Street light resources for developers and consultants
There are a number of policy and specification manuals that are important to street light developers, consultants and contractors who perform work for The City of Calgary.
Technical and design specifications
Standard specifications for street lighting construction
- Street light design file checker procedure - June 12, 2023
- Design symbols for street light luminaires and poles (May 2024)
- Street lighting construction 2006 (Current)
- Electrical permit process
- Streetlight Material Request Policy
- Street lighting material catalogue 2016
- Design guidelines for street lighting 2016 (Current)
- 2024 street light design bulletin
The City of Calgary is currently in the process of updating our street light design standards which is a lengthy process. In the absence of having an updated standard to share at this time, the street light design bulletins can be used as a supplemental reference to the existing Design guidelines for street lighting 2016. - Street light design incremental cost data sheet (DDS)
This spreadsheet is used to calculate incremental maintenance costs when selecting decorative and non-decorative street lighting in new subdivision or standard developments. The total cost must include material, construction, design, permits, etc. This datasheet must be submitted for all subdivisions, decorative and non-decorative. - Luminaire replacement chart
The City of Calgary is transitioning to the new version of the RoadFocus Plus series by Signify, this replacement chart will apply to current streetlighting designs that are in IFC or construction stage to help with the transition to new luminaires. Once the current inventory for the Signify luminaire depletes no new orders will be made.
Street light bids
The City of Calgary changed to electronic bidding. All new solicitations will be posted on Ariba (The City of Calgary's Ariba discovery page). The City invites any interested bidder who can fulfill the bid requirements to respond to advertised opportunities. See information on responding to bid opportunities.
Wireless infrastructure on street light poles
Drafting
The City of Calgary’s CAD Standard replaces APPENDIX B: STREET LIGHTING DRAFTING STANDARDS from the 2016 Design guidelines for street lighting
Blocks, line styles, layers and The City’s coordinate system can be found within the Civil Template. Example title blocks and other general information can be found in the General Template. Both templates are available for download at the same link listed above.
Please review the website for updates at the start of every year.
After reviewing the information at the link above, if you have any drafting related questions, please email IIS AIM Traffic street lighting