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Columbia, Missouri’s Urban Forestry Master Plan is a roadmap that provides detailed information, recommendations, and resources to effectively and proactively manage and grow the City’s urban tree canopy. The plan includes a detailed analysis of the urban tree canopy and public street trees, leaf litter issues, an emerald ash borer strategy, ordinance development, maintenance budgeting, and an ESRI StoryMap to communicate results and recommendations to the general public.
Read MoreRISN is a partnership between the City of Phoenix and Arizona State University to bring together government, university, and non-governmental entities to create a resource-focused Sustainable Urban Metabolism (SUM) platform that supports trash as a resource for economic development opportunity. RISN provides a bridge for researchers to connect their outputs with the entrepreneurs best positioned to translate them into social and economic outcomes. Don’t miss this discussion of RISN’s incubator, a niche business accelerator for entrepreneurs in the early stages of waste-to-product innovation.
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The City of Westfield, Massachusetts had been conducting its snow and ice control operations using the same antiquated practices for years. Discover how the implementation of GIS technologies and cellular/radio communications improved the ability to track operations and easily adjust to changing storm tracks and conditions. The system also provided a mechanism for tracking vendor location and payments. These modernization efforts have resulted in increased productivity, reduced costs, and improved services.
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The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) uses its Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) network to enhance all phases of its snow and ice control program. Components include a 24/7/365 Traffic Management Center, a network of 640 CCTV cameras, 2400 centerline miles of real-time speed data, 130 dynamic message signs, 30 highway advisory radios, a traveler information mobile app/website and a partnership with the National Weather Service for prediction.
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Discover how the winter road technologies being implemented by public works departments tie in with the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Every Day Counts and Weather Savvy Roads initiatives. It is essential that local governments and FHWA work together to plan for the impacts of new transportation and vehicle technologies on winter road safety.
Read MoreIn today's world a community cannot plan enough for a potential disaster, especially those 1000-year occurrences. This presentation provides effective strategies and lessons learned that will assist in the planning, response and recovery from a disaster as it pertains to Debris Management. We will look at debris management challenges from an administrative, operational, and financial perspective providing examples of the challenges, mistakes and learning experiences from previous disaster events. This program is two hours in duration and is elibible for .2 CEUs.
Read MoreFrom flooding to wildfires, mass shootings to hate crimes, extreme events seem to be a constant topic on the nightly news. Is your community connected enough to help each other through such events? What if there was a way to bring harmony to our communities both in the way we engage with each other as well as how we engage with our environment? Could that be the key to our resilience? As public works professionals, we have a large role in shaping the look and feel of our communities. We also have the opportunity to help our communities be more resilient. In this Dare to Ask session, we will hear from two local leaders that have been through an extreme event. They’ll lay it on the line about what worked and what they would have done differently. Then we’ll have a discussion about regenerative thinking as applied to how we interact with our community members and how we design and deliver projects. Join us for this interesting conversation. Let’s challenge our current thinking about what it means to be resilient and how we approach our communities about infrastructure projects.
Read MoreVolusia County, Florida will share how it calculates both overhead and equipment rates into the overall budgeting for maintenance and capital improvement projects. They will also discuss how to apply theses rates into decision-making for internal costing, outsourcing decisions, and billing. This presentation will be geared to non-financial professionals and will and offer easy-to-follow examples and case studies.
Read MoreThere are lots of different understanding of the term asset management. This session provides the perspective from Australia and New Zealand. Strategic asset management, as practiced down under, goes beyond good maintenance management. It provides real input, and a valuded seat at the table in budget decision-making and long-term planningby elected officials. It is about balancing priorities, risks, levels of service, and available funding. This session will also use case studies as examples.
Read MoreAs the world readies itself for smart and connected cities, lighting for streets, public green spaces, parks, and playgrounds is an essential component. This session will feature presentations from Australia and Sweden. • In Scandinavia, the general approach to lighting has been shaped by extreme fluctuations between light and dark, proximity to natural surroundings, and environmental and social sustainability. Discover how informed lighting design choices help increase the safety and security of an area, while reducing energy consumption and costs. • The Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) has taken the lead in helping shape the direction, policy, and implementation for accelerated deployment of LED Street Lighting and Smart Controls (SLSC) in Australia and to a lesser extent in New Zealand. The SLSC Model Specification for LED Lighting and the SLSC Model Specification for Control systems have helped catapult Australia from a late-starter to a world respected contributor in the LED and smart controls sector.
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