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APWAs Government Affairs team will present the latest regarding APWA’s public policy priorities in the U.S. The focus of the presentation will be a legislative update related to Congress and federal agencies and APWA’s public policy priorities: Transportation, Water Resiliency, and Emergency Management. The presentation will also include an overview of APWA’s advocacy resources for our members to be “the voice of public works” to government leaders, the public, and media.
Read MoreOver the past two years, municipalities across the nation have been conducting risk and resilience assessments and updated emergency response plans (ERPs) to ensure compliance with the American Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. The City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, partnered with Jacobs Engineering to conduct a comprehensive review of all city departmental ERPs to ensure compliance with National Incident Management System and Incident Command System. Developing an enterprise emergency response plan will facilitate effective coordination and cooperation between inter-city agencies and mutual supporting departments such as the Hamilton County and Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
Read MoreThe City has a combination of federal, state, and local compliance requirements, in addition to local surface water quality improvement programs, which have resulted in the construction of hundreds of watershed improvement projects. The projects include watershed improvement project retrofits (e.g., pond upfits, stormwater wetland, and rain garden retrofits) and stream and wetland restoration/improvement projects. The assets have been managed by individual departments, sites, and programs to varying degrees of success. In 2020, in order to improve the management consistency of these assets, the Charlotte Storm Water Services Department proposed the development of a Long-Term Stewardship Program (L-TS). This presentation will discuss the initial development of the L-TS program and the phased approach to building and implementing the program, and lessons learned.
Read MoreThe Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Project (CV Sync) is Coachella Valley Association of Government’s (CVAG) major effort to advance the development and implementation of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and Smart Region Programs with an emphasis on the development of multi-jurisdictional and regional smart intersections, smart corridors, and broadband communication networks. The region will become smart cities ready through a high-speed secured communications network. This will be achieved by fitting intersections along 25 corridors with the latest advanced traffic signal controller units, cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) roadside units, ITS technologies, and a secured communication system. CVAG will be deploying connected vehicle technologies, including signal phase and timing (SPaT) and other basic safety messages via a vehicle onboard unit that will communicate with the roadway infrastructure.
Read MoreThe Margaret Turner Storm Drainage Improvement project consists of a 145-acre watershed located in northwest Charlotte, North Carolina, near Brookshire Boulevard. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services (CMSWS) identified this area for study and improvements due to reports of road flooding and residential structure flooding in the Margaret Turner subdivision. CMSWS partnered with The Isaacs Group P.C. to complete the planning study, design, public outreach, and construction administration services. Drainage improvements within the project area included a 13-foot by 4-foot reinforced concrete box culvert, a 42-inch pipe culvert, and natural channel improvements. Due to the space constraints, a detailed shoring plan for storm drainage construction was developed to protect existing infrastructure and install the new system. The design included extensive relocation of existing utilities and utility coordination during construction to reduce the disruption of services to the residents in the neighborhood.
Read MoreThe International Public Works Director Roundtable is an annual interactive session that targets public works directors (PWDs) or their equivalent across North America. Using the tagline “Where Directors Go to Grow” and their logo, organizers plan to build on the successes in Toronto, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Orlando, Kansas City, and Seattle. The International Public Works Director Roundtables continuously rank as one of the most popular and highest-rated sessions each year. This session is designed to be participatory and maximize engagement with all the directors present. Directors are seated at roundtables encouraging interaction with each other. This session enables directors from across the world to network and learn from each other’s experiences.
Read MoreWhile many agencies and municipalities acquire land for a single purpose, learn from our panelists ways to generate income from rights-of-way and easements and maximize benefits to the public Land…
Read MoreWith more than 11,000 miles of roadways and an annual snowfall amount averaging 131 inches, the Province of New Brunswick's (PNB) winter fleet is no stranger to the "snow fight." Together with telematics partner, Northern BI, Highway Maintenance Engineer Jordan Stephens has been using telematics to manage the 450-plus fleet. Tasked with reducing a $60 million snow clearing budget, Jordan wanted to see if telematics could find areas of waste within the fleet. Having only used paper-based routes for plowing and salt/sand spreading, Northern BI recommended optimizing these age-old processes to improve efficiencies. Hear from PNB's Jordan Stephens, and Northern BI President Dwayne Primeau, on how they are leveraging IoT data to transform the province's winter fleet operations.
Read MoreTop Trending Technology for Field Crews was one of the selected technologies for APWA’s Top Trending Technologies program of 2021. This presentation will provide the audience an introduction to the TTT program in APWA, the background of the top tech for field crews topic, and the technologies explored in the program. The presentation is tailored for those technologies that are most applicable to the snowfighters and winter operations. The APWA Top Trending Technologies program has been very successful and the demand for information from our membership has been robust. The area of field crew technologies, innovations, and tools has been one of the most requested. There are many new and innovative tools for field crews and this session will provide an examination and introduction of those technologies that are currently available and generally accessible to public works crews.
Read MoreLike many cities, the City of Charlotte, North Carolina, faces the challenge of aging infrastructure in urban environments serving an ever-growing population. This presentation will present two case studies related to expedited temporary repairs the City undertook that employed innovative solutions. The first case study will examine a temporary bridge used to remove traffic loading from a compromised existing culvert that serves a center-city thoroughfare before the planned Republican National Convention and impending NFL season. The second case study will focus on an existing corrugated metal pipe that experienced a significant joint failure and the measures taken to protect the public and restore traffic in an accelerated manner. The presentation will include a summary of the challenges associated with each project and lessons learned.
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