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Every Public Works agency has to deal with damage to their community’s infrastructure in the pursuit of 21st Century conveniences. Ideally steps are taken to minimize damage to existing infrastructure but that’s not always the case.
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA ) was formed to in an effort to promote effective damage prevention through shared stakeholder responsibility. The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) is a member-driven association dedicated to ensuring public safety, environmental protection, and the integrity of services by promoting effective damage prevention practices, recommendations for future use, Best Practices identification & promotion, and damage information reporting.
Sponsored by APWA's Solid Waste Management Committee Current solid waste management systems are not equipped to accommodate predicted trends of increasing population and consumption. Explore how a cap and trade system would cap levels for overall waste production and reward the most efficient states through trading credits.
Examine the City of Baltimore’s Integrated Planning Framework (IPF), which is based on a triple bottom line approach where all projects are evaluated against economic, environmental, and social criteria.
Sponsored by APWA’s Government Affairs Committee Summer 2013 will mark the one-year anniversary of MAP-21. Part One of this session will review the initial year implementation of the bill’s project delivery streamlining provisions. Part Two will look forward, as MAP-21 is only a two-year bill. Panelists will discuss the framework for the successor legislation to MAP-21.
Learn how Cupertino, California, incorporated innovative and practical applications of GIS, QR code and smartphone technologies to identify and protect street trees while also educating and engaging the community. Inventorying Cupertino’s nearly 14,000 trees was both a beginning and catalyst to improvement of their urban forest.
Sponsored by APWA's Transportation Committee Explore the emerging trends and options available for greener streets and non-motorized vehicles. Examine other agencies’ experiences with the post-construction performance of porous asphalt and concrete and review cost comparison methods.
Evaluating Project Risks to Improve Performance, Avoid Surprises and Keep Your Elected Officials Hap
King County uses a risk assessment tool that improves transparency and accountability by gathering and presenting project information in a standard format. Examine the risk factors that are measured by the scorecard tool and how these results are used.
So you’re thinking about using porous pavement? This session is designed to review the emerging trends, options and maintenance considerations for greener streets and non-motorized facilities.
Case studies will include current information gleaned from new data from the recent increase in porous asphalt streets. Presenters will review appropriate cost comparison methods to allow you to provide decision makers with the total cost information, not just a comparison of pavement and aggregate material costs. The impact of additional excavation, reduced stormwater management, less winter maintenance, and other items will be reviewed.
Sponsored by APWA’s Fleet Services Committee Get a better understanding of what the requirements are and could be in the future for smaller diesel engine emissions, how your organization will be affected, and what your next course of action should be.
Sponsored by APWA’s Diversity Committee Young professionals, who are making their way through their public works careers, will describe their own personal examples of success and failure. You will be asked for your opinion and commentary too – so be prepared to be part of this discussion.