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ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
CITY OF SURREY OVERVIEWS
2 0 1 5 A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S
• Commenced operation of the City’s district
energy utility, ‘Surrey City Energy’, to
provide service to its first two customers;
designed and built new District Energy
infrastructure to serve new development
in the Surrey Central, King George and
Gateway areas, including distribution
piping, energy centre and energy transfer
stations within the buildings.
• Completed, with TransLink, design
and costing work for business case
development required for Federal and
Provincial funding of 27 km of LRT in
Surrey and Langley; the LRT project was
successfully screened into Round 7 of
PPP Canada’s P3 funding program.
• Purchased $17.3 million in Parkland
acquisitions, which resulted in 54 acres
being added to the City’s park inventory
during 2015.
• Completed construction and moved
into the new Engineering Operations
Centre and Fleet Facility.
• Finalized the agreement to construct
the Biofuel Facility and commenced
construction. Finalized the financial
agreement with P3 Canada to receive
25% federal funding for the Biofuel
Facility. Finalized the agreement with
Fortis BC to sell and purchase biomethane
produced at the Biofuel Facility.
• Effectively assessed and remodelled
the City’s approach to illegal dumping
operations which will result in a 24%
decrease in costs ($240,000) over a one-
year period. Further refinements are being
made which will achieve a cost reduction
between 40%-50% on an annual basis.
• Completed the Serpentine & Nicomekl
Rivers Climate Change Floodplain Review
(Phase 2) and identified and prioritized the
future phases of the review in support of
the Climate Adaptation Strategy.
• Engineering delivered the construction
of over $68 Million of infrastructure
investment, spanning 185 capital
projects that ranged from road widening,
to traffic and pedestrian mobility and
safety improvements, water and
sanitary improvements, and flood
protection works.
• Enhanced the operation of the new Traffic
Management Centre with development
of operating procedures and expanded
infrastructure, such as CCTV cameras
at 75 new locations, for a total of 400
CCTV cameras.
• The Engineering Department was the
recipient of two project awards: the
Province’s top award – Premier’s Award
for Innovation and Excellence for Roberts
Bank Rail Corridor; and UBCM Community
Excellence Award for Best Practices,
Excellence in Action for the Street Light
Wire Replacement project.
The Engineering Department provides City services relating to transportation systems, garbage, recycling,
water, sewer, drainage, district energy, land development, geographic information services, surveying and the
management of real estate assets. The department has the responsibility for the following divisions/sections:
LAND DEVELOPMENT
Land Development includes the Development Services section which
prescribes required servicing of land and building development and the
Inspection Services section which ensures that municipal engineering
services are constructed to meet Council-adopted standards and
requirements. The Counter Services section issues permits for
miscellaneous construction to the public/contractors and manages
engineering enquiries from the public. The File Registry section
manages the department’s records.
REALTY SERVICES
Realty Services manages the acquisitions, dispositions, and
development of the City’s real estate portfolio. It includes the Land
Acquisition Section which is responsible for the timely acquisition of
land and rights-of-way for capital projects and park purposes including
land assemblies for civic purpose projects. Asset Management
manages the City’s real estate inventory, which includes land inventory
management, leasing and property sales. Realty Services also manages
the City’s land appraisal and conveyancing duties.
OPERATIONS
Operations’ maintains the City’s engineering infrastructure
including roads, drainage, sewer and water operations. This division
is also responsible for Surrey’s residential waste management and
maintaining the City’s fleet of vehicles.
UTILITIES
Utilities plans for the current and future sewer, water and drainage
needs for the City and assists the Design & Construction group
in the delivery of sewer, water and drainage construction projects.
They also lead the development and delivery of district energy,
biodiversity conservation, cross connection control and erosion
& sediment control.
TRANSPORTATION | DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
Transportation and planning needs are delivered through the
Transportation Planning and Rapid Transit & Strategic Projects
Sections. The Traffic operations and Parking Services Sections
manage all aspects of the road network including traffic signals
as well as off-street civic parking facilities. Design and Construction
services are provided to both Utilities and Transportation Divisions.
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