Engineering and Planning Sector
Project Preparation and Design
Preparing civil and electromechanical designs for water and wastewater projects, together with bills of quantities, technical specifications and tender documents.
Objectives
What this directorate works to achieve within the utility plan.
Buildable designs
Designs that account for site reality, material availability and delivery conditions.
Complete tender packages
Document sets that leave no ambiguous item to be disputed during execution.
Unified specifications
An approved standard specification applied across all projects.
Cost efficiency
Design alternatives that meet the purpose at the lowest feasible cost.
Duties and responsibilities
The main roles carried out by the directorate.
- Preparing civil designs for water and wastewater projects.
- Preparing electrical and mechanical designs for facilities.
- Preparing bills of quantities and technical specifications.
- Producing construction drawings and as-built plans.
- Reviewing designs produced by external consultants.
- Updating CMWU approved standard specifications.
Units and sections
Organisational units within the directorate.
Project preparation section
Feasibility studies and project package preparation.
Project design section
Civil and electromechanical design.
Engineering drawings unit
Producing plans and construction drawings.