SDDOT / Project Development / Planning / Early Utility Companies' Coordination

Advanced Utility Coordination
In an attempt to avoid unnecessary utility relocation and to design the highway project with the least amount of impact to the existing utilities, early coordination meetings are held with the involved Utility Companies. The information gathered is used to help determine the final scope of the project. Value Engineering is utilized to determine the need to relocate the utility or change the highway design to accommodate the utility. Advanced Utility Coordination also provides the Utility Companies the opportunity to plan, budget, and relocate facilities, as necessary, prior to the start of the construction project. Early utility involvement also reduces contractor delays and subsequent claims by either relocating the utility prior to highway construction or by providing the sequencing information on utility relocation or involvement in the construction plans.
Subsurface Utility Engineering
SDDOT utilizes SUE on complex projects where the exact location of existing utilities is required to keep utility and landowner impacts to a minimum. SUE also benefits the South Dakota taxpayers, SDDOT, Utility Companies, and their consumers. SUE involvement is determined in the project scoping process.
Utility Relocation Estimates & Agreements
Utility relocation estimates and agreements are processed in the Right-of-Way/Utilities Office. Contact: Darrell Dehne or Frank Eich.
Preliminary Utility Information Form DOT-248
This form is to be completed by the Utility Companies to obtain data on existing facilities. This data will be used in project scoping and design. The date field is automatic and does not need to be filled in.
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