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Half a Day to Replace a Bridge!!

Examine how two bridge superstructures on the Queensway (Highway 417) were replaced using Rapid Replacement Technology (RapidLift) which consists of three pairs of self-propelled modular transporters.

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Creating a Succession Plan Advantage

Agencies across North American are facing the challenge of an aging workforce. This session will provide an overview of how the City of Winnipeg developed the Streets Foreman Apprentice Program and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities developed the Alaska Maintenance Leadership Academy (AMLA) to confront these issues. Come see if you can apply their successes to your agency…

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Efficient Snow Logistics –Possibilities of Short Hauling

Using snow balance, cost and carbon dioxide emission comparisons, cities in Finland are moving towards short hauling for snow. Examine the drainage, soil properties, environmental, and aesthetic considerations. 

 

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The 200-Year Evolution of the Toronto Waterfront

Sponsored by APWA's Public Works Historical Society (PWHS) Toronto's waterfront is the most dynamic landscape in Canada's largest city. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the original harbour was reshaped and the shoreline extended to enhance Toronto's status as a railway hub and port. In the post-industrial era, emphasis has been placed on housing, recreation and green development. 

 

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The Total Package: An Approach to Collaborative Project Management

Examine how to use asset management, sustainability, and innovation principles to identify and prioritize activities based on age/condition, types of delivery methods, financing, aesthetics, and phasing for all types of infrastructure projects. 

 

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Tired of the Dog Fight? Effectively Creating Change

Construction meetings in the design-build environment are often adversarial. Everyone collaborates during the design phase, but once the low bid is awarded, the owner and contractor are left to wrangle over the bottom line. Discover how one agency is dealing with this through an alternative delivery method call Project Partners. 

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Achieving Community Carbon Reduction Goals with Renewable Natural Gas

The City of Sacramento is achieving its carbon reduction goals by converting the refuse-hauling fleet from diesel to LNG and CNG and being the first U.S. city to collect and divert food waste, send it through the Sacramento Biodigester and fuel the refuse fleet by the waste that it normally hauls. 

 

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Laying the Tracks for a Better Future in Transportation

Atlanta’s Streetcar plans will improve access between core sites in downtown Atlanta, and with connections to the MARTA, Atlanta Beltline and other transportation services that will create easier access to outlying areas. 

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Electronic Management Tools to Improve Product Quality, Schedule, and Budget

Using the design and construction of the new 36,000 South Florida Water Management environmental services lab as a case study, this presentation will demonstrate how effective use of web-based project management tools improved project quality and scheduling and reduced costs. 

 

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Project Delivery for the 21st Century

For public works professionals, building major public improvements for their communities can be a significant part of their work. Thus, early discussions of such improvements usually include answering the question of which project delivery method will be used for the project.  We have prepared this webinar with such discussions in mind.

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