Construction bulletins
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Active bulletins
Active bulletins represent current guidance. Draft bulletins are published to solicit feedback on upcoming construction bulletins. Drafts usually get elevated to active bulletin status once the review period is over.
- #2024-04 Minimum Stipend Amounts for Design-Build Projects (PDF 209KB)
- #2024-03: Nondiscrimination Requirements for Contractors and Subcontractors (PDF 200KB)
- #2024-02: Implementation of the WSDOT Portal for Electronic Tickets (PDF 213KB)
- #2024-01: State Prevailing Wage Effective Date for WSDOT Design-Build Projects (PDF 198KB)
- #2023-02: Consultant Project Engineer Policy (PDF 279KB)
- #2023-01: XE Construction Contract Numbers (PDF 170KB)
- #2022-05: SharePoint 2013 and InfoPath Extinction (PDF 831KB)
- #2022-04: Work Zone Safety Contingency (PDF 216KB)
- #2022-03R2: Build America - Buy America (Revised 12/20/2023) (PDF 1.1MB)
Revision 1: 4/17/2023 (PDF 786KB)
Original: 10/5/2022 (PDF 464KB) - #2022-02: Recycled Asphalt Shingles (RAS) in Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) (PDF 1.3MB)
- #2022-01: Small and Veteran Business Enterprise Program Implementation (PDF 221KB)
- #2021-02: Executing Contracts with Electronic Signatures (PDF 296KB)
- #2020-07R1: WSDOT Construction Inspector Certification Program (PDF 574KB)
Original: 12/8/20 (PDF 576KB) - #2020-06: DBE Program White Women (PDF 620KB)
- #2020-05: Alternative Technical Concepts Database (PDF 543KB)
- #2020-04: Enterprise Content Management System for use on Design-Build Contracts (PDF 550KB)
- #2020-03: Force Account & AGC/WSDOT Equipment Rental Agreement (PDF 892KB)
- #2020-02: Final Contract Voucher Certificate (FCVC) Revision (PDF 542KB)
- #2020-01R3: Traffic Control Certification Expiration Date Extension (Revised 5/11/2022) (PDF 165KB)
Revision 2: 11/8/2021 (PDF 162KB)
Revision 1: 5/26/2020 (PDF 877KB)
Original: 3/26/2020 (PDF 655KB) - #2019-06R2: Implementation of PWIA on WSDOT Projects: Apprenticeship Reporting, Certified Payrolls, Statement of Intent and Affidavit of Wages Paid Submittals Rev. 8/10/20 (PDF 167KB)
Revision 1: 3/20/20 (PDF 167KB)
Original: 12/20/19 (PDF 123KB) - #2019-05: Construction Audit Tracking System (CATS) HQ Checklists (PDF 657KB)
- #2019-04: Prevailing Wage Laws - Certified Payrolls (PDF 597KB)
- #2019-03: Updated UDBE Contract Requirements/Roles & Responsibilities (PDF 847KB)
- #2019-02: Incentive/Disincentive for HMA Mixture and Compaction (PDF 544KB)
- #2019-01: Respirable Crystalline Silica (PDF 279KB)
- #2018-06: Structural Repair Specifications (PDF 685KB)
- #2018-05: Concrete Construction Tolerances (PDF 894KB)
- #2018-04: Recycled Concrete Aggregate (PDF 2.2MB)
- #2018-03: Design-Build Procurement Folder Structure (PDF 443KB)
- #2018-02: Project Partnering Survey (PDF 450KB)
- #2018-01: Radar Speed Display Signs (PDF 810KB)
- #2017-09: Required Job Site Poster Update - "Your Rights as a Worker" (PDF 453KB)
- #2017-08: Acceptable Workplace Behavior (PDF 1.29MB)
Project Special Provisions (DOCX 41KB) - #2017-07: Final DBE Utilization Plan Report (PDF 125KB)
- #2017-04: Temporary Erosion and Sediment Control Inspection (PDF 746KB)
- #2017-03R2: Release of Design-Build Templates (PDF 340KB) - Updated 5/4/17
View changes (PDF 340KB) - #2016-07: New Asphalt Binder Test & Specification: Multiple Stress Creep Recovery (MSCR) (PDF 173KB)
Archived bulletins
Archived bulletins keep a historical record of bulletins that are no longer active.
- #2021-01: Electronic Ticketing System (ETS) PDF (175KB)
- #2017-06: Partnering (PDF 499KB)
- #2017-05: D/M/W/SBE and Prompt Pay Reporting Changes and Underutilized Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (UDBE) (PDF 360KB)
- #2017-02: Conflicts of Interest - Design Build (PDF 850KB)
- #2017-01: Nuclear Gauge and Cores for HMA Compaction (PDF 432KB)
- #2016-06: Bituminous Surfacing on Structure Decks: Specification Language (PDF 95KB)
- #2016-05: HMA Paving on Bridge Decks: HMA Compaction (PDF 1.05MB)
- #2016-04: HMA Paving on Bridge Decks: Restrictions on Equipment Weight & Spacing (PDF 1.09MB)
- #2016-03: Documentation Charge (PDF 188KB)
- #2016-02: Traffic Control Services & Commercially Useful Function (PDF 156KB)
- #2016-01: MSVWBE Specification Update (PDF 61KB)
- #2015-02: Disputes Review Board Process (PDF 88KB)
- #2015-01: Modifications to Change Order Process Rev. 8/18/15 (PDF 44KB)
Original: 7/29/15 (PDF 99KB)
Slow down – lives are on the line.
In 2023, speeding continued to be a top reason for work zone crashes.
Even one life lost is too many.
Fatal work zone crashes doubled in 2023 - Washington had 10 fatal work zone crashes on state roads.
It's in EVERYONE’S best interest.
95% of people hurt in work zones are drivers, their passengers or passing pedestrians, not just our road crews.