Public works encompasses construction and other detailed construction-related tasks, including reconstruction, major renovation or painting, among others, subject to the conditions that must be present for a work of improvement to fall within the statutory definition of public works (refer to ORS 279C. 800).
America's Interstate Highway System is the world's largest public works project in history.
This can include major infrastructure works such as roads, bridges, dams, railways, tunnels, and so on, or public facilities such as hospitals, schools, prisons, libraries, leisure centres, and so on.
“Public improvement” means a project for construction, reconstruction or major renovation on real property by or for a contracting agency. “