Description

The purpose of the MDOT-MAA Planning and Engineering Guidelines & Standards (PEGS) Manual is to establish procedures, set standards, and achieve consistency for the design and construction of private and State-funded projects on the properties at both Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI Marshall) and Martin State (MTN) Airports.

These Guidelines & Standards are mandated regulations of MDOT-MAA with which all Designers and Architects/Engineers (A/E) and consultants must comply when performing work at MDOT-MAA owned and operated airports. In PEGS, the terms A/E, designer, and consultant are used interchangeably.

The intent of the PEGS manual is to supplement and complement established codes, regulations, and accepted industry practices, and to provide guidance and additional information regarding requirements unique to MDOT-MAA, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI Marshall), and Martin State Airports.

The PEGS Manual is a living document that is continually updated to reflect the changing policies, procedures and design criteria of MDOT-MAA. If you know of a standard or guideline which needs updating, have identified any design standards or requirements contained herein that conflict with any codes or regulations, or have suggestions for improvement to the PEGS manual, please contact the Director, Office of Engineering and Construction, (410) 859-7093. Alternately, an email can be sent to maapegsstandards@bwiairport.com.

Updates and supplements

Modifications to the standards and guidelines herein will be made directly in the PEGS manual. Supplements will be issued as PDFS and will be linked from the PEGS manual, while the changes, additions, and deletions required by a supplement will be directly incorporated into the live PEGS manual, and will be formatted so as to allow the user to easily note any differences between previous and current requirements.

When a change is made to the PEGS manual, the text will be formatted according to the following convention:

·         Deleted passages will be left in place, but formatted with a gray, overstrike font

·         Entirely new passages will be colored Green

·         Changed passages will be colored Red

Supplements will be catalogued in the Introduction chapter.

Once each calendar year, a snapshot of the current PEGS manual will be taken, converted to PDF format, and added to the archives, along with any supplements issued during the calendar year (see Historical Editions) as the previous calendar year’s archived edition. Afterward, the living PEGS manual will be ‘flattened’; all changes made over the previous year will be incorporated into the base text by removing the red and green formatting, and the overstruck gray passages will be permanently deleted, forming a new edition of the PEGS manual for the next calendar year.

Administrative

The official name of the airport should read Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. An abbreviated version which can be used in correspondence, publications, and other communications is BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.

The acronym “BWI Marshall” can be used in correspondence and other publications where necessary, for example, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Marshall).