Forthcoming content

Just a selection of articles scheduled for publication in Volume 1, consisting of four quarterly 100-page issues includes:

• Putting performance measurement in the context of strategic planning
  Daryl Grigsby, Public Works Director, City of Kirkland, WA
• Innovative alternatives to fuel tax as a primary road funding source: Oregon’s point of purchase mileage charge collection pilot program
  James M. Whitty, Manager, Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding, Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem, OR
• Maximizing waste diversion: How to develop and implement an effective communication strategy
  Beth Goodger, Director of Waste Management; Patricia Parker, Manager of Solid Waste Planning & Dennis Guy, Project Manager, City of Hamilton, Canada
• Designing and conducting a comprehensive and systematic sidewalk inventory, inspection and repair program
  David L. Bergner, Superintendent & Janet Luessenheide, Engineering Technician, Public Works Department, City of Overland Park, KS
• How to successfully obtain and use federal aid funding for transportation projects
  Raimundo Dovalina, Traffic Engineering Supervisor & Lynn Timmons, Federal Relations Liaison, City of Phoenix, AZ
• Educating and engaging communities in support of public works objectives
  Stefanie Dugan-Lowe, Administrative Services Manager, Public Works Agency, City of Oakland, CA
• From reactive to proactive: The transition of one public works organization’s winter maintenance operations
  R. Mark DeVries, Maintenance Superintendent/Superintendent of Operations, McHenry County Division of Transportation, Woodstock, IL
• Fiber optics & aesthetics: Managing a city-wide telecommunications network project to maintain the aesthetics and structural integrity of city streets
  Jay T. Spurgin, Deputy Director, Public Works, City of Thousand Oaks, CA
• Implementing a long-term financial planning and asset management system in a public works organization
  Mahbub Hossain & Garry Mitchell, Campbelltown City Council, Australia
• Water security case study – evaluating practices and lessons learned for application in other sectors
  Laura Flynn, Team Leader, Office of Homeland Security, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
• Using ACS-Lite to improve traffic signal timing on closed loop traffic signal systems – with low implementation and operational costs
  Eddie Curtis, Arterial Management Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA
• SPCC compliance for public works utilities
  Ivan Cooper, Program Manager, WPC, Pineville, NC
• Public works equipment typing and coordination during severe winter storms
  Judy Workman, Fleet Manager, City of Westminster, CO
• How to level the playing field with contractors – how your agency can successfully undertake a bid-to-goal process and improve operational efficiency
  Jan R. Herbst, PE, Director of Public Works, Pinellas County, Clearwater, FL
• How a University-Public Works partnership benefited civil engineering education and the municipality
  Deborah O’Bannon, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas, Erich Schmitz, Wilson & Co & Thomas Kimes, HDR, Kansas City, MO
• How to substitute mainswater with stormwater: Implementing a city-wide program
  Colin Pitman, Director, City Projects, City of Salisbury, Australia
• Dynamic succession planning: Overcoming the baby boomer retirement crisis
  Keith Reester, Public Works Director, City of Loveland, CO
• Employing systems engineering to design, procure and build infrastructure projects – and get the best value for money
  Pieter de Boer, Queensland Department of Main Roads, Australia
• How to develop a training program that will engage field employees as long-term members of a loyal and productive workforce
  Damon Russell, City of Houston, Houston, TX
• Implementing a commercial waste recycling service
  Jon Dowell, Commercial Waste Officer, West Oxfordshire District Council, UK
• Clean water permits and solutions
  Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
• Improving customer service and communication skills in public works – learning when to say ‘no’ without closing doors
  Peggy Keppler & Eric Jones, Public Works Department, City of Eugene, OR
• Becoming a Special Operating Agency: How to implement policies and procedures
  Rob St. George, Winnipeg Fleet Management Agency, Canada