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Speak at an APWA Conference in 2025

Answer the call today to be a speaker at either APWA’s North American Snow Conference or PWX. No matter how many years you’ve been on the job or how large…

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Three Things You Need to Know about Long-Haul Broadband Fiber Optic Networks

By Anthony Barbetto, PE, Senior Transportation Operations Engineer, Gannett Fleming Kevin Hunt, PE, PTOE, Vice President & Transportation Operations Manager, Gannett Fleming Jason McCartney, PE, Project Manager, Gannett Fleming The…

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Are Electric Vehicles Right for Your Fleet?

By Gary Strack, PE, F.NSPE Vice Chair APWA Engineering & Technology Committee The momentum to convert all vehicles to electric power continues to increase and like the old adage, “one…

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Committees Learn How to Tackle Georgia Traffic

By Jana Potvin, CPWP-M, RSP1 Member APWA Transportation Committee Pima County DOT-Planning and Engineering Division Manager The APWA Transportation Committee and the Engineering and Technology Committee held a joint spring…

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Top 10 Things to Know About Drones

By the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Drones, also known as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), save time, money and even lives for public works agencies across the country.…

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Cleaner Salt Brine Manufacturing

Gary David Browning Operations Administrator, CPM City of Dublin, Ohio With winter season looming all transportation authorities responsible for snow and ice response are beginning to ready their winter fleets…

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EPDs are Key to Concrete’s Sustainable Future

Don A. Clem, PE NRMCA VP Local Paving National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are a tool that allows agencies to measure compliance with climate change…

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APWA Representation on the AASHTO Technical Committee on Geometric Design

Joe Kroboth, III, PE, LS, PWLF APWA Representative to the TCD Director, Transportation and Capital Infrastructure Loudoun County, Virginia With review and contributions by: Marshall Elizer, PE Assistant Secretary Multimodal…

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Work Zone Awareness and Education Reduce Dangers

Temporary Traffic Control Zones (MUTCD Section 6.C02) Jim McGee M.P.A. National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 17-21, 2023. Work zones bring heightened risks for public works personnel, contractors, law…

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Preparing for Takeoff: What Public Works Needs to Know About UAV Courses

It is hard to effectively prepare for new technology. What do you need to know? How will you use the technology? How will you know if you are actually prepared…

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