The Office of Project Letting is a unit of the Technical Services Traffic-Roadway Section, and contains several functions:
Specifications, Estimating,
Office of Pre-Letting,
Quality Assurance for Design, as well as other staff including Administrative, Technical Services Web Master and Trans*Port Administration.
Estimating provides the final Engineer's Estimate on all bidding projects, recommendation for award or rejection of bid results, is the owner of standard bid items, a resource for help with utilization of specific contracting methods (A+B, A+C, I/D, etc.), provides estimating training and mentoring, and provides scheduling training and mentoring.