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Developing and Using Equipment Utilization Standards

Explore how to develop and use equipment utilization measures as key performance indicators (KPI) for fleet and winter maintenance equipment. Examples will come from a project conducted for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) that examined utilization patterns over a variety of seasonal and non-seasonable equipment types.

Urban Forests/City Trees Webinar

Peg Staeheli, who has 40 years of experience in public realm infrastructure  provides an overview of our urban canopy infrastructure; the tools and best practices. Peg’s webinar provides a practical voice to restoring, retrofitting our urban trees within the public right of way.

 

Talking Top Tech: Smart Cities Edition

Join us for a look at Smart Cities through the perspective of different lenses such as Public Works, Consultants, Industry, and International.  Leaders in each field will participate in a panel discussion and answer APWA member questions.  Each "Talking Top Tech" webinar is in a panel discussion format and will focus on looking at one of the identified 2019 Top Tech – through different lenses.

StreetCaster – Bringing Equity to Sidewalk and Street Repairs

The City of Boston’s Public Works Department (PWD) the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) have worked together, in collaboration with other city agencies and community partners, to develop…

Public Speaking, Presentation and Communication Skills Needed for Success!

Public speaking, presentation and communication skills are requisite competencies for public works leaders. These skills are needed for effective communication to the public, elected officials and peers. Communication capabilities remain…

The Power of Middle Management: Applying High Performance Concepts to Small Teams

You have a new director, a new departmental structure, and ambitious new performance goals… but you also have the same team you had before the change. What do you do…

How Unique and Insightful Outreach Can Make Your Complete Streets Projects Successful

Does your project manager receive calls/emails from community members who did not know your agency had a project coming to their neighborhood or on the arterial they commute on as…

Agents of Change – The Evolving Face of Public Works in the Modern World

An update from the 2018 APWA Emerging Leaders Class Academy (ELA) Project Class XI of the APWA’s Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) was a diverse group of 16 individuals. As part…

Cooperative Significance

People want to feel significant: at home, at work, and in their communities. But you can’t feel significant in a vacuum. You need others. Leading is about connecting with people.…

Hiding a Sewer Lift Station in a City’s Signature Waterfront Park

When a segment of aging sewer line along the shores of Lake Washington needed to be replaced across the City of Everett, Washington’s signature waterfront park and Bellevue Marina, the…