New Construction Office

The New Construction Office of the Taipei City Government’s Public Works Department has once again received recognition. At the “2025 Taipei City Distinguished Public Construction Award” ceremony, held on September 18, 2025, at CPC Corporation’s Guoguang Conference Hall, the office received a total of eight awards, including two in architectural engineering and six in civil engineering, marking outstanding achievements. The award-winning projects are: “Architectural Engineering Category: Taipei City Zhongshan District Jinzhou Street Site Public Housing Project,” “Taipei Municipal Daan Junior High School Comprehensive Teaching Building New Construction Project;” Civil Engineering Category: “Minquan Bridge Superstructure Reconstruction Turnkey Project,” “Dakeng Creek Crossing Bikeway New Construction Project,” “2024 Pavement and Ancillary Facilities Renewal Project (Package 2) – Songshan and Xinyi Districts,” “2023 Citywide Bridge and Culvert Beautification and Steel Structure Painting Maintenance Project, Open Contract (Package 2) – Neihu, Nangang, Songshan, and Xinyi Districts,” “Liugong Green Corridor Pedestrian Environment Improvement Project,” “Daan District Shida Road (from Section 3 of Roosevelt Road to Section 1 of Heping East Road)Pedestrian Environment Improvement Project” etc. The “Taipei City Zhongshan District Jinzhou Street Site Public Housing Project,” located between Lane 399 of Linsen North Road and Section 2 of Xinsheng North Road, features a streamlined pavement design that interconnects the entire site, creating a dynamic and fluid spatial impression. The project includes facilities such as a day-care institution for persons with disabilities, an activity center for the elderly, a community public childcare home, a home-based childcare service center, a non-profit kindergarten, a district community center, and an urban farm. These facilities provide quality spaces for activities and social interaction, fostering a new model of residential living. This innovative approach redefines the role of social housing in the urban context, enhancing its local identity and community connectivity. The “Taipei Municipal Daan Junior High School Comprehensive Teaching Building New Construction Project” was developed with the vision of building a “modern junior high school that embodies diversity, forward-thinking, warmth, vitality, cloud, and humanistic values, while fostering a safe, comfortable, and refined teaching environment.” The building comprises six above-ground floors, housing 64 teaching spaces (including 45 general classrooms, 15 specialized classrooms, 4 special education classrooms, and a library), as well as 20 administrative offices. In addition, two underground levels accommodate a public parking facility with 223 car spaces and 52 scooter spaces, meeting the needs of both the school and the community. Since its completion and inauguration, the building has provided students with a high-quality campus environment that is safe, humanistic, diverse, memory-preserving, intelligent, energy-efficient, and sustainable. In alignment with the school curriculum, it inspires students to pursue their dreams, broaden their learning, and connect with the international community, earning recognition from teachers, students, and parents alike. The “Minquan Bridge Superstructure Reconstruction Turnkey Project” adoptes a structural reconstruction approach to comprehensively resolve the long-standing traffic issues caused by settlement at the early design’s suspended hinge expansion joint across the river section. The project also includes the addition of a pedestrian scenic bridge to enhance service functions. During demolition, the project pioneers Taiwan’s first use of the truss girder work vehicle demolition method, ensuring maximum safety while eliminating high construction risks. This approach enables the dismantling process to be carried out swiftly and securely, facilitating the smooth completion of traffic restoration. The “Dakeng Creek Crossing Bikeway New Construction Project” is located near the confluence of Dakeng Creek and the Keelung River, spanning from Nangang District, Taipei City, across Dakeng Creek to Xizhi District, New Taipei City. The project constructs an independent bridge approximately 4 meters wide and 55.6 meters long, connecting the riverside cycling networks of Taipei City and New Taipei City. Completed in March 2025, the project promotes green transportation and encourages the public to adopt eco-friendly modes of mobility. Beneath the Huandong Boulevard, landscaping was introduced to enhance urban greenery, along with the installation of seating areas for leisure and recreation. The project provides cyclists, walkers, and local residents with a welcoming environment embraced by lush vegetation and scenic views along the Keelung riverside. The “2024 Pavement and Ancillary Facilities Renewal Project (Package 2)” continues to uphold Taipei City’s high standards for road construction, following the three-step process of “manhole cover adjustment,” “roadbed improvement,” and “comprehensive milling and paving.” The project also incorporates the city government’s new “people-oriented” transportation policy, together with low-carbon construction methods utilizing new materials and technologies. Through this initiative, three major thoroughfares—Minquan East Road, Dunhua North Road (express lanes), and Keelung Road—have been revitalized with a renewed appearance. The “2023 Citywide Bridge and Culvert Beautification and Steel Structure Painting Maintenance Project, Open Contract (Package 2)” employes professional coating techniques to reinforce the outermost protective layer of Taipei’s major river-crossing bridges. The project also took the lead locally in addressing internal issues such as water accumulation and corrosion in special bridge structures—areas often difficult to detect. By adopting the most rigorous maintenance approach, the project effectively safeguardes and extendes the service life of the bridges, ensuring their continued role in protecting the safety of the public’s daily travel. The “Liugong Green Corridor Pedestrian Environment Improvement Project” builds upon the Eastern District Revitalization Plan. The core concept centers on creating a “people-oriented environment” and “connecting the green corridors of the Eastern District.” The project targets the southern and northern sides of Lane 135, Section 1 of Fuxing South Road, including the central parking lot area. Through connecting the southern road section, adjusting the roadway cross-section layout, and reviewing existing facilities and accessibility, the project introduces a large-scale green plaza into the bustling commercial Eastern District. In addition to the use of permeable pavements, multi-layered green spaces, and newly planted vegetation, the design incorporates scenic lighting elements to evoke the historic image of the Liugong Canal, creating a pedestrian plaza that is people-centric, resilient, and intellectually engaging. Since completion and opening, the project has provided local residents, shoppers, tourists, and commuters with a more vibrant public space. It has improved the overall pedestrian environment and been affirmed by both the local business community and residents. The “Daan District Shida Road (from Section 3 of Roosevelt Road to Section 1 of Heping East Road) Pedestrian Environment Improvement Project” has been fully completed. Key improvements include widening pedestrian refuge islands, installing landscape railings and tactile paving for the visually impaired, shortening crossing distances, and creating safer, barrier-free waiting areas. By relocating and consolidating existing facilities, the project also enhances the effective pedestrian clearance. In addition, the aging and loosened pavement of the adjacent walkways within Shida Park was renewed, providing not only a safe pedestrian environment but also a high-quality leisure space for the public. The project has been well received by local residents, neighborhood leaders, as well as teachers and students of National Taiwan Normal University.

The New Construction Office of the Taipei City Government’s Public Works Department has once again received recognition. The commissioned “Taipei Municipal Daan Junior High School Comprehensive Teaching Building New Construction Project” was honored with the Chinese Architectural Golden Stone Award in the Construction group of the Outstanding Public Construction / Outstanding Space Revitalization category. The award ceremony was organized by the Chinese Architectural Golden Stone Award Committee and held at CPC Corporation’s Guoguang Conference Hall on September 15, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.The design concept of the “Taipei Municipal Daan Junior High School Comprehensive Teaching Building New Construction Project” centers on embodying the school’s modernity, diversity, foresight, warmth, vitality, cloud, and humanistic values, while fostering a safe and comfortable learning environment and supporting refined teaching development. The building comprises six above-ground floors, housing 64 teaching spaces (including 45 general classrooms, 15 specialized classrooms, 4 special education classrooms, and a library), as well as 20 administrative offices. In addition, two underground levels accommodate a public parking facility with 223 car spaces and 52 scooter spaces, meeting the needs of both the school and the community. Since its completion and inauguration, the building has provided students with a high-quality campus environment that is safe, humanistic, diverse, memory-preserving, intelligent, energy-efficient, and sustainable. In alignment with the school curriculum, it inspires students to pursue their dreams, broaden their learning, and connect with the international community, earning recognition from teachers, students, and parents alike.

The New Construction Office of the Taipei City Government's Public Works Department has been honored with the 2025 FIABCI-Taiwan Real Estate Excellence Awards for two of its projects: the “Fire Department Dahu Station New Construction Project”, which received the award for Best Planning and Design, and the “Nangang Elevated Connectivity Platform Project”, which received the award for Best Construction Quality. The awards ceremony was hosted by FIACBI-Taiwan and took place at 4:00 p.m. on July 29, 2025, at the Grand Hyatt Taipei. According to the New Construction Office, the site of the “Fire Department Dahu Station New Construction Project” is located adjacent to Exit 2 of Dahu Park MRT Station in Neihu District, Taipei City. The future building will comprise one basement level and five above-ground floors. The first floor will house the duty room, standby quarters, and garage for emergency vehicles, while floors two through five will include office space for the fire brigade, dormitories, a fitness room, and training platforms—aimed at providing a better working environment for firefighters tasked with demanding duties. The architectural design adopts a composed gray color scheme, complemented by both dark and light green louvers. These elements are integrated with the fire department’s symbolic tri-colors—yellow, red, and white—representing the spirit of firefighting and emergency rescue services. Minimal development is planned for the surrounding area of the main building to preserve the existing arboreal landscape. Additional trees will be planted to reinforce hillside greening, contributing to a green building environment. Moreover, the site along Section 5 of Chenggong Road, adjacent to Dahu Park MRT Station, will include setbacks for pedestrian walkways and greenbelt spaces, in line with efforts to create a more community-friendly facility. These developments aim to enhance Taipei City’s emergency response system while fostering a user-friendly and accessible public service environment. The New Construction Office explained that in August 2019, the Taipei City Government approved the “Urban Design Control Guidelines for the Taipei City Nangang District Pedestrian Elevated Connectivity System”. Centered around Nangang Station, this initiative aims to link three MRT stations through an approximately 3.56-kilometer elevated pedestrian system, establishing Nangang as another administrative district of the city, after the Xinyi Planning District, to feature such a pedestrian elevated connectivity network. The award-winning “Nangang Elevated Connectivity Platform Project and Its Associated Greening Facilities Turnkey Project” constitutes a key component of this initiative. Located at the southwest site of Section 8, Civic Boulevard and Lane 265, Section 7, Zhongxiao East Road, the project establishes a core elevated connectivity platform on the west side of Nangang Station. This platform facilitates the integration of the elevated pedestrian system with ground-level activities. The connectivity platform consists of two parts: a steel arch bridge and a large platform. The main bridge connects northward to the second-floor corridor of the World Pearl residential development and southward to a large park platform. A secondary bridge extends eastward from the side of the main bridge to the Nangang Station BOT building. The bridge structure measures approximately 95 meters in length, 7.5 meters in height, and 4.5 meters in width. The arch bridge’s curved form enhances the urban landscape’s visual layers and complements the architectural color scheme of Nangang District, harmonizing with the local characteristics. The large platform connects with the surrounding landscape, directing pedestrian flow toward the parks near the Taipei Music Center. Below the platform, a semi-outdoor space adjoins the corner plaza at Section 7, Zhongxiao East Road. Under normal conditions, this area serves as a sheltered playground, market space, or festival venue, and can be adapted to support large-scale events at the Taipei Music Center, thereby fostering a more prosperous commercial district.

The Taiwan Geographic Information Society held the 21st Golden Map Awards Ceremony on July 9, 2025, at National Central University, recognizing individuals, contributors, or products that have demonstrated excellence and innovation in the field of Geographic Information Systems. The New Construction Office of the Taipei City Government's Public Works Department received the “Application System Award” for its project “Road and Sidewalk Visualized Management Platform.” This marks the third accolade for the project, following the “Engineering Digital Innovation Application Award” from the Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering in 2023 and the “Innovation Award - Excellence” in the Taipei City Government’s 2024 Creative Proposal Competition. The New Construction Office noted that establishing a comprehensive database of roads and sidewalks serves as the foundation for effective management. However, traditional manual survey methods result in two-dimensional maps that are time-consuming to produce, inconsistent in quality, less accurate, and limited to single-use outcomes. To address the challenges posed by these conventional methods, the office pursued innovative solutions by exploring the use of smart panoramic inspection vehicles for data collection. In addition, geospatial information is integrated with real-world street view imagery to create a visualized management platform. A pilot project was first carried out in Taipei’s Xinyi District in 2019 through a scientific research initiative, and formal application citywide began in 2023—the first of its kind in the country The New Construction Office also noted that the visualized management platform not only reduces manpower and time costs but also enables smart management by providing real-time monitoring of various deficiencies and improvements related to roads and sidewalks. The platform’s “Accessible Pathway Map” is also underway, which will also be made available for public viewing in the future. In addition, the platform introduces evaluation indicators for sidewalks (including accessibility, safety, and comfort). The evaluation scores are displayed using color-coded zones on the platform to assist government agencies in decision-making and to serve as a basis for prioritizing improvement efforts. The New Construction Office concluded by emphasizing that roads and sidewalks are vital components of public infrastructure, and their long-term, effective management and maintenance remain a key objective. Moving forward, the office plans to promote inter-departmental collaboration and resource sharing to further enrich and diversify the platform’s data. It will also guide road inspection contractors in integrating imaging equipment to capture street view imagery during routine inspections, ensuring continuous updates to the platform’s map data and supporting the goal of data sustainability. Upholding the principles of innovation, technological advancement, and sustainability, the New Construction Office is committed to creating a more comfortable, safe, and friendly road environment in Taipei.