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[1962-1967] (Creation)
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- Alberta Department of Public Works
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0.01 m of textual records
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The Alberta Department of Public Works was established on September 1, 1905 in part of the Alberta Act. It was officially created by Alberta legislation in 1906 when the Public Works Act repealed the Public Works Ordinance. The duties, functions and structure of the Department of Public Works stayed unchanged, as allowed by the new legislation.
The Department of Public Works was responsible for the management of a long list of utilities and maintenance including heating, lighting, construction, repairs of government buildings, among many others. Legislation defined public works as property of the Crown and controlled by the department; this included all land, watercourses, streams and any acquired property for public works.
The Department was set up in a hierarchical structure. When it began it contained five branches including Correspondence, Accountants, Surveys, Engineering and Local Improvement. Over time the department included branches and sections related to operations, regulations, creation, and the maintenance of highways, mining, and employment. Legislation reorganized the Department in 1951 into two branches, Buildings and Mechanical. The Department again restructured in 1960 into six divisions, Architecture, Works and Maintenance, Construction, Maintenance, Mechanical, and Administrative Accounting. In 1966 the administrative division moved to outside the three main divisions, Utilities Services, Design and Construction, and Maintenance Services. Before the dissolution of the department in 1975 there were 5 major divisions.
The Department of Public Works was divided in a government wide reorganization into the Department of Housing and Public Works and Department of Government Services. The Alberta Government Services was responsible for the elements of former Public Works Department concerned with operations and maintenance.
On June 25,1975 the Department of Public Works dissolved when the Department of Public Works Acts was repealed by the Department of Government Services Act. The Department of Government Services merged with the functions of public works from the Department of Housing and Public Works in 1982 to create the Department of Public Works, Supply, and Services.
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Accession consists of correspondence between the Bursar, University of Alberta and the Alberta Department of Housing and Public Works about the capital expenditures budget.
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- English
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1.2.1980
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- Office of the Comptroller (Subject)
- Alberta Department of Public Works (Subject)
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DBRACEWELL 7.28.2009: Updated by A.A. 20 Dec. 2022