Table of contents

• Internet bidding at the Ohio Department of Transportation
  Jennifer McAllister, Senior Business Analyst and Will McClave, Vice President, Info Tech
• Cultural change and the implementation of a roads infrastructure management system
  James A. Jackson, Director of Public Services and Anthony Bellinger, Department Manager II, Wayne County Department of Public Services, MI
• Job order contracting: One answer to several public works dilemmas
  Barbara Hummell, Contracting Officer, Engineering and Architectural Services Department, City of Phoenix, AZ and Charlie Bowers, Job Order Contracting Operations Manager, Parsons Commercial Technology Group
• Successful research strategies at Caltrans 
  Larry Orcutt, Chief and Greg Larson, Chief Office of Traffic Operations Research, Division of Research and Innovation, California Department of Transportation
• Integrating technology into a winter maintenance programme in a green environment
  Ryan Jestin, Director of Roads, City of Calgary, AB
• Asset management for ADA compliance using advanced technologies
  Franz Loewenherz, Senior Transportation Planner, City of Bellevue, WA
• Road safety audits: Why, when, where and how
  Maher Holozadah, Senior Transportation Engineer, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordination Agency
• The capital projects development process used throughout the People’s Republic of China
  Wenyi Li, Visiting Scholar and Roger Kemp, Adjunct Professor, School of Business, University of New Haven, CT 

• Calculating a sustainable return on investment
  John Williams, SVP and National Director, Sustainable Development and Stephane Larocque, Practice Group Leader, Sustainable Return on Investment, HDR Engineering
• Getting ahead of the learning curve: City of New Orleans public works continues to recover from Katrina
  Robert Mendoza, Director of Public Works, City of New Orleans, LA
• Developing spatial roads and pavements asset management and maintenance processes
  Recep Alakus, GIS Administrator, Hume City Council, Australia
• The role of public works in traffic incident management and other emergencies
  Dave Bergner, Superintendent, Public Works Department, City of Overland Park, KS
• Implementing performance-based sidewalk maintenance contracts
  Gordon Hayward, Winter Works Superintendent, Halifax Regional Municipality, NS
• A multi-agency survey on institutional perspectives of effective incident management
  Ryan Fries, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Mashrur A. Chowdhury, Assistant Professor and Anne E. Dunning, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University
• Technological innovations driving change in the UK energy from waste market
  Ralf Trottnow, Business Development Director and Stefan Doeblin, Chairman, Biossence, UK
• Exploring the impact of public art in light-rail systems above and below ground
  Cameron Cartiere, Co-Director, Centre for Media, Culture and Creative Practice, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

• Utilising GIS for managing winter maintenance operations
  Richard M. Balgowan, Director of Public Works, Township of Hamilton, NJ
• Modernising maintenance operations using a maintenance decision support system
  Phillip Anderle, Highway Maintenance Supervisor, Colorado Department of Transportation and Tony McClellan, Highway Operations Director, Indiana Department of Transportation
• The landfill challenge: A regulator’s role
  Francis Lowe, Policy Manager, Environment Agency, UK
• Developing a strategic decision support system for setting development standards under the impact of climate change in areas subject to flooding
  Hamid Mirfenderesk, Team Leader, Waterways & Flood Management, Gold Coast City Council, Australia
• PPPs for urban road networks: A way out of the urban deficit
  Caroline Visser, Road Finance and ITS Programme Manager, International Roads Federation, Switzerland
• How the salt logistics system works: How to anticipate supply interruptions and negotiate win-win contracts with suppliers
  Richard L. Henneman, President, Salt Institute
• Fuel management: The challenges of ultra-low sulphur diesel, biodiesel and equipment modifications for fleet managers
  Hoon Ge, President, MEG
• Using a maintenance decision support system in winter service operations
  Wilfrid A. Nixon, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa

Volume 1 Number 4 (March 2009)

• How public agencies can successfully compete in a bid-to-goal process and improve operational efficiency
  Jan Herbst, Director of Public Works, Pinellas County, FL, Harry Lorrick, Principal, LA Consulting
• Comparing public-private partnerships for highway projects in the USA and UK/EU: Applying lessons learned
  Jonathan Startin, Senior Consultant, Adrian Baxter, Global Director for Highway Strategy and Procurement and Nick Harding, Associate Director, Halcrow, UK
• An alternative to traditional bureaucratic fleet management
  Yvan Lupien, COO, Winnipeg Fleet Management Agency, MB
• Case study: The Southeastern Michigan Snow and Ice Management Project
  Dennis G. Kolar, Deputy Managing Director and County Highway Engineer, Road Commission for Oakland County, CA
• Using an incident recording system to improve the efficiency and accuracy of waste collection processes
  Recep Alakus, GIS Administrator and Danny Eaton, Manager of Services, Hume City Council, Australia
• How ACS-Lite improves traffic signal timing on closed loop signal systems
  Eddie Curtis, Traffic Management Specialist, Federal Highway Administration, Atlanta, GA and Steven Shelby, Siemens
• ‘Operationalising’ the ecological footprint metric within a municipal authority
  Peter Maganov, Manager, Sustainability, Randwick City Council, Mandfred Lenzen, Professor, University of Sydney and Frank Fitzgerald-Ryan, Principal, Vox Bandicoot, Australia

Volume 1 Number 3 (December 2008)

• Using a communications program and new photo enforcement technology to deliver an innovative street cleaning program
  Michael J. Belak, Chief Information Officer, District of Colombia Department of Public Works, Washington, DC
• The development of a successful cross-sector asset management system
  Mahbub Hossain, Coordinator of Assets Services and Garry Mitchell, Manager, Assets and Supply Services, Campbelltown City Council, Australia
• America’s infrastructure: How to avoid the road to ruin
  Roger L. Kemp, Independent Consultant, OH
• Systems engineering in infrastructure: An approach for better results
  Pieter de Boer, Senior Civil Engineer, Department of Main Roads, Queensland, Australia
• Managing public agency conflict: Why do public works projects get stalled by conflicts with other public agencies?
  William L. Busch, Right of Way Supervisor, San Diego County Water Authority, CA
• Adaptation by design: The impact of changing climate on infrastructure
  Heather E. Auld, Associate Director, Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada
• Citizen engagement in an era of new regulations: The Canadian sustainable infrastructure experience
  Sam Sidawi, Practice Leader, Sustainable Asset Management, AECOM, Canada 
• The implementation of a commercial waste recycling service in local authorities
  Jon Dowell, Commercial Waste Officer, West Oxfordshire District Council, UK
• Two different approaches to address the engineering skills shortage
  Greg Blaze, Director of Engineering, Greater Taree City Council, Australia

Volume 1 Number 2 (September 2008)

• Fibre-optics and aesthetics: Managing a city-wide telecommunications network project
  Jay T. Spurgin, Engineering Division Manager, City of Thousand Oaks, CA
• The challenges and results of implementing major wastewater reuse systems
  Peter Maganov, Manager, Sustainability and Zaman Shamsuz, Environment Engineer, Randwick City Council, Australia
• How to preserve municipal roadways
  David K. Hein, Principal Engineer and VP, Transportation, Applied Research Associates, Canada
• Improving customer service and communication skills in public works: Learning when to say ‘no’ without closing doors
  Eric Jones, Public Affairs Manager and Peggy Keppler, Development Review Manager, Public Works Department, City of Eugene, OR
• Why asset management should be a corporate function
  Ralph Godau, Manager, Asset Services, Brimbank City Council, Australia
• The Clean Water Act: Current and emerging challenges
  Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, US Environmental Protection Agency, DC
• Recent advances in the waste and recycling industry: Electronic bin tagging and weighing systems
  Kim Woodbury, Group Manager, Public Works, City of Ryde Council and Michael Mariani, Group General Manager, Managemate, Australia
• Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure compliance for public works utilities
  Ivan A. Cooper, Program Manager, WPC

Volume 1 Number 1 (June 2008)

• Innovative alternatives to fuel tax as a primary road funding source: Oregon’s point-of-purchase mileage charge collection pilot programme
  James M. Whitty, Manager, Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding, Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem, OR
• Putting performance measurement in the context of strategic planning
  Daryl Grigsby, Public Works Director, City of Kirkland, WA
• Maximising waste diversion: How to develop and implement an effective communication strategy
  Beth Goodger, Director of Waste Management, Patricia Parker, Manager of Solid Waste Planning and Dennis Guy, Project Manager, City of Hamilton, Canada
• Designing and conducting a comprehensive and systematic sidewalk inventory, inspection and repair programme
  David L. Bergner, Superintendent, Public Works Department and Janet Luessenheide, Engineering Technician, Public Works Maintenance Division, City of Overland Park, KS
• How to obtain and use federal aid funding for transportation projects
  Raimundo Dovalina, Acting Deputy Street Transportation Director and Lynn Timmons, Federal Relations Liaison, City of Phoenix, AZ
• How to substitute mainswater with stormwater: Implementing a city-wide programme
  Colin Pitman, Director, City Projects, City of Salisbury, Australia
• From reactive to proactive: The transition of a public works organisation’s winter maintenance operations
  Mark DeVries, Maintenance Superintendent/Superintendent of Operations, McHenry County Division of Transportation, IL
• How local authorities in England can help businesses improve their profits through the efficient use of resources
  Susan Kent, BREW Centre Manager, Oxfordshire County Council and Susan Juned, Local Government Liaison Officer, National Industrial Symbiosis Programme, UK 
• Dynamic succession planning: Overcoming the baby boomer retirement crisis
  Keith Reester, Director of Public Works, City of Loveland, CO
• 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