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Precertification Work Categories
The Texas Department of Transportation precertifies providers and
sub-providers in the following technical work categories in accordance
with the listed certification requirements. A firm may only use an
individual who is employed by that firm at the time of submittal for
precertification. The experience used to meet requirements may be either
prior to or after licensure unless otherwise stated in a specific
category. Such licenses or registrations shall be those issued by the
appropriate professional licensing board.
Group 1 - Transportation Systems Planning
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| 1.1.1 |
Policy Planning - This category
includes the investigation and development of transportation
planning and strategies to meet current or future needs at the state
or local level. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer with training and experience in
areas directly related to policy planning; or
- one planner with training and experience in areas directly
related to policy planning.
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| 1.2.1 |
Systems Planning - This category
includes development of state or local transportation plans to
create complete integrated systems to support movement of people and
goods. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer with training and experience in
areas directly related to systems planning; or
- one planner with training and experience in areas directly
related to systems planning.
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| 1.3.1 |
Subarea/Corridor Planning - This
category includes the study of the feasibility of all modes of
transportation corridors at the state or local level to determine
the cost effectiveness of the various alternatives to meet specific
goals and may include actual route location as a final product. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer with training and experience in
areas directly related to subarea/corridor planning; or
- one planner with training and experience in areas directly
related to subarea/corridor planning.
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| 1.4.1 |
Land Planning/Engineering - This
category includes planning and engineering in support of assessing
the impacts that proposed transportation improvements may have on
public and private property. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer with training and experience in
comprehensive planning or areas directly related to assessing
impacts to private property; or
- one planner with training and experience in comprehensive
planning or areas directly related to assessing impacts to private
property.
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| 1.5.1 |
Feasibility Studies - This
category includes investigation of programs or specific projects to
determine if they are cost effective and meet the department’s
desired goals. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer who has:
- proficiency in civil engineering; and
- completed a minimum of two feasibility studies.
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| 1.6.1 |
Major Investment Studies - This
category includes the investigation of modal and financing
alternatives for major transportation projects at the state or local
level. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer with proficiency in civil
engineering and experience or education in urban planning and
economic, or environmental impact assessment; and
- one person with a bachelor’s degree in physical or a natural
science with related experience.
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Group 2 - Environmental Studies
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| 2.1.1 |
Traffic Noise Analysis -This
category includes the performance of a traffic noise analysis for a
roadway project. |
The firm must employ one person with:
- a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in environmental
studies, urban planning, civil or environmental engineering, or a
related field; and
- demonstrated experience in use/application of Traffic Noise
Guidelines, traffic noise modeling software, and appropriate sound
measuring equipment through the accurate completion of a traffic
noise analysis for a minimum of two highway projects at the FONSI
level or above.
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| 2.2.1 |
Air Quality Analysis- This
category includes the performance of an air quality analysis for a
roadway project. |
The firm must employ one person with:
- a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in environmental
studies, urban planning, civil or environmental engineering, or a
related field; and
- demonstrated experience in use/application of air quality
guidelines and air quality modeling software through the accurate
completion of an air quality analysis for a minimum of two highway
projects at the FONSI level or above.
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| 2.3.1 |
Wetland Delineation – This
category includes the performance of a wetland delineation according
to the United States Army Corps of Engineers requirements. |
The firm must employ one person with:
- a minimum of one year of field experience in wetland
delineation; and
- completion of a Wetland Training Institute or an equivalent
one week wetland delineation class.
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| 2.4 |
United States Army Corps
of Engineers Permits - This category includes the following
permits: |
| 2.4.1 |
Nationwide Permit |
The firm must employ one person with
working knowledge of the nationwide permit process and a minimum of
one year of experience in nationwide permit determination. |
| 2.4.2 |
§404 (Title 33, United States Code
§1344) Individual Permits (including mitigation and monitoring). |
The firm must employ one person with
working knowledge of the individual §404 Permit process, with one
year of experience, and who has applied for and received one
individual permit. |
| 2.4.3 |
U. S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers §10 (Title 33, United States Code §403) Permits |
The firm must employ one person with
one year of experience and working knowledge of the Rivers and
Harbors Act, §10 who has applied for and received one
navigation-related permit. |
| 2.5.1 |
Water Pollution Abatement Plan -
This category includes geologic field assessment and the preparation
of pollution abatement plans as they relate to the Edwards Aquifer
Rules. |
The firm must employ one person with:
- a background in geology, environmental studies, civil or
environmental engineering, or a related field; and
- working knowledge of the Edwards Aquifer rules.
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| 2.6 |
Protected Species
Coordination - This category includes the following types of
biological issues and coordination. |
| 2.6.1 |
Protected Species Determination
(Habitat)-This category involves the determination of the
potential presence or absence of a protected species or important
habitat. |
The firm must employ one person:
- with knowledge of currently protected species and/or habitats,
and a demonstrated ability to perform basic inventory work
sufficient to comply with FHWA National Environmental Protection
Act (NEPA) requirements.
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| 2.6.2 |
Impact Evaluation Assessments.-This
category requires demonstrated ability to use habitat and species
determination and biological survey data to analyze impacts to
biological resources. |
The firm must employ one person:
- with demonstrated ability to prepare a biological impact
analysis for NEPA documentation or to support the Federal
Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 consultations, including
the preparation of a biological assessment, or ESA Section 10.a
permit applications.
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| 2.6.3 |
Biological Surveys-This category
requires demonstration of ability to conduct biological resource
field studies. |
The firm must employ one person:
- with demonstrated ability to survey the project site and
classify the vegetation community, list animal species associated
with that community and identify special habitat features within
the community; who has required state and federal permits; and
with experience in appropriate survey protocols for specific
protected species
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| 2.7.1 |
§4(f) (Title 23, United States Code
of Federal Regulations §771.135) and/or §6(f) (Title 49, United
States Code §303) Evaluations – This category includes §4(f)
evaluations, identified in the Department of Transportation Act of
1966, which are conducted when right of way is acquired from
publicly owned parks, recreation areas, wildlife or waterfowl
refuges, or historic sites, and §6(f) evaluations which apply
(applies) when federal land and water conservation funds are used
for improvements to the site. |
The firm must employ one person:
- with a minimum of one year of experience in applying §4(f)
and/or §6(f) requirements;
- who has completed a minimum of one successful evaluation; and
- who has received FHWA or other federal agency approval.
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| 2.8.1 |
Surveys, Research and Documentation
of Historic Buildings, Structures, and Objects – This category
includes surveys, research, and documentation efforts carried out in
accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and
Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (Volume 48 of
the Federal Register, 44716) to comply with §106 (Title 16, United
States Code §470f) of the national Historic Preservation Act of
1966, as amended, and other state and federal historic preservation
related laws and regulations. Associated activities include:
delineation of the area of potential effects for projects with the
potential to affect historic properties; field surveys and
photographic and written documentation on historic properties
located within a project's area of potential effects; development of
historic contexts that provide an organizational and thematic format
for evaluating historic properties; determination of National
Register eligibility for identified historic properties; preparation
of historic documentation on affected properties in accordance with
the documentation requirements of the Historic American Buildings
Survey and the Historic American Engineering Record; evaluation of
the effect of projects on significant properties; and the
development of management and preservation plans for historic
properties. |
The firm must employ one person with
experience working with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (Volume 48
of the Federal Register, 44716), 36 CFR Part 800, and documentation
requirements of the Historic American Buildings Survey and Historic
American Engineering Record and:
- a master’s degree in architectural history, historic
preservation or a closely related field, with course work in
American architectural history and a minimum of one year of direct
experience performing surveys, research or documentation of
historic buildings, structures, and objects;
- a bachelor’s degree in architectural history, historic
preservation or a closely related field, with course work in
American architectural history and a minimum of two years of
direct experience performing surveys, research or documentation of
historic buildings, structures, and objects; or
- a minimum of ten years of direct experience performing
surveys, research, or documentation of historic buildings,
structures, and objects, including scholarly publications and
presentations at professional meetings.
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| 2.9.1 |
Historic Architecture - This
category includes architectural work to ensure compliance with
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation
projects (Volume 48 of the Federal Register, 44716). Associated
activities include detailed investigations of historic structures,
preparation of historic structure research reports, preparation of
plans and specifications for historic preservations projects,
development of management plans for individual properties, and
preparation of measured drawings for affected historic properties. |
The firm must employ a registered
architect:
- with a minimum of two years of full-time experience managing
historic preservation projects; or
- with a minimum of one year of full-time experience managing
historic preservation projects and completion of a minimum of one
year of graduate study in preservation architecture.
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| 2.10.1 |
Archeological Surveys,
Documentation, Excavations, Testing Reports and Data Recovery Plans
– This category includes: reconnaissance or intensive archeological
surveys performed in accordance with the criteria listed in the
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology
and Historic Preservation (1982), Reports Relating to Archeological
Permits in the Rules of Practice and Procedure for the Antiquities
Code of Texas, and performance standards as outlined in the Council
of Texas Archaeologists (CTA) Guidelines; documentation of
operations that use archeological techniques to obtain and record
evidence of human activity or behavior important in history or
prehistory; testing and preparation of testing reports to describe
the results of work following the investigation and evaluation of
archeological sites and/or other historic properties; and data
recovery plans that address appropriate strategies and methodologies
for excavation and data recovery. |
The firm must employ a principal
investigator:
- with a master’s degree in archeology, anthropology, or closely
related field, who has a minimum of one year of full-time
professional experience or equivalent specialized training in
archeological research or administration;
- who has a minimum of one year of supervised field and analytic
experience in archeology;
- who is a professional archeologist who meets the standards of
a principal or co-principal investigator, as defined by state
standards, with a minimum of one year of full-time professional
experience at a supervisory level in archeological resources;
- who has served as principal or co-principal investigator on a
minimum of five archeological projects, or equivalent scope that
were successfully completed under the jurisdiction of the National
Historical Preservation Act, the Antiquities Code of Texas, or an
equivalent law in another state; and
- who has the equipment and personnel necessary to perform the
work.
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| 2.11.1
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Historical and Archival Research
- This category includes historical and archival research on
historic properties or historic archeological sites, the development
of research designs to guide historical research efforts, and the
development of historic contexts to provide an organizational and
thematic format for further research and evaluation of historic
properties and historic archeological sites. |
The firm must employ one person with:
- a master’s degree in history or a closely related field with a
minimum of one year of full-time experience in historical
research, writing, teaching, or other demonstrated professional
historical activity and archival research and documentation;
or
- a bachelor’s degree in history or a closely related field with
a minimum of two years of full-time experience in research,
writing, teaching, interpretation, or other demonstrated
professional activity with an academic institution, historical
organization or agency, museum, or other professional institution,
and a minimum of one year of experience managing historical and
archival research.
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| 2.12.1 |
Socio-Economic and Environmental
Justice Analyses - This category includes: analyzing U. S.
Census data for the affected area; identifying changes in land use,
land values, and the local tax base; identifying impacts to the
business environment to include relocations, construction period
impacts, accessibility issues, and effects to employees and
customers; estimating the number and type of residential
relocations; identifying the availability of comparable replacement
housing in accordance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and
Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970; identifying impacts
to community cohesion and the effects to public facilities and
services; and identifying and addressing disproportionately high and
adverse health and environmental impacts to minority populations and
low-income populations in accordance with Executive Order 12898,
Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority
Populations and Low-income Populations (February 11, 1994). |
The firm must employ one person with:
- a bachelor’s degree in sociology, economics, urban planning,
engineering, or a related field described in this category;
- a minimum of one year of full-time experience performing
socio-economic analysis for environmental documents; and
- knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
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| 2.13.1
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Hazardous Materials Initial Site
Assessment - This category includes the performance of an
initial site assessment to identify known or possible hazardous
materials and determine the potential for encountering them during
project development. The assessment shall be in general accordance
with the American Society for Testing and Materials Environmental
Site Assessment standard practices, ASTM 1528 and 1527, or satisfy
due diligence and appropriate inquiry requirements under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA). The appropriate level of inquiry for assessing
existing and previous land use, regulatory databases (list search)
and files, site visit and/or field surveys, and interviews shall be
made with consideration of project design and right of way
requirements. This category also includes the determination of
whether additional research or investigation is necessary during
subsequent stages of project development. |
The firm must employ one person with:
- a minimum of one year of experience performing Phase I
environmental site assessments/hazardous material assessments; and
- working knowledge of pertinent federal, state and local
environmental laws and regulations, ASTM standard practices for
environmental site assessments, and hazardous material
assessments/investigations.
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2.14.1 |
Environmental Document Preparation
– This category includes the preparation of environmental documents
for transportation projects as identified in §2.43©, (d) and (e) of
this title (relating to Highway Construction Projects – State
Funds). |
The firm must employ one person:
- with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in
environmental studies, urban planning, civil or environmental
engineering, or a related field, and with knowledge of pertinent
federal, state, and local environmental regulations;
- in responsible charge of the review and preparation of, and/or
participation in any management that developed five or more
moderate to large projects which were approved as environmental
assessment-FONSI; or
- in responsible charge of the review and preparation of, and/or
participation in any management that developed 10 or more small to
moderate projects which were approved as environmental
assessment-FONSI; or
- in responsible charge of the review and preparation of, and/or
participation in any management that developed one project which
was approved as an environmental impact statement.
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Group 3 - Schematic Development
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
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The firm must employ
sufficient production staff to perform the work described in the
following categories. |
| 3.1.1 |
Route Studies and Schematic Design
(Minor Roadways) - This category includes the preliminary
alignment and layout of minor roadways as described in Category
4.1.1. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of three years experience in:
- design of minor roadways; and
- capacity and level of service analysis.
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| 3.2.1 |
Route Studies and Schematic Design
(Major Roadways) - This category includes the preliminary
alignment and layout of major roadways as described in Category
4.2.1. |
The firm must employ a minimum of one
professional engineer with three years experience in:
- design of major roadways; and
- capacity and level of service analysis.
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| 3.3.1 |
Route Studies and Schematic Design
(Complex Highways) - This category includes the preliminary
alignment and layout of complex highways as described in Category
4.3.1. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of:
- five years experience in the area of complex highway design;
and
- one year of experience in capacity and level of service
analysis.
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| 3.4.1 |
Minor Bridge Layouts - This
category includes the preliminary alignment and layout of minor
bridges as described in Category 5.1.1. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of three years experience in:
- design of minor roadways; and
- capacity and level of service analysis.
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| 3.5.1 |
Major Bridge Layouts - This
category includes the preliminary alignment and layout of major
bridges as described in Category 5.2.1. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of:
- three years experience in design of major roadways; and
- one year of experience in capacity and level of service
analysis.
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| 3.6.1 |
Multi-Level Interchange and Exotic
Bridge Layout - This category includes the preliminary alignment
and layout of multi-level interchanges as described in Category
5.3.1 and 5.4.1. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of:
- five years experience in complex highway design; and
- one year of experience in capacity and level of service
analysis.
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Group 4 - Roadway Design
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
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The firm must employ
sufficient production staff to perform the work described in the
following categories. |
| 4.1.1 |
Minor Roadway Design - This
category includes the design of small urban and rural roadways
involving repair, resurfacing, and rehabilitation that do not
include major reconstruction, and urban and rural roadways that
involve substantial capacity improvements. Associated activities
include utility relocation and miscellaneous minor design services. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of three years of roadway design experience
on two projects. |
| 4.2.1 |
Major Roadway Design - This
category includes design of urban and rural roadways that involve
major reconstruction or substantial capacity improvements through a
developed area. Associated activities include utility relocation
plans, stormwater permits, maintenance of traffic plans, and traffic
engineering applications. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of three years of roadway design experience
on two separate projects. |
| 4.3.1 |
Complex Highway Design - This
category includes the design of expressways, limited access
facilities, diamond interchanges, freeways, and new roadway and
reconstruction work on complex projects including complex
geometrics. Associated activities include substantial drainage
evaluation and design features, traffic engineering applications,
utility relocation plans, and maintenance of traffic plans. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of four years experience in complex highway
design on two separate projects. |
| 4.4.1 |
Major Freeway Interchanges and
Direct Connectors |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of five years experience in design of a
minimum of two separate projects involving major freeway
interchanges and direct connectors. |
Group 5 – Bridge Design
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
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The firm must employ
sufficient production staff to perform the work described in the
following categories. |
| 5.1.1 |
Minor Bridge Design - This
category includes the design of conventional, non-complex bridges,
bridge replacements, simple bridge widening, railroad overpasses,
non-standard retaining walls, and pedestrian bridges. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of two years structural bridge design
experience after licensure as a professional engineer. |
| 5.2.1 |
Major Bridge Design - This
category includes the design of bridges with complex geometry,
complexity of design, spans less than 350 feet, non-conventional
substructures, substructures requiring ship impact design, design of
dolphins for bridge pier protection, railroad underpasses, complex
bridge widening, steel truss spans, and concrete arch bridges. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of five years of structural bridge design
experience after licensure as a professional engineer. |
| 5.3.1 |
Multi-Level Interchange Design -
This category includes design of bridges with three levels or more. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of seven years of structural bridge design
experience in multi-level interchanges after licensure as a
professional engineer. |
| 5.4.1 |
Exotic Bridge Design - This
category includes the design of bridges with spans greater than 350
feet, suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, precast,
post-tensioned segmental bridges, bridges requiring unique
analytical methods, and movable bridges. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of seven years of structural bridge design
experience in exotic bridge design after licensure as a professional
engineer. |
Group 6 - Bridge Inspection
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
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The firm must employ
sufficient National Highway Institute (NHI) trained bridge
inspectors and other technical personnel as required to perform
inspection of bridges included in this category. |
| 6.1.1 |
Routine Bridge Inspection - This
category includes the inspection of on-system and off-system
bridges, inspection and load rating for culverts, pre-stressed beam
bridges, cast-in-place concrete bridges, steel girder bridges, steel
truss bridges, and timber bridges. |
The firm must employ:
- a project manager who is a registered professional engineer,
is qualified for registration as a professional engineer under the
laws of a state, or has a minimum of 10 years experience in bridge
inspection assignments in a responsible capacity and has completed
the comprehensive NHI training course "Safety Inspection of
In-service Bridges;" and
- a team leader who has the qualifications specified for the
project manager in subdivision (i) of this subparagraph, or a
minimum of five years of experience in bridge inspection
assignments in a responsible capacity and has completed the
comprehensive NIH training course "Safety Inspection of In-service
Bridges," or is currently certified as a Level III or IV Bridge
Safety Inspector under the National Institute for Certification in
Engineering Technologies (NICET).
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| 6.2.1 |
Complex Bridge Inspection - This
category includes the inspection of on-system and off-system
bridges, inspection and load rating for precast segmental
structures, steel arch structures, cable stayed structures, fracture
critical inspections, and movable bridges. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer, to serve as project manager, with a
minimum of seven years of bridge inspection or design experience,
including one year of inspection or design of bridges included in
this category, and who has completed the comprehensive NHI
training course "Safety Inspection of In-service Bridges;" and
- a person to serve as the inspection team leader who has a
minimum of six years of experience in bridge inspection or design,
including one year of inspection or design of bridges included in
this category, and who has completed the comprehensive NHI
training course "Safety Inspection of In-service Bridges" .
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Group 7 - Traffic Engineering and Operations Studies
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| 7.1.1 |
Traffic Engineering Studies -
This category is defined as the study of the traffic operations of a
roadway. Associated activities include preparation of or performance
of traffic counts, signal warrants, collision diagrams, travel time
and delay, capacity and level of service analysis, intersection
analysis, signing, and pavement marking. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with demonstrated experience performing traffic engineering
studies. |
| 7.2.1 |
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Studies
- This category includes the study of the operations of highway-rail
grade crossings. Associated activities include preparation of or
performance of corridor analysis, diagnostic inspections to
determine appropriate type and location of active warning devices,
advance warning signs and pavement markings, and other geometric or
operational improvements. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with demonstrated experience performing highway-rail grade
crossing studies. |
| 7.3.1 |
Traffic Signal Timing - This
category includes analysis, development, and implementation of
timing for traffic signals. Associated activities include data
collection, intersection analysis, computerized timing programs
(development of phase intervals and sequence), and timing
implementation. |
A firm must employ:
- one professional engineer with demonstrated experience in
traffic signal timing and the application and interpretation of
traffic flow and signal timing models; and
- sufficient personnel with experience using traffic engineering
software applications, loading timings into field equipment, and
loading databases into central computers for retiming.
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| 7.4.1 |
Traffic Control Systems Analysis,
Design and Implementation - This category includes the use of
electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer science
and traffic engineering to analyze, design, and implement real-time
traffic control systems. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer with experience in activities
associated with traffic control systems; and
- sufficient production staff to perform these activities.
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| 7.5.1 |
Intelligent
Transportation System - This category includes conducting ITS
planning studies. Associated activities include the study of
transportation systems, identification of ITS applications to
mitigate transportation problems, development of short term and long
term ITS implementation plans, and assessment of the impact of ITS
projects on the transportation system. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer with a background in transportation
engineering and experience in activities associated with the
development of ITS; and
- sufficient production staff to perform these activities.
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Group 8 - Traffic Operations Design
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| 8.1.1 |
Signing, Pavement
Marking and Channelization - This category includes the design
and preparation of plans for signing, pavement marking, and
channelization. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer with a minimum of two years experience in this
category. |
| 8.2.1 |
Illumination - This
category includes the design and preparation of plans for continuous
roadway lighting, safety lighting, underpass lighting, tunnel
lighting, and high mast lighting. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer:
- a minimum of two years experience in design and production of
illumination plans meeting IESNA and AASHTO guidelines; and
- demonstrated experience in electrical engineering and the
National Electric Code.
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| 8.3.1 |
Signalization - This
category includes the design and preparation of plans for traffic
signalization. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer with a minimum of two years experience in the
design and production of traffic signalization. |
| 8.4.1 |
ITS Control Systems
Analysis, Design and Implementation - This category of work
includes the use of transportation engineering, electronics
engineering, and computer science to analyze, design and implement
transportation control systems. Associated activities include system
performance and cost analysis, system hardware and software design,
communication system design, development of management plans,
supervision of system installation and operation, system testing and
debugging, preparation of system documentation, and the training of
operations personnel. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer, with a background in electrical
engineering, system engineering, or software engineering, with a
minimum of two years experience in either the design and
production of ITS plans or the operation of ITS; and
- sufficient personnel with experience in systems engineering,
communications, system integration, or software development for
ITS applications and ITS equipment.
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| 8.5.1 |
Highway-Rail Grade
Crossings - This category includes the design and preparation of
plans for active warning devices, advance warning signs, pavement
markings, and other geometric or operational improvements at
highway-rail crossings. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer with a minimum of two years experience in this
category. |
Group 9 – Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| 9.1.1 |
Bicycle and Pedestrian
Facility Development - This includes the design of bicycle and
pedestrian facilities. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer with a minimum of one year of
experience in the design of bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and
with knowledge of drainage design; and
- sufficient production staff to perform these activities.
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Group 10 - Hydraulic Design and Analysis
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| 10.1.1 |
Hydrologic Studies -
This category includes rainfall, runoff determination, reservoir
routing, and channel routing. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer with:
- a minimum of two years experience in analysis of complex
watersheds.
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| 10.2.1 |
Basic Hydraulic Design
- This category includes storm drain systems, culverts,
sedimentation filtration systems, and detention/retention ponds. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer with:
- a minimum of two years experience in hydrologic analysis,
hydraulic design, and storm water quality evaluation.
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| 10.3.1 |
Complex Hydraulic Design
- This category includes hydraulic design of bridges over waterways,
flood plain analysis, and channel modifications. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer with:
- a minimum of two years experience in river geomorphology,
sediment transport and scour analysis, flood plain analysis, river
training techniques, and federal and state regulations and permit
compliance.
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| 10.4.1
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Pump Stations-Hydraulics
- This category includes the design of pump stations for conveyance
of storm waters. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer with a minimum of two years
experience in hydrologic analysis and storm drain and pump station
design.
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| 10.4.2 |
Pump Stations-Electrical
– This category includes the design of pump motor control centers,
controls, generators, and large distribution equipment stations for
conveyance of storm water. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer with:
- a minimum of five years experience in the design of large
motor control centers and generating equipment, the National
Electrical Code, and control systems.
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| 10.4.3 |
Pump Stations-Structures
– This category includes the structural design of walls, roofs,
foundations, and wells of pump stations for conveyance of storm
water. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer with:
- a minimum of two years of structural pump stations design
experience.
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| 10.5.1 |
Bridge Scour Evaluations
and Analysis - This category includes hydrologic analysis,
channel and bridge hydraulic analysis and sediment transport
modeling for evaluating the potential for scour of bridges. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer with:
- a minimum of two years experience, after licensure as a
professional engineer, in river geomorphology, sediment transport
and scour analysis, and flood plain analysis.
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Group 11 - Construction Management
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| The firm must employ sufficient
technical personnel with construction engineering inspection
experience to staff projects under this category of work. |
| 11.1.1 |
Roadway Construction
Management and Inspection - This category includes the
performance of construction management duties for all categories of
roadways and highways, and minor bridges as described in Category
5.1.1. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer with a minimum of two years of responsible
charge experience as a project engineer on roadway and bridge
construction projects. |
| 11.2.1 |
Major Bridge
Construction, Management and Inspection - This category includes
the performance of construction management duties for major bridges,
multi-level interchanges, and exotic bridges as described in
Category 5.2.1. |
The firm must employ one
professional engineer with a minimum of two years demonstrated major
bridge construction experience after licensure as a professional
engineer. |
Group 12 - Materials Inspection and Testing
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| 12.1 |
Material Testing - The firm must
have available in-house equipment and employ qualified, certified
staff necessary to perform the work specified in this category. |
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| 12.1.1 |
Asphaltic Concrete - This
category includes testing of asphaltic concrete material. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of three years of experience in testing
roadway construction materials and a minimum of one person with the
proper Hot Mix Asphalt Specialist Certification (Level 1A minimum). |
| 12.1.2 |
Portland Cement Concrete - This
category includes testing of Portland cement concrete. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of three years of experience in testing
roadway and bridge construction materials, and one person with the
proper concrete certification (ACI certification Grade 1). |
| 12.2.1 |
Plant Inspection and Testing -
This category includes inspection of the following types of
facilities and inspection of materials and finished products within
these facilities: fabrication plants, mines and quarries, mills,
refineries, processors, and producers. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer with a minimum of three years of
responsible experience in inspection and testing bridge and
roadway construction materials; and
- sufficient technical personnel with construction engineering
experience to properly staff this type of work.
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Group 14 – Geotechnical Services
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Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| 14.1.1 |
Soil Exploration - This category
includes acquisition and reporting of subsurface material to be used
for the planning, design, construction, and performance of
transportation facilities. The field classification of materials and
acquisition of soil and rock samples is also included. |
The firm must:
- employ one professional engineer with a minimum of one year
demonstrated experience in the activities normally associated with
the category under consideration; and
- have available the equipment necessary to perform the work.
|
| 14.2.1 |
Geotechnical Testing – This
category includes sampling and conducting tests on soil and rock
according to the department’s approved procedures for the purpose of
classifying materials and/or identifying their physical properties. |
The firm must:
- employ one professional engineer with a minimum of one year
demonstrated experience in the activities normally associated with
the category under consideration; and
- have available in-house equipment and employ qualified staff
necessary to perform the work.
|
| 14.3.1 |
Transportation Foundation Studies
- This category includes producing reports which contain selection
of the type and depth of foundation for bridges, retaining walls,
signs, and other types of transportation foundations. Working with
bearing capacity, predicted settlement, stabilization, and
construction on soft ground will be required. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of three years demonstrated experience in
the activities normally associated with this category. |
| 14.4.1 |
Building Foundation Studies
-This category includes producing reports which contain selection of
the type and depth of foundation for buildings. Working with bearing
capacity, predicted settlement, stabilization and construction on
soft ground will be required. |
The firm must employ one professional
engineer with a minimum of three years demonstrated experience in
the activities normally associated with this category. |
Group 15 - Surveying and Mapping
|
Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| 15.1 |
Right of Way Surveys
- This category includes the performance of on the ground surveys
and preparation of parcel maps, legal descriptions, and right of way
maps. |
The firm must employ one
registered professional land surveyor and two technical personnel,
all with demonstrated experience in the applicable category of work
and the following subcategories: |
| 15.1.1 |
Survey |
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| 15.1.2 |
Parcel Plats |
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| 15.1.3 |
Legal Descriptions; and |
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| 15.1.4 |
Right of Way Maps |
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| 15.2.1 |
Design and Construction
Survey - This category includes performance of surveys
associated with the gathering of survey data for topography,
cross-sections, and other related work in order to design a project,
or during layout and staking of projects for
construction. |
The firm must:
- employ one registered professional land surveyor with a
minimum of one year experience in roadway construction staking;
- employ sufficient staff to undertake the requirements normally
associated with this type of work; and
- employ sufficient technical production staff to perform this
type of work.
- have available the proper equipment to perform the work
|
| 15.3.1 |
Aerial Mapping -
This category involves the collection and reduction of aerial survey
data, and preparation of site maps and topographic maps. Associated
activities include category 15.4.1. |
The firm must:
- employ sufficient lead technical personnel with a minimum of
five years of experience each in aerial mapping;
- have available the proper equipment meeting national mapping
standards and other equipment required to perform the work; and
- employ significant technical production staff to perform this
type of work.
|
| 15.4.1 |
Horizontal and Vertical
Control for Aerial Mapping - This category involves the
establishment of the horizontal and vertical control for aerial
mapping. |
The firm must:
- employ one registered professional land surveyor;
- have available the proper equipment to perform the work; and
- employ sufficient staff to undertake the requirements normally
associated with this type of work.
|
| 15.5.1 |
State Land Surveying
- This category includes
the performance of land surveying associated with “the location or
relocation of original land grant boundaries and corners; the
calculation of area and the preparation of field note descriptions
of both surveyed and unsurveyed land or any land in which the state
or the public free school fund has an interest; the preparation of
maps showing such survey results; and the field notes and/or maps of
which are to be filed in the General Land Office,” as quoted in the
Surveyors Act. |
The firm must employ one
licensed state land surveyor with demonstrated experience in state
land surveying as defined in the category description. |
Group 16 – Architecture
|
Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| Buildings and other structures |
| 16.1.1 |
Architecture – This
category includes architectural services for buildings and other
related structures such as, but not limited to, radio towers, fuel
island canopies equipment slabs, equipment and/or material storage
structures. |
The firm must employ
sufficient project management and technical staff to provide
services normally associated with this type of work. The firm must
employ one registered architect with a minimum of two years
experience in the areas identified. |
Group 18 – Miscellaneous
|
Work Category |
Category Description |
Certification Requirements |
| 18.1.1 |
Value Engineering
- This category includes the study of transportation related
projects or selected processes by multi-disciplined teams to
determine the most cost effective use of resources to accomplish the
given functions. |
The firm must employ:
- one professional engineer who:
- is a certified value specialist with experience in the value
engineering process and team leadership related to transportation
projects as evidenced by having conducted a minimum of five
transportation related value engineering studies, including one
freeway project exceeding $20 million initial estimated cost;
- has taught a minimum of two transportation related value
engineering classes in the last five years; and
- has knowledge of and experience with federal, state, and local
regulations, public involvement, professional engineering
standards, project management, and cost estimating related to
transportation projects; and
- sufficient production staff to perform transportation related
value engineering team leadership, produce final value engineering
study reports, and teach classes on the principles and practices
of value engineering.
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| 18.2.1 |
Subsurface Utility
Engineering – This category involves the determination of
vertical and horizontal locations of subsurface utilities by
non-destructive methods |
The firm must:
- employ one professional engineer with at least two years experience
in subsurface utility engineering;
- have available the proper equipment to accomplish
non-destructive investigation methods to obtain horizontal and
vertical locations of subsurface utilities and related subsurface
utility engineering tasks.
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