Utilities
Electronic Plan Transfer
The DOT/Utility Electonic Plan Transfer Program was the recipient of the 1998 Awarding Computing Excellence (ACE) Award in the Service category by the Governor's Information Technology Policy Council!
Utility Companies in Georgia: If you are interested in being part of Electronic Plan Transfer (EPT) please review the guidelines below and then contact your local District Utilities Office for more info.
Description
EPT is the use of electronic files and FTP(file transfer protocol) to communicate highway project status to affected utility companies. The benefits of this process is that it:
- Will save printing costs
- Will speed project plan development
- Will aid the Utility Companies in GIS applications
Utility companies can now easily receive and send their utility information for highway projects in electronic format. Electronic files can be provided to Utility companies for the electronic placement of their existing and proposed facilities on DOT projects.
The Department currently uses MicroStation Cad software for plan development.
If your organization currently uses Microstation you may download the current GDOT Microstation Workspace that includes several custom menus, cell libraries, and linestyles that are employed when preparing plans for the Department. This setup will allow you to incorporate the standard line styles and cells shown below into your Microstation drawings.
Guidelines
Listed below is the Department's current guidelines that are to be followed when preparing and transferring electronic CADD files on Department Projects
Please see the following link for instructions on how to upload and download design files when using the GDOT Utility Redline software
Individual Guidelines for level symbology. These are the standard utility symbols that are used to show utilities on Department Project Plans
Utilities FTP LinksFile Transfer Protocol (FTP)
FTP is a method of sending and receiving files over the Internet. FTP is beneficial for electronic plan transfer because of its performance with large files. The following links have been provided for the use of both the Department and Utility Owner to facilitate the sharing of project files. Click on the following links then click RUN when prompted.
Downloads for Utility Owners:
Files provided by the Department to the Utility Owner showing existing and/or proposed conditions for roadway projects. To access the GDOT FTP site,
click here.
Uploads for Utility Owners:
Files provided by the Utility Owner to the Department showing existing and/or proposed utility locations within a roadway project's limits. To access the GDOT FTP site,
click here.