Design and Construction
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