Organization Profile
- Our Function
- Organization Structure
- PWD Malaysia Headquarters
- State PWDs, Federal Territory PWDs, PWDs Special Units, and State Water Supply Departments
Public Works Department (PWD) Malaysia was formed in 1872. For all these years, we act as the technical advisor to the Federal Government. We are responsible for the implementation of development projects and management of the infrastructure maintenance. We are involved in the project implementation that include roads, water supply, buildings, airports, ports, and jetties. Our main client is the Ministry of Works but we also serve other ministries, departments, authorities (badan berkanun), and states when they seek our help.
Our Function
PWD is responsible for:
- Planning, designing, an constructing infrastructure projects such as roads, water supply, government buildings, airports, ports, jetties, and related engineering products
- Maintenance of roads, water supply, and government buildings
- Providing technical advice to the Government at federal, state, and district levels
Organization Structure
PWD Malaysia is headed by director general and assisted by three deputies. The management of PWD Malaysia covers the whole nation except Sabah and Sarawak . See our organizational structure. For managing purpose, PWD Malaysia is break down into headquarters and state levels.
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PWD Malaysia Headquarters
At the headquarters, the department is organized into 3 business sectors with 14 branches under them. One branch stands on its own. Below is the detail of the sectors and their branches:
- Coporate Management Branch (Cawangan Pengurusan Korporat) - on its own
- Infrastructure Sector
- Roads Branch (Cawangan Jalan)
- Ports, Airports, and Maritime Branch (Cawangan Pangkalan Udara dan Maritim)
- Slope Engineering Branch (Cawangan Kejuruteraan Cerun)
- Building Sector
- Public Buildings Branch (Cawangan Kerja Bangunan Am)
- Health Works Branch (Cawangan Kerja Kesihatan)
- Education Works Branch (Cawangan Kerja Pendidikan)
- Specialized Engineering Sector
- Architecture Branch
- Specialized and Public Engineering Branch
- Mechanical Engineering Branch (Cawangan Kejuruteraan Mekanikal)
- Electrical Engineering Branch (Cawangan Kejuruteraan Elektrik)
- Contract and Quantity Surveying Branch (Canwagan Kontrak dan Ukur Bahan)
- Environmental Branch (Cawangan Alam Sekitar)
PWD Malaysia headquarters is responsible for planning and designing development projects, as well as providing policies, guidelines, and technical advice to the state PWDs, federal territory PWDs, state water supply departments, and PWD's Special Units.
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State PWDs, Federal Territory PWDs, PWDs Special Units, and State Water Supply Departments
State PWDs
Every State PWD is headed by a director. It is responsible for planning, implementing, and maintaining state development projects, government buildings, and water supply. For water supply service, there are two states left where the service is taken care by the PWD. These two states are Kedah and Perlis. In other states, this service has been either corporatized or privatized.
All state PWDs are directly answerable to State Government for all the state projects. However, PWD Malaysia headquarters supports the State PWDs by giving the technical service and advice.
At the same time, State PWDs directly answer to PWD Malaysia Director General for the federal projects implemented in the respective state, with the exception of Sabah PWD and Sarawak PWD.
Federal Territory PWDs
There are three Federal Territory PWDs:
- Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory PWD,
- Labuan Federal Territory PWD, and
- Putrajaya Federal Territory PWD.
Each Federal Territory PWDs is headed by a director who answers directly to the PWD Malaysia Director General.
Federal Territory PWDs are responsible for implementing development projects and maintaining designated government buildings in Kuala Lumpur , Labuan , and Putrajaya. Labuan Federal Territory PWD is responsible for maintaining the roads and water supply in Labuan .
PWD Special Units
We formed several Special Units such as JKR Pembangunan Persukutuan (for Kelantan and Sabah ) JKR Pembangunan Wilayah KESEDAR, and JKR Projek Khas Gerbang Selatan. Each of these units is headed by a director who answers directly to PWD Malaysia Director General. Their role is to implement, coordinate, and monitor federal development projects and special projects.
District PWDs and Water Supply Departments
Each District PWDs is headed by a district engineer. Every district engineer answers to the respective State PWD's director. District PWD's main role is to implement and maintain federal and state projects.
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