Todd Bergland recommended the addition of the Federal Work Type to the DesignProject class.  His comment was in reference to the ContractPayItem schema package, but it could also apply to the Proposal class in the BidPackage package and the Contract and ConstructionProject classes in the ProjectConstructionStatus and  ConstructionProgress packages.

There is an FHWA work type classification standard.  A document listing examples of these work type codes is posted in the Construction/Materials Working Group Documents section here:

http://www.transxml.net/Construction+Materials+Schema/Group+Documents/Downloads_GetFile.aspx?id=495

We are working with FHWA to locate the FHWA document that defines this standard.

The Proposal, Contract, and ConstructionProject classes have a ConstructionType attribute that is associated with a ConstructionType code list stereotype.

Question: Does the Federal Work Type meet the work type classification needs for projects and contracts at all stages of the lifecycle or is a separate agency-extensible work type classification scheme also needed?