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TCAPWA & SWANA 2015 Annual Conference 2015 Technical Sessions - Thursday, november 5 Technical Session #1
9:00-9:50 a.m.
Professional Development
Opportunities
TCAPWA, SWANA and TSITE have assembled a group of dynamic speakers Technical Session #2
for presentations on a variety of technical and professional development topics 10:00-10:50 a.m.
related to public works. These educational sessions will provide you and your
staff with high-quality, convenient and cost-effective training in the areas of
transportation, solid waste, stormwater and wastewater management, and an
array of technical topics. To register for the conference or as an exhibitor, visit
tennessee.apwa.net.
Engineering Technical Focus Engineering Technical Focus Technical Session #3
Accelerated Bridge Construction RainSmart: Chattanooga’s Water 1:30-2:20 p.m.
Quality Homeowner Incentive
The replacement of bridge structures can be a Program Technical Session #4
long and drawn out process that can impact local 2:30-3:30 p.m.
traffic for months if not years. New techniques RainSmart is an education/outreach and incentive
utilizing Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) program intended to foster voluntary adoption of Equity and Diversity and Your
techniques can be applied to local projects stormwater runoff reduction BMPs on residential Public Works Team
greatly minimizing the impact to the community properties. For interested homeowners, the WQP
and businesses in the area. This presentation provides free workshops, technical assistance, and Although often overlooked, employee equity
will highlight two projects that use methods that a 90 percent cost-share on rain gardens and other and diversity of the public works workforce
would be applicable in urban or rural locations projects. The program is in its pilot stage now and are important topics for managers, directors
where lessening impacts to traffic is a primary is gaining momentum and interest. and supervisors. This session will explore the
concern. development and implementation of an employee
Climate Change Resiliency for Your equity and diversity program, and the benefits this
Engineering Technical Focus Community program has brought to the organization over a
Liquid Road Presentation relatively short period.
Increasingly, cities and local governments are
Municipal slurry seals are a great tool for many being encouraged to think about disaster response
public works departments to add to their street in the broader terms of community resilience - in
maintenance programs. This session will explore other words, how communities respond to, but
the details of slurry seals, including how public also prevent, withstand, and recover from extreme
works leaders can start their own programs and weather and other threats. Erin Gill will provide an
increase the life of local roads without additional overview of how the City of Knoxville is embedding
paving costs. If you’re looking for an economical resiliency principles into its operations in order to
way to extend the life of your roads, this session is prepare for increasingly extreme weather and other
for you! climate changes expected and already witnessed
in Tennessee.
Engineering Technical Focus
Improving Lake and Pond Water Hamilton County’s GIS Signage
Quality and Aesthetics Management System
LDA Engineering is currently working on a number The Hamilton County GIS Department provides
of lake projects in East Tennessee that involve several ArcGIS Online web maps to meet the
established impoundments with water quality needs of affiliated departments. An example
issues. Recent popularity in many cities has turned of Hamilton County’s commitment to utilizing
a focus to improving pond and lake conditions to geographic technology is the county’s Highway
make better use of these resources and to enhance Sign Project web map. The goal of this project
water quality. This presentation will discuss is to maintain an accurate inventory of the
common lake/pond issues as well as the approach signs installed and maintained by the Hamilton
to solving the issues and returning the facilities to County Highway Department along county-owned
full use by the communities. right-of-ways. HCGIS offers a similar resource to
the Hamilton County Water Quality Department
through its Infrastructure web map which contains
an inventory of structures and conveyances for
stormwater runoff.
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9:00-9:50 a.m.
Professional Development
Opportunities
TCAPWA, SWANA and TSITE have assembled a group of dynamic speakers Technical Session #2
for presentations on a variety of technical and professional development topics 10:00-10:50 a.m.
related to public works. These educational sessions will provide you and your
staff with high-quality, convenient and cost-effective training in the areas of
transportation, solid waste, stormwater and wastewater management, and an
array of technical topics. To register for the conference or as an exhibitor, visit
tennessee.apwa.net.
Engineering Technical Focus Engineering Technical Focus Technical Session #3
Accelerated Bridge Construction RainSmart: Chattanooga’s Water 1:30-2:20 p.m.
Quality Homeowner Incentive
The replacement of bridge structures can be a Program Technical Session #4
long and drawn out process that can impact local 2:30-3:30 p.m.
traffic for months if not years. New techniques RainSmart is an education/outreach and incentive
utilizing Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) program intended to foster voluntary adoption of Equity and Diversity and Your
techniques can be applied to local projects stormwater runoff reduction BMPs on residential Public Works Team
greatly minimizing the impact to the community properties. For interested homeowners, the WQP
and businesses in the area. This presentation provides free workshops, technical assistance, and Although often overlooked, employee equity
will highlight two projects that use methods that a 90 percent cost-share on rain gardens and other and diversity of the public works workforce
would be applicable in urban or rural locations projects. The program is in its pilot stage now and are important topics for managers, directors
where lessening impacts to traffic is a primary is gaining momentum and interest. and supervisors. This session will explore the
concern. development and implementation of an employee
Climate Change Resiliency for Your equity and diversity program, and the benefits this
Engineering Technical Focus Community program has brought to the organization over a
Liquid Road Presentation relatively short period.
Increasingly, cities and local governments are
Municipal slurry seals are a great tool for many being encouraged to think about disaster response
public works departments to add to their street in the broader terms of community resilience - in
maintenance programs. This session will explore other words, how communities respond to, but
the details of slurry seals, including how public also prevent, withstand, and recover from extreme
works leaders can start their own programs and weather and other threats. Erin Gill will provide an
increase the life of local roads without additional overview of how the City of Knoxville is embedding
paving costs. If you’re looking for an economical resiliency principles into its operations in order to
way to extend the life of your roads, this session is prepare for increasingly extreme weather and other
for you! climate changes expected and already witnessed
in Tennessee.
Engineering Technical Focus
Improving Lake and Pond Water Hamilton County’s GIS Signage
Quality and Aesthetics Management System
LDA Engineering is currently working on a number The Hamilton County GIS Department provides
of lake projects in East Tennessee that involve several ArcGIS Online web maps to meet the
established impoundments with water quality needs of affiliated departments. An example
issues. Recent popularity in many cities has turned of Hamilton County’s commitment to utilizing
a focus to improving pond and lake conditions to geographic technology is the county’s Highway
make better use of these resources and to enhance Sign Project web map. The goal of this project
water quality. This presentation will discuss is to maintain an accurate inventory of the
common lake/pond issues as well as the approach signs installed and maintained by the Hamilton
to solving the issues and returning the facilities to County Highway Department along county-owned
full use by the communities. right-of-ways. HCGIS offers a similar resource to
the Hamilton County Water Quality Department
through its Infrastructure web map which contains
an inventory of structures and conveyances for
stormwater runoff.
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