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Women represent just 4 percent of the workforce in natural resources, construction, and maintenance. By increasing outreach to attract more women into public works careers, a community can increase diversity in the qualified applicant pool. We’ll discuss the challenges women face in careers in the infrastructure trades and suggest ways for employers to be intentional about developing a diverse workplace culture.
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Record rainfall, a sudden and heavy freeze in the early winter, and unusually warm temperatures in the spring created the perfect conditions for two rounds of epic flooding of the Sagavanirktok River in Arctic Alaska. Throughout the two-and-a-half month response effort, the Unified Incident Command was able respond to the disaster and successfully reopen the Dalton Highway.
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This session will demonstrate ways the Alaska Department of Transportation; Public Facilities has recently dealt with numerous winter warm weather events in the face of drastically reduced operating budgets through improved forecasting technology, chemical use and changes to equipment.
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This session will help you evaluate how to select snow and ice storage facilities and liquid deicing equipment. It will also examine the many environmental issues surrounding salt, brine and chloride storage.
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While the phrases “social media”, “emergency management”, and “public works” are not always seen as relating to each other, in reality they should. This presentation will provide participants some fundamentals about social media including information on the different types of social media, aspects that should be taken into consideration when selecting a media, and pointers for starting out.
Read MoreLike many coastal communities, Fort Lauderdale is actively developing policies and identifying projects to address climate change, sea level rise, and impacts from extreme weather events. The City’s vision plan, ""FastForward Fort Lauderdale, Our City Vision 2035"", provides a roadmap for future sustainability and community resilience needs.
Read MoreDon't miss this completely interactive, compelling, and relevant exploration of the challenges and solutions public works directors encounter every day. Who will pick the topics to be discussed? YOU! Who will be the speakers? YOU! Be inspired to share your story and learn from the mastery achieved by your colleagues in the public works profession. You are going to be so enthused about what you are learning – you'll be tweeting out your insights to your pals who can't join us!
Read MoreIn working with neighboring communities to establish a regional bicycle master plan, the City of Redondo Beach set out to create a sense of welcome at the city’s boundary, improve the visitor experience, attract customers to the pier, and improve the driver and pedestrian experience. The scope included signalized intersections to regulate bicycle traffic, specialized marking and pavement treatments.
Read MoreSponsored by APWA’s Small Cities Rural Communities Committee Bring your questions and benefit from the lessons-learned by other public works professionals who have been through the process of choosing funding options for a stormwater management program. Figure out if establishing a stormwater utility would work for your agency.
Read MoreThe three pillars for sustainable management of infrastructure include: stewardship, asset management, and financial planning. In Australia, local governments account for their infrastructure in their financial statements. It is about balancing priorities, risks, levels of service and available funding to move beyond technical management assets to incorporate stewardship and long-term financial planning.
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