Design Group functions: 

• Design services for the Engineering Department and other City departments
• Administrative support for Engineering Department activities
• Management of capital improvements program projects.
• Systematic construction, reconstruction, and repair programs for storm and sanitary sewers and water detention basins
• Address the City's infrastructure needs using a priority system for timely maintenance

GIS/Graphics Section functions: 

• Support Engineering project design preparation
• Maintain and provide City departments and the public:
  • Quarter section, planimetric and topographic maps
  • Sewer maps and data
  • Aerial photography
  • Construction records on all public improvements
• Provide City agencies with:
  • Maps
  • Plans
  • Charts
  • Overlays
  • Displays
  • Exhibits
• Provide computer systems support for the Engineering Department
• Complete the conversion and implementation phase for the city-wide Automated Mapping and Facilities Management Geographic Information System

Projects:

• City Street Improvement and Maintenance Programs
  • For a complete list of street improvements and maintenance programs scheduled for April 2022 through June 2023 go to 2022 – 2023 Planned Street Improvement & Maintenance Programs schedule.
• Major Construction Project by Ward
• To find the ward you live in
• Use the address look up
• View our wards map
• Major Construction Projects for Ward 1 (NW Des Moines)
• Major Construction Projects for Ward 2 (NE Des Moines)
• Major Construction Projects for Ward 3 (SW Des Moines)
• Major Construction Projects for Ward 4 (SE Des Moines)
• Southeast Connector
  • A multi-lane roadway connecting Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway at SW Second Street to US 65 bypass.
  • Southeast Connector Website - Project Updates
• Utility Coordination
• Utility Coordination Booklet