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Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all transportation-related fatalities and severe injuries. This presentation will relate the knowledge gained by the speaker as part of his Jennings Randolph International Fellowship study in Sweden. Sweden is the birthplace of the Vision Zero approach and has implemented a variety of transportation practices.Learning Objectives: Achieve an understanding of the Vision Zero philosophy.Identify the tools and methods used in Sweden to improve transportation safety.Discover what the Jennings Randolph Fellowship program is and how public works professionals can apply and participate.
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When Columbus, Georgia, Public Works first introduced cross-training as a way to mitigate the effects of an aging and shrinking workforce, it was not well received by some employees. But in the end, the benefits have far outweighed the discomfort. Supervisors have been better able to recognize the competitive talents of employees, and production and employee morale have increased. Employees have discovered that their ability to help their co-workers in times of need has greatly benefited them when they needed additional support; plus, they have learned new skills and are more knowledgeable about the total department.Learning Objectives: Understand the true benefits of cross-training.Prepare for the challenges and downfalls of implementing cross-training.Implement a successful cross-training program.
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APWA's Fleet Services Committee has planned a very special learning opportunity for Fleet professionals. This program will consist of 4 separate presentations that will feature practical solutions on the issues facing Fleet departments in today's world. You may attend just those presentations that meet your immediate needs or join us for the full day of programming. If you are interested in obtaining CEU credit for those presentations that you attend, please see the volunteer monitors in the room and have your badge scanned after each presentation.Learn how municipalities are saving valuable time and taxpayer dollars by using Cooperative Purchasing Agreements. Presenters will include an experienced fleet professional and representatives from cooperative purchasing programs.Learning Objectives:Describe what cooperative purchasing isDiscover how your agency can implement cooperative purchasing.Save time and dollars for your fleet program
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Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) is catching the attention of water operations around the world. Water is injected into underground aquifers during peak moisture seasons and then recovered out of the same wells when it is needed during peak-hours, peak-days, or dry/hot weather droughts. Learn how one California city, using ASR, is increasing the sustainable water supply, improving water quality, and adding flexibility and reliability to the system. The goal is to annually store 1.5 billion gallons of clean, treated drinking water.Learning Objectives:Discuss how ASR technology works.Examine the benefits of ASR technology.Make an informed decision on whether or not to pursue ASR as a solution for their water operations.
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In 2014, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation launched a multi-year initiative to build public works emergency management capacity for a jurisdiction of almost 14 million people covering 386,000 square miles. We'll discuss the building of a province-wide debris management framework, an innovative public-private public works surge capacity system, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for rapid damage assessment, and the development of multi-jurisdictional incident support systems.Learning Objectives: Initiate public works emergency management capacity at the local and state/province levels.Provide examples of techniques to build stakeholder support for collaborative capacity building projects.Determine how government organizations can work with each other and with the private sector to enhance state/province and local public works emergency management capacity.
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This Click Listen and Learn will address the challenges and opportunities of accreditation, including: – Compare what you are currently doing in your agency against national management practices to see what you are doing well and what you can do better. – Learn how to collect and prepare documentation of your policies, practices, and procedures. – Build improved relationships within the department and inter-department. – Develop a comprehensive succession tool. – Prepare the agency to become accredited.
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One of the projects outlined in the City of Omaha, Nebraska's combined sewer overflow (CSO) long-term control plan crossed the Lauritzen Botanical Gardens, a living museum of unique four-season plant displays. The Gardens had been constructed over a closed, solid waste balefill. The combined sewer was located under the balefill more than 800-feet below grade. The weight from the balefill had crushed the existing combined sewers, allowing leachate into the sewer system. Additionally, the drainage system had failed, allowing stormwater to flow into the balefill. How did they solve this complex problem? They developed an innovative solution involving a pipe bridge over the balefill and using four types of trenchless construction.Learning Objectives: Determine how to evaluate various trenchless construction methods for sewer installations.Evaluate the use of auger cast displacement for crossing a landfill.Examine how a storm sewer can be designed to be a pipe bridge.
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Has your agency considered using the TowPlow? After years of TowPlow use on our provincial highway network, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation has developed some best practices. Details such as…
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Hear an operator's perspective for setting up and calibrating ground speed controllers in a bottom up organization. Discussed are lessons learned over 18 years of working with many generations of…
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By using pilot programs and conducting cost benefit analysis, the Village of Buffalo Grove has successfully re-written their winter maintenance plan, implemented BMP's for winter maintenance, reduced the amount of…
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