Melissa Hollis
Basis of Estimates Coordinator
Engineering Systems Support Section
State Specifications and Estimates Office
October 2014
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Part
1: Introduction to the Basis of
Estimates
•Chapters 1-10
Part
2: Selecting Pay Items
•Chapters 11-20
•For FDOT and Consultant designers
•Update training for bulletins, as needed
Part
3: Estimating and Review
•Recent changes
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•Pricing details for FDOT Estimators
BOE
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Online
•Chapter 11: 100s
MOB, MOT, Erosion, Clearing & Grubbing
•Chapter 12: 200s
Earthwork, Base
•Chapter 13: 300s
Asphalt, Friction Course
Concrete Pavement
•Chapter14: 400s
Structures, Drainage
•Chapter 15: 500s
Curb, Sidewalk, Guardrail, Fence
BOE
Online
•Chapter 16: 600s
Signals, Conduit, Pull Boxes
•Chapter 17: 700s
Signing, Pavement Marking, Lighting
•Chapter 18: 800s
Mass Transit- Railroad
•Chapter 19: 900s
Special, Developmental
•Chapter 20: 1000s
Utilities
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Example
Pay Item Groups
•334- 1- AA
•700- 1- AB
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Superpave Asphaltic Concrete, TN
Single Post Sign, AS
Every Pay item
group:
Details
Structure
Active items
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102-1
Maintenance of Traffic, LS
•NO Erosion Control Devices- use 104 items
•NO Temp Fencing- use Ped LCDs or 550 items
•NO Temp Drainage quantities
•NO Temp Asphalt- use Special Detour
•NOT a “catch all” for other work
•NO contingency quantities
•NO weather quantities
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102-2
Special Detour, LS
•Temporary Asphalt
•Show the location and a typical section with
minimum design
•DO NOT show base quantities
•DO NOT show asphalt quantities
•Why?
•The contractor is responsible for “installing and
maintaining the detour”. If we provide quantities,
then we have the possibility of claims when the
detour requires additional materials.
•Bulletin Pending
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102-3
Commercial Material for
Driveway Maintenance, CY
•Through 2014: may use estimated quantity
based on xxx cy per mile
•Effective 2015: Identify locations and quantity
on summary box
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Vehicular
Pedestrian
Read
Index 600, including recent
changes for Ped LCDs
Orange “Construction
Fence” is not an
acceptable channelization device.
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102-104 Temp
Signalization, ED
•Includes maintenance of the signals throughout
the duration of the project.
•Includes moving signal heads
•Includes “temporary heads” or poles, as
needed
102-107 Temp
Detection, ED
•Includes maintenance of the detection
throughout the duration of the project
•Includes temporary detector
•What types are acceptable?
•A: Provide temporary traffic detection
equipment listed on the APL.
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104-
xx Erosion Control
•DO NOT include quantities “based on
replacement every xx months”
•Why?
•maintenance and replacement of items is
included in the item.
•Products are selected from the Erosion and
Sediment Control Handbook. DO NOT call for
hay or straw bales, or any specific product.
•104-10-3 Sediment Barrier, LF
•104-18 Inlet Protection, EA (per each inlet)
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107: Litter
Removal and Mowing
•Identify locations in the plans
•Yes- this may require several plans sheets for
urban areas, but it is still an overall reduction in
pages from the comp book.
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285-7xx-
286-
Optional Base, SY
Turnout Construction
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327-70
Milling, SY
334-1-AA Superpave, TN
•AA options set by State Materials Office to
coordinate with current specs & binders
•NOT for temporary locations
337-7-AA
Friction Course, TN
•AA options set by State Materials Office
339-1
Misc Asphalt, TN
•Used for under guardrail, bicycle paths, etc.
•NO TESTING
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350s
Concrete Pavement
•NOT FOR BRIDGES
•350-5: Joints (new and existing pavement) are
paid separately for the sealing/resealing)
•350-6: Sealing Cracks
•See 458 for bridge joints
•353 Concrete Pavement Slab Replacement
•NOT FOR BRIDGES, SLOPE PAVEMENT, ETC.
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400-
Concrete, CY
• Concrete by class
• For culverts, endwalls, superstructure,
substructure, etc.
•READ THE IDS (Instructions for Design
Standards) for the intended application
•NOT for incidental concrete, such as lighting or
signals poles, pull boxes, or cabinet
foundations/bases. Incidental concrete is
included in work/materials for these items.
415-
Reinf Steel, LB
•READ THE IDS; some steel is incidental
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425
Inlets
430 Drainage Pipe
•NOT for utility use/JPA projects
•Read the Standard/IDS for drainage structures
430-18-
Jack & Bore
•drainage pipe only
Special:
•Minor changes to standard: note changes in the
plans; payment under standard pay item
•No applicable standard: call for assistance with
pay item. “Special” pay items are blocked.
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450
Beams
455 Drilled Shafts
•Call for other sizes/shapes
455
Protection of Existing Structures
•PENDING for July 2015
•Spec & Pay Item move to 108
•New plan requirements
•New guidance in 2015 PPM- locations
(buildings) to be protected must be identified in
the plans
458
Bridge Joints
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515
Railings
521 Traffic Barrier/Railings
•Read the IDS
•Guide rail, handrails, Ped/Bike with Infil
520
Curb Elements “Curb”
•Curb
•Curb & Gutter
•Traffic Separator
522
Sidewalk (4” & 6”)
527 Detectable Warnings
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524
Slope and Ditch Pavement
•New/replacement
•Cleaning & Sealing Joints
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Guardrail
•End to End measurement
•End Anchorage- per ea
one for each end, type as applicable
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Guardrail
•End to End measurement
Paid as type outside of transition
•End Anchorage- per ea
Bridge anchorage
Other end, type as applicable
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546
Rumble Strips
•Sets- approach to intersection, across roadway
•Shoulder
•PENDING: Center line and Edge Line (Rumble
Stripe) Spec and pay item will change unit of
measurement from “Per mile” to “net mile”- end
to end minus bridges, vs. stripe measure
550
Fence
•Temp Fence, only as identified in spec
•Does NOT include “orange construction fence”
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590
Irrigation System, LS
591
Landscape Sleeve, LF
•Developmental Standard Index 591
•Project-by-project approvals for standard
•Pay items assigned to approved projects
Cost effective vs. Jack & Bore later
 Design effective, if coordinated with landscape
plans
o Not for “possible” future system, where
locations cannot be coordinated
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COPS: Coordination
of Products and
Specifications
•QPL merge with APL, effective with Jan 2015
lettings
•Web links for both with provide redirect to
new application
•Specifications and Pay items: most changes
have been completed
•Minor changes pending
•639- Power/Electrical Service
•740 series- Traffic Monitoring (Transp Statistics)
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630
Conduit
635 Pull, Splice, and Junction Boxes
670 Traffic Controller Assembly
•671 Controller “electronics”
•676 Cabinet “shell, with or without wiring”
Removal
Items- No Section 690
•Remove pole and “all attachments”
Span wire or arm
Signal assembly
Pedestrian Detector
Pedestrian Signal
Ask about other items; ongoing changes
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700-
Signs
•If it looks like a sign, acts like a sign…
•From PPM Vol 2, 23.6.2:
Any signs to be mounted on signal span wires should be shown
and listed on the signalization plan for illustration and
placement purposes. Sign details should be included on the
signing plans. (Per Chester Henson, State Roadway Design- signing
expert, signs mounted on mast arms should be addressed the same
way.)
•PPM Vol 2, 24.6.2:
Any span wire or mast arm mounted signs shall be coordinated with
the appropriate signing and pavement marking plans to avoid
duplication.
The sign details for traffic signal signs must be included on the
signalization plans, if signing and pavement markings are not
included in the plans package.
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700-6
Highlighted sign
•LED Border
700-7
Embedded DMS
700-8 Front Access DMS
700-9 Walk-in DMS
•Static sign paid separately
700-10
DMS Structure
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701-
Audible & Vibratory
709- Two Reactive Components
711- Thermoplastic
•Hot Applied “Standard”
•Rumble Stripe “with 546”
•Preformed
713-
Permanent Tape
Pending: Guidance/Bulletin
for July 2015
•Contrast for light asphalt and concrete
•Locations for Rumble Stripe vs 701
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750, 751
series- Buildings
751 “Other Architectural”
•Bus Shelter
•Bicycle Rack
•Trash Receptacle
•Bench
•Pedestrian Plaza
780
ITS Road Weather Info
System(RWIS)
785 ITS items moved to 600 series for
cabinet, poles, etc.
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Rail
pay item structure was created 5+
years ago.
Call if you have a project with rail or
other mass transit needs.
New pay items will be made available
as needed.
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Developmental
•Developmental Specifications
•Developmental Standards
Other
Special Use pay items
Follow
rules for requesting
developmental secifications or standards
Pay Items will be made available for
approved projects.
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Standard
Items
•No cost history
•Project Specific Tech Specs
•Do Not “borrow” pay items from drainage,
signals, or signing
Generic
Pay Items
•Refer to Chapter 6 for the rules
•“Wide open” for utility applications
No need to track cost history
No FDOT standards or specifications
•Monitored for non-utility applications
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If
you don’t see a pay item that you need,
please ask.
•Existing/available Item groups
•Request that an item be opened/activated, if
needed
•Request that we restore an old item/structure, if
needed
Verify that old specs/standards are applicable
•Request that we create a new item group
•Consider requesting a Developmental
Specification and Pay Item
•Consider a Generic Pay Item
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Melissa Hollis
Basis of Estimates Coordinator Estimating
Systems Support Section
State Specifications and Estimates Office
Melissa.Hollis@dot.state.fl.us
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