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What’s the Buzz about Drones (UAS)? Examine Everything from Licensing, Operations, Uses, Apps and Current Equipment Along with an Update on FHWA’s EDC 5 – UAS Initiative

Drones have quickly become a common tool for various public works functions. Join us for this examination of the process for getting a UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems FAA Part 107…

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The Big Dig: Using Underground Infrastructure to Benefit a Community

Over the last five years, the City of Spokane has installed 16 million gallons of underground storage to prevent overflows of combined wastewater and stormwater from reaching the Spokane River.…

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WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: Micromobility: Mode or Menace? An interactive workshop to reinvent the right-of-way for more than just cars, bikes and pedestrians.

The transition to electric propulsion and autonomous connected vehicles creates an unprecedented opportunity to reinvent our roads, trails and sidewalks. Infrastructure designed yesterday for private cars, bicycles and pedestrians never…

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A Black Female Perspective of Management and Leadership Training – Why Leadership Trainings and Career Coaches Can Fail You

There are many resources available to develop staff and grow leaders, including books, classes, assessments, seminars, mentors, coaches, and much more. Most of the principles they teach are based on…

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APWA’s Fleet Management Workshop Part 2 – Finance and Purchasing

Planned and presented by APWA’s Fleet Management Committee. Fleet Managers are responsible for the selection, procurement, use and care, and remarketing of their organizations fleet assets. A successful fleet manager…

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Advanced Liquids (Part 4 of a series of 4 sessions on the use of liquids)

Some agencies have been using liquids for a number of years and are now implementing various advanced techniques. Among the new techniques being tried are liquid blends; using two different chlorides and adding carbohydrate liquids to brines; using advanced systems to ensure trucks are loaded correctly with the right materials and the right quantities; and using liquids to create slurries at high pre-wetting rates.

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Developing and Using Equipment Utilization Standards

Explore how to develop and use equipment utilization measures as key performance indicators (KPI) for fleet and winter maintenance equipment. Examples will come from a project conducted for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) that examined utilization patterns over a variety of seasonal and non-seasonable equipment types.

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Urban Forests/City Trees Webinar

Peg Staeheli, who has 40 years of experience in public realm infrastructure  provides an overview of our urban canopy infrastructure; the tools and best practices. Peg’s webinar provides a practical voice to restoring, retrofitting our urban trees within the public right of way.

 

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Talking Top Tech: Smart Cities Edition

Join us for a look at Smart Cities through the perspective of different lenses such as Public Works, Consultants, Industry, and International.  Leaders in each field will participate in a panel discussion and answer APWA member questions.  Each "Talking Top Tech" webinar is in a panel discussion format and will focus on looking at one of the identified 2019 Top Tech – through different lenses.

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StreetCaster – Bringing Equity to Sidewalk and Street Repairs

The City of Boston’s Public Works Department (PWD) the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) have worked together, in collaboration with other city agencies and community partners, to develop…

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