The Civil Engineering Department of the Civil Engineering Office is responsible for a wide range of tasks in the areas of urban rail planning, bridge and tunnel construction as well as the maintenance of engineering structures and technical facilities.

The department's tasks and services are provided by the following departments:

 Light rail and digital construction department
 Planning and Project Management department
 Road tunnel operation, elevators and escalators department
 Construction, operation and maintenance department

News and current reports from the light rail, bridges and tunnel construction department:

10/2025 - Rosenstein Bridge:  Temporary bridge over the Neckar brought into position (opens in a new tab)

10/2025 - Rosenstein Bridge:  New temporary bridge over the Neckar (opens in a new tab)

09/2025 - Leuzeknoten:  New lanes and ramps go into operation (opens in a new tab)

07/2025 - Wilhelmsbrücke:  Bad Cannstatt gets a new Wilhelmsbrücke bridge (opens in a new tab)

06/2025 - Gebhard-Müller-Platz:  Renovation and tunnel extension (opens in a new tab)

05/2025 - Engineering structures:  large investment volume for the maintenance of engineering structures (opens in a new tab)