Design Data Collection Guidelines

These Design Data Collection Guidelines provide recommended data to be collected for the preparation of any appraisal investigations, feasibility, or specifications design performed by or for Reclamation. The guidelines will be modified as new issues arise and as new types of project features become more prevalent.

• Chapter 1:  Introduction (.pdf) (.doc)


• Chapter 2:  Appraisal Investigations (.pdf) (.doc)


• Chapter 3:  Feasibility Design (.pdf) (.doc)
1. Dams (.pdf) (.doc)
2. Powerplants and Pumping Plants (.pdf) (.doc)
3. Visitors Centers (.pdf) (.doc)
4. Tunnels (.pdf) (.doc)
5. Canals (.pdf) (.doc)
6. Pipelines (.pdf) (.doc)
7. Access Roads and Highway or Railroad Relocation (.pdf) (.doc)
8. Drains (.pdf) (.doc)
9. Wells (.pdf) (.doc)
10. Switchyards and Substations (.pdf) (.doc)
11. Transmission Lines (.pdf) (.doc)
12. General Purpose Buildings, Office Buildings, and Operation and Maintenance Facilities (Use specifications design data collection guidelines for feasibility and specifications.) (.pdf) (.doc)
13. Recreational Facilities (.pdf) (.doc)
14. Fishways (.pdf) (.doc)
15. Fish Barriers (.pdf) (.doc)
16. Wetlands (.pdf) (.doc)
17. Bridges (.pdf) (.doc)
18. Removal of Dams and Hydroelectric Facilities (A design data collection section has not been prepared for these features. Until a section is prepared, the following reference should be used, “Guidelines for Retirement of Dams and Hydroelectric Facilities,” Task Committee on Guidelines for Retirement of Dams and Hydroelectric Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers [1997].) (.pdf) (.doc)
19. Water Treatment Plants (.pdf) (.doc)


• Chapter 4:  Specifications (Final) Design - Design Data Collection (.pdf) (.doc)
1. Dams (.pdf) (.doc)
2. Powerplants and Pumping Plants (.pdf) (.doc)
3. Visitors Centers (.pdf) (.doc)
4. Tunnels (.pdf) (.doc)
5. Canals (.pdf) (.doc)
6. Pipelines (.pdf) (.doc)
7. Access Roads and Highway or Railroad Relocation (.pdf) (.doc)
8. Drains (.pdf) (.doc)
9. Wells (.pdf) (.doc)
10. Switchyards and Substations (.pdf) (.doc)
11. Transmission Lines (.pdf) (.doc)
12. General Purpose Buildings, Office Buildings, and O&M Facilities (.pdf) (.doc)
13. Recreational Facilities (.pdf) (.doc)
14. Fishways (.pdf) (.doc)
15. Fish Barriers (.pdf) (.doc)
16. Wetlands (.pdf) (.doc)
17. Bridges (.pdf) (.doc)
18. Removal of Dams and Hydroelectric Facilities (A design data collection section has not been prepared for these features. Until a section is prepared, the following reference should be used, “Guidelines for Retirement of Dams and Hydroelectric Facilities,” Task Committee on Guidelines for Retirement of Dams and Hydroelectric Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers [1997].) (.pdf) (.doc)
19. Water Treatment Plants (.pdf) (.doc)
    


• Chapter 5:  "Typical" Design Data Package Template (.pdf) (.doc)


• Chapter 6:  Sample Design Data Package (.pdf) (.doc)
1. Block 9 Pumping Plants and Laterals, Stage 2, Navajo Indian Irrigation Project, New Mexico, May 3, 2001 (prepared by the Farmington Construction Office) (.pdf)
2. Durango Pumping Plant, Colorado – The design data package was originally submitted on October 1991 by the Durango Projects Office.  (.pdf) The design data was updated on January 2002 by the Farmington Construction Office. (.pdf)
3. Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Washington – The Appraisal level design data package was submitted in January 1984 by the Pacific Northwest Regional Office. Only the data for Wymer Dam and Reservoir and Afterbay Dam are included in this chapter. (pdf)
   


• Chapter 7:  Generic Sections (general map, general descriptions of local conditions, etc.) (.pdf) (.doc)
1. Introduction (.pdf) (.doc)
2. Project Overview (.pdf) (.doc)
3. General Map(s) (.pdf) (.doc)
4. General Description of Local Conditions (.pdf) (.doc)
5. Surveying (.pdf) (.doc)
6. Topographic Maps (.pdf) (.doc)
7. Photogprahs (.pdf) (.doc)
8. Drawings (.pdf) (.doc)
9. Existing Facilities (.pdf) (.doc)
10. Corrosion Survey (.pdf) (.doc)
11. Construction Materials (.pdf) (.doc)
12. Electrical Data (.pdf) (.doc)
13. Cost Data (.pdf) (.doc)
14. Environmental Data (.pdf) (.doc)
15. Site Security and Public Safety (.pdf) (.doc)
16. Mechanical and Hydraulic Equipment (.pdf) (.doc)
17. Right-of-Way and Easements (.pdf) (.doc)
18. Hydrology and River Morphology Data (.pdf) (.doc)
19. Construction Considerations (.pdf) (.doc)
20. Operating and Maintenance Data (.pdf) (.doc)
    


• References (.pdf)