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Find out how state-of-the-art traffic engineering techniques and new urban planning concepts can improve the sense of community, enhance neighborhood and pedestrian safety, and reduce traffic volume and speeds.
Read MoreSponsored by APWA's Young Professional's Group Both seasoned and young professionals should attend this session that features stories about the complexities of embarking on a public works career. Get a glimpse into the thought processes of young professionals and participate in an open dialogue about navigating the path to success.
Read MoreSponsored by APWA’s Water Resources Management Committee Based on a true story! More than 10-years later the City of Bend, Oregon continues to deal with the ramifications of the prolonged engineering, legal, and political effects of the failure of a private water and sewer utility. Examine the lessons learned.
Read MoreNorth American has an estimated 100,000 miles of levees. Many of these levees were originally used to protect farmland, and are now protecting developed communities. The reliability of many of these levees is unknown and public safety could be at risk from these aging structures. If a community or levee owner wants the area behind a levee to be shown as reducing risk from the one-percent-annual-chance flood, they must first complete the process for having the levee certified by FEMA.
Read MoreAgencies 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…
Read MoreLocal governments in South Australia are required to have asset management plans that support 10-year long-term financial plans. Learn about the approach, systems, and technology used by the Adelaide Hills Council to implement and integrate asset management into their total operations and planning mechanisms.
Read MoreDiscover how to maintain core services and make better use of resources in the face of declining revenues. Examine strategies for organizational realignment, equipment and process changes, management system implementation, systematic prioritization, and benchmarks for process improvement
Read MoreKing County, Washington selected green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) as the preferred alternative for controlling combined sewer overflows (CSOs). Find out how they met the challenges of (1) working in a complex residential community; (2) maintenance of these GSI facilities; (3) resilience using adaptive management
Read MoreSponsored by APWA’s Transportation Committee Traffic control is a challenge no matter which side of the border we sit on. The MUTCD is used throughout the United States. Canada uses both the MUTCD and the OTM. Attend this panel discussion of these traffic control guidance manuals and the importance and consistency and communication.
Read MoreDiscover how abandoned and active pipe lines are still valuable assets that can be repurposed to serve other needs. Learn when it is and is not advisable to co-locate conduit in pipeline trenches and how reusing these assets allows you to avoid new excavations and the attendant surface restoration
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