Ontario. Dept. of Public Works. Design and Construction Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Public Works. Design and Construction Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Design and Construction Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1967-1972

      History

      The Design and Cosntruction Branch was established in 1967 as part of a general reorganization of the Department of Public Works from the former Chief Architect's Branch.

      The Branch was dissolved in 1972 with the creation of the Ministry of Government Services, which included separate branches responsible for construction: a Design Services Branch and a Project Management Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Design and Construction Branch of the Department of Public Works was responsible for the design and constrction of Ontario government buildings, including all phases of architectural and engineering design, preparation of specifications and drawings for projects, supervision of work commissioned, and supervision of construction.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Works (1869-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA40

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Works controls Ontario. Dept. of Public Works. Design and Construction Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1967-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Works. Chief Architect's Branch (1945-1967)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1431

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Works. Chief Architect's Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Public Works. Design and Construction Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Government Services. Design Services Branch (1972-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1440

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Government Services. Design Services Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Public Works. Design and Construction Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1432

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Department of Public Works Annual Reports, 1967-1972.

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not found in Canadiana Authorities.

          Archivist(s):
          Crockett