Standard Specifications

M E M O R A N D U M

September 6, 2022

TO: Users of Standard Specifications

RE: Revisions to Standard Specifications, 2022 Edition

The City of Rapid City Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction has been revised. The complete volume of the Standard Specifications, 2022 Edition, including Standard Details, in PDF format is available below.


The 2022 edition of the Standard Specifications will be effective on October 1, 2022 and shall apply as follows:

  • Contractors and all who perform work requiring a permit which is issued after January 1, 2023 shall utilize the Standard Specifications 2022 Edition;
  • All City-funded design contracts awarded on or after October 1, 2022 shall utilize the Standard Specifications 2022 Edition; however, the City may, at its discretion, require the use of the Standard Specifications 2022 Edition on design contracts awarded prior to October 1, 2022;
  • All City-funded construction contracts for public improvements advertised for bids on or after January 1, 2023 shall utilize the 2022 Edition; and
  • All development engineering plans submitted to the City on or after January 1, 2023 shall utilize the Standard Specifications 2022 Edition.

Below is a summary of the significant changes to the standard specifications. Each user of the specifications is encouraged to review the specifications to determine whether the changes affect their work.
If you have questions concerning these new standard specifications please contact the Engineering Services Division at (605) 394-4154.

Summary of Changes, Standard Specification 2022 Edition

City of Rapid City, Standard Specifications, 2022 Edition, Complete Document

City of Rapid City, Standard Details, 2022 Edition, Complete Document

  pdf Standard Specifications 2007 Edition (5.81 MB)

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SECTIONS 

  7      pdf General Conditions  (253 KB)
  8a     pdf Water (253 KB)

  8b     pdf Corrosion Protection - Plastic Pipe Systems (488 KB)

  9      pdf Sanitary Sewer (223 KB)
10      pdf Earthwork - Cleaning and Grubbing (88 KB)
11      pdf Utility Excavation and Backfill  (148 KB)
12      pdf Roadway and Drainage Excavation (153 KB)
13      pdf Removal Items (81 KB)
14     Embankment - REMOVED
15     Disposal of Surplus Excavation and Waste - REMOVED
16     Optioned Borrow Excavation - REMOVED
17      pdf Salvaging, Stockpiling, and Placing Topsoil  (101 KB)
18      pdf Erosion and Water Pollution Control (218 KB)
19      pdf Incidental Work (65 KB)
20      pdf Granular Bases and Surfacing (75 KB)
31      pdf Asphalt Concrete – General  (97 KB)
32      pdf Asphalt Concrete - Class E (69 KB)
33     Asphalt Concrete - Class G - REMOVED
34     Asphalt Concrete - Class S - REMOVED
35      pdf Prime, Tack, Fog Seal and Flush Seal Coats (74 KB)
36      pdf Cold Asphalt Planing (68 KB)
37      pdf Asphalt Surface Treatment (81 KB)

38      pdf Recycled Asphalt Product (RAP) (75 KB)  - NEW SECTION

39      pdf Cold Mix Asphalt  (68 KB)
40      pdf Portland Cement Concrete Pavement (220 KB)
41      pdf Utility Trench Resurfacing (75 KB)  

50      pdf Precast Concrete (97 KB) - NEW SECTION

51      pdf Structure Excavation  (88 KB)
52     Box, Pipe, and Plate Culvert Undercutting - REMOVED
53     Drainage Fabric Protection for Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert - REMOVED
54      pdf Drainage Pipe Installation (106 KB)  - TITLE CHANGE
55      pdf Cast in Place Concrete Structures (179 KB)  - TITLE CHANGE
56      pdf Class M6 Concrete for Curb & Gutter and Flatwork (75 KB) - TITLE CHANGE 
57      pdf Reinforcing Steel (94 KB) - TITLE CHANGE 
58      pdf Concrete Box Culvert (101 KB) - TITLE CHANGE 
59      pdf Steel Beam Guard Rail  (82 KB)
60      pdf Concrete Curb and Gutter (77 KB)
61      pdf Concrete Sidewalks, Curb Ramps & Detectable Warning Surfaces (82 KB) - TITLE CHANGE
62      pdf Drop Inlets (90 KB)
63      pdf Storm Sewer Junction Boxes and Manholes (81 KB)
64      pdf Under-Drains (79 KB)
65      pdf Riprap (76 KB)
66      pdf Gabions (107 KB)  - TITLE CHANGE
67     Fabric Formed Concrete Mat  - REMOVED
68     Bank and Channel Protection Rock Filled Wire Baskets - REMOVED
69     Bank Protection Gabions - REMOVED
70     pdf Seeding  (99 KB)
71     pdf Fertilizing (88 KB)
72     pdf Mulching (83 KB)
73     pdf Sodding (80 KB)
74     pdf Planting Trees, Shrubs, and Vines (112 KB)
75     pdf Compost (70 KB) - TITLE CHANGE 
90     pdf Roadway Signs and Delineators  (145 KB)
91     pdf Pavement Markings (152 KB)
92     pdf Temporary Traffic Control (150 KB)
93     pdf Traffic Signals and Roadway Lighting (225 KB)
100     pdf Portland Cement  (70 KB)
101     pdf AIr Entraining Admixtures  (70 KB)
102     pdf Chemical Admixtures for Concrete (69 KB)

103    pdf Fly Ash (77 KB) - NEW SECTION 

104    pdf Water for use in Portland Cement Concrete (68 KB)
105    pdf Fine Aggregate for Use in Portland Cement Concrete (82 KB)
106    pdf Masonry Mortar Sand (70 KB)
107    pdf Coarse Aggregate for Use in Portland Cement Concrete  (109 KB)
108    pdf Concrete Curing Materials  (72 KB)
109    Riprap and Slope Materials - REMOVED 
111    Crushed Aggregate for Maintenance - REMOVED
112    pdf Select Granular Backfill  (83 KB)
113    pdf Preformed Expansion Joint Filler for Concrete (57 KB)
114    pdf Concrete Joint Sealer (88 KB)
115    pdf Aggregates for Asphalt Concrete (74 KB)
116     pdf Aggregates for Asphalt Surface Treatments  (61 KB)
117     pdf Aggregates for Granular Bases and Surfacing  (114 KB)
118     pdf Asphalt Material  (110 KB)
120    pdf Drainage Pipe Material (86 KB) - TITLE CHANGE
121    Corrugated Metal Pipe - REMOVED
123      pdf Concrete Reinforcement (70 KB)
124    Fabric Formed Concrete Mat Material - REMOVED
125    Gabions - REMOVED
126    Wood Preservatives and Preservative Treatments  - REMOVED
145    Bridge Repainting & Residue Containment  - REMOVED
146    Erosion Treatment Materials - REMOVED
190     pdf Watering (69 KB)
200     pdf Low Strength Material (Flowable Fill) (75 KB)
201     pdf Construction Stakes, Lines and Grades  (97 KB)
202     pdf Geosynthetics for Roadways (125 KB)

203    pdf Submittals (106 KB) - NEW

205    pdf Televising (94 KB) - NEW

STANDARD DETAILS 

 

  pdf Section 8A Water (154 KB)  includes:
8A‐1 Hydrant Setting Detail
8A‐2 Fire Hydrant Protection Bollard Detail
8A‐3 Trust Blocks

  pdf Section 8B Corrosion Protection ‐ Plastic Pipe Systems (1.05 MB)  includes:
8B‐901A Vertical & Horizontal Wire Thermite Weld Connections
8B‐901B Brazed Wire Connections
8B‐902PRC Plastic Pipeline Metallic Fitting Wire Connection & Color Code
8B‐903B Pin Brazed Wire Connections
8B‐903P General Exothermic Weld & Coating Procedures Thermite Weld Wire Connections
8B‐911 Insulating Flange
8B‐913 Insulating Unions And/Or Copper Service Insulators
8B‐916A Galvanic Anodes At Casings
8B‐929S Test Lead Splices
8B‐937A Flush‐Mounted Test Station Standard Flush Types
8B‐938 Typical Flush‐Mounted Test Station Box Support
8B‐940 Galvanic Anode Installation At Buried Metallic Fittings
8B‐942 Flush‐Mounted Test Station With Galvanic Anode (Galvanic Anode To Fitting)
8B‐942FH Flush‐Type Test Stations At Hydrant Assemblies W/Plastic Stub
8B‐943 Corrosion Protection For Flexible Metallic Couplings On Plastic Pipe
8B‐943DIP Corrosion Protection For Metallic Valves Or Fittings On Plastic Pipe
8B‐944D Galvanic Anode Installation At Hydrant Assemblies W/Ductile Stub
8B‐944FO Flush Test Station Or Tracer Wire Access Box Offset Locations
8B‐944SS Stainless Steel Tee For Plastic Pipe Stub To Fire Hydrant, Valves, Blow Off, ARV Fittings Or Secondary Plastic Piping
8B‐944T Galvanic Anode Installation At Hydrant Assemblies W/Plastic Stub
8B‐945CS Insulator & Wire Connections To Customer Metallic Service Lines
8B‐945PS Tracer Wire For Customer Plastic Service Line
8B‐947 Tracer Wire Detail
8B‐947A Tracer Wire Access Boxes At Casing With Anodes
8B‐947B Tracer Wire Access Boxes In Unprotected Location
8B‐947E Tracer Wire At New Pipeline Ends
8B‐947F Tracer Wire Access Boxes At Connection To Existing
8B‐947M Multiple Tracer Wires
8B‐947PS Tracer Wire At Plastic Service Line
8B‐947S Tracer Wire Splices
8B‐947T1 Tracer Wire Continuity Test Procedures Battery Or Rectifier Potential Shift Method
8B‐947T2 Tracer Wire Continuity Test Procedures Galvanic Anode Potential Shift Method
8B‐949 Metallic Fitting Gl&s & Mechanical Restraint Rings Bonding
8B‐949M Metallic Pipe Metallic Fitting Gl&s & Mechanical Restraint Rings Bonding
8B‐949P Plastic Pipe Metallic Fitting Gl&s & Mechanical Restraint Rings Bonding
8B‐949R Plastic Pipe Bell Solid Ring Restraint Harness Joint Bonding
8B‐949S Plastic Pipe Bell Split Ring Restraint Harness Joint Bonding
8B‐949T Plastic Pipe Metallic Glands/Restraint Rings Bonding, Anode & Test Leads
8B‐967 Petrolatum Tape Coating For Bare Metallic Couplings & Fittings

  pdf Section 9 Sanitary Sewer (484 KB)  includes:
9‐1 Standard Manhole Detail With Monolithic Base (48” & 60”)
9‐2 Standard Shallow Manhole Detail With Monolithic Base (48”, 60”, & 72”)
9‐3 Standard Drop Manhole Detail For Invert Changes Less Than 4'
9‐4 Standard Drop Manhole Detail For Invert Changes More Than 4'
9‐5 Termination Manhole
9‐6 Connection to Existing Manhole
9‐7 Manhole Adjustment & Patch Detail PCC Pavement
9‐8 Manhole Adjustment & Patch Detail Asphalt Concrete Pavement
9‐9 Sanitary Sewer Service Connection
9‐10 Deep Sanitary Sewer Service Connection
9‐11 Sanitary Sewer Service Cleanout Detail
9‐12 Sanitary Sewer Service Double Cleanout Detail
9‐13 Sanitary Sewer Cleanout In Travel Surface

  pdf Section 11 Utility Excavation & Backfill (163 KB)  includes:
11‐1 Water & Sewer Insulation Detail
11‐2 Typical Trench Check Dam Detail For Water & Sewer Mains
11‐3 Trench Detail For PVC Water & Sewer Mains

  pdf Section 18 Erosion, Sediment & Water Pollution Control (887 KB)  includes:
18‐1 Surface Roughening
18‐2a Low Flow Silt Fence
18‐2b Low Flow Silt Fence
18‐3a High Flow Silt Fence
18‐3b High Flow Silt Fence
18‐4 Silt Ditch
18‐5 Sediment Control Wattle
18‐6 Rolled Erosion Control Products
18‐7 Sediment Control For Type S Inlets
18‐8 Sediment Control At Type B Inlets
18‐9 Corrugated Pipe & Fabric Inlet Protection
18‐10 Rock Construction Entrance
18‐11 Temporary Vehicle Tracking Control With Wash Rack
18‐12 Concrete Washout Area
18‐13 Temporary Sediment Trap
18‐14 Rock Check Dam
18‐15 Temporary Slope Drain
18‐16 Cut Interceptor Ditch

  pdf Section 40 Portland Cement Concrete Pavement (268 KB)  includes:
40‐1a PCC Pavement Transverse Construction Joints With Tie Bars or Dowel Bars
40‐1b PCC Pavement Transverse Construction Joints With Tie Bars or Dowel Bars
40‐2 PCC Pavement Longitudinal Joint With Keyway Joint
40‐3a PCC Pavement Longitudinal Joints With Tie Bars
40‐3b PCC Pavement Longitudinal Joints With Tie Bars
40‐4 PCC Pavement Longitudinal Construction Joints With Concrete Gutter or Concrete Curb & Gutter
40‐5 PCC Pavement Joint Details
40‐6 PCC Pavement Dowel Bars
40‐7a Spall Repair
40‐7b Spall Repair
40‐8 Concrete Paving Repair

  pdf Section 41 Utility Trench Resurfacing (126 KB) includes:
41‐1 Utility Trench Patch Detail
41‐2 Geogrid/Fabric Utility Trench Patch Detail

  pdf Section 54 Drainage Pipe Installation (69 KB)  includes:
54‐1 Trench Detail For RCP Storm Sewer Mains

  pdf Section 60 Concrete Curb & Gutter (376 KB)  includes:
60‐1a PCC Fillet Section With Type B Curb & Gutter and Drain Pan
60‐1b PCC Fillet Section With Type B Curb & Gutter and Drain Pan
60‐2a Type B Concrete Curb & Gutter
60‐2b Type BL Concrete Curb & Gutter
60‐2c Type D Concrete Curb & Gutter
60‐2d Type P Concrete Curb & Gutter
60‐3a Residential Driveway Approach (Property Line Sidewalk)
60‐3b Residential Driveway Approach (Curbside Sidewalk)
60‐3c Residential Driveway Approach (Curbside Sidewalk)
60‐4 6" Reinforced Driveway Approach & Sidewalk
60‐5 Driveway Profile Grade
60‐6 Rural Street Section Standard Driveway Approach Pavement
60‐7a Joints in Concrete Curb & Gutter
60‐7b Joints in Concrete Curb & Gutter

  pdf Section 61 Concrete Sidewalk, Curb Ramps & Detectable Warning Surfaces (417 KB)  includes:
61‐1a Sidewalks
61‐1b Sidewalks
61‐2a Type 1 Perpendicular Curb Ramp
61‐2b Type 1 Perpendicular Curb Ramp
61‐2c Type 1 Perpendicular Curb Ramp
61‐3a Type 2 Directional Curb Ramp
61‐3b Type 2 Directional Curb Ramp
61‐3c Type 2 Directional Curb Ramp
61‐4a Type 3 Parallel Curb Ramp
61‐4b Type 3 Parallel Curb Ramp
61‐4c Type 3 Parallel Curb Ramp
61‐5a Type “C” Retaining Wall
61‐5b Type “C” Retaining Wall
61‐5c Type “C” Retaining Wall
61‐6a Reinforced Concrete Sidewalk Adjacent To Type S Inlet
61‐6b Reinforced Concrete Sidewalk Adjacent To Type S Inlet
61‐7 Sidewalk Bridge

  pdf Section 62 Drop Inlets (1.13 MB)  includes: 
62‐1a 2' x 3' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐1b 2' x 3' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐2a 3' x 4' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐2b 3' x 4' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐3a 3' x 5.5' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐3b 3' x 5.5' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐4a 4' x 4' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐4b 4' x 4' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐5a 5.5' x 3' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐5b 5.5' x 3' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐6a 5.5' x 5.5' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐6b 5.5' x 5.5' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐7a 4' x 3' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐7b 4' x 3' Type B Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐8a 3' x 4' Type C Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐8b 3' x 4' Type C Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐9a 4' x 5' Type C Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐9b 4' x 5' Type C Reinforced Concrete Drop Inlet
62‐10a Type L Median Drain For 6:1 Inslope
62‐10b Type L Median Drain For 6:1 Inslope
62‐11a Type L Median Drain For 4:1 Inslope
62‐11b Type L Median Drain For 4:1 Inslope
62‐12a Type M Median Drain
62‐12b Type M Median Drain
62‐12c Type M Median Drain
62‐13a 4' x 6' Type S Drop Inlet Base
62‐13b 4' x 6' Type S Drop Inlet Base
62‐13c 4' X 6' Precast Concrete Type S Drop Inlet Lid
62‐14a 4' x 11' Type S Drop Inlet Base
62‐14b 4' x 11' Type S Drop Inlet Base
62‐14c 4' X 11' Precast Concrete Type S Drop Inlet Lid
62‐15a 7' X 11' Type S Drop Inlet Base
62‐15b 7' X 11' Type S Drop Inlet Base
62‐15c 7' X 11' Type S Drop Inlet Base
62‐15d 7' X 11' Type S Drop Inlet Base
62‐16a Installation Details For Precast Concrete Type S Drop Inlet Lid
62‐16b Installation Details For Precast Concrete Type S Drop Inlet Lid
62‐17a Type B Frame & Grate Assembly
62‐17b Installation of Type B Drop Inlet
62‐18 Type C Frame & Grate
62‐19 Type E Frame & Grate

  pdf Section 63 Storm Sewer Junction Boxes & Manholes (291 KB)  includes:
63‐1 Precast Storm Sewer Manhole
63‐2a 5' x 5' Junction Box
63‐2b 5' x 5' Junction Box
63‐2c 5' x 5' Junction Box
63‐3a 6' x 6' Junction Box
63‐3b 6' x 6' Junction Box
63‐3c 6' x 6' Junction Box
63‐4a 7' x 7' Junction Box
63‐4b 7' x 7' Junction Box
63‐4c 7' x 7' Junction Box

  pdf Section 64 Under‐Drains (131 KB)  includes:
64‐1 Pipe Under‐Drain Details
64‐2 Under‐Drain Connection To Inlets

  pdf Section 74 Planting Trees, Shrubs & Vines (96 KB)  includes:
74‐1 B & B or Potted Tree Planting
74‐2a B & B or Potted Deciduous Tree Staking
74‐2b B & B or Potted Coniferous Tree Staking

  pdf Section 90 Roadway Signs & Delineators (154 KB)  includes:
90‐1a Sign Post Installation
90‐1b Sign Post in Concrete
90‐2a Street Name Signs
90‐2b Street Name Signs

  pdf Section 91 Pavement Markings (63 KB) includes:
91-1 Crosswalks

  pdf Section 93 Traffic Signals & Roadway Lighting (376 KB)  includes:
93‐1a Electrical Junction Boxes Type 1 Through Type 4
93‐1b Electrical Junction Boxes Type 1 Through Type 4
93‐2 Preformed Detector Loop
93‐3a Sawed‐In Detector Loop
93‐3b Sawed‐In Detector Loop Protection At Joint Or Crack In PCC Pavement
93‐4 Conduit Installation
93‐5 Tree Trimming For Roadway Lighting
93‐6 Steel Roadway Luminaire Pole With Mast Arm(s)
93‐7 Roadway Luminaire Pole Signals Banded To Luminaire Pole
93‐8 Roadway Luminaire Pole Breakaway Transformer Base
93‐9 Signal Pole Pedestal
93‐10 Signal Pole With Mast Arm
93‐11 Signal Pole With Mast Arm & Luminaire Extension
93‐12a Pedestrian Push Button Pole
93‐12b Pedestrian Push Button Pole
93‐13 Pole Footing
93‐14 Controller Cabinet & Footing

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