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Answer this: What is the main tool that you use to make winter weather decisions? If you answered radar, you need to attend this session! We will explore several key weather scenarios and walk you through what information you’ll need and where to get it. Weather scenarios ranging from road frost to black ice and snow will be covered. We’ll examine using smartphones, sensors, software, weather forecasting services, and decision support tools; all from an independent consultant who will give you straight talk about what works and what doesn’t.
Read MoreIn cities where the snow does not melt for the entire winter season, snow storage facilities are an essential component of winter maintenance. Depending on the type of facility, managing a snow storage site involves not only staff and equipment costs but also the costs associated with environmental testing, utilities, and site maintenance during the summer. The City of Regina has adopted innovative technologies to gather site user data, implement a cost recovery initiative, and regularly educate snow-hauling contractors and their staff.
Read MoreLearn how cities are striving to become a global leader in environmental sustainability, balancing economic growth while preserving natural resources. To this end, cities are becoming more circular, a new, regenerative economic model designed to produce zero waste and the potential to generate hundreds of jobs and significant revenue.
Read MoreMany facility operations are employing control programs to operate their heating and cooling systems. These systems are very helpful and produce a significant amount of data. However, to ensure these systems are running at optimal levels, it's important to have a system in place that seeks out anomalies. Using data analytics technology can be used to find hidden issues and guide decisions. This presentation will provide some strategies on how to implement and use data analytic technology to optimize your building automation system. Prince William County just recently developed a buildings & facilities capital program. This program invests in existing capital assets to extend the life of the facilities. The program utilizes facility condition assessments, component replacement schedules and an in-house defined criterion to assign project prioritization. Throughout this process there have been successes and failures.
Read MoreRoadway maintenance and rehabilitation are critical tasks to sustain our transportation system. However, these activities often generate delays to road users, which can result in road user costs, work zone…
Read MoreIn 2012, the City of Worthington, Ohio, embarked on a massive undertaking, the full scope of which was not understood in the early stages. A problematic intersection, dubbed “The North…
Read MoreIn the Nordic countries, a great deal of policy-making is directed toward the needs of children. In Sweden, the United Nations convention on the rights of the child is law…
Read MoreFaced with meeting sediment removal goals outlined by Water Quality Improvement Plans (WQIPs, the City of San Diego and its engineering firm partners were tasked with developing an Optimized Implementation…
Read MoreIn 2016, homeless encampments started appearing in the Santa Ana River—a 30-mile-long flood control facility in the heart of Orange County, California. The encampment numbers rapidly grew to over 700…
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