Organization Chart of Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning (DPT)

Director - General

Internal Audit Unit

Deputy Director - General

Office of the SecretaryPersonnel Division Legal Affairs DivisionPlanning Division

Finance DivisionInformation and Public Relations Division

Human Resource DevelopmentInstitute for Urban Development

Information Technology Center

National and RegionalPlanning Bureau

Comprehensive andSpecific Planning Bureau

Town and Country PlanningEngineering Bureau

Town PlannedDevelopment Bureau

Standard DevelopmentBureau

Architecture BureauStructural Engineering andSystem Bureau

Construction Supervision

Building Supervision and Inspection BureauRegional Administration

75 Provincial Office of Public Works and Town & Country Planning

Brief Explanation

Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning (DPT)

Present Status

1. Technical Services

2. Legal Service

3. Development Work for Urban and Other Specific Areas.

3.1 Transportation Improvements.

3.2 Flood Protection and Provision of Drainage Systems.

3.3 Bank Protection and maintenance

4. The Rural Development Work

4.1 Public Utilities

4.2 Dispose of agricultural and master plan

development community

4.3 City Planning and Urban Development

5. Other Salient Responsibilities

5.1 Constructing royal pavilions

5.2 Publishing technical manuals

Existing Laws and Regulation

1. Comprehensive City and Specific Area Planning Law 1975.

- Commercial Zone

- Industrial Zone

- Residential Zone

- Institution Zone

- Official Building Zone

- Recreation Zone (Public Park, Green Area)

- etc.

2. Building Control Act 2000 (3rd edition)

3. Other Technical Regulations.

Problem

1. Economical and social expansion in Thailand

(Rapid increase of urban land use)

2. Insufficient and nonappropriate of existing basic infrastructures

3. Main causes of such problems are

- Insufficient technical regulation

- Lacking of information necessary for implementation

Future Work Plan

1. Establish the appropriated criteria for city planning and basic

infrastructure management of the city.

2. Implement the Master Plan and Feasibility Study including

Detailed Design of basic infrastructure for urban development.

3. Transfer the advanced technology on urban development

to local authorities.

4. Suggestion on management of basic infrastructure to local

authorities.