The Construction department consists of Chief Administrative Officer/ Construction (CAO/C) and (CAO/C-II) at Kashmere Gate, Delhi for jurisdiction of Northern Railway except Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Rail Link (USBRL) project. For USBRL project, Chief Administrative Officer/Construction/USBRL (CAO/C/USBRL) is headquartered at Jammu.
This department undertakes all major construction activities like new lines, gauge conversion projects, doubling of existing lines, construction of Road over bridges, Road under bridges, important bridge works, important signal telecommunication and electrical works, construction and major modifications to workshops and sheds, staff quarters, passenger amenities like foot over bridges, raising of platforms etc.
