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How Our In-House Snow & Ice App Helped Us Manage our Snow Storm Response Speaker: TJ Countryman, Village of Schaumburg, IL The Village of Schaumburg’s IT department developed an app that allows staff to track GPS locations of fleet vehicles in real-time, fleet mileage, contractor accomplishments, salt and liquid usage, employee overtime, pre/post trip inspections. Pretty handy! Find out if your team can do this too. A Practical Application of Artificial Intelligence for Setting Seasonal Weight Limits Speaker: Dennis Randolph, City of Grandview, MO Delve into several examples of how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used for public works and snow operations. In particular, find out how to build a tool that helps staff determine when seasonal weight limits should be established.
Pierce County, Washington, uses drones for asset management functions including tracking and verifying quantities of stock, assessing high risk areas (mudslides, hazard slopes, etc.), and performing levee inspections. Discover how…
Post-earthquake functionality of utilities (water supply and wastewater treatment) is vital to the seismic resiliency of communities. The operation of this critical infrastructure is fundamental to the social and economic…
Utilizing the recently completed North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway as a case study, this Lightning Round will highlight the data-driven approach and policy foundation that has made the Neighborhood Greenway program…
This Lightning Round offers you the opportunity to learn about successful initiatives and programs implemented by APWA Chapters to promote professional growth among members, increase membership, and bring more awareness…
Faced with a mounting number of service requests for overflowing trash cans on neighborhood street corners, San Francisco experimented with smart technology to tackle the problem. Partnering with the high-tech…
The City of Beaverton, Oregon, uses Cityworks as its asset management software. In 2018, the city upgraded its internal GIS servers with ArcGIS Enterprise and externalized Cityworks. This streamlined and…
Welcome to the 21st Century! City of Surrey’s Public Works’ staff are proud to share industry leading projects. Learn from our successes for your future projects, saving your organization time and money. Our presentation will start with our history, going back over a century ago to the year 1912 with our first Operations Centre, or “Works Yard” as we called it, located in Cloverdale. At that time, Surrey’s population was approximately 3,500 residents. By 1962, with a growing population nearing 75,000 residents and a growing number of staff and equipment, the “Works Yard” was relocated to a new site at 66 Avenue and 148 Street. In 2016, the City of Surrey celebrated its grand opening of the state-of-the-art Operations Centre that will serve a community population of 550,000 and growing for generations to come. The new facility hosts four Departments including Engineering (Operations), Parks Operations, Facilities Management, and By-law Enforcement. In total, over 400 staff report out of the building, plus another 150+ in the summer. The site has three fully enclosed buildings including: The main Operations Facility at 114,000 sq. ft.; Fleet & Garage building at 54,000 sq. ft.; and The warehouse building at 14,000 sq. ft. In addition to the Operations centre, our presentation will cover multiple state-of-the-art projects the City has completed over past two years, such as: Installed British Columbia’s largest municipal RWIS and AVL system; Completed construction of a South Surrey Operations centre; Expanded our fleet of industry leading spreaders; Turn by turn route assistance; Product control and automation.
Businesses and public agencies around the country are reporting driver shortages and searching for other good, quality workers. In this session, we will discuss the hiring practices of the Twin Cities and Schaumburg, Illinois. The discussion will include the challenges faced in recruiting and hiring a diverse and changing workforce and the trainee programs that Minneapolis and St. Paul have incorporated for developing a highly-trained CDL workforce.
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