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Discover what two public agencies did to optimize limited resources while improving customer service by using available features of current software and employing new technologies, including web requests and mobile apps, that link to their maintenance management systems.
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Every Public Works agency has to deal with damage to their community’s infrastructure in the pursuit of 21st Century conveniences. Ideally steps are taken to minimize damage to existing infrastructure but that’s not always the case.
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA ) was formed to in an effort to promote effective damage prevention through shared stakeholder responsibility. The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) is a member-driven association dedicated to ensuring public safety, environmental protection, and the integrity of services by promoting effective damage prevention practices, recommendations for future use, Best Practices identification & promotion, and damage information reporting.
Read MoreSponsored by APWA’s Fleet Services Committee Get a better understanding of what the requirements are and could be in the future for smaller diesel engine emissions, how your organization will be affected, and what your next course of action should be.
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Sponsored by APWA’s Diversity Committee Young professionals, who are making their way through their public works careers, will describe their own personal examples of success and failure. You will be asked for your opinion and commentary too – so be prepared to be part of this discussion.
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A non-profit group, Public Art Saint Paul, and the City of Saint Paul Public Works Department are 8 years into an innovative partnership that integrates artists into daily public works operations. The bold, central concept behind this program is that city art is made from and within the life-sustaining systems of the city.
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Using fleet management information systems (FMIS), fleet managers can make quick decisions based on real-time data. Examine the benefits of FMIS for life cycle cost analysis, shop staffing, vehicle equivalency (VEs) ratios, fuel trend analysis, vehicle replacement, and parts acquisition.
Read More“Make No Little Plans” – these words, attributed to architect and urban planner Daniel Burnham, had a profound influence on the development of Chicago in the early 20th Century
Read MoreSponsored by APWA’s Small Cities Rural Communities Committee The City of Colleyville, Texas, (population 25,000) recently graduated from pencils, paper, and institutional knowledge to a work order and asset management system that captures all data in one place. The implementation process helped them document and improve processes.
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The City of Overland Park, Kansas, worked with the manufacturer of the ARRB Roughometer to incorporate an intertial roughness sensor with GPS to quickly measure and report roadway conditions using GIS systems. Mounted in a pickup truck, this system is affordable and accurate.
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Bexar County, Texas, is the largest recipient of pass-through financing projects in the state. The county issued bonds secured by an ad-valorem tax base to design and construct projects; then was reimbursed by Texas DOT. Coupled with the Advanced Transportation District Sales Tax, the County has achieved financing for six major transportation projects.
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