A brief About the Ministry
of Public Works sectors
- The Coordination and Follow Up Sector: Undertaking the coordination and follow-up tasks with relation
to the letters, decisions, and referrals that are outgoing from and ingoing to the Ministry, in addition to
preparing periodical reports on the levels of accomplishment, the obstacles, and the defects in
implementation.
- The Sanitary Engineering Sector: undertakes preparing designs, supervising the implementation of
sanitary drainage networks, and pumping and lifting stations. In addition, it undertakes the operation and
maintenance of the wastewater treatment plants, irrigation stations, and their structures. It also coordinates
with the Kuwait Municipality and the competent entities to take over the sites and ensures that they are free of
debris and other obstacles before starting the implementation. Moreover, it supervises the periodic and
emergency maintenance of the facilities and buildings of the treated wastewater network, ensuring their
suitability for work.
- The Maintenance Engineering Affairs Sector: undertakes inspecting the non-highway networks, rainwater
and sanitary drainage networks to propose the necessary maintenance work. It also oversees the
implementation of related maintenance contracts, and follows-up on the received complaints. The sector
undertakes following-up on the workflow in various maintenance contracts. It issues the licenses related to
connecting buildings to the sanitary drainage network, and ensures the implementation of security and safety
rules on sites with regards to development in coordination with the competent entities. In addition, it operates
and maintains all specialized equipment and machinery of the Maintenance Engineering Sector such as
suction equipment, mobile power generating equipment, mobile pumps, and compressors, etc.
- The Road Engineering Affairs Sector: undertakes preparing designs and supervising the implementation
of roads, services, and bridges and the maintenance of highways and bridges. It also prepares the periodic and
final evaluation of the performance level of contractors of implemented work, and notifies the Planning and
Follow-up Office with the evaluation results. In addition, it Follows-up project workflows and compares them
to the approved schedules, and prepares the related periodic reports. The sector is responsible for coordinating
with the competent entities in solving project-designing issues during the implementation phases.
Furthermore, it prepares the different engineering designs and studies for rainwater drainage networks,
sewerage, and rainwater channel dams. It also evaluates the existing bridges and suggests the necessary
repairs or enhancements in coordination with the competent entities.
- The Construction-Project Engineering Sector: undertakes studying and planning special projects, and
following-up the designing phases with local and international engineering offices entrusted to project
designing and supervision. It also undertakes the accomplishment of public buildings including schools,
mosques, clinics, suburb centers, etc. In addition, it lists the implemented work, and undertakes the inventory
and assessment of tools, equipment, and material in the case of withdrawal of work from a contractor or work
suspension due to the contractor negligence. Moreover, it follows-up the work implementation of the
agreements with the consulting engineering offices, and ensures that the consultants fulfill all their
obligations according to the agreement terms and are abided by the followed standards in designing during
the designing phase. Furthermore, the Sector reviews and Audits the designs, plans, specifications, and
amount tables for electricity, air-conditioning, sanitation, fire alarm system, elevators, communication system,
and other works prepared by the consulting engineering offices for project affiliated to the Design
departments.