The NYS Department of Transportation is implementing Trns•port SiteManager, including both Construction and Materials functionality. Implementation of standard AASHTO software enables SiteManager to allow revising this agency’s practices to be more consistent with industry-accepted best practices. To embrace the future that is SiteManager, the Geotechnical Engineering Bureau is changing how some of its specifications are written to align them with most Standard Specifications, which separate materials from pay items.
EI 09-027 assigned the material specifications related to underdrain filter material to Specification §733-20. To complete the specification change, the material requirements are being removed from Section 605, which will now reference the appropriate subsection of Section 700. This will align the specification with SiteManager’s methodology in defining its Material Codes and Pay Items, with Items referring to one or many materials.
