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Learn from this example of how to develop a regional vision for sustainability including place-making and transportation and environmental planning. Examine the multiple planning and visualization tools used, including a new regional natural resource inventory.
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Sponsored by APWA's Engineering and Technology Committee The continuing progress of infrastructure asset management practices and technologies focuses organizational efforts toward achieving high returns on public investments. This session will spotlight the City of Hamilton as a leader in asset management and feature key practices and strategies
Read MoreSponsored by APWA’s Leadership & Management Committee What a good idea! The City of Golden, Colorado has established a Public Works Citizens Academy that engages the public in a 20-hour program to visit facilities, observe equipment, and explains the role of public works in making the community beautiful, livable, and safe.
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Sponsored by APWA’s Utility and Public Right-of-Way Committee This session will cover the use of various trenchless technologies involving projects in the greater Toronto metropolitan area. You will hear the user/owner perspective about the lessons-learned, challenges met, and advantages and benefits seen from several key projects.
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The City of Eugene’s Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) is very robust including data input via iPad and iPhone. With the flick of a switch, the system becomes a key component to the City’s Emergency Management System. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn how this system works.
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Sponsored by APWA's Solid Waste Management Committee Attend this review of current natural disaster clean-ups in Canada and the United States from the perspective of municipal waste managers. Discover the approaches taken for disposal operations, collections equipment, staffing, and internal and external communications, highlighting challenges and solutions.
Read MoreThrough APWA's partnership with People to People International, APWA members visited Cuba in November 2013. This presentation will share the speakers' experiences in Cuba both interacting with Cuban public works professionals and immersing themselves in the Cuban culture.
Read MoreSponsored by APWA’s International Affairs Committee As part of a Jennings Randolph Fellowship study tour, the speaker gained insight into how Australians advocate for the public works profession. She’ll also share with you how public works issues, similar to ones faced in North America, are viewed and managed by our colleagues from down under.
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For City’s with existing GIS, the leap from desktop to mobile is upon us. Hear how the City of Ames, Iowa is leveraging existing ESRI GIS platforms and using IPad and web applications to view, edit, and share data in real-time for sign management, water distribution, sewer inspection, tree inventories, and NPDES reporting.
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Sponsored by APWA’s Utility & Public Right-of-Way Committee “Looking the other way” is not an option for addressing abandoned utilities. They cause a host of problems: limiting space for new installations, creating confusion when trying to locate lines, and posing unnecessary hazards. Examine solutions including: repurposing, complete or partial removals, and charging fees.
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