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King County Road Services - 2007 CADD Standards

The King County Road Services Division has developed a CADD Standards Manual (6MB .pdf) and CADD Engineering Drawings (see right column) for use by CADD users in the division, as well as consultants who are working on projects for the division.

The CADD Standards Manual provides standards and guidelines in the creation of civil and structural engineering plans and documents of all construction projects for the division. The manual consists of four chapters and they are as follows:

Chapter 1 — Detailing Practice

  • Overview of Standard Practices/Procedures

Chapter 2 — Project Files Template

  • Standard project files location for electronic and document control purposes

Chapter 3 Engineering Standards CADD File

  • Drawing Preparation Guide
  • Drawings Clean-Up
  • Electronic Filing and Document Control
  • File Name Conventions
  • Engineering Drawing File Name Examples
  • File Name Structures
  • Design Eagle Points
  • AutoCAD Line Types
  • Plotted Line Weights
  • Revisions and Drawing Filing Procedures
  • Plans of Record
  • Line Type Definitions
  • AutoCAD Entity Color Table
  • Lettering, Annotation, Text and Titles
  • Dimensioning
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Standard Layer names for Civil, Structural, Survey and Traffic Units

Chapter 4 — Structure Detailing Standards

  • Lettering Guide for dimensioning, Line Work, Scale, Graphic Symbols, and Structural Sections, Views and Details
  • Bridge Standard Drawings and Examples
  • Plan Sheets
  • Footing/Foundation Layout
  • Foundation Details
  • Abutment Details
  • Pier/Bent
  • Super Structure (Girder, Truss, etc)
  • Bridge Deck
  • Approach Slab
  • Expansion Joints
  • Miscellaneous Structure Details
  • Traffic Barrier or Bridge Rail
  • Bar List
  • Structure Steel which covers general, bars, plates, strips and labeling
  • Standard Welding Symbols

Information from the Road Services Division's Web site is available to people with disabilities in alternate formats upon request by calling 206-263-6482 or 711 for the TTY relay service.

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