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Pierce County’s in-house-designed asset management system has received awards and recognition for its full featured asset management approach that includes inventories, condition levels, work functions, and cost information. It enhances the agency’s long range planning, service level goals and adaptive management processes.
Read MoreTo have success in your public works career, you need to be able to communicate your ideas not just in written documents but also with words and pictures in live presentations. Get tips from another public works professional on how to be a more effective communicator and leader.
Read MoreSponsored by APWA's Facilities and Grounds Committee Discover the benefits of implementing a Maintenance Management Plan (MMP) to identify and measure park assets. Moreover, an MMP acknowledges and delineates the contributions of staff and maintenance workers and creates data that make it easier to justify budget needs.
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Explore winter maintenance practices in Finland including: snow dumping practices; cleaning snow melt wastewater and using for cooling buildings in summer; cleaning tanks and snow dumps; and managing street dust caused by street gritting and studded tires.
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The significant difference between Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) and design-build project delivery approaches is that the builder is brought into the process early in the design stage and it incentivizes innovation.
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The City of Austin, Texas’ Infrastructure, Mapping, Planning, and Coordination Tool (IMMPACT) provides key coordination information about active capital improvement projects and right-of-way permitting requirements, saving the City millions of dollars by leveraging the tool to coordinate dig-once-opportunities.
Read MoreFHWA Proven Safety Countermeasures for Intersections – Retro-reflective Borders on Back-plates and Corridor Access Management.
Read MoreThe City of Helsinki, Finland developed an evaluation project to gauge the effectiveness of noise reducing pavements. This resulted in creation of a tool to aid in decision-making for types of noise reducing pavement to specific conditions.
Read MoreSponsored by APWA's Water Resources Management Committee Examine this three-phased approach for assessing and making recommendations to address known issues with sanitary and combined sewer systems. You’ll learn about sewer system assessment and modeling and how to use asset management practices to develop risk-based needs assessment.
Read MoreThe City of Boulder, Colorado will discuss the innovative features included in the design of the Pearl Parkway Multiway Boulevard including: permeable brick paver systems for water quality benefits; LED street lighting with wireless control; landscaping with a below grade, structure void system for root volume benefits
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