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Alberta Transportation has witnessed an increase in Motor Vehicle Accidents involving vehicles being blown-off the due to extreme cross-winds.
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When your winter maintenance budget is starving and your appetite for innovation is ravaging, what are the alternatives? This session give some alternatives utilized by the City of Olathe in minimizing the budgetary effects while taking advantage of established best practices in snow and ice control. Learn how Road Maintenance and Fleet Maintenance worked together to minimize costs while moving toward more effective winter maintenance.
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How do you manage your storms in real time? How do you handle the situations that come up, both politically and publicly before and after each event?
Read MoreAbandoned utilities take up a great deal of the limited supply of the right-of-way. At a time when agencies are trying to fit more utilities in less space, can we afford to have that space used by unnecessary installations? Learn how other agencies are handling abandoned utilities and how they are keeping track of what’s hidden underfoot.
It is no longer enough to have just mechanical experience if your ambition is to become a fleet manager. Today's fleet professionals must have skills and knowledge in business management, human resources, information technology, risk management, finance, and asset management. This program was brought to you by the APWA Fleet Committee, to provide the latest information about the importance of training and pay scale development, as well as details regarding APWA’s CPFP certification program.
This program has been approved for .2 CEUs or 2 PDHs. Please note there is a $7 fee per non-member individual requesting CEUs (there is no fee for members).
After viewing this program, participants will be better able to:
– Discover what it takes to become a top candidate for a fleet management position.
– Prepare a comprehensive succession plan and make the transition seamless.
– Determine what consultant and contract employee contract agreements should include.
Read MoreThe “D” word is here to stay. In the City of Helsinki, digitization is part of everyday work; helping improve service capabilities, productivity, effectiveness, and interaction. Helsinki is pioneering innovative open data feedback systems, e-services, intelligent parking, digital parking enforcement, and maintenance information management.
Read MoreThe scope of winter maintenance work at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport includes roads, parking facilities, monorails, taxiways, aircraft gate areas, and of course, runways. By creating partnerships with equipment manufacturers, they’ve created innovative methods and tools to improve snow clearing processes.
Read MoreSponsored by APWA's Small Cities Rural Communities Committee
Public works agencies in small cities and rural communities often face challenges building support at the local and state level for critical public works services and projects that are often taken for granted. This session will share the results of successful advocacy efforts, proven advocacy strategies, and lessons learned for engaging local and state elected officials to build support for public works.
Read MoreIn the near future, vehicles will be able to see things that drivers can’t – for example, a vehicle two-three cars ahead suddenly breaking, or cars about to run red lights, or black ice on roads. For the past decade, the U.S. Department of Transportation has been researching and testing connected vehicle technology. Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication will enable safety, mobility, and environmental advancement. The public works community will play a major role in determining where V2V and V2I communications will be deployed. Are you ready? Do you know what questions to ask and what the public expects now and will expect in the future?
Read MoreIn response to poor broadband coverage from local telecommunications firms, the City of Sandy, Oregon (population 10,000) became an Internet Service Provider in 2003. The City recently upgraded to a fiber-to-the-home system. Examine how to develop and enforce robust and consistent street cut and right-of-way and inspection requirements and underground utility locate policies.c, private, or partnership, by understanding the typical FTTH construction practices and their impact on public works operations.
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