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Title: California Department of Transportation Division of Traffic Operations Office of Signs, Markings and Permits Signs and Work Zones Branch Greg Edwards (916) 654-3507 greg_edwards@dot.ca.gov


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California Department of TransportationDivision
of Traffic OperationsOffice of Signs, Markings
and PermitsSigns and Work Zones BranchGreg
Edwards(916) 654-3507greg_edwards_at_dot.ca.gov
2006 CONTRACTOR-FURNISHED SIGNS TRAINING
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Introduction
This slide show covers fundamental considerations
for preparing a PSE that includes
contractor-furnished signs. This module is
designed for practitioners who already possess a
rudimentary knowledge and understanding of
traffic sign specification sheets, contract
plans, standard specifications, standard plans
and special provisions. We encourage
practitioners to incorporate contractor-furnished
signs in PSEs as soon as practicable. We plan
to phase-out the state-furnished option by
January 2007. The state-furnished option will be
available until then for ease of transition.
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How will Districts order signs when the
state-furnished option is gone?
  • The Division of Traffic Operations will continue
    to maintain procurement contracts so that
    Districts can order replacement signs for
    maintenance purposes
  • About 25 percent of signs currently ordered under
    procurement contracts as state-furnished signs
    are for construction projects

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History
In continuation of efforts to have contractors
furnish materials, a multi-functional team was
formed to work out process details for conversion
to contractor-furnished overhead guide signs.
The team held its first meeting on March 29,
2001. The multi-functional team met on four
separate occasions to plan and resolve issues.
The team completed a preliminary draft of special
provisions on December 6, 2001. The team also
recommended that conversion to contractor-furnishe
d signs should cover all signs, not just overhead
signs. Since then, the Division of Traffic
Operations has worked with Office Engineer,
Structures, the Transportation Laboratory and
others to create new and revised Standard Plans
and Special Provisions, which were first issued
in July 2004. The May 2006 (U.S. Customary)
Standard Plans and Special Provisions also
incorporate contractor-furnished signs as an
option to state-furnished signs.
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Process Prior to 2004
  • The contractor furnished and installed temporary
    Construction Area Signs (1999 Standard
    Specifications 12-4.01, Paragraph 8)
  • The state furnished permanent overhead panel
    signs (including mounting hardware) and the
    contractor installed panels on sign structures
    (1999 Standard Specifications 56-1.06, Paragraphs
    1, 2 3)
  • The state furnished permanent roadside signs and
    the contractor furnished mounting hardware and
    installed signs on posts (1999 Standard
    Specifications 56-2.04, Paragraphs 1 and 5)
  • The state furnished formed panel signs with
    removable sign panel frame attached (1999 SSP
    56-620)
  • The state furnished sign panel overlays (1999 SSP
    56-700)

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What Changed?
  • The contractor can furnish permanent signs
    instead of the State
  • When specified in the PSE, the contractor
    furnishes permanent overhead and/or roadside
    signs (including hardware)
  • Latest tools for doing this
  • 2006 Standard Plans S81 to S95
  • 2006 Special Provisions 56-800 series
  • New BEES items for furnishing signs
  • Note For use in conjunction with other 2006
    Special Provisions and BEES items for
    installation of signs. The new tools are for
    furnishing sign panels and hardware, but do not
    include installation of signs.

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Latest BEES Items for Furnishing Signs
  • Removable Sign Panel Frame (for Formed Panel
    Signs)
  • 560205 Install Removable Sign Panel Frame
  • 560206 Furnish Removable Sign Panel Frame with
    Sign Panels Attached
  • Formed Panel Signs
  • 560232 Furnish Formed Panel Sign (Roadside)
  • 560233 Furnish Formed Panel Sign (Overhead)
  • Laminated Panel Signs
  • 560244 Furnish Laminated Panel Sign (1"-type A)
  • 560245 Furnish Laminated Panel Sign (1"-type B)
  • 560246 Furnish Laminated Panel Sign (21/2"-type
    B)
  • 560247 Furnish Laminated Panel Sign (21/2 "-type
    H)
  • Single Sheet Aluminum Signs
  • 560248 Furnish Single Sheet Aluminum Sign
    (0.063"-unframed)
  • 560249 Furnish Single Sheet Aluminum Sign
    (0.080"-unframed)
  • 560250 Furnish Single Sheet Aluminum Sign
    (0.125"-unframed)
  • 560251 Furnish Single Sheet Aluminum Sign
    (0.063"-framed)
  • 560252 Furnish Single Sheet Aluminum Sign
    (0.080"-framed)
  • Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Panel Signs
  • 560253 Furnish Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic
    Panel Sign (0.135")

Installation is a separate bid item and is not
covered under above items
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Does this Mean that Signs Arent State-Furnished
Anymore?
  • The option for signs to be state-furnished will
    remain until January 2007.
  • Currently, editing instructions in the following
    2006 Special Provisions allow for either the
    option of state-furnished or contractor-furnished
    signs
  • S4-040 BEGINNING OF WORK, TIME OF COMPLETION AND
    LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
  • 15-390 RECONSTRUCT SIGN STRUCTURE
  • 56-500 ROADSIDE SIGNS
  • 56-600 INSTALL ROADSIDE SIGN PANEL ON EXISTING
    POST
  • 56-610 INSTALL SIGN PANEL ON EXISTING FRAME
  • 56-620 INSTALL REMOVABLE SIGN PANEL FRAME
  • 56-700 INSTALL SIGN OVERLAY
  • For the state-furnished option, the process for
    preparing the PSE, ordering and delivering signs
    to the work site remains the same as before.
  • For the contractor-furnished option, there are
    some additional plan sheets and special
    provisions needed in contract plans, which this
    slide show covers.

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Why Contractor-Furnished Signs?
  • Bypasses Caltrans procurement process
  • Less Caltrans warehousing/handling
  • Contractor schedules/delivers signs to work site
  • Contractor works direct with the manufacturer
  • Minimizes potential for contract delay due to
    late delivery of signs to work site
  • Allows for more participation by various sign
    manufacturers throughout California
  • Increases competition

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Whats the Downside?
  • Two processes instead of one
  • Procurement contracts for maintenance
  • Standard plans and special provisions for highway
    construction projects
  • Additional special provisions and plan sheets
    required in PSE
  • Time and resource issues related to maintaining
    two processes instead of one
  • Quality control

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How Does all of this Affect Construction Area
Signs?
  • Construction Area Signs have always been
    contractor-furnished signs, however there are
    changes
  • 2006 Special Provisions 56-800, 810, 820, 830,
    and 840 contain the Departments Specifications
    for Reflective Sheeting Aluminum Signs formerly
    referenced in the sixth paragraph of 1999 Std.
    Spec. 12-3.06A
  • 56-800 also provides internet locations where the
    contractor can obtain sign specification sheets
    formerly referenced in the sixth paragraph of
    1999 Std. Spec. 12-3.06A
  • 2006 Standard Plans S93, S94, and S95 contain the
    Framing Details for Sheet Aluminum Signs
    formerly referenced in the sixth paragraph of
    1999 Std. Spec. 12-3.06A

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Web Links
  • Office Engineer web links for
  • May 2006 U.S. Customary
  • Standard Specifications, Standard Plans and
    Special Provisions
  • http//www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/specs_html/2006_sp
    ecs.html
  • For Contractor-Furnished Signs
  • Sections 12 56 of the Standard Specifications
  • 12-003 56-800 Series of Standard Special
    Provisions
  • S81 to S95 of the Standard Plans

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Contract Plans
  • When the contractor furnishes signs, the contract
    plan sheets must provide the same information
    shown on a typical Sign/Installation Order form
    (example shown on next slide).
  • Drawing of the sign
  • Quantity of signs
  • Sign code number
  • Sign size
  • Color and type of sheeting for background and
    legend
  • Base panel type/gauge
  • Legend size/type
  • Degree of arrow placement
  • Note The District Sign Coordinator prepares
    Sign/Installation Orders for signs ordered under
    state procurement contracts for maintenance needs
    or when signs are state-furnished to construction
    contractors. Do not issue Sign/Installation
    Order when the contractor furnishes signs.

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Typical Sign/Installation Order
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Below is an example of a spreadsheet summarizing
material requirements needed by a contractor to
fabricate signs. The spreadsheet provides the
same information shown on sign/installation
orders (previous slide), however, in a format
designed for use in contract plans when the
contractor furnishes signs.
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This is the same spreadsheet shown on the
previous slide. The signs highlighted in yellow
are variable message signs. The contract plans
MUST SHOW the layout for variable message signs
when the contractor furnishes signs. The next
slide shows an example layout for the variable
message sign at locations 4 and 24 shown below in
yellow.
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Under revision to U.S. Customary
Example of Layout for a Variable Message Sign
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The signs highlighted in blue are standardized
signs. The contract plans DO NOT need to show
the layout for standardized signs. Special
Provision 56-800 references Caltrans and federal
(MUTCD) web sites where the contractor can obtain
layouts for standardized signs. The Description
(Remarks) column below provides additional
information necessary to complete a standardized
sign. For example (below), ( 5 ) for the route
number on the G27-2(CA) and ( 50 ) for the
speed limit on the federal (MUTCD) W13-2. The
next 3 slides show the standardized layouts for
the signs highlighted in blue.
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This slide and the next two slides show
standardized layouts for the signs highlighted in
blue on previous slide. These are also called
traffic sign specifications or sign specification
sheets.
You'll find these in the federal Standard
Highway Signs Book
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This is a non-federal sign so you'll only find it
on our website
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You'll find these in the federal Standard
Highway Signs Book
Please note the TTC COLORS shown on the W3-1
specification sheet. TTC stands for Temporary
Traffic Control. Also, note that the TTC color
is not shown on the W13-2. SSP 12-003 requires
all construction area warning and guide signs to
be orange in color with notable exceptions.
Also, Standard Plans for Traffic Control (T10 to
T14) have similar notation all temporary
warning signs shall have black legend on orange
background.
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Sign Specification Sheets
  • Sign specification sheets for variable message
    signs and standardized signs are available on the
    internet.
  • SSP 56-800 references the internet sites as
    follows
  • Traffic Sign Specifications for signs referenced
    with California sign codes
  • (i.e., non-federal signs) can be found at
    the Department's internet site
  • http//www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/signdel
    /specs.htm
  • Traffic Sign Specifications for signs referenced
    with federal (MUTCD) sign
  • codes can be found in the Federal Highway
    Administration (FHWA)
  • Standard Highway Signs book at the
    following internet site
  • http//mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/ser-shs_millennium_eng.h
    tm
  • Additionally, a cross reference list is available
    at the same web address shown above for the
    Departments internet site. We will talk about
    this more an upcoming slide.

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Under revision to U.S. Customary
EXAMPLE PLAN SHEET for VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN
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Under revision to U.S. Customary
EXAMPLE PLAN SHEET for VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN
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Under revision to U.S. Customary
EXAMPLE PLAN SHEET for VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN
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Under revision to U.S. Customary
EXAMPLE QUANTITY SHEET
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The following Standard Plans, Special Provisions
and BEES Items would need to be included in the
PSE for the example contract plans sheets shown
on previous slides
  • 2006 Special Provisions (for furnishing signs)
  • 56-800 Furnish Sign
  • 56-810 Sheet Aluminum
  • 56-820 Retroreflective Sheeting
  • 56-830 Process Color and Film
  • 56-840 Single Sheet Aluminum Sign
  • 56-860 Laminated Panel Sign
  • 56-880 Measurement and Payment
  • 2006 Standard Plans
  • S82 Roadside Laminated Type B
  • S84 Roadside Laminated Type H
  • S85 Seam Closure and Post spacing
  • S86 Extrusion Details
  • S93 to S95 Single Sheet Aluminum Signs
  • BEES Items (for furnishing signs)
  • 560245 Furnish Laminated Panel Sign (1 - Type
    B)
  • 560247 Furnish Laminated Panel Sign (21/2 -
    Type H)
  • 560248 Furnish Single Sheet Aluminum Sign (0.063
    - Unframed)
  • 560249 Furnish Single Sheet Aluminum Sign (0.080
    - Unframed)
  • 560251 Furnish Single Sheet Aluminum Sign (0.063
    - Framed)
  • 560252 Furnish Single Sheet Aluminum Sign (0.080
    - Framed)

For a complete listing of these and other
related Special Provisions for installation of
signs go to http//www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/sig
ntech/signdel/contractorfurnished.htmstdplans
REMEMBER INSTALLATION IS A SEPARATE BID ITEM
COVERED UNDER OTHER STANDARD PLANS, SSPs AND BEES
ITEMS NOT SHOWN HERE
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Should Federal (MUTCD) or Caltrans Sign Codes be
Referenced on Plans?
  • Federal (MUTCD) sign codes became effective on
    May 20, 2004. The latest Standard Plans and SSPs
    utilize the new codes.
  • Use California sign codes only when there is no
    equivalent federal (MUTCD) sign code. California
    sign codes are appended with (CA).

Several slides back on slide entitled, Sign
Specification Sheets, we listed web links where
you can find California and federal (MUTCD) sign
specification sheets (and cross-reference)
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Using Cross-Reference Lists
Caltrans adopted a portion of the MUTCD signs,
but not all. In the Cross-Reference Sign Lists,
Caltrans adopted the MUTCD sign for those sign
codes that indicate a MUTCD code and we recommend
that the MUTCD sign specification sheet be used
instead of the Caltrans sign specification sheet.
In other words, Caltrans has retired the
California sign codes and specifications for
those signs that were replaced with an adopted
MUTCD equivalent sign. As a courtesy, the
California sign code is made available only for
reference purpose during this transition. For
example, the California W41(CA) Signal Ahead sign
is equivalent to the MUTCD W3-3 sign. Caltrans
retired the W41(CA) sign code and its
specification. Practitioners should use the
MUTCD W3-3 sign and specification, which is
available in the Standard Highway Signs 2004
Edition for the W3-3 sign. The California
W41(CA) sign is identified throughout the
California Supplement as a W3-3 sign to show the
MUTCD sign code preference. The W41(CA)
designation appears only in the Cross-Reference
Sign List of the California Supplement and
nowhere else in the California Supplement. For
those California signs that do not have a MUTCD
sign code (shown as "None"), continue using the
California sign code and specification, because
there is no equivalent MUTCD sign. Caltrans has
some unique signs that the FHWA does not offer in
the MUTCD. For example, the California W43(CA)
ICY sign will continue to be used and its
specification maintained by Caltrans as there is
no equivalent MUTCD sign available to replace it.
The California W43(CA) sign is identified
throughout the California Supplement as a W43(CA
Code) to distinguish it from the MUTCD sign codes.
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Quality Control Measures
The 56-800 series Special Provisions incorporate
many quality control measures for
contractor-furnished signs. This slide and the
next slide show excerpts from the 56-800 series
regarding quality control.
XE 56-800_E_A01-05-06 No later than 14 days
before sign fabrication, the Contractor shall
submit a written copy of the quality control plan
for signs to the Transportation Laboratory,
Materials Engineering and Testing Services
(METS), telephone (916) 227-7291. METS will have
10 days to review the quality control plan. Sign
fabrication shall not begin until METS approves
the Contractor's quality control plan in writing.
The Contractor shall submit to the Engineer at
least 3 copies of the approved quality control
plan. The quality control plan shall include,
but not be limited to the following
requirements A. Identification of the party
responsible for quality control of
signs, B. Basis of acceptance for incoming raw
materials at the fabrication facility, C. Type,
method and frequency of quality control testing
at the fabrication
facility, D. List (by manufacturer and product
name) of process colors, protective
overlay film, retroreflective sheeting and black
non-reflective film, E. Recommended cleaning
procedure for each product, and F. Method of
packaging, transport and storage for signs.
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Quality Control Measures (contd)
XE 56-800_E_A01-05-06 The Department will
inspect signs at the Contractor's facility and
delivery location, and in accordance with
Section 6, "Control of Materials," of the
Standard Specifications. The Engineer will
inspect signs for damage and defects before and
after installation.
When requested, the Contractor shall provide the
Engineer test samples of signs and materials used
at various stages of production. Sign samples
shall be 12" x 12" in size with applied
background, letter or numeral, and border strip.
XE 56-810_E_A01-05-06 The Contractor shall
furnish the Engineer a Certificate of Compliance
in conformance with Section 6-1.07, "Certificates
of Compliance," of the Standard Specifications
for the sheet aluminum.
XE 56-820_E_A01-05-06 When the color of the
retroreflective sheeting determined from
instrumental testing is in dispute, the
Engineer's visual test will govern.
XE 56-830_E_A01-05-06 The Contractor shall
furnish the Engineer a Certificate of Compliance
in accordance to Section 6-1.07, "Certificates of
Compliance," of the Standard Specifications for
the screened process color, non-reflective opaque
black film, and protective overlay film.
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Retroreflectivity is Important
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Examples - Black on White

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Examples - White on Red
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RESOURCES
  • There is much information on the FHWA website
    (search under "retroreflectivity")
  • http//www.fhwa.dot.gov/
  • Preapproved retroreflective sheetings are listed
    on our QPL
  • http//www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/approved_products_lis
    t/
  • 3M, Avery Dennison, and Nippon Carbide each have
    web sites, which are good information sources for
    retroreflective sheetings, films and process
    colors. Their representatives (below) would be
    glad to provide technical assistance.
  • Dennis Anderson ( 3M )
  • d-anderson_at_mmm.com
  • (909) 964-9512 Cell
  • Christopher Eames
  • christopher.eames_at_averydennison.com
  • (949) 331-3880
  • Tony Acetta ( Nippon Carbide )
  • sales_at_publicworksmarketing.net
  • (949) 460-9604

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FLUORESCENT COLORS
Fluorescent yellow-green colored signs can be
used on permanent warning signs for pedestrians,
bicyclists, playgrounds, school buses, and
schools. Fluorescent orange (or fluorescent
red-orange) colored signs can be used on
construction area (or temporary) signs.
Fluorescent colors appear brighter than regular
colors during daylight hours. Fluorescent colors
have no advantage over regular colors during
hours of darkness. For this reason, fluorescent
colored signs must ALSO be retroreflective for
nighttime usage.
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Fluorescent Orange (or Fluorescent
Red-Orange)Colored Signs
Regular Orange
Fluorescent Orange
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Fluorescent Yellow-GreenColored Signs
Regular Yellow
Fluorescent Yellow-Green
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Other Useful Web Sites
  • Individual policies for signs and pavement
    markings are contained in the California Manual
    on Uniform Traffic Control Devices ( California
    MUTCD)
  • http//www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/mutcd
    supp/ca_mutcd.htm
  • California Sign Charts for common signs
  • http//www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtec
    h/signdel/signchart.html
  • Federal 2004 Standard Highway Signs Book --
    includes federal Sign Specification sheets,
    Standard Alphabets and Arrows
  • http//mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/ser-shs_millenni
    um_eng.htm
  • California Sign Specification sheets (for signs
    not found in the federal 2004 Standard Highway
    Signs Book)
  • http//www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech
    /signdel/specs.htm

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