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Clearing the Path to Sustainability with Biodiesel

The push to reduce the carbon intensity of fleets and fuels used is growing. A variety of alternative fuel and vehicle techlogy options are available for diesel fleets, each with…

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Using a Coaching Approach to Develop and Retain Employees

Regardless of your role as a supervisor, manager, or leader in your agency, developing and retaining staff is a key priority, especially in today’s environment. Using a coaching approach, you…

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Using Winter Maintenance Programs to Power Smart City Initiatives

The concept of Smart Cities continues to be applicable to all divisions of state and local government, with some agencies investigating what this means for them, while others are active…

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Weathering the Storm – Together

Everyone wants to feel needed, and we all want to be the best. But, being a Level 5 leader means being able to step away from operations and have it…

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Winter Maintenance Performance Measures

With everyone’s budgets getting tighter and public expectations at an all-time high, an effective and efficient method of tracking and communicating winter operations is needed. Every agency has performance measures,…

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Women of Winter – WOW

Building on the well-received WOW session as presented at last year’s conference, we are hored to offer an updated session to include input and feedback from 2022 and to continue…

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YMCA of Management (You, Me, City/Company, Anything)

YMCA of Management is a collaborative approach to team-employee engagement, where leaders develop and mentor public works heroes by courageously talking to them about You, Me, City/Company, Anything. As tough…

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Your Story Matters: Sharing Invations and Challenges in Winter Maintenance

Every attendee at the Sw Conference brings the experiences and challenges of their agency and their role in winter operations. They have many different stories they can tell. The lesson…

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(A Little) Brine Blending Chemistry for Deicing and Anti-Icing

Plain salt (NaCl) brine is the dominant liquid used for road deicing and anti-icing due to its relatively low cost; and in many instances, it can be used without further…

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1/4 to 2 Inches of Sw Forecasted—Are You Ready?

Chad Oxton is an operations manager in Coastal Virginia. Having grown up in Maine and spent a winter in Alaska, Chad kws sw and ice. As an operations manager in…

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