG). This document provides a single reference for all engineering and engineering-related guidance by combining the former Right of Way, Design, Bridge, Construction, Traffic and Maintenance manuals. MediaWiki, the engine behind the Wikipedia on the World Wide Web, is the software delivering the EPG. Millions of hits on the EPG endorse this format to be easy to navigate and pleasing to read. A small HELP ARTICLE is included to assist with helpful hints on how to use the EPG as well as other points of interest. Todd Grosvenor (left), Financial Services Administrator and Brenda Morris, Financial Services Director, receive the Innovation in Project Finance and Financial Management Award from Kevin Ward (right), FHWA Division Administrator. MoDOT became the first recipient to be honored by this new award by submitting a state infrastructure bank proposal that allows the department to sell existing and future loans. Perhaps you've wondered how many hits the most popular EPG articles have. As of early February, the numbers of hits are: 20. EPG 1000, 60732 10. EPG 101, 89753 19. EPG 136.12, 66230 9. EPG 616, 102853 18. EPG 751.13, 68423 8. EPG 200, 114016 17. EPG 903.5, 71027 7. EPG 616.23, 119779 16. EPG 751.5, 73875 6. EPG 600, 138580 15. EPG 903.6, 76012 5. EPG 100, 166255 14. EPG 620.2, 77656 4. EPG 700, 173587 13. EPG 400, 79329 3. EPG 751, 187034 12. EPG 751.40, 82168 2. EPG 900, 191917 11. EPG 903, 87392 1. EPG Main Page, 962856

Consultant Prequalification Requirements 2/1/13: Consultants must be prequalified to be utilized as a consultant for a MoDOT or federally funded LPA project. In EPG 134.1.3 Consultant Qualification and EPG 134.2.2.5 Solicitation and Selection Step 5 – Selection of Consultant, the criteria for prequalifying a consultant for MoDOT and LPA work was clarified. EPG 110.3 Prevailing Wages and Records 1/28/13: Guidance, especially the "Payroll Checklist for Every Payroll", was revised to allow contractor payrolls to be electronically submitted to MoDOT. Drip Bars 1/24/13: New drip bar guidance, EPG 751.14.5.9.1 Drip Bar Guidance, and details, EPG 751.14.5.9.2 Drip Bar Details, are now available. Maintenance Environmental Policies for Sewage Disposal Systems 1/23/13: Guidance in EPG 127.25.8.3.1 Industrial and Domestic Waste Waters on Right of Way and EPG 127.25.8.3.2 System Attachments by Others has been clarified. EPG 134.2.2 Consultant Solicitation and Selection Process - Standard Solicitation Method 1/22/13: Clarification of when the list of short-listed consultants has to be approved by the Professional Sevices Committee in Steps 2, 4 and 5 of EPG 134.2.2. FHWA Submittal for Preliminary Design of Bridges and Boxes 1/16/13: In EPG 751.1.2.31 FHWA Submittal, the flowchart was updated to conform with the latest FHWA/MoDOT stewardship/oversight agreement. Job Order Contracting Guard Cable JSP 1/11/13: The lastest JOC guard cable JSP is now available. TM-59, Determination of the International Roughness Index 1/10/13: TM-59 has been completely rewritten to comply with the revised Sec 610. Laboratory Testing Guidelines for Concrete Curing 1/10/13: References to an AASHTO test were replaced with an ASTM test to bring the guidance into compliance with specs. EPG 950.2 Automated Enforcement of Speed Violations 1/10/13: A useful checklist has been provided to help districts comply with policy. Constructability Guidelines for Minor Rtes. Shouldering Projects 1/10/13: Additional guidance has been provided to quantify, estimate and pay for grading. Job Order Contracting JSPs 1/4/13: Most of the JSPs have been updated. In the near future, the guard cable JSP will also be updated. EPG 105.23 Quality Management (QM) 12/31/12: This new subarticle provides very general QM info, although much more information will follow. QM is now included in almost all projects. It is not optional and is part of the Bolder Five-Year Direction. Class 3 Excavation 12/20/12: EPG 206.2 Class 3 Excavation was revised to provide pay quantities that allow the contractor to bid more accurately. Sample Record General Information 12/18/12: This QRG has been updated due to revisions in internal computing processes. EPG 903.5.30 Traffic Signal Signs (R10-3, R10-5 through R10-30) 12/18/12: The guidance in EPG 903.5.20 was generally clarified and references to two signs, R10-15 and R10-30, were added. EPG 606.2.3.3 Median Width 12/18/12: Guidance on the effect of median width on cable warrants has been clarified. EPG 172 Maintenance Facility Performance Expectations Environmental Compliance 12/12/12: In EPG 172.10 Spill Prevention Control Countermeasure (SPCC), a link to tools to assist with SPCC plan development was added. Minor clarifications were also made in EPG 172.10 and EPG 172.11 SPCC and Various Statewide Issues. EPG 134 Engineering Professional Services 12/11/12: Numerous group email addresses were added to guidance. Also, in EPG 134.4 Contract Approval, Execution and Distribution the distribution and number of copies of executed contracts was adjusted. Settlement for Left-Over Material on a Construction Project 12/10/12: In EPG 108.11 Termination of Contract for Convenience of the Commission, guidance was added for more statewide consistency in resolving payment for leftover material. New Diverging Diamond Interchange Warning Signs 12/5/12: Guidance for the new DDI warning sign assembly has been added as EPG 903.6.7.5 and EPG 903.6.7.6 and expanded in EPG 234.6.2.2.14 Signing. Also, in EPG 903.6.7 Horizontal Alignment Signs, guidance has been provided for the use of the Advisory Speed Supplemental Plaque with horizontal alignment signs. Finger Plate Expansion Devices 11/30/12: Finger detail figures have been added to EPG 751.13.6.2 Details at Bents. Safety Begins With You 11/27/12: Be on the lookout for the new Safety Begins With You boxes in several EPG articles. Videos, pamphlets and handouts delivering useful safety info will be presented. The boxes now appear in EPG 132 Safety, EPG 142 Missouri One Call System, EPG 144 Practical Operations, EPG 170 Maintenance Activity Planning Guidelines, EPG 171 Maintenance Policy and Operations, EPG 400 Flexible Pavement, EPG 616.5 Flagger Control, EPG 641 Bicycle Facilities, EPG 643 Utility Procedures, EPG 822 Roadside Vegetation Management and EPG 1100 Maintenance Materials. EPG 751.1.2.32 Aesthetic Enhancements 11/26/12: New guidance has been added about the preferred way to specify form liners. EPG 903.5.30 Traffic Signal Signs (R10-3, R10-5 through R10-30) 11/26/12: The NO TURN ON RED sign policy was updated to comply with the MUTCD.