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Reclaiming a Community’s Water Supply to Promote Drought Resiliency

Salinity levels have continually risen in the City of Camarillo’s groundwater aquifer (Pleasant Valley Groundwater Basin) over the past two decades resulting in high concentrations of chlorides, sulfates, and total…

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Supply Chain Stability Index

When will the supply chain stabilize? What is causing all of this disruption? What does this mean to public works? Since 2020, “supply chain disruption” has become a familiar phrase…

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Transform Your Fieldwork into Live Streams of Information to Guide Better Decisions

A paper may give you information, but it’s out of date the moment it is printed. Today’s public works agencies cannot afford to use paper and methods from decades before…

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Let’s Talk: How Clients Review Proposals, Score Interviews, and Select Firms

Evaluation factors. Scoring criteria. Differentiators. Page limits. Time clocks. Public procurement is challenging. This session will help designers and contractors understand how one public agency professional thinks through the procurement…

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Organizational Culture Change: Bridging the Gap Between Intention and Impact

Organizational culture has a profound influence on service outcomes. As esteemed members of the Public Works community, you understand the critical need to cultivate and sustain healthy cultures within your…

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Recruit, Retain, Repeat

Worried about hiring the next generation of leaders into your organization? Hear from this year’s class of emerging leaders as they discuss methods and ideas on recruiting and retaining the…

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Syracuse, NY Winter Weather Operations

The City of Syracuse consistently sees around 10 feet of snow annually. Although snow can make normal operations more difficult, the City has an experienced and efficient workforce who regularly…

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Transforming Traffic Engineering—A Sustainable Multimodal Approach

The impact of the Covid pandemic, along with ever-increasing oil prices, has become the catalyst for a change in mobility behavior. While many agencies’ efforts in promoting public transit as…

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SC/RC Perspective On: Pavement Asset Management

Small city leaders discuss using asset management software and related tools to assess, maintain, repair, and improve the roads in our communities in an efficient manner. Panelists also discuss the…

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Small Cities/Rural Communities Perspective: Raising the Bar – Accreditation in Small Communities

Public works departments in small cities and rural communities are usually short on time and staff. Maybe your public works department would like to achieve APWA Accreditation as a hallmark of agency professionalism, but you don’t think you have the depth of staff or expertise to make it happen. In that case, don’t miss this presentation featuring small communities that have successfully navigated the accreditation process.

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