Print this page E-mail Page Design Guidelines Manual (DGM) Architectural and engineering consultants providing services to the Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) develop their designs in accord with applicable codes and sound professional practice. However, MDAD has found through experience, as a result of value analysis, operational use and other considerations, that certain specifications or elements of design better serve the Department's needs when built in accord with more stringent criteria. Consequently, MDAD has promulgated the Design Guidelines Manual (DGM) to guide design professional consultants in their work for MDAD.

Two volumes of the DGM are available on this website.  They are:
 
which provides guidance for building projects in the MIA Terminal Complex as well as Volume A , sitework projects at all MDAD airports, and

Volume 5 , Airside Design Details Manual, which provides sample details for design professionals’ use in developing airside component details appropriate to each project.

Design Guidelines Manual
These Guidelines are available to all professional consultants engaged by the Department. Consultants are required to avail themselves of this information, and the ability to access it from this web site provides an excellent way to obtain the needed information with confidence that it is current.

For more information regarding Design Guidelines, please contact Bert Maura.

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