General Beginning with the November 2005 letting, MoDOT will provide a CD-ROM containing electronic design data along with the bidding documents to aid the bidder in the use of automation of bid estimates, and/or GPS grading and staking. Will electronic design data be provided for all projects? Only projects with total earthwork volume exceeding 250,000 cubic yards and designed with the GEOPAK software will qualify for delivery of electronic design data. Exactly what design data is being provided and in what format? Guidelines for Consultants The design data will be provided in the native format of MicroStation and/or GEOPAK files as used by the department, which include MicroStation drawings (.dgn files) showing proposed master (strip map) plan view geometry. MicroStation drawings (.dgn files) showing master GEOPAK intelligent cross sections for main alignments. Geopak XS-List report (.xsr files) for each alignment with GEOPAK intelligent cross sections.  How To Create XS Reports GEOPAK coordinate geometry database (.gpk file) containing final horizontal and vertical alignments, special ditch profiles, and control points. An ASCII text file including superelevation transition stations. A text file describing the contents including project name, drawing names, and coordinate geometry descriptions.   For additional information regarding electronic design data, please contact: MoDOT Design Division P.O. Box 270 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Phone: 573-751-6591 Fax: 573-526-4535 Email: Alexa.Mitchell@modot.mo.gov The documents are provided in Acrobat Reader format. Free Acrobat Reader download