Designer Procedures Manual Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Purpose
    2. Responsibility for State Buildings
  2. Consultant Procedures
    1. Consultant Selection
      1. Consultant Master Roster - link to Vendor Management System
      2. Consultants on Master Contracts - link to Vendor Management System
      3. Consultant Contracts
        1. Authority of the Consultant Designer
        2. Basic Services Agreement
        3. Short Form BSA
        4. Consultant Pay Requests
        5. Professional Services Contract (PTC Contract)
        6. Reimbursable Expenses
      4. Consultant Responsibilities
        1. Predesign
        2. Schematic Design
        3. Design Development
        4. Construction Documents
        5. Specifications
        6. Bidding Phase
        7. Construction Administration
        8. Post construction
  3. Forms for Construction Projects
  4. Construction Projects
    1. Capital Improvements
    2. Project Funding
      1. Agency Capital Budget Requests (Bonding Bill)
      2. Capital Asset Preservation and Replacement Account (CAPRA)
      3. Asset Preservation (AP)
    3. Contractor Selection
      1. Annual Contracts - Construction
      2. Plan Holders List for RECS Designed Projects
      3. Builders Exchanges
  5. Guidelines
    1. Predesign Information
    2. Guide to Minnesota Environmental Review Rules
    3. CAD Guidelines
    4. Building Air Quality - A Guide for Building Owners, Facility Managers, and Agency Contacts
    5. Building Infrastructure Standards for State Owned Buildings
    6. Commissioner's Plan
    7. CICC Blue Book
    8. Sustainability Guidelines for Consultants
    9. Space Guidelines
    10. Safeguarding Buildings Against Chemical and Biological Attack
    11. Design Guidelines
    12. Capitol Complex Guidelines
      1. Contractors/Vendors Guidelines Related to Buildings and Parking Facilities (for PMD info)
      2. Zoning & Design Rules for the Capitol Area (for CAAPB info)
    13. Property Loss Control
    14. Technology Guidelines
    15. Cutting, Welding and Other Hot Works
    16. Demolition Environmental Checklist and Guide