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This panel will review how to establish the financial decision-making framework for public works asset management best practices through life-cycle cost management, service level-risk and cost balancing, asset management plan development, and predictive financial forecasting of asset replacement and renewal.
Read MoreHow many sandbags did your staff fill and distribute? How many pumps did you deploy? How many trees went down? What did it cost in labor and equipment to respond? How much did the storm cost us? Agencies throughout Florida had to answer these questions and more after Hurricane Irma. Examine how integrated GIS, field data collection and report generation assisted two agencies in measuring all phases of the event.
Read MoreOften in the solid waste management industry, new leadership is brought in from the outside. How can someone without extensive knowledge succeed in jumping into this complex and important role? This fast-paced Pecha Kucha presentation will feature the tricks of the trade and the hard lessons-learned from solid waste leaders who have made the same transition. We’ll also address succession planning and the steps to building a strong solid waste management team.
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The City of Crawfordsville, Indiana, had three goals when they first established their roadeo: 1) provide classroom training for the operators and crews; 2) improve driver skills through competition; and 3) check out the readiness of their winter equipment prior to the first snow. Over the years, they’ve worked hard to keep the roadeo evolving by introducing new topics to the classroom training, setting up new obstacles on the roadeo course, and inviting local officials and media representatives to participate in a Celebrity Roadeo. The roadeo now has widespread community interest and support.
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In today’s connected world, weather information can be accessed with a click of a button. But what does it all mean? Standard weather forecasts deal in percentages of chance and ranges of accumulation. This session will offer you tips for understanding the weather data available to you and how to improve decision-making regarding allocation of materials, equipment, and staff for potential winter storms.
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Global Positioning System/Automatic Vehicle Location (GPS/AVL) solutions have become essential tools for mitigating liability, reducing costs, and increasing accountability and transparency for winter maintenance operations. Examine how to align your solution with your agency’s key service-level indicators, obtain buy-in from all affected groups, and prepare your agency to manage the changes that come with implementing new technology.
Read MoreLearn what some of the most enlightened communities are doing these days to make their neighborhoods a great place to work, live and thrive today and into the future.
Read MorePerched just above the Roaring Forties in latitude and geologically young, New Zealand is exposed to a wide-range of naturally occurring hazards including flooding, earthquakes, windstorms, snowstorms, volcanic activity, and tsunami. The Manawatu-Whanganui Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is a collection of lifeline utilities in the region. Learn about how they prepare for these types of events – from asset and risk management to preparation, response, and recovery. Shakespeare said that all the world is a stage. If that’s true, lifeline utilities are the backstage crew that keeps it all running. The goal is to respond to emergencies and bounce back with more resilient networks.
Read MoreThe cheerful TV weather person comes on the local news on Friday and talks about a 40% chance of rain for Monday. But come Monday, a severe storm causes local flooding and a combined sewer overflow! Precipitation forecasting has improved exponentially over the last 20-years, yet for public works operations, a profound disconnect exists in how forecast information is acquired (access and timing), perceived (interpreted), and used for decision-support (mitigation.) This presentation will discuss the tools that are available to resolve this issue and provide innovative approaches for using hydro-meteorological information in managing stormwater and wastewater programs.
Read MoreThe panel will focus on the process of developing maintenance strategies using CMMS and GIS spatial analysis tools and applying criticality scoring to asset decision-making.
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