2020 Specs and Details Cases Under Consideration

Each year the MAG Standard Specifications and Details Committee reviews changes to the Uniform Standard Specifications and Details for Public Works Construction document. These changes are first reviewed in separate cases. This project page is designed to be a resource for committee members to access the most current versions of cases under consideration throughout the year. 

(Page last updated 9/24/20)

A summary of 2020 Cases with links to PDF working documents is shown in the table below:

Case 
Number

Description
of Case

Sponsor/
Agency

Date Submitted

Last Revision

Voting
Status

Comments/
Updates

Case 19-04:

Revisions to Section 360: Telecommunications Installation

Warren White,
Chandler

04/03/19

06/09/20

Approved
08/05/20

MCDOT
Comments

Case 19-09:

New Section 626 Corrosion Coating of Sanitary Sewer Manholes

Jim Badowich, Avondale,
Water/Sewer WG

07/03/19

06/18/20

Approved
07/01/20

 

Case 19-11:

Revisions to Section 611: Add Sanitary Sewer Manhole Vacuum Testing

Jim Badowich, Avondale,
Water/Sewer WG

07/03/19

06/18/20

Approved
​07/01/20

 

Case 19-12:

Revisions to Detail 550 Spillway Inlet and Outlet: Clarify geometry/dimensions

Karl Rockwell, MCDOT

07/03/19

06/25/20

Approved
​07/01/20

 

Case 20-01:

Miscellaneous Corrections
A. Clarify “PAYMENT” note on Detail 251.
B. Change “DRAFT” to “REVISED” on Detail 505 title block.
C. Make Section 787 Gray Iron Castings match manhole frame covers. ASTM 48 Class 35 and AASHTO M306.
D. Delete unneeded tests from Tables 714-2 and 715-2. 
E. Correct typographic error in Detail 220-1, Note 1, to reference Section 340 instead of 304.​
F. Update size of weld beads on Detail 393.
G. Change all occurrences of highlighted “storm sewer” to “storm drain.”

Warren White, 
Jose Rodriguez,
Jim Badowich,
Ryan Nichols,
Craig Sharp,
Roy Herrington

01/08/20

09/01/20

Approved
09/02/20

 

Case 20-02:

Delete Detail 346 Fire Line Detector Check Vault

Warren White

03/04/20

03/04/20

Withdrawn
08/05/20

 

Case 20-03:

Revisions to Section 725 Portland Cement Concrete

Jeff Hearne

03/04/20

03/04/20

Approved
08/05/20

 

Case 20-04:

New Section 303 Previous Concrete Base Coarse, Revisions to Section 323 Pervious Concrete, and a new Pervious Concrete Pavement Detail

Roy Herrington

07/01/20

08/10/20

Approved
09/02/20