Stage of Project
- Environmental Assessment: Many infrastructure projects must first
undergo an Environmental Assessment (EA). An EA is a planning process which must
consider all environmental impacts, appropriate measures to manage the impacts before
the project is implemented, and include consultation with potentially impacted parties
and members of the public.
More information on the EA process.
- Design: The design stage of a project refers to the development
of contract drawings and tender documents for the construction or implementation
of the project; with architectural, engineering and business case components often
part of this stage.
- Construction: The construction stage is the implementation stage
of the project, when the process of building or assembling the project has begun.
Category
The Region of Durham Works Department provides numerous essential municipal services
to residents and businesses within Durham Region, including: the supply of treated drinking
water, the collection and treatment of sewage, operation and maintenance of the
Regional transportation network, and solid waste management. Works Department projects
usually fall under one of the following categories:
- Waste: Blue box collection to all municipalities and collection
of green bins, yard waste, bulky and metal goods and garbage to Ajax, Pickering,
Clarington, Brock, Uxbridge and Scugog.
- Transportation: Planning design, construction and maintenance of
the Regional transportation network including roads, storm sewers, bridges
and culverts, as well as traffic signals and devices.
- Water: Planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation
of the water supply infrastructure. This infrastructure includes water supply plants,
reservoirs, watermains, and pumping stations to provide clean safe water to our customers.
- Sanitary Sewage: Water that is flushed down the toilet or emptied
down the sink or drain is collected from customers through a system of sanitary
sewers and sewage pumping stations. Wastewater is treated at one of the Region's sewage treatment plants.
- Facilities: Planning, design, construction and maintenance of over
300 Regional facilities, such as homes for the aged, paramedic stations, and Durham Region Headquarters.
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Additional Information
If you can not find the information you are looking for on a particular project, it may be the work of a local
municipality, private corporation or other agency. For information about a local municipal project, please contact
your local municipality.
