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Fairfax County, Virginia, uses an asset condition rating system as an essential component of its storm sewer maintenance program. Examine the various rating systems that they considered and the approach they implemented to support infrastructure reinvestment decisions and initiatives.
Examine the challenges and lessons learned by Washington County, Oregon, in their efforts to improve their bicycle and pedestrian system by adopting a midblock crossing policy and comprehensive bicycle design toolkit. Challenges included the existing road network, typical suburban/rural roadway design standards, and limited resources.
Examine the lessons learned in implementing a low bid-design-build delivery for two highly visible bridge projects. An aggressive and accelerated project schedule limited the period each bridge needed to be closed. Collaboration was successfully achieved by using innovative partnering strategies.
Reality check: The fact that the times we live in are challenging for all of our organizations IS NOT the source of our pain. The source of our pain is our inability to respond to our challenges with leadership that is based in reality.
Every public works agency is charged with managing their community’s development plans and projects. However, many communities don’t know what assets and equipment they have nor what condition the assets are in.
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.
Sponsored by APWA’s Leadership and Management Committee Studies show the factors that most contribute to an engaged and productive workforce include: involvement in the decision-making process, team contribution, and effective performance evaluations. Learn firsthand from line level staff about the challenges and opportunities they encounter from different leadership styles.
Sponsored by APWA’s International Affairs Committee Join former Jennings Randolph Fellows in an upbeat exploration of their intriguing and enlightening experiences participating in this program that provides opportunities for exchange information, trends, and advances in public works with APWA’s international partners.
Discover how the Town of Danvers, Massachusetts, planned, designed, procured and implemented an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system for electric and water. AMI is an emerging technology that is being leveraged by utilities to increase customer service and improve meter reading efficiencies.
APWA members who have participated in ASCE’s public agency peer review program will share the resulting insights they’ve gained on the challenges facing public agencies and the best practices being implemented. You will probably hear discussion on some of the issues that your agency faces and be able to take away a new perspective on finding the right solutions for your situations.