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Don’t miss this opportunity to hear how three Minnesota Cities/Counties are implementing asset management to weather the storm of challenges facing today’s facility managers. Discover what tools they are using and how they are able to sustainably support, plan for, budget, and implement capital improvements, long-term.
Read MoreDamages caused by debris flows average 47% of the total costs of response and recovery efforts. A debris flow is a mass of loose mud, sand, soil, rock, water, and air that travels down a slope. Join us for a discussion on how new technologies are revolutionizing debris management through mobile applications, virtual monitoring, and real-time weather telemetry.
Read MoreThis three-part presentation describes culvert failure modes, improved culvert inspection technology, and the cost of repairs. The Minnesota Department of Transportation uses state-of-the-art technology and best practices for its culvert inspection system. They also use a mobile app to capture repair cost data for several types of culvert maintenance.
Read MoreWorkshop Wednesday: Capital Improvement Planning Processes – Executing Processes for Successful Comm
For those tasked with developing a successful capital improvement program, this is a must attend presentation. We’ll review the required elements for a successful CIP; organizing stakeholders and getting support from the city council and public; preparing financial forecasts and project estimates; inventorying assets and identifying community needs, criteria for ranking projects, drafting CIP documents and living documents; project implementation steps and other considerations.
Read MoreThe Moorpark Desalter Project will extract the high salinity groundwater from the shallow aquifer at a newly constructed well field and then treat the water at a state-of-the-art desalination plant using membrane filtration technology for the removal of salts including chloride, total dissolved solids, boron, and sulfate.
Read MoreThe City of Minneapolis Water Treatment and Distribution completed a two-phase vulnerability assessment. It provided a holistic and quantitative review of a broad range of risks and vulnerabilities including physical and cyber security, dependencies, natural hazards and source water quality and quantity management.
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Winters in New England can challenge the operational and financial resources of public works departments. This interactive presentation will relate the planning, communications, and response efforts taken by various public works departments in the New England Chapter.
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While the phrases “social media”, “emergency management”, and “public works” are not always seen as relating to each other, in reality they should. This presentation will provide participants some fundamentals about social media including information on the different types of social media, aspects that should be taken into consideration when selecting a media, and pointers for starting out.
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