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In 2016, homeless encampments started appearing in the Santa Ana River—a 30-mile-long flood control facility in the heart of Orange County, California. The encampment numbers rapidly grew to over 700…
The changes coming from the auto industry’s evolution to fully electric, interconnected, and electronically controlled autonomous vehicles (AV) will necessitate tremendous planning by public agencies and immense changes in the…
Don’t miss this presentation featuring examples of the Utah Public Works Mutual Aid Agreement in action. Disasters can happen anywhere, anytime, and it is best to have mutual aid agreements and relationships in place BEFORE you need them. We’ll also discuss lessons learned from the 2018 Salt Lake County and Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) joint debris management exercise.
Don’t miss this introduction to the use of liquids in winter maintenance. From the southern states to the northern-most provinces, liquids are part of the public works arsenal for fighting snow and ice. This presentation will provide the basics: What are winter maintenance liquids? When and where should liquids be used? How are liquids made?
Join us for a look at Asset Management Technologies 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.
Permeable pavements are a cost-effective solution to managing stormwater when replacing failed roadways. In the last ten years, the City of Tacoma has constructed approximately 30 blocks of permeable pavement…
Frequently, large cities and highly urbanized metro areas celebrate community sustainability efforts or Smart Growth. However, it can be tougher to find prominent sustainability practices in America’s smaller towns and…
Learn how cities are striving to become a global leader in environmental sustainability, balancing economic growth while preserving natural resources. To this end, cities are becoming more circular, a new, regenerative economic model designed to produce zero waste and the potential to generate hundreds of jobs and significant revenue.
There is a need for integrated and holistic models to support urban management to meet the complex social and ecological challenges currently facing our cities. Introducing an ecosystem services (ESS)…
The Cascadia Rising 2016 Exercise- the Pacific Northwest’s largest, multistate functional exercise- explored the risks associated with a full rupture of the Cascadia Subduction Zone; risks that could include a…