In 2016, the City of Surrey, British Columbia, opened a new operations center consisting of three fully enclosed buildings: a 114,000 square foot operations facility, a 54,000 square foot fleet and garage building, and a 14,000 square foot warehouse. The operations facility is LEED Silver Certified and is 40% more energy efficient than a typical operations building. The fleet building is designed to be completely operational after post-disaster conditions and to serve as an emergency operations centre. In 2017, Surrey was the home of the first fully-integrated organics waste management system in North America. The system includes the existing collection of residential organics waste by a fleet comprised of 100% compressed natural gas vehicles (CNG). Everything is up-to-date in Surrey! Learning Objectives: Promote industry-leading projects in public works that will inspire others to follow suit. Demonstrate the potential public works have to make our communities efficient and sustainable. Generate ideas and innovations and promote resource-sharing among public works professionals and agencies.

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