General MoDOT will provide electronic design data via the Online Plans Room (INDOX Services) 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? In November 2005, MoDOT began requiring this delivery only for projects with total earthwork volume exceeding 250,000 cubic yards and designed with the GEOPAK software will qualify for delivery of electronic design data.  In March 2008, MoDOT made a change requiring data be delivered for all projects containing both earthwork and cross section sheets. 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. Existing ground model in both native GEOPAK TIN format and Land XML format. 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