The Kansas City Metropolitan Chapter of the American Public Works Association maintains a comprehensive set of construction specifications and design criteria for public works construction projects in the Kansas City metropolitan area. These specifications are available in either paper or digital form for a modest price, and may be ordered directly from:
Western Blue Print
1808 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo., 64108
Telephone: (816) 842-7881 or
Fax (816) 842-6279
or by mail using this form:

Document Order Form.pdf

Individual sections are updated on a periodic basis by committees of chapter members and industry representatives. The specifications were written to provide good quality infrastructure using locally available materials whenever possible, and at a cost made lower by the use of a common specification.

These documents are used in whole or part by a majority of the public agencies in the Kansas City Metropolitan area. You do not have to be a member of APWA to purchase or use the documents. Many private agencies utilize the Kansas City Metropolitan APWA specifications for private construction, and many copies have been sold to agencies outside the Kansas City Metropolitan area. Please note that it is the Policy of the KC Metro Chapter of APWA to protect the integrity of these documents and editable files (Word or CADD formats) are not released to either a Private or Public entity.

If you have an interest in serving on a specification committee or have other questions regarding the specifications or design criteria, please contact the Special Project Committee chairman, Mr. Leon Staab, P.E. at lstaab@burnsmcd.com

Specification Sections (Available for downloading as Adobe Acrobat files, in many cases they are large files that will take some time to download (consider right-clicking, then select "Save Target as..." and save the file to your computer for subsequent viewing. Please be patient. Especially where the file size is larger than several megabytes nothing may appear in your browser for several minutes. Also consider downloading and installing the latest version of Adobe Acrobat - later versions allow you to view the file as it is being downloaded.)

Section 1100 - General Conditions (8/1995 4.26 mb)
Section 2000 - General (10/1981 74 kb)
Section 2100 - Grading and Site Preparation (8/2003 487 kb)
Section 2200 - Paving (5/2001 735 kb)
Section 2300 - Incidental Construction (12/2002 210 kb)
Section 2400 - Seeding and Sodding (10/1981 483 kb)
Section 2500 - Sanitary Sewers (12/1992 2.88 mb)
Section 2600 - Storm Sewers (4/1996 1.85 mb) Metric (1.85 mb)
Section 2700 - Structures (11/1998 89 kb)
Section 2800 - Street Lights (12/1982 1.06 mb)
Section 2900 - Waterlines (12/1984 1.51 mb)

Design Guidance Documents

Section 5100 - Site Work and Erosion and Sediment Control (8/2003 787 kb)
Section 5200 - Streets (4/1996 1.93 mb) Metric (1.93 mb)
Section 5300 - Incidental Construction and Local Bicycle Facility Design Guidance (12/2002 1.85 mb)

Standard Drawings
Erosion and Sediment Control (10.1 mb)
Standard Drawings (3.56 mb)
Bicycle Facility Standard Drawings (247 kb)

Proposed Revisions

The following is a list of documents that have been issued to the membership for review and comments. Written comments will be accepted until the date indicated. Please provide comments on the forms provided below and email them to lstaab@burnsmcd.com. A complete description of the protocol for document revision can be found here:
Document Revision Protocol
The form for review comments can be downloaded here

Major revisions are to be done by committee. However, minor revisions can be made by individuals. A standard form can be downloaded here. The completed request should be forwarded to lstaab@burnsmcd.com for consideration. Anonymous requests will not be considered and only Chapter members can make requests.
Revisions requested by individuals will undergo the same review and approval protocol as described above.
Please note that many of the Chapter's documents are not in an electronic format and cannot easily be edited. The SPC is in the process of converting documents to Microsoft Word format. If a revision request is made for a document that has not yet been converted, the requested change may not be addressed immediately.