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Annex I
Survey, Investigation and
Engineering Design Checklist

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CHECKLIST NO.1:
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYING

Description of Work Item to be Checked Yes No

1. Are topographic survey and mapping performed, recorded and plotted in the metric units?  

2. Are the Points of National Grid System identified and used to connect the project with the  
national grid system?

3. Did the team establish the Control Points using GPS?  

4. Had appropriate monument been used and established for the project?  

5. Does the Z-value of Control points established by leveling instrument?  

6. Did the topographic surveying give due consideration to the following?  

a. Projection and property boundaries;  

b. Project location, size, terrain, and vegetative cover;  

c. Density and accuracy of existing control points;  

d. Data formatting, transfer, and storage.  

7. Are the following elements addressed in the topographic surveying?  

a. Existing Control Points:  

- Accuracy?  

- Accessibility?  

b. Proposed Methods and Procedures  

- Equipment?  

- Personnel?  

- Safety?  

- Work instruction including minimum width of strip?  

- Data Processing?  

8. Has the data been evaluated and results are in acceptable limits of error (accuracy and  
precision)?
9. Is the data compatible with current existing computer program?  

From Contractor From Employer’s Representative

Position Name Signature Date Name Signature Date

Senior Surveyor

Highway Eng.

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CHECKLIST NO.2:
GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION AND PAVEMENT DESIGN

Description of Work Item to be Checked Yes No

A. Geotechnical Investigation

1. Are the geological conditions of the project site described?  

2. Does the summary of all surface and subsurface exploration data describe  

a. Sub grade soil extension including rock out crop?  

b. Subsurface soil profiles?;  

c. Sampling depths and locations?;  

d. Laboratory and/or in-situ test result?  

3. Have the surface and subsurface data been interpreted and analyzed of, including?  

a. Laboratory and in-situ testing?  

b. Analysis and determination of the geo-technical parameters, including, strength, settlement?  

c. Determination of suitability of cut materials  

d. Evaluation and recommendations for problem soils  

4. Comparison of alternative foundation types,  

5. Presence of scour and estimation of depth?  

6. Stability of slopes and methods of stabilization under consideration?  

7. Collection of pertinent information concerning existing substructures when alternatives are proposed?  

8. A compilation of site photographs?  

B. Pavement Design

1. Is performance of existing pavement considered if any?  

2. Is the design sub grade CBR determined making use of sufficient and laboratory?  

3. Is the availability of locally construction materials considered during the pavement design?  

4. Is the final pavement design recommended after making comparisons with internationally accepted  
pavement design manuals?

5. Is the climatic conditions and drainage considered?  

6. Is due consideration given to the environment?  

7. Is pavement reliability discussed?  

From Contractor From Employer’s Representative

Position Name Signature Date Name Signature Date

Material/Pav. Eng.

Geotechnical Eng.

Highway Eng.

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CHECKLIST NO.3:
HYDROLOGICAL/HYDRAULICS STUDIES

Description of Work Item to be Checked Yes No

1. Are the following data collected  
- Meteorological Data from relevant source  
- Surveyed high water marks  
- Hydrology data from relevant sources  
- Topographic Maps and Aerial Photos  
- Geological Maps  
- Soils Maps  
- Land use/cover Maps  
2. Is Hydrologic/Hydraulics field survey made to identify?  
- Flow Concentration?  
- Observation of land use and related flood hazards?  
- Geomorphic relationships?  
- High-water marks or profiles and related frequencies?  
3. Is the collected info includes the following?  
- Date of field visit  
- Project name  
- Structure type  
- Size or span  
- Skew  
- Inlet condition  
- Outlet  
- Abutment types  
- Inlet type  
- Existing waterway cover  
- Check for debris  
- Up or downstream restriction  
- Height of banks  
- Outlet channel  
- Manning’s value  
- Type of stream bed material  
- Ponding  
- Bridges upstream and downstream  
- Catchments land use  

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4. Is a site described for:-  

- Cross Drain?  
- Storm Drain?  
- Channel Change?  
5. Is survey data source identified as field or aerial?  
6. Is number of aerial photo used shown?  
7. Are special requirements and problems identified?  
- Hydrologic boundary-obtain hydrologic channel geometry  
- Adverse Flood History-obtain hydrologic channel geometry  
- Structure Scour-check flow alignment, scour at culvert outlet, evidence of bridge  
scour
8. Is damage to property studied?  
9. Ground photos taken?  
10. Flood design recurrence interval  
11. Had the existing system been identified and evaluated?  
12. Are proposed structures described?  
13. Are utility conflicts solved?  
14. Are maintainability of proposed structures checked?  
15. Are the methodologies used during hydrological and hydraulic studies appropriate?  

From Contractor From Employer’s Representative

Position Name Signature Date Name Signature Date

Hydrologist

Highway Eng.

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CHECKLIST NO.4:
GEOMETRIC DESIGN

Description of Work Item to be Checked Yes No

1. Is the surveying data checked?  
2. Are the geometric conditions of an existing road examined?  
3. Has the design standard been selected based on the functional class of the road  
and anticipated traffic?
4. Does the selected standard fit into environment and road hierarchy?  
5. Does the selected standard appropriate for the traffic type and volume?  
6. Does sufficient right-of-way exist, or can it be obtained?  
7. Are the cross-section widths adequate for the levels of traffic flow predicted?  
8. Have cross-sections been widened at sharp horizontal curves?  
9. Does the design include adequate shoulders?  
10. Are side slope and back slopes adequate?  
11. Does the cross section provide for drainage?  
12. Are stopping sight distances along the road above the minimum values required  
for the design speeds for both horizontal and vertical alignments?
13. Are the radius of horizontal curves, with super elevation where required, above  
the minimum values identified for the design speed?
14. Have reverse curves, broken-back curves, and compound curves been avoided?  
15. Are isolated curves of sufficient radius?  
16. Is super elevation according to standards?  
17. Are the vertical curves adequate for the design speeds?  
18. Are the gradients below the max. Permissible value?  
19. Are the gradients as indicated on cross-sections and longitudinal sections  
sufficient to avoid standing water?
20. Is road access too open or too restricted?  
21. Do the combined geometric design elements produce a consistent and safe  
alignment?
22. Will the road allow safe driving in darkness?  
23. Will the design lead to reduced severity in the event of an accident?  
24. Does the junction design minimize potential conflicts to the extent  
possible/practical?
25. Is the type of junction selected appropriate for the conditions present?  
26. Do the junction approaches provide adequate visibility?  
27. Does the junction cater to the needs of pedestrians and non motorized vehicles  
as required?
28. Have turning lanes been considered?  
29. Has pedestrian usage been estimated, and have appropriate facilities been  
provided for pedestrian and non-motorized safety both along and across the

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road?
30. Has provision been made for the placement of utilities?  
31. Have traffic signs, signals, road markings and guideposts been provided?  
32. Have centerline and edge line markings been designed which give adequate  
guidance/control for drivers?
33. Has adequate provision been made for the provision of bus lay-byes, and for  
parked and stopped vehicles?
34. Are railway crossings adequately designed?  
35. Have guardrails been considered, especially at bridge approaches?  
36. Is the any scope for the installation of emergency escape ramps been  
considered?
37. Have speed limit zones, safety barriers, and emergency escape ramps been  
considered?
38. Are departures from standards necessary? Have these been documented and  
has proper action been taken?

From Contractor From Employer’s Representative

Position Name Signature Date Name Signature Date

Highway Eng.

Highway Eng.
/PM/RE

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CHECKLIST NO.5:
BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES DESIGN

Description of Work Item to be Checked Yes No

1. General Bridge Design Checklist  
2. Was site visit made by appropriate personnel?  
3. Did a structural recommendation address depending on how far the design has  
progressed:
a. Optimization of materials?  
b. Type of efficient expansion deck joint system?  
c. Type of bearing system?  
d. Special construction methods when adjacent structures may be impacted?  
e. Aesthetic treatment?  
f. Potential maintenances issues?  
g. Constructability issues?  
h. Impact of the general concept of traffic control plans on the bridge  
construction?
i. Special details?  
j. Seismic considerations?  
k. Waterway opening?  
l. Scour considerations?  
m. Use of high performance materials; such as high performance steel or high  
performance concrete?
n. Substructure sheeting, including abutment and pier types?  
4. Does Design Specification include?  
a. Design Loading (Dead and Live loads and impact vessel)?  
b. Design Stresses (All structure elements)?  
c. Material (All Structure elements)?  
d. Future wearing surface?  
e. Seismic Data?  
f. Recommended foundation criteria?  
5. Are the following included:  
a. Bridge roadway and sidewalk?  
b. Slab thickness?  
c. Beam size, spacing, type and material?  
d. Type and size of rail, parapets, wing walls  
e. Type of bearings (elastometric or Steel)  
f. Geometry (Cross slope/super elevation)  
g. Staging details with barrier to be used  

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6. Does plan view include  

a. Span length, skew and width of structure  
b. Station equation for intersecting baselines  
c. Baseline stationing on bridge and feature intersected  
d. Roadway and shoulder dimensions  
e. Location of point of minimum vertical clearance  
f. Critical lateral clearance
g. Size and location of deck drainage features
h. Boring locations
i. Slope protection
j. Existing structures (work to be done)
k. Utilities
l. Approach roadway
m. Type of wing wall
n. Guide rail location and connections to structure
o. Footings
7. Does elevation include
a. Types and locations of expansion of fixed bearings
b. Footing elevations and type of footing, capacity and length of piles or
caissons?
c. Foundation information and loads?
d. High water elevation, 50-year flood elevation, design year and hydraulic data
including waterway opening?
e. Pier type, size and elevation?
f. Scour counter measures?
8. Does section through abutment show
a. Type and size of abutment?
b. Approaches and joint types?
c. Concrete bearing seat?
9. Does pier sketch include
a. Type and size of and material of piers?
b. Number of columns?

B. Sample Checklist for Single Span RC Slab Design

1. Are the quality of construction materials and their strengths specified?

2. Are material properties (maximum steel ratio, modulus of rapture, etc.)
calculated?
3. Are the dead load moment at some fraction intervals of the span length

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calculated?
4. Is the dead load shear force per unit width of slab at support calculated?
5. Is the lateral live load distribution width calculated?
6. Is the impact factor calculated
7. Is the standard truck and Military loading live load moments at the specified
intervals tabulated?
8. Is the pedestrian live load (if any) considered?
9. Is the live load shear force per unit width of slab at support calculated?
10. Is envelop for the maximum factored moment at the specified points
prepared?
11. Is the maximum factored shear force at support calculated?
12. Is the reinforcement required at mid-span and some other bar cutoff points
calculated?
13. Is the transversal distribution reinforcement required as some percentage of
the reinforcement required at mid-span calculate?
14. Is the adequacy of the slab thickness for shear at support checked?
15. Is the edge beam (or the curb, if any) designed?
16. Are all the vertical, longitudinal and transversal loads for substructure design
and bearing design calculated?

From Contractor From Employer’s Representative

Position Name Signature Date Name Signature Date

Structural Eng.

Highway Eng.
/PM/RE

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CHECKLIST NO.6:
PREPARATION OF DRAWINGS

Description of Work Item to be Checked Yes No

1. Are unique drawing numbers included in the drawings?  
2. Is the minimum size of lettering chosen legible after plan reduction?  
3. Are the plans for construction purposes being produced on A3 size paper?  
4. Do the plans include:  
 A little sheet?  
 Project location plan  
 Plan and profile drawings  
 Typical cross sections?  
 Structural details?  
 Material pits?  
 Road furniture details?  
5. Does the title sheet show  
 The road functional classification number?  
 The project number?  
 Project length and location?  
 The beginning and ending stations on the route map with arrows designating?  
 Design speed?  
 Maximum curvature?  
6. Had the index of all drawings shown and title blocks for signatures by the  
Consultant appear in the lower right hand corner?
7. Is the plan-profile prepared in standard with the upper half for alignment and the  
lower half for profile?
8. Are the tick marks being shown on the centerline every 100 meters, with a heavier  
tick mark at every stations?
9. Are the location of all land lines, forest boundaries, city limits, railroads, present  
roads, existing poles, fences, channels, ditch structures, bridges, culverts,
channels, bridges, utility lines, large trees, improvements within or adjacent to
right-of-way, approach roads, right-of-way markets, and detour roads be property
shown?
10. Are the description, location and elevation of all benchmarks noted along the plan  
portion of the plan-profile sheet?
11. Is the profile plotted at a scale of 1:200 vertical and 1:2000 horizontal (A1) on the  
lower half of the plan and profile sheet?
12. Is the elevation of the ground and proposed grade line plotted accurately?  
13. Are all cross drainage structures and bridges noted, including graded ditches, ditch  
blocks, grade of special ditches and cross section of ditches and dikes?
14. Are the existing culverts shown with dashed lines, and new structures and dikes?  
15. Are structural detail sheet included bridge details, curb and gutter details, concrete  
box culverts, headwalls, drains, underpasses, guards and other special structures?
And also are location, elevations, dimensions, estimate of quantities, and

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applicable specifications included, if not covered in the specifications?

16. Does the drawing show the location, shape and size of material pits for?  
 Borrow, sub base, base course, mineral aggregate for concrete aggregates?  
17. Are the Detail Drawings include junction and driveway details, bus lay-by details,  
climbing lane details, guardrail details, striping details, destinations sign details,
and fencing details shown?
18. Is mass Haul Diagram included? Are earthwork quantities presented graphically  
and are tabulated?

From Contractor From Employer’s Representative

Position Name Signature Date Name Signature Date

CADD/Office
Eng/QS/Drafts

Highway Eng.
/PM/RE

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