Geotechnical Design

SCDOT has developed manuals and specifications to provide engineers with the Department's standard design policies and practices.

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Design Quality

Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA) checklists are available at Design Quality. The QC checklist is to be completed by the GEOR while the QA checklist is to be completed by the Geotechnical Design QA Engineer.

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Consultant Seismic Information Request Form

Submit requests for seismic hazard map information to the appropriate Regional Production Group - Geotechnical Design Section. Use the Consultant Seismic Information Request - GDF 002 Form (345Kb). For questions, refer to the Geotechnical Design Manual or contact the appropriate Regional Production Group - Geotechnical Design Section.

To facilitate developing Vs profiles to the appropriate depth, the link below accesses a GIS map indicating the location of representative Vs profiles along with the additional information for each location.

Deep Geophysical Testing Data

Additional information will be available later this year.

Outside Geotechnical Resources

Additional reference materials may be purchased from American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and National Highway Institute (NHI)


Special Provisions

To see if a Special Provision has previously been prepared contact the RPG - Geotechnical Design Section. For guidance on preparing Special Provisions see GDM Chapter 23. In order to assist in the development of specific Special Provisions, SCDOT is providing below are "Draft" Special Provisions that require editing to meet the needs and requirements of specific projects. It is incumbent on the User to make the appropriate corrections for the specific project.

Special Provisions

Correction to SC-M-203-11 - 06302020

Draft Special Provisions

SECTION 107: Monitoring Of Constr. - Related Earthborne Vibrations


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