Sections of the Engineering Department and Their Responsibilities
The Public Services Section of Dura Municipality's Engineering Department oversees and follows up on the delivery of basic services to citizens in the fields of electricity, water, solid waste, and planning and building, ensuring an effective, sustainable and high-quality service.
Main Responsibilities
- Planning and supervision: Preparing annual plans and operating budgets and following up on their implementation.
- Planning and building: Reviewing plans, issuing building permits in accordance with regulations and laws, and monitoring compliance on site.
- Electricity: Overseeing the installation and maintenance of electricity and lighting networks, and coordinating with providers in emergencies.
- Water: Overseeing water distribution and network maintenance, and ensuring a regular service.
- Solid waste: Organizing the work of cleaning crews, monitoring the landfill, and running pest and stray animal control campaigns.
- Administrative follow-up: Preparing periodic reports, evaluating performance, and proposing improvements to raise the level of services.
The Buildings Section handles citizens' service requests such as building permits and occupancy permits, and enforces the city's building regulations through field inspections and by following up on construction work to ensure compliance with the regulations and instructions in force.
The section has two main divisions:
- Inspecting and verifying licensing applications on site.
- Setting building lines and street boundaries for citizens.
- Carrying out surveys and documenting building violations when needed.
- Any other tasks related to the division's work or assigned to it.
- Carrying out inspection rounds to detect and prevent building violations.
- Inspecting citizens' daily requests such as occupancy permits, deposit refunds and objections.
- Documenting building violations and testifying in these cases before the Municipal Court.
- Coordinating with the Civil Defense on public safety measures in buildings and industrial and craft facilities, with weekly joint inspection rounds.
- Any additional tasks related to the division's work.
The Public Works and Maintenance Section is one of the Municipality's most important service sections, as it is responsible for basic infrastructure, roads and public facilities that directly affect the quality of life in the city.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Paving internal roads in several neighborhoods of Dura (Karisa, Al-Hijri, Abu Al-Ashoush, Al-Maidan, Abu Al-Qamra and others), opening new roads that connect different areas, and developing roads linking the city with neighboring villages.
Including maintenance of buildings, sidewalks, road cracks, lighting, school facilities and more.
Repairing excavations, grading streets, repairing asphalt, widening streets when needed, and paving connecting and service roads.
The Municipality lights sidewalks and streets in its projects, as part of maintaining the city's appearance and safety.
The “Annual Works and Maintenance Project” paves sections of internal side roads and maintains internal roads every year as part of the Municipality's plan.
Through citizens' participation, contributions and donations in some projects, such as at some schools and facilities. Citizens' requests also help set priorities.
Such as repairing potholes after rain and fixing sudden damage to streets, facilities and infrastructure.
The Municipality is working to digitize maintenance and operations, with prioritized scheduling, automated follow-up and records of municipal assets and properties.
The Project Management Section of Dura Municipality is responsible for planning, implementing and following up on development and infrastructure projects in the city. It links the Municipality's vision and development strategies with the on-the-ground implementation of projects that serve the local community.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Proposing projects within the city's strategic plan and setting priorities.
- Preparing designs, plans, technical specifications and bills of quantities for tenders.
- Coordinating with government institutions, donors, and water, electricity and other authorities to carry out development and infrastructure projects.
- Supervising projects from start to finish, including road paving, sidewalk construction, water and sanitation infrastructure, and environmental facilities where applicable.
- Ensuring that projects meet quality standards (engineering, health, environmental and others).
- Contributing to preparing and updating local strategic plans, such as local development plans.
