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Procuring and Contracting for Solid Waste and Recycling Services

Since solid waste and recycling contracts are typically long term, solid waste and recycling professionals often have limited experience with procuring and drafting contracts for these services. A successful procurement…

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The Automation of Snow Operations Paperwork with Web-Based Tools

The Towns of Wakefield and Needham, MA automated the processing of snow plow contractor tracking, invoicing and reporting with web-based tools with tremendous success. This session will review and summarize…

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The Past, Present, and Future of Winter Operations

Over the past few decades, the operational aspects of managing winter events have dramatically changed. Much of this change has been driven by new technologies, public expectations, and environmental concerns.…

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Levels of Service

Levels of Service (LOS) is a component of asset management planning that is significant and has a great deal of impact. Municipalities' core purpose is to provide public services to the…

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Professionalism in Fleet Management

This session is not going to be about just “another day in the shop.” Each day is an opportunity to evaluate and improve the operations and image of your staff…

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Talking Top Tech: Waste to Resource Technology Edition

Watch this presentation for a look at Waste to Resource Technology through the perspective of different lenses such as Public Works, Consultants, Industry, and International.  Leaders in each field participate…

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Next Practices in Project Delivery Drives Roadway Success

Leduc County’s Nisku Spine Road project is its first attempt at implementing a value-based project delivery system developed by researchers at Arizona State University. Using the process, proposal evaluation time…

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Why Smarter Cities Start With Smarter Fleets

Nearly 70% of the world population is expected to live in urban areas by 2050. As a result, more cities are turning to smart technology for data and insights to…

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Traffic Incident Management: Training Public Works as Responders

Certain conditions require the significant deployment of temporary traffic control devices for lane closures and detours. Public works and DOTs have the equipment, personnel and experience in handling this type…

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Planning and Preparing for the Next Emergency: If You Wait, It’s Too Late!

When disasters and other emergencies occur, public works personnel are among the first to respond. Responsibilities include clearing roadways so that other responders can reach stricken areas, traffic control, debris…

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