Articles:

Goldberg, Jeffrey. “Reverse engineering.”  The New York Times, October 20, 2002, Sunday, Late Edition, section 7; page 9; column 1.

Points out the commissioner’s essential role in the clean-up of Ground Zero.

Discussion of the commissioner’s agreement to allow a reporter to cover the day-to-day cleanup at Ground Zero, which coverage resulted in a three-part series in the Atlantic magazine and in the recently published book, American Ground (North Point Press, 2002).

Web Sites:

NYC.gov    www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2002a/pr021-02.html
Press Release on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s reappointment of Kenneth R. Holden as Commissioner of the Department of Design and Construction.

DDC    Department of Design and Construction. www.nyc.gov/html/ddc/home.html
The DDC oversees construction projects for the City of New York.

Kenneth Holden has been the commissioner of DDC since 1999.  The following information about the department is from the DDC Web site:

“The Department of Design and Construction was created in October 1995 by Local Law 77, which authorized it to assume responsibility for certain construction projects formerly performed by the Departments of Transportation, Environmental Protection, and General Services (now Citywide Administrative Services). The Department delivers the City's construction projects in an expeditious, cost-effective manner, while maintaining the highest degree of architectural, engineering, and construction quality. The Department uses in-house resources and private consultants and contractors to perform design and construction services related to streets and highways, sewers, water mains, correctional and court facilities; cultural institutions; libraries; schools; and other public buildings, facilities and structures. The Department coordinates a wide variety of construction projects with utilities, community representatives and private industry, thus minimizing the disruption to individual neighborhoods as well as reducing the costs associated with such projects.”