Responsible Party

TxDOT Project Design Engineer

Necessary Parties

Utility Design Representative
TxDOT Design Consultant
TxDOT Design Team

Interested Parties

Subsurface Utility Engineering (
SUE
) Provider
TxDOT Utility Liaison
TxDOT Construction & Maintenance
Other TxDOT Parties as Applicable

Identify ownership of utility facilities.

Determine accurate horizontal and vertical locations.

Utility locations identified in terms of TxDOT Control Datum.

Accurate Field Verification of some utility facilities on complex projects will be required to design TxDOT features to avoid conflicts, to relocate the utility or to conclude that neither is necessary. The extent of information needed, and the information provider for each facility, will have been decided by mutual agreement between the TxDOT Project Design Engineer and the Utility Design Representative at the Preliminary Design Meeting ( ). It should be noted that in some situations, this information would not be warranted. For instance, if it is obvious that relocation is imperative, such as an existing overhead pole line located in the proposed pavement, additional verification is an unnecessary expense.

Field Verification information can be obtained from a number of sources: the utility's forces, a utility design consultant, TxDOT survey or maintenance crews, a One-Call locator service, or a SUE provider. In order for a utility to incur reimbursable costs or for TxDOT to retain a SUE provider, it is imperative that a right of way release be in place. If the foregoing has not occurred, the information must be obtained at no expense to TxDOT.

The Field Verification information should be supplied in TxDOT control datum to accurately apply the locations to TxDOT drawings. This will help to resolve any identified conflicts.