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Executive Division | Engineering Division
Traffic Operations Division | Construction Services Division
In 2007 the Bureau of Engineering and Construction officially becomes the Bureau of Transportation and Engineering. It is one of four bureaus within the Department of Public Works – Environmental Services, Administration, Operations, and Transportation and Engineering. The Bureau is divided into four divisions – Executive, Engineering, Traffic Operations, and Construction Services.
The mission of the Bureau of Transportation and Engineering is to affect a high quality City-wide infrastructure of roadways, bridges, walls, pedestrian walkways and ancillary structures that are safe, affordable, functional, attractive, balanced, and sensitive to the needs and priorities of the City’s neighborhoods.
Executive Division – The role of this division is to provide effective leadership and management of Bureau’s personnel and resources in the engineering, construction and operation of the City’s physical infrastructure. Its functions and duties include:
- Planning and Urban Design Support/Liaison;
- Inter-agency and Departmental Liaison;
- Policy Guidance including priorities and performance measures;
- Project Management Support/Quality Control;
- Art Commission Coordination;
- Project funding and political commitment; and
- Human Resource Administration (including IT support).
Engineering Division – The role of this division is to insure the structural and operational integrity of the City’s public right-of-ways by engineering safe, affordable, functional, attractive, multimodal, and responsive infrastructure projects in a timely and proficient manner including roadways, bridges, retaining walls, sidewalks, steps, trails, and ancillary structures. Its functions and duties include:
- Manage an annual Infrastructure needs assessment and Four Year Capital Improvement Program;
- Project management of multi-disciplined consultant teams engineering large municipal projects;
- Bridge Inspection, maintenance and repair;
- Engineer designs for smaller municipal projects including slide remediation;
- Preparation of construction bid documents;
- Construction project management;
- Oversee the City’s annual resurfacing program; and
- Outside agency project liaison and coordination.
Traffic Operations Division – The role of this division is to provide for the safe, efficient, and contextually sensitive movement of vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles, and goods along the City’s streets. Its functions and duties include:
- Traffic Studies including stop sign and signal warrants;
- Respond to Mayor’s 311 request/inquiries;
- Permitting including coordinating traffic management for construction and special events, road closures and land obstructions;
- Traffic Control including intersection investigations, signal design and maintenance, intelligent transportation systems;
- Street Management including parking investigations and designs and signs and pavement marking work orders;
- Multimodal Systems Investigations and Designs including pedestrian/ADA requirements, bicycle accommodations, transit facilities, and traffic calming; and
- Development Reviews including traffic impacts and mitigation recommendations.
Construction Services Division – The role of this division is to provide timely and proficient survey, inspection, drafting, and archiving services in support of the Bureau’s engineering and construction projects. Its functions and duties include:
- Field surveying and research;
- Archive management;
- Project inspection; and
- Drafting services.
Contact Information:
Patrick Hassett, Assistant Director
Bureau of Transportation and Engineering
Department of Public Works
Room 301 City-County Building
414 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 255-2883
(fax) (412) 255-8847
pat.hassett@city.pittsburgh.pa.us
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