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Building Partnerships Through the APWA Accreditation Process/Building Partnerships Through the Accreditation Journey

Hear from the team at the City of Austin’s Public Works Department on how the APWA Accreditation process helped build their partnerships with other city departments. Through resource sharing, regular…

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Developing Leaders Within Your Organization: A Guide Establishing a Leadership Development Group at Your Local Agency

In 2018, the City of Des Moines Public Works Department faced the impending retirement in a few years of many seasoned and long-serving supervisors, representing more than 280 years of…

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Get a Grip On Your Winter Maintenance

For many years, winter maintenance decisions have been made primarily using atmospheric conditions, such as air temperature and amount of precipitation, and data relating to the pavement surface, such as…

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Innovation in the Design Process for the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant

The Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (IIWWTP) used the innovative Integrated Design Process (IDP) to compose the Project Definition Report (PDR) that would later serve the implementation and construction phase.…

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Milan, Italy – How to Prepare a Digital Twin Smart City Model, Leveraging Geospatial Intelligence

Bruno Monti, GIS Manager for the City of Milan, will present how the city uses geospatial intelligence to manage its rights-of-way. Milan was the first city in Italy to do…

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Predicting Your Next PM

Data science and telematics are making it now possible to use a vehicle’s health to predict when PM services are due. This session will discuss the emerging science behind predictive…

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Rock and Roll! Public Works Response to the 2020 Magna Utah Earthquake

On March 18th, 2020, Salt Lake County experienced (was rocked by!) a 5.7 magnitude earthquake with the epicenter in Magna, Utah. The quake caused significant damage to buildings located in…

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The Customer Experience

This presentation is to remind the manager, supervisor, and technicians about the importance of customer service. The focus will be on how to communicate properly and what tools are best…

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Using Local Partnerships to Enhance the Future Workforce

Attracting summer engineering interns to the world of public works can be challenging. What they are exposed to in engineering school does not tell the full story of what they…

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Alternative Approach to Native Maintenance Program Management

Several years ago, the Village of Elk Grove Village reassessed its approach to the maintenance of its 20+ miles of open channel waterways. What were multiple contracts per year for…

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