Bridges and Structures

Construction role	Name	Mobile	Email
Construction and Maintenance Oversight of Bridge Construction, Fabrication, Load Ratings and FC Inspection	Andrew Lawver	507-380-1705	[email protected]
Bridge Construction Unit Manager Bridge Construction Unit Leader and Assist with Metro Construction Support	Paul Pilarski	651-485-3167	[email protected]
Metro Bridge Construction Engineer Metro Bridge Construction Support: Bridge repair recs, foundation recs, construction support, district liaison	Pratik Patel	952-658-9519	[email protected]
Construction Engineer Assistant Bridge Construction Support - Select Projects: Bridge repair recs, foundation recs, construction support	Vacant	N/A	N/A
North Region Bridge Construction Engineer District 1-4: Bridge repair recs, foundation recs, construction support, district liaison	Nick Haltvick	651-216-3219	[email protected]
South Region Bridge Construction Engineer District 6-8: Bridge repair recs, foundation recs, construction support, district liaison	Karl Gronvall	651-242-6062	[email protected]
Bridge Construction Support and Special Provisions Bridge special provision review, development, coating performances, fielding of bridge construction questions	Mark Spafford	651-470-9862	[email protected]
Bridge Construction Field Support Pile authorizations, bridge plan review, special provision review, development, bridge construction field support	Andrew Fritz	507-259-1360	[email protected]

• Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC)
• SP6282-86 Bridge Slide Example
• 2020 “SB” Bridge Special Provisions (PDF) – Revised November 2024
  • 2020 “SB” Bridge Special Provisions (Word) – Revised November 2024
• Bridge Preservation and Improvement Guidelines 2022 (PDF)
• Template for managing contract bridge special provision submittals (Excel)
• View electronic plans for state highway and bridge projects

Specifications and Standards

• Standard Specifications for Construction
• Approved/qualified products (APL)
• Approved suppliers of Fabricated Components (Link to Bridge Fabrication)
• Shop Drawings: Bridge Office Shop Drawing Stamp (PDF)
• Shop Drawings: Instructions for installing PDF stamp (Word)

Bridge Construction Manual

• Bridge Construction Manual

Foundations

• Current MnDOT Pile Formula developed in 2012:
• MPF12 Pile Driving Report (PDF) - Revised December 2022
• MPF12 Pile Driving Report (Excel) - Revised December 2022
• MPF12 Test Pile Report (PDF) - Revised December 2022, now able to electronically add graphics
• MPF12 Test Pile Report (Excel) - Revised December 2022, now able to electronically add graphics
• PDA Pile Driving Report Guide (PDF)
• PDA Pile Driving Report (Excel)
• MPF12 Pile Capacity Program (Self-extracting file) - Revised January 2013
• MPF12 Inspector Chart (Excel) - Revised February 2013
• Field Welder Qualification (PDF)
• Pile driving checklist (PDF)

Bridge Erection

• Contractor Shoring: Letter of Inspection Documentation (PDF)

2401 Concrete Pouring and Curing

• Concrete Curing Quality Control Form (Excel) - This form is to be used if forms are not kept on substructures for 72 hours and populated by contractor QC personnel. Contractor may propose alternates to the engineer for approval.
• Bridge Deck Concrete Placement Checklist (PDF)

2404 Concrete Wearing Courses

• Timeline for Wear Course Placement Checklist (PDF)
• Wear Course Placement Checklist (PDF)

2433 Renovation including new adhesive anchorages

• Record of Contractor Installer ACI-CRSI Certification (PDF)
• Pre-production Anchorages Qualification Test Report (PDF)
• Production Anchorages Qualification Test Report (PDF)

2475 Railings

• Ornamental rail installation checklist (PDF)

2478 Paint

• Paint Quality Manual Form
• Painting checklist - start-up (PDF)
• Painting checklist - daily QA (PDF)

• Bridge Project Closeout - Permanent Records List (PDF)
• As-Built Bridge Data (Excel) - Revised December 2022
• Bridge Office Vertical and Horizontal Bridge Clearance Report (PDF)
• New bridge project close-out and as-built example (Bridge 71020)
• Repair bridge project close-out and as-built example (Br 3589)

• Do It Right! Lessons from the field not to be repeated
• Bridge Project Construction Engineer Overview:

Construction Engineer-Bridge Overview (CEBO) Course (Recorded 2021)

• CEBO Course Outline - 2021 (PDF)
• CEBO Day 1, Part 1 (YouTube)
• CEBO Day 1, Part 2 (YouTube)
• CEBO Day 2, Part 1 (YouTube)
• CEBO Day 2, Part 2 (YouTube)
• CEBO Day 3, Part 1 (YouTube)
• CEBO Day 3, Part 2 (YouTube)

Bridge Construction Inspection Course

• Bridge Construction Inspector Certification (BCIC)

Bridge Construction Inspection eLearning courses

• Introduction to Bridge Plan Reading
• Introduction to Pile Driving; Bridge Foundations
• Preparing to Drive Piles
• Driving Test and Foundation Piles

Topic-Specific Informational Videos by MnDOT Specifications Area

• 2401: Concrete Bridge Deck Placement
• 2401: Special Surface Finish
• 2402: Steel Bolting
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Pre-Installation Verification - Applied Bolting
  • Pre-Installation Verification -  AISC
  • PIV Short bolting verification
  • Spacer usage for bolt testing on Skidmore-Wilhelm
  • DTI inspection of Gaps
  • AASHTO TC3 Course - Field Testing of Direct Tension Indicators DTIs
  • 2402: Steel Erection
• 2404: Low Slump Concrete Wearing Course Placement
• 2405: How Prestressed Beams Work
• 2433: Concrete Surface Repair (Shotcrete)
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Testing of Concrete Repair made on prestressed Beam Ends
• 2433: Galvanic Anode installation: Metalizing Example
• 2433: Adhesive Anchor Installation – Hilti examples:
• 2433: Timber Bridge Repair:
• 2452: Pile Driving
• 2452: Statnamic Pile Testing
  • View 1 from Bridge 85851
  • View 2 from Bridge 85851
• 2472: Reinforcing Bar Placement

Bridge Construction Time Lapse Videos

• Hwy 24 Clearwater Bridge 71004
• TH 53 Time Lapse