APWA Reporter - 2007 Articles

President's Message

President's Message, Jan, p. 2
President's Message, Feb, p. 4
President's Message, Mar, p. 4
President's Message, Apr, p. 4
President's Message, May, p. 4
President's Message, Jun, p. 4
President's Message, Jul, p. 4
President's Message, Aug, p. 4
President's Message, Sep, p. 4
President's Message, Oct, p. 4
President's Message, Nov, p. 4
President's Message, Dec, p. 4

Washington Insight

Washington Insight, Jan, p. 4
Washington Insight, Feb, p. 6
Washington Insight, Mar, p. 6
Washington Insight, Apr, p. 6
Washington Insight, May, p. 7
Washington Insight, Jun, p. 6
Washington Insight, Jul, p. 8
Washington Insight, Aug, p. 6
Washington Insight, Sep, p. 51
Washington Insight, Oct, p. 8
Washington Insight, Nov, p. 7
Washington Insight, Dec, p. 7

Technical Committee News

Technical Committee News, Jan, p. 6
Technical Committee News, Feb, p. 14
Technical Committee News, Mar, p. 10
Technical Committee News, Apr, p. 23
Technical Committee News, Jun, p. 10
Technical Committee News, Jul, p. 12
Technical Committee News, Aug, p. 10
Technical Committee News, Sep, p. 6
Technical Committee News, Oct, p. 10
Technical Committee News, Dec, p. 13

North American Snow Conference

The Show for Snow!, Jan, p. 8
A Twin Technical Tour in the Twin Cities, Feb, p. 16
Behind-the-scenes Technical Tour: Customized snowfighting equipment of Minnesota, Mar, p. 12

Diversity

A few keys for success for women in public works, Jan, p. 14
Field Employees Education and Development Conference, Feb, p. 24
Tempe's Tools, Apr, p. 36
Public Works Engineering: Diversity a cure for shortage?, May, p. 16
Leading by example, Jun, p. 16
Diversity: Doing the right thing, Jul, p. 34
How does the farmer grow a new crop every year?, Aug, p. 16
APWA diversity successes, Sep, p. 8
Homemaker, Version 2007, Oct, p. 12
Diversity events abundant at Congress, Nov, p. 14
Women will lead next stage of Kirby Drive construction, Dec, p. 14

APWA Book Review

APWA Book Review, Jan, p. 15
APWA Book Review, Feb, p. 26
APWA Book Review, Mar, p. 22
APWA Book Review, Apr, p. 38
APWA Book Review, May, p. 22
APWA Book Review, Jun, p. 22
APWA Book Review, Jul, p. 36
APWA Book Review, Nov, p. 16
APWA Book Review, Dec, p. 16

Inside APWA

Index to 2006 articles, Jan, p. 16
Call for nominations to APWA Board issued, Feb, p. 12
Lake Zurich: Best Decorative Plow Award, Mar, p. 20
APWA Leadership Meets with Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, Mar, p. 25
A decade of financial growth, stability and success, Apr, p. 8
APWA Board of Directors, Apr, p. 12
Meet the APWA staff, Apr, p. 13
A journey to new educational heights for APWA: the Education Summit 2007, Jun, p. 12
Many APWA chapters involving students in chapter activities, Jun, p. 18
Candidates for the 2007-2008 APWA Board of Directors named, Jul, p. 10
New England Chapter visits the South, Jul, p. 20
Why reinvent the wheel, when you can have your infoNOW!, Jul, p. 30
New ideas to STRETCH your training budget!, Aug, p. 15
New Board member appointed, Oct, p. 9
Thoughts from APWA's first-ever Thought Leader Session, Nov, p. 11
APWA awards nine professionals with Fleet Professional Certification, Dec, p. 12

The Baker's Potluck, Jan, p. 0
Ask Ann, Jan, p. 0
A few keys for success for women in public works, Jan, p. 0
Summary, Jan, p. 0
National Public Works Week Promotion: May 2007, Feb, p. 0
The "Blues Brothers" visit two chapters, Feb, p. 0
The Baker's Potluck, Feb, p. 0
Ask Ann, Feb, p. 0
Field Employees Education and Development, Feb, p. 0
The Baker's Potluck, Mar, p. 0
Ask Ann, Mar, p. 0
Chapter leaders turn it on, tune it in and turn it up, Apr, p. 0
The Baker's Potluck, Apr, p. 0
Ask Ann, Apr, p. 0
TempesTools, Apr, p. 0
The Baker's Potluck, May, p. 0
Ask Ann, May, p. 0
Public Works Engineering, May, p. 0
North American Snow Conference in the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Jun, p. 0
The Baker's Potluck, Jun, p. 0
Ask Ann, Jun, p. 0
Leading by example, Jun, p. 0
The Baker's Potluck, Jul, p. 0
Ask Ann, Jul, p. 0
Diversity: Doing the right thing, Jul, p. 0
The Baker's Potluck, Aug, p. 0
Your roap map to success: writing a business plan, Aug, p. 0
City of Naperville's Vehicle Replacement Scoring Model, Aug, p. 0
Ask Ann, Aug, p. 0
How does the farmer grow a new crop every year, Aug, p. 0
The Baker's Potluck, Sep, p. 0
Ask Ann, Sep, p. 0
APWA diversity successes, Sep, p. 0
The Baker's Potluck, Oct, p. 0
The Baker's Potluck, Nov, p. 0
Ask Ann, Nov, p. 0
APWA, SWANA to co-locate exhibitions in 2010, Dec, p. 0
Ask Ann, Dec, p. 0

APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary

APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, Jan, p. 24
APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, Feb, p. 32
APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, Mar, p. 26
APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, Apr, p. 44
APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, May, p. 36
APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, Jun, p. 28
APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, Jul, p. 46
APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, Aug, p. 20
APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, Sep, p. 56
APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, Oct, p. 20
APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, Nov, p. 24
APWA Accreditation: Tenth Anniversary, Dec, p. 18

International Idea Exchange

International Idea Exchange, Jan, p. 29
International Idea Exchange, Feb, p. 34
International Idea Exchange, Mar, p. 28
International Idea Exchange, Apr, p. 48
International Idea Exchange, May, p. 30
International Idea Exchange, Jun, p. 30
International Idea Exchange, Jul, p. 45
International Idea Exchange, Aug, p. 22
International Idea Exchange, Sep, p. 60
International Idea Exchange, Oct, p. 22
International Idea Exchange, Nov, p. 26
International Idea Exchange, Dec, p. 22

Emergency Management

Mutual aid during disasters: EMAC is reaching out to public works, Jan, p. 32
NIMS and ICS: a new alphabet soup, Jan, p. 34
Emergency preparedness and response, Jan, p. 36
Public Works and Urban Search and Rescue: What is our role?, Jan, p. 38
Floodplain mapping modernization: a case history, Jan, p. 40
City of Santa Fe Springs is ready to SERV!, Jan, p. 42
Public Works and the current influenza pandemic threat, Jan, p. 44
Public Works Mutual Aid: Making it work, Sep, p. 30

Water Resources

Managing water resource investments for the next generation, Feb, p. 36
Southern California water quality project merits a closer look, Feb, p. 42
Water resources programs benefit from sewer history, Feb, p. 44
Arkansas wastewater treatment plant pilots path to fledgling technology, Feb, p. 46
Filtration and infiltration of urban runoff keeps California creek clean, Feb, p. 48
The Dust Bowl: Water conservation may be the key to avoiding a repeat, Feb, p. 50
Safe drinking water, Feb, p. 54

National Public Works Week

Town of Brookline celebrates National Public Works Week, Mar, p. 18
What you can do for National Public Works Week, Apr, p. 32
National Public Works Week: California style!, May, p. 8
National Public Works Week celebrated on Capitol Hill, Jul, p. 14

Solid Waste Management

Solid waste residential collection going automated, 10 years later, Mar, p. 32
San Juan Capistrano's recycling success story, Mar, p. 34
Biomass and alternative energy in St. Paul, Mar, p. 36
Comparison of household hazardous waste collection programs, Mar, p. 38
Are your solid waste assets being efficiently and effectively managed?, Mar, p. 42
Waste management with a twist, Mar, p. 44
Landfills as an economic resource, Sep, p. 27
Clean Roads to Clean Air, Sep, p. 38

New APWA staff

New APWA staff, Apr, p. 45
New APWA staff, Oct, p. 9

Facilities and Grounds

Green is the smart choice for Milwaukee, Apr, p. 50
Art as Public Activator, Apr, p. 52
A greater rate of return with CDDs, Apr, p. 56
CMMS: Managing facilities as a business, Apr, p. 62
Thirty years hardly seems temporary, Apr, p. 64
Redesigning a City of Milwaukee vest-pocket park: a play in three acts, Apr, p. 66
Private industry, professional groups, and government agencies work together to assist communities after Hurricane Katrina, Apr, p. 68
Workplace Safety, Apr, p. 70
Tornado makes direct hit on Iowa City, Apr, p. 72

General

Our Small Cities/Rural Communities Leader: Jerry Gibbs of Park City, Utah, May, p. 20
SC/RC Forum provides solutions for small cities and rural communities, Jun, p. 21
New recruiting tool for teens, Jul, p. 32
Twenty tips to combat global warming for public works professionals, Aug, p. 12
Wildlife Action Plans: A new tool for utilities, Sep, p. 88
Another Tool: Municipal Leasing, Sep, p. 92

Awards

2007 Top Ten Public Works Leaders Named, May, p. 24
APWA proudly announces the Public Works Projects of the Year, Jul, p. 68
Awards 2007, Sep, p. 10

Congress 2007

APWA Congress: The best bang for the buck, Jun, p. 14
APWA Congress: Texas Style!, Nov, p. 28

Engineering and Technology

Is train noise disrupting your community?, Jun, p. 31
Pavement management is more than software, Jun, p. 34
Pump station sited on private property eliminates sanitary sewer overflow, Jun, p. 36
Blending new technology with existing architecture, Jun, p. 38
Design-Build procedures for smaller communities, Jun, p. 41
Protecting the Florida Keys with advanced wastewater treatment, Jun, p. 44
Communicating with motorists, Sep, p. 94

Transportation

Main Street Bridge: Naperville, Illinois, Jul, p. 48
Searching for the transportation vision thing, Jul, p. 51
Implementing new technologies and practices that improve safety and performance, Jul, p. 54
Washington governor uses new accountability program to keep transportation projects on track and on budget, Jul, p. 56
Dramatic results from cost-effective rural road safety assessment program, Jul, p. 59
Sidewalk repair program in Orange County, Jul, p. 60
The Escambia County Road Prison Program, Jul, p. 62
City employees step up safety awareness on streets following coworker's accident on the job, Jul, p. 65
Learning to live with a railroad as your neighbor, Jul, p. 66
Experience the Roundabout, Sep, p. 25
200 MPH Design Speed?, Sep, p. 32
Preventive maintenance programs keep your bridges open for years to come, Sep, p. 42
Modern Roundabouts: Safe. Efficient. Attractive., Sep, p. 47
Sacramento becomes first in state to establish 24-hour Quiet Zones at 28 railroad crossings, Sep, p. 90

Fleet Services

Get a big bang for your fleet buck, Aug, p. 28
Winnipeg paves the way in fleet management, Aug, p. 32
Scenario planning for fleet managers, Aug, p. 36
The Magical Mystery Tour of CDL, Aug, p. 38

Leadership and Management

Building depth in your leadership team, Sep, p. 36
Recipes for Success, Dec, p. 24
Swinging on the office grapevine: the Tarzan approach to organizational health, Dec, p. 28
Are you keeping the city in the dark? The public works director as policy maker, Dec, p. 30
The Bad Boss, Dec, p. 32
How to be an employee: Working 101, Dec, p. 34
Increasing worker resiliency, Dec, p. 38
Do you take your humor seriously?, Dec, p. 42

Utilities and Public Right-of-Way

Fiber to the Premises (FTTP): Force Them To Pave?, Sep, p. 62
Excavation stage one-call notifications: the best call you will ever make, Sep, p. 66
The Battleground, Sep, p. 68
Get to know your area locators, Sep, p. 70
Long-range visual inspection of mains using a tetherless robot, Sep, p. 72
Implementation of an Electronic Permitting System (a.k.a. Mission Impossible?), Sep, p. 74
Initiative on Dimensional Tolerances in Construction, Sep, p. 78
Lessons learned from Hillsborough County's buildout of a fiber-to-the-premises program, Sep, p. 80
Stray current mitigation in Portland's Transit Mall, Sep, p. 83

Winter Maintenance

Winter maintenance suite of computer-based training modules, Oct, p. 26
Keys to preparing a winter weather operations manual, Oct, p. 30
Key elements of snow and ice control: safe roads, money and the environment, Oct, p. 34
Written snow and ice control plans are essential for winter maintenance agencies, Oct, p. 36
New tool helps you select the right deicing material, Oct, p. 40
NYSDOT's response to snow emergencies in New York State, Oct, p. 42
An innovative solution for snowfighter training, Oct, p. 44
A new approach to training snowfighters, Oct, p. 46
Ice and Snow...Take It Slow, Oct, p. 47
Why do weather forecasts vary so much?, Oct, p. 50
Concrete answers for the cold weather quandary, Oct, p. 52
The economics of winter-focused safety investments, Oct, p. 55