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We Are Emergency Responders: Public Works in Traffic Incident Management and All-Hazards Emergencies

Public works and transportation departments need to be prepared to respond, and in some cases, actually take command, when damaged or failed infrastructure is the cause or result of a…

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National Weather Service and Public Works, a natural partnership

National Weather Service staff from around the Country will provide information to attendees on NWS weather products that may be useful to public works operations, a basic tutorial on how…

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Public Works Senior Leaders Talk About Traffic Incident Management

Traffic Incident Management (TIM) consists of a planned and coordinated multi-disciplinary process to detect, respond to, and clear traffic incidents so that traffic flow may be restored as safely and…

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Technician Staffing & Facility Needs  

This program is sponsored by the APWA Fleet Management Committee. It is intended to help participants be better able to determine technician ratios in staffing analysis, estimate billable hours and…

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Trees & Municipal Infrastructure: Creating a Sustainable Alliance

Trees are valuable infrastructure assets that deserve equal consideration during the planning and implementation of public construction projects.  Discover tried-and-true and new methods to protect trees during road, utility, and…

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Resiliency in Solid Waste

In today's world a community cannot plan enough for a potential disaster, especially those 1000-year occurrences. This presentation provides effective strategies and lessons learned that will assist in the planning,…

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MAP-21

 MAP-21 creates a streamlined, performance-based, and multimodal program to address the many challenges facing the U.S. transportation system. These challenges include improving safety, maintaining infrastructure condition, reducing traffic congestion, improving…

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The Godzilla, “El Nino” and Debris Management – Cleaning Up the Aftermath!

Damages caused by debris flows average 47% of the total costs of response and recovery efforts. A debris flow is a mass of loose mud, sand, soil, rock, water, and…

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Operations & Maintenance Training: Inspections – What to Expect

APWA has partnered with the Oregon Technology Transfer (T2) Center to offer two sessions. Session 1: Pre-Trip Inspections Operations and maintenance personnel and managers will benefit from this discussion of…

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New Era Local Government Taking the Lead on Sustainability

Some higher levels of government are showing a lack of interest in sustainability and resiliency, but luckily local governments have stepped up to do more than ever. Learn what some…

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