Project Delivery Acronyms
PS&E
What are Plans, Specs & Estimates?
This One-Stop-Shop is the place to find all things Complete Streets at Caltrans.
What is the Complete Streets Hub?
Where did Ryan Foster (D3) live for a year when he was 10 years-old?
What is a tree house?
Building healthy soils, establishing vegetation, and protecting water quality are the environmental benefits of this.
What is compost?
The Caltrans Districts that make up the North Region.
What are Districts 1, 2, and 3?
PDT
What is Project Development Team?
Two of the elements of SAFER Design are called this.
What are Site, Accessible, Facilitate, Eliminate, Relocate?
(Any two)
How many years did Matthew Caslavka (D12) work for In-N-Out as a Landscape Architect?
What is 23 years?
The phase that the landscape architect had the biggest role in, on the I-5 North Coast Corridor Project in San Diego.
What are all the phases?
This California County is the largest in the USA and larger than 9 states!
What is San Bernardino County?
PA/ED
What is Project Approval and Environmental Document?
The Office responsible for turning Designs into Construction Contracts.
What is Office Engineering (OE)?
Who used a stern nod to sneak into a Physics Research Facility?
Who is Carlos Espinoza (D8)?
A thriving and connected California.
What is Caltrans' vision?
This desert occupies one-sixth of the land area of California.
What is the Mojave Desert?
SER
What is Standard Environmental Reference?
This is a new publication available on the Landscape Architecture website that is a good guide for Landscape Associates.
What is the LA (Landscape Architecture) Guide?
This Central Region LA has a YouTube channel about plants.
Who is Abraham Covarrubias (CR)?
This section of freeway is planted with ornamental vegetation that meets criteria established by the California Code of Regulations (Title 4, Division 6 - Outdoor Advertising).
What is a Classified Landscaped Freeway?
This football team was named after the gold-seekers who flocked to the state in 1849.
Who are the 49'ers?
PDPM
What is the Project Development Procedures Manual?
Plans, Standard Plans, Standard Specifications, Special Provisions - to name a few - are components of this...
What is a Construction Contract?
Esteban Salcedo (D11) played these two aquatic sports teams in high school.
What are water polo and swim team?
What does the first 2 digits of a Bid Item Code correspond to?
For instance, Bid item: 204096 MAINTAIN EXISTING PLANTED AREAS
What is the Specification Section Number?
The Caltrans District that is the home of Disneyland.
What is District 12?