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Hosted by APWA’s Fleet Services Committee Get your conference all to a great start by joining with other Fleet professionals in this open dialog about the current trends, challenges, and solutions in fleet management practices. Discover what resources are available to help you meet today’s challenges and share your expertise with your colleagues.
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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 management, infrastructure repair, and assistance with rescue, evacuation, and restoration of certain services. With a national focus on resiliency through critical infrastructure protection, public works must have a seat at the table with police, fire, and public health when planning and training for the management of emergency incidents.
Read MoreThe APWA Reporter Series “How Did They Do That?” comes to life in this fast-paced presentation format where members of the Leadership and Management Committee, The LMC Knowledge Team and Other authors of the series, discuss the projects and innovative techniques they have employed in their agencies.
Read MoreThe City of Durham, North Carolina was faced with 50 subdivisions with infrastructure (streets, sidewalks, water, storm sewers, and sewers) in various stages of completion because of the Great Recession’s impact on developer corporations. The City was able to leverage various policies, partnerships, and relationships to complete work in 90% of the subdivisions with no cost to the city and residents and with profit to the new developers that stepped in to assist with the recovery. Attend this session and discover: • how to anticipate economic conditions that could lead to failed developments, • facilitate and negotiate public/private partnerships to complete unfinished infrastructure, • develop policies and procedures to monitor and prevent future failed developments, • anticipate and mitigate budgetary impacts of development plans.
Read MoreThe Transportation Research Board’s NCHRP-20-108 “Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Innovation” document provides guidance to organizations that want to build a thriving innovation ethos over the long-term. Explore how to use self-assessment practices to determine where your agency falls along the continuum of innovation efforts. We’ll also explore the five themes that are necessary to build and sustain a culture of innovation: leadership, communication, empowerment, recognition, and measurement.
Read MoreThis panel will review how to establish the financial decision-making framework for public works asset management best practices through life-cycle cost management, service level-risk and cost balancing, asset management plan development, and predictive financial forecasting of asset replacement and renewal.
Read MoreHow many sandbags did your staff fill and distribute? How many pumps did you deploy? How many trees went down? What did it cost in labor and equipment to respond? How much did the storm cost us? Agencies throughout Florida had to answer these questions and more after Hurricane Irma. Examine how integrated GIS, field data collection and report generation assisted two agencies in measuring all phases of the event.
Read MoreOften in the solid waste management industry, new leadership is brought in from the outside. How can someone without extensive knowledge succeed in jumping into this complex and important role? This fast-paced Pecha Kucha presentation will feature the tricks of the trade and the hard lessons-learned from solid waste leaders who have made the same transition. We’ll also address succession planning and the steps to building a strong solid waste management team.
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The City of Crawfordsville, Indiana, had three goals when they first established their roadeo: 1) provide classroom training for the operators and crews; 2) improve driver skills through competition; and 3) check out the readiness of their winter equipment prior to the first snow. Over the years, they’ve worked hard to keep the roadeo evolving by introducing new topics to the classroom training, setting up new obstacles on the roadeo course, and inviting local officials and media representatives to participate in a Celebrity Roadeo. The roadeo now has widespread community interest and support.
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In today’s connected world, weather information can be accessed with a click of a button. But what does it all mean? Standard weather forecasts deal in percentages of chance and ranges of accumulation. This session will offer you tips for understanding the weather data available to you and how to improve decision-making regarding allocation of materials, equipment, and staff for potential winter storms.
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