2025 Specifications 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 07/09/25)

A summary of 2025 Cases with links to PDF working documents is shown in the table below:

Case 
Number

Description of Standard Specifications and Details for Public Works Construction (Blue Book) Case

Sponsor/
Agency

Date Submitted

Last Revision

Voting
Status

Comments/
Updates

Case 24-12: Revise Section 626 - Corrosion Protective Coating of Sanitary Sewer Manholes and Access Structures to incorporate items from the city of Phoenix supplement. Matthew Bryan, Phoenix 07/03/24 02/18/25 Approved
03/05/25
Glendale
1/21/25
Case 24-13: Revise Section 620 Cast-in-Place Concrete Pipe (CIPCP) to add CIPCP underground stormwater retention systems, and revise Section 620.3.1 Excavation for expansive soils and how to handle when encountered. Warren White,
Chandler
07/03/24 05/21/25 Approved
06/04/25
Additional revisions and comments
 
Case 25-01:

Miscellaneous Corrections:
A. Section 795.9 Decomposed Granite – strike second sentence of second paragraph to avoid conflicts with Table 795-2.
B. Clarify reinforcement on Detail 404-1 with Note 2.
C. Correct the Eades and Grim test reference in Section 309.1 to ASTM C977 – Appendix X1.
D. Correct the minimum break load and insulation thickness for tracer wire used for directional drilling/boring in Section 632.2.2.
E. Remove reference to Section 752 (deleted) in Section 610.10.
F. Add space to correct "GROUNDCOVER" to "GROUND COVER" in Detail 603-3 and Index 100-3. (NEW)

Peter Kandaris,
Gene Haranczak,
Jose Rodriguez,
Warren White,
Jim Badowich
01/08/25 06/04/25    
Case 25-02: New Section 507 and Details 551 Precast Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts. Warren White,
Chandler & Water/Sewer WG
02/18/25 06/30/25 Scheduled
08/06/25
Phoenix Comments
 
Case 25-03: New Material Section 751 Crosslinked Polyethylene Pipe for Water Service Lines (PEXa). Warren White,
Chandler & Water/Sewer WG
04/02/25 04/29/25 Scheduled
08/06/25
 
Case 25-04: Update Arizona Test Methods to Use AASHTO Equivalents.   Greg Groneberg,
Asphalt/ Materials WG
04/02/25 05/01/25 Scheduled
08/06/25
 
Case 25-05: Update References to Maricopa County Guardrails: Revise Section 415 to remove references to the 28” guardrail. Update post specifications. Marty Robbins,
MCDOT
04/02/25 04/02/25 Approved
07/02/25
 
Case 25-06: Revise Detail 260 – Retrofit Alley or Driveway Entrance to change ramp allowable slope from 8% to 5% along the pedestrian access route. Jose Rodriguez,
Phoenix, ADA WG
04/02/25 07/02/25 Approved
07/02/25
Updated
Case 25-07: Revise Section 340.3.9 Tolerances to Meet PROWAG Standards Warren White,
Chandler, ADA WG
05/07/25 05/21/25 Approved
07/02/25
 
Case 25-08: New Section 746 Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer Mortar Pipe Arvid Veidmark,
Water/Sewer WG
05/07/25 06/23/25 Scheduled
08/06/25
 
Case 25-09: Revise Details 303-1 and 303-2 Pipe Joint Restraints Gene Haranczak, Glendale, Water/ Sewer WG 05/07/25 06/11/25    
Case 25-10:

Update MAG Details to Reference OROW Spillway Detail

Peter Kandaris,
OROW WG
06/04/25 06/30/25 Scheduled
08/06/25
MCDOT Comments
 
Case 25-11: Revise 423-1, 2, 424-1 and 2 Cast Iron Manhole Frame Covers Arvid Veidmark,
Water/Sewer WG
06/04/25 06/04/25 Scheduled
08/06/25
 
Case 25-12: Revise Sections 326 and 719 Design and Placement of Polymer Modified Asphalt Concrete Greg Groneberg,
Asphalt/ Materials WG
06/04/25 06/25/25    
Case 25-13: Update Subection 220.8 to replace “erosion control geosynthetic fabric (if used for the project)” with “filter material.” Marty Robbins,
MCDOT
07/02/25

07/02/25

Scheduled
08/06/25
 
Case 25-14: Revise Detail 420-1 to require forming of cast-in-place manhole bases. Jim Badowich, Avondale, Water/ Sewer WG 07/02/25 07/02/25 Scheduled
08/06/25
 
Case 25-15: Revise Single Curb Ramp Details 236 and 237 Series to add no crossing landscape feature. Warren White,
Chandler, ADA WG
07/02/25 07/02/25    
Case 25-16: Revise Subsections 795.9, (Decomposed Granite) 795.10, (Stabilizer) and new 795.11 (Rock Mulch). Peter Kandaris,
OROW WG
07/02/25 07/02/25    
             

Case 
Number

Description of Supplemental Specifications and Details for Civil Construction Outside the Right-of-Way (OROW) Case

Sponsor/
Agency

Date Submitted

Last Revision

Voting
Status

Comments/
Updates

OROW 24-C:

CMP Underground Storage Detention/Retention Tanks. Add new Detail OROW 609 and Section OROW 660.

Jose Rodriguez, Phoenix

07/03/24

05/07/25

Approved
05/07/25

 
OROW 24-D: Infiltration Trenches. Add new Detail OROW-524 and Section OROW 665. Peter Kandaris, Outside ROW 07/03/24 06/30/25 Approved
07/02/25
 
OROW 25-A: Stormwater Harvesting Basin. Add new Detail OROW-541 and Section OROW 641. Roy Herrington, Scottsdale 03/05/25 06/13/25 Approved
07/02/25