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Learn how the City of Milwaukee uses an effective preventive maintenance program and best management practices to reduce operating costs and improve working conditions at the historic Milwaukee City Hall Complex.
Groundwater desalination filter technology is improving, requiring less energy to desalinate, but disposing of brine is still an issue. Learn how a project in Ventura County, California, is installing desalination technology, setting competitive rates, and dealing with the outfall discharge.
Sponsored by APWA’s Fleet Services Committee Join this in-depth discussion and open forum about alternative funding strategies for developing a sustainable fleet management and replacement program that reduces life-cycle costs, complies with emissions standards, and lessens environmental impacts.
As a public works professional, you know the demands involved with stretching a limited budget to get the most out of your maintenance and repair (M&R) projects. MicroPAVER arms your agency with one of the best tools technology can offer to assist you in making effective decisions.
If you are a new user of MicroPAVER or you are thinking about purchasing it, this program is for you! Current users may also learn about features of the software that you are not using to their utmost capabilities. This program will be a brief introduction to the software and focuses on how to get maximum effectiveness from the PAVER software.
Sponsored by APWA’s Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) The 2012-2013 Emerging Leaders Academy Class recommends that APWA increase its presence in colleges and universities to educate students about the public works field. Strategies being developed include establishing a national committee on higher education outreach that will pursue establishing a toolkit for developing student chapters and marketing to post-secondary institutions.
Lots of food wastes are trapped within non-compostable plastic. The City of Bakersfield’s new composting system accepts and handles all types of food packaging materials using existing equipment to achieve plastic separation. This process has been implemented in 53 schools with growing success.
Using GIS technology coupled with a computer maintenance management system (CMMS) can help your agency to better plan, organize, schedule, and control resources. Discover how to use maintenance frequency modeling for a visual representation of how service levels are being met for specific activities.
Sponsored by APWA’s Solid Waste Management Committee The City of Phoenix, Arizona, is working to better understand raw data captured through its daily solid waste operations and to use it to make sound business decisions. Using business intelligence (BI) to streamline data from multiple sources, they are able to maximize the return on their investment and enhance customer service.
Explore the sustainability initiatives being implemented in the United Kingdom and Europe. Examine zero carbon housing requirements in England, solar panel uses in Germany, and composting/recycling efforts and transportation infrastructure initiatives in the Netherlands.
Sponsored by APWA’s Transportation Committee Find out about the effects of increased surface friction on the number of accidents. This presentation will feature the various applications of HFS for steep grades, bridged decks, and horizontal curves; the benefits of spot treatment; and the costs associated with this approach.