Construction Special Provisions

The files presented here are FOR INFORMATION ONLY. If the information in these files should differ from the information in the printed Proposal furnished by the Department, then the printed Proposals will govern. All files are in either Microsoft Word (.doc) or Portable Document Format (PDF).  If you have difficulty accessing any material on this site or a provision is not listed, please contact Chuck Graves at (615)532-3820.

ID DESCRIPTION USAGE INDICATOR REVISION DATE RELATED ITEMS  
102B Unbalanced Bids State and/or Local Funding Only (non Federal aid) 02/17/15    
102I Employing and Contracting with Illegal Immigrants All Contracts 10/10/16    
102LC TDOT Standard Specifications For Road and Bridge Construction Announcement of obsolete special provisions 12/15/20    
106A Buy America Requirements All Federal-Aid Contracts 06/20/11    
106B Prohibition on Certain Telecommunication and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment All Contracts      
106BA Build America, Buy America Act Requirements All Federal-Aid Contracts 11/21/23    
107ARPA American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) ARPA Grant Contracts 09/04/24    
107AQ Air Quality For Mowing Used in mowing contracts (not needed for litter only)   09/03/13  
107CPLP Certified Payrolls - Local Programs All Local Program Projects 01/17/23    
107FP Water Quality and Storm Water Permits Presence of Water Quality Permit and/or Storm Water Permit 12/09/24    
107L Potentially Acid Producing Materials Likely presence of Acid Producing Materials 08/20/18    
109A Payment Adjustment for Fuel Substantial fuel use over time 01/03/13 See special provision for qualifying items.  
109B Price Adjustment for Bituminous Material Substantial bituminous material use over time 03/02/23    
109ETAG Electronic Ticket Delivery System for Aggregate Aggregate placement on certain resurfacing projects
10/31/24    
109ETAS Electronic Ticket Delivery System for Asphalt Asphalt placement on certain resurfacing projects 08/30/24    
109ETC Electronic Ticket Delivery System for Concrete Concrete placement on certain projects 10/31/24    
109G Measurement and Payment Modification to Subsection 109.01      
109MA Mowing Payment Adjustment for Fuel Substantial fuel use over time - specific to Mowing contracts 11/03/08 806-01  
202ACM Removal of Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) See Related Item(s) 07/07/14 202-01.02  
203E Scaling And Trimming See related item(s) 03/24/10 203-11  
204DC Drilled Caissons See related item(s) 08/24/22 204-02.1*, 204-02.2*  
205A Embankment (Compacted in Place) See related item(s) 10/07/24 203-10  
205RSS Reinforced Soil Slopes See related item(s) 10/10/16 740-07.02  
304FDR Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) of Flexible Pavement See related item(s) 01/04/19 304-01.04  
307CAM Crack Attenuating Mixture See related item(s) 02/13/23 307-02.09  
308CCPR Cold Central Plant Recycled Bituminous Pavement See related item(s)   308-02.10, 308-02.12, 309-10.01  
308CIR Cold In-Place Recycled Bituminous Pavement See related item(s) 04/16/24 308-01.10, 308-01.12, 308-01.15, 309-10.01  
405SS Polymer Modified Asphalt Rejuvenating Scrub Seal See related item(s) 01/11/22 414-04.03, 414-04.04  
406AHFT Automated High Friction Surface Treatments (HFST) See related item(s)   406-04.03, 406-04.04  
406HFST High Friction Surface Treatments (HFST) See related item(s) 12/11/17 406-04.02, 406-04.03, 406-04.04  
407DEN Bituminous Plant Mix Pavements (Hot Mix) Roadway Density Acceptance of asphalt roadway density by use of core samples, and acceptance of asphalt longitudinal joint density 11/09/20    
407HRA Hot In Place Recycled Asphalt - Remix Process Typically noted in the plans 02/08/21    
407IC Intelligent Compaction (IC) for Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Typically noted in the plans 11/05/21    
407SE Asphalt Pavement Safety Edge Typically used when 1" or more & no milling      
411B Section 411 - Asphalt Concrete Surface (Hot Mix) Pavement smoothness requirements, usually noted on plans (Typically 4-lane & Interstate)      
411C Section 411 - Asphalt Concrete Surface (Hot Mix) Pavement smoothness requirements, usually noted on plans (Typically resurfacing on State Routes)
12/21/21    
502A Full Depth and Partial Depth Concrete Pavement Repair See related item(s) 06/21/21 502-03.20, 502-03.21, 502-04.01, 502-04.02, 502-04.03  
502C Full Depth and Partial Depth Concrete Pavement Repair (Class X-High Early Strength) See related item(s) 06/21/21 502-03.25, 502-03.26, 502-04.01, 502-04.02, 502-04.03  
502FRP Hot Applied Fiber Reinforced Polymer Patching Material See related item(s) 03/04/22 502-03.05  
502J Cleaning and Resealing Transverse and Longitudinal Joints and Random Cracks See related item(s) 12/01/01 502-0.01, .02, .03, .04, .07, .10, .23  
503 Grinding Concrete Pavement See related item(s) 10/11/21 503-01  
503DB Dowel Bar Retrofitting See related item(s)   503-60  
504 Cracking and Seating Concrete Pavement See related item(s) 09/26/22 504-01  
505 Rubblizing Concrete Pavement See related item(s) 07/21/21 505-01  
602 Section 602 - Steel Structures (Inspection Cost Only) See related item(s) 07/15/05 602 LS items  
604CR Repair of Bridge Deck Cracks See related item(s) 02/08/21 617-02, -04, -05  
604FRP Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Material See related item(s)   604-10.83  
604H Bridge Deck Preparation Using Hydrodemolition See related item(s) 03/30/15 604-08.01, 604-10.20  
604HD Bridge Deck Preparation, Repair, and Concrete Overlay using Hydrodemolition See related item(s) 01/18/19 604-08.01, 604-10.20  
607CS Three Sided Precast Culvert and Bridge Structures or Precast Arches See related item(s) 05/13/24 607-50.6*  
607FP Folded PVC Pipe Liner See related item(s) 05/17/21 607-67.1*  
607G Slip Lining of Roadway Culverts See related item(s) 10/07/19 607-65  
607SAPL Spray Applied Pipe Liners (SAPL) Maintenance Contracts   607-25.01, .02  
610HD Horizontal Drain Installation Specifications Emergency repair contracts for rock slopes 08/17/11    
624 Retaining Walls See related Item(s) 10/07/24 604-07.**, 604-08.**  
625 Drilled Shaft Specifications See related Item(s) 09/01/21 625-**  
626 Aggregate Foundation System See related Item(s) 08/21/17 626-01.01  
627PVD Prefabricated Vertical Drains See related Item(s) 05/14/18 627-01.**  
700SIG Highway Signs, Luminaires, and Traffic Signals

Design of supports for overhead sign bridges and butterfly configurations, high mast lighting, luminaires, CCTV camera poles, and traffic signal strain poles and mast arm structures

07/28/21 Various 713, 714 & 730 items  
705A Guardrail Repair/Replacement Typically used on maintenance contracts 01/07/25 Various 705 items  
707D Rockfall Slope Drape See related item(s) 04/08/13 707-02.4*  
707H Rockfall Barrier Systems See related item(s) 01/30/10 707-10.0*     
712B Traffic Control Supervisor See related item(s) 10/31/11 712-01.04  
712DSL Digital Speed Limit Sign Assembly (Variable Speed Zone) See related item(s) 09/01/21 712-08.09  
712PQWS Portable Queue Warning System See related item(s) 10/07/24 712-08.14  
712PTQ Traffic Queue Protection See related item(s) 10/07/24 712-08.11, 712-08.12  
712SFS Speed Feedback Sign Assembly See related item(s) 09/01/21 712-08.08  
712TMA Truck-Mounted and Trailer-Mounted Attenuators See related item(s) 10/04/22 712-08.25  
712U Payment for Uniformed Law Enforcement Officer Urban counties of Shelby, Davidson, Knox and Hamilton 12/20/23    
714N Roadway and Structure Lighting Nashville Electric Service 08/13/25    
716CPM Contrast Pavement Markings See related items(s) 03/30/22 716-09.**  
716PBS Performance Based Pavement Marking Installation See related items(s) 01/07/22 716-05.**  
716PTA Profiled Thermoplastic Pavement Marking Audible System See related items(s) 02/13/23 716-14.01, 716-14.02  
716WR Wet Retroreflective Pavement Marking See related items(s) 02/13/23 716-09.**  
719 Roadway Sweeping See related items(s) 07/15/24 719-01  
719A Removal and Disposal of Litter See related items(s) 09/25/24 719-02  
730 (Various) Section 730 - Traffic Signals Permanent signals. - Check with the respective City or County to see if they have a special provision      
730A Temporary Traffic Control (Signalization) See related items(s) 12/18/95 730-40, -50  
760 Tunnel Cleaning Tunnel cleaning contracts 02/25/25    
790 Electrical Utility Specifications Placeholder for project-specific electrical utility special provisions, which must be obtained from the utility companies   790 - See Standard Utility Items  
791 Gas Utility Specifications Placeholder for project-specific gas utility special provisions, which must be obtained from the utility companies   791 - See Standard Utility Items  
793 Telephone Utility Specifications Placeholder for project-specific telephone utility special provisions, which must be obtained from the utility companies   793 - See Standard Utility Items  
795 Water Utility Specifications Placeholder for project-specific water utility special provisions, which must be obtained from the utility companies   795 - See Standard Utility Items  
797 Sewer Utility Specifications Placeholder for project-specific sewer utility special provisions, which must be obtained from the utility companies   797 - See Standard Utility Items  
798 CATV Utility Specifications Placeholder for project-specific CATV utility special provisions, which must be obtained from the utility companies   798 - See Standard Utility Items  
806 Rights-of-Way Mowing Maintenance Contracts Only - See related items(s) 09/25/24 806-01, 806-02.13, 806-02.14  
930PDA Dynamic Pile Testing See related item(s) 04/11/22 930-01.01  
1230 Equal Employment Opportunity All Federal-Aid Contracts 09/07/22    
1231 Standard Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246) All Federal-Aid Contracts 09/07/22    
1232 Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity (Executive Order 11246) All Federal-Aid Contracts 06/20/22    
1240 Training Program Requirements See related item(s) 09/07/22 109-10.01  
1246 DBE Participation All Federal-Aid Contracts 03/26/25    
1246LG DBE Participation - Local Government All Local Government Federal-Aid Contracts 05/01/25    
1247 DBE Contract Goal Federal-Aid Contracts with a DBE Goal 03/26/25    
1247LG DBE Contract Goal - Local Government
Local Government Federal-Aid Contracts with a DBE Goal 05/01/25    
1273 Required Contract Provisions (Federal-Aid Construction Contracts) All Federal-Aid Contracts 10/23/23    
1275 Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters - Primary and Lower Tier Covered Transactions State and/or Local Funding Only (non Federal-aid) 09/07/22    
1280 Labor (State Projects Only) State and/or Local Funding Only (non Federal-aid) 05/01/95    
1280B Labor (State Bulding Projects Only) State and/or Local Funding Only (non Federal-aid) 07/01/22    
1290 Non-Discrimination in Employment State and/or Local Funding Only (non Federal-aid) 09/07/22    
1320 TDOT Minimum Wage Scales for Federal-Aid and State Funded Construction State and/or Local Funding Only (non Federal-aid) 01/03/25    
N/A Federal Wage Rates All Federal-Aid Contracts 01/03/25    
N/A State Wage Rates All Contracts 01/01/25