Public Works Department

Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department (PWD) either formally or informally.

In Australia: -

  • NSW Public Works
  • Public Works Department (Victoria)
  • Public Works Department (Western Australia)

In Brunei: -

  • Public Works Department of Brunei

In Canada: -

  • Public Works and Government Services Canada

In Hong Kong: -

  • Works Branch, known previously as Public Works Department, and for a time between 1997 and 2002 as Works Bureau.

In India: -

  • Central Public Works Department
  • State Public Works Departments
  • Kerala Public Works Department
  • Karnataka Public Works Department
  • Tamil Nadu Public Works Department
  • Public Works Department, (City level)

In Malaysia: -

  • Malaysian Public Works Department

In New Zealand: -

  • New Zealand Ministry of Works

In The Philippines: -

  • Department of Public Works and Highways (Philippines)

In Singapore: -

  • Public Works Department of Singapore

In Turkey: -

  • Ministry of Public Works and Settlement

In the United States of America: -

  • Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

In Vietnam: -

  • Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transportation and Public Works


Famous quotes containing the words public, works and/or department:

    “You know, Mr. Secretary, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.”
    —Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)

    “I cannot spare water or wine, Tobacco-leaf, or poppy, or rose;
    From the earth-poles to the line, All between that works or grows,
    Every thing is kin of mine.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “While the focus in the landscape of Old World cities was commonly government structures, churches, or the residences of rulers, the landscape and the skyline of American cities have boasted their hotels, department stores, office buildings, apartments, and skyscrapers. In this grandeur, Americans have expressed their Booster Pride, their hopes for visitors and new settlers, and customers, for thriving commerce and industry.”
    —Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)