Engineering and Technology articles

• President's Message
• Jun 2012

• Technical Committee News
• Jun 2012

• Promoting our technical expertise
• Jun 2012

• Using technology for enhanced public communication
• Jun 2012

• Demystifying the CIP
• Jun 2012

• Innovative design-build road maintenance strategy: a proven direction for Kansas City
• Jun 2012

• Project planning, engineering priorities and political decision making
• Jun 2012

• Equal Access: Taking it to the streets
• Jun 2012

• The long public works legacy in Louisiana's retreating coastline
• Jun 2012

• Preserving the past and maintaining the future of public bridge infrastructure
• Jun 2012

• Enterprise GIS facilitates cooperative projects and reduces costs throughout city departments
• Jun 2012

• From developing needs to developing solutions
• Jun 2012

• Cleaning up with new technology
• Jun 2012

• Evaluating solar options
• Sep 2011

• Technical Committee News
• Jun 2011

• Annals of alternative facilities procurement methods: Construction Manager at Risk
• Jun 2011

• Making a good technical argument
• Jun 2011

• The CFL Conundrum
• Jun 2011

• Being social is doing business
• Jun 2011

• Public Works for Public Learning
• Jun 2011

• Town of LeRay commercial corridor planning
• Jun 2011

• Resolving common workflow challenges with GIS
• Jun 2011

• Take precaution when working with power
• Jun 2011

• Cooperative Efforts
• Jun 2011

• LiDAR puts impervious surfaces "on the map
• Aug 2010

• Maintaining good community relations during construction
• Aug 2010

• A better way to rebuild better infrastructure
• Aug 2010

• Agencies find the "I" in GIS to create next generation solutions
• Aug 2010

• Seismic Building Performance: How will your structures hold up?
• Jun 2010

• Characteristics of the successful twenty-first century public works director
• Jun 2010

• Giving public works administrators a crystal ball
• Jun 2010

• BIM (Building Information Modeling)
• Jun 2010

• Staying on top of new technology for local streets and roads
• Jun 2010

• Peoria Public Works Department reduces costs with mobile GIS
• Jun 2010

• Mobile offices put inspectors on the road
• Jun 2010

• Below these crowded streets: Charleston's network of underground infrastructure
• Jun 2010

• Solar water system helps drop energy use
• Jun 2010

• Municipal broadband helps improve operational efficiencies and quality of services in Rock Hill, SC
• Jun 2010

• Engineering and Technology Committee: Applying technology in public works
• Jun 2009

• Dominguez Gap Wetlands
• Jun 2009

• Practical design leads to early completion and saves $22.24 million
• Jun 2009

• Surveying in 3D
• Jun 2009

• Going green saves green: how improving driving behavior helps the environment and the bottom line
• Jun 2009

• Web applications reduce total cost of ownership and make automating construction management a reality for local agencies
• Jun 2009

• Project management with a catch: the Buckroe Fishing Pier
• Jun 2009

• Don't let your "Infrastructure Stimulus Dollars" get washed away!
• Jun 2009

• Navigating the EECBG Program for cities and tribes
• Jun 2009

• Washington, D.C.'s Green Streets: Using information technology for a cleaner and environmentally-healthy city
• Aug 2008

• Technical Committee News
• Jun 2008

• Levee certification for FEMA's flood maps
• Jun 2008

• Drainage infrastructure and hazards inventory
• Jun 2008

• New traffic control for an old pedestrian crossing safety problem
• Jun 2008

• Hot Tap Triumph
• Jun 2008

• Tackling rising fuel costs: new approach to curbside debris removal yields big savings for municipalities
• Jun 2008

• Communicating with motorists
• Sep 2007

• Technical Committee News
• Jun 2007

• Is train noise disrupting your community?
• Jun 2007

• Pavement management is more than software
• Jun 2007

• Pump station sited on private property eliminates sanitary sewer overflow
• Jun 2007

• Blending new technology with existing architecture
• Jun 2007

• Design-Build procedures for smaller communities
• Jun 2007

• Protecting the Florida Keys with advanced wastewater treatment
• Jun 2007

• "Swimming" in the clouds
• Jun 2006

• President's Message
• Jun 2006

• Technical Committee News
• Jun 2006

• APWA Book Review
• Jun 2006

• Harnessing GIS during emergencies
• Jun 2006

• Virginia's First Cities Initiative
• Jun 2006

• Grinder pumps provide cost-effective sewer solution near historic road
• Jun 2006

• Multiple prime bidding using CM services: a solution to rising construction prices?
• Jun 2006

• Video-based roadway asset inventories: technology streamlines a labor-intensive task
• Jun 2006

• Sewer diving construction delivers cost-effective storage capacity
• Jun 2006

• Fast-track emergency repair of the Beartooth Highway, Red Lodge, Montana
• Jun 2006

• Handheld GPS dramatically reduces time in field for outfall survey
• Jun 2006

• Road user fee pilot project attracts attention
• Jun 2006

• PWSA maximizes asset data collection efforts
• Jun 2006

• Project Memorandum Writer: A new way to do environmental review
• Jun 2006

• Deficiency vs. distress-based inspection and asset management approaches: a primer
• Jun 2006

• President's Message
• Apr 2006

• Diversity in Engineering: Partnering for a Change
• Feb 2006

• Partnering for improved project and service delivery
• Jan 2006

• The public works response to Hurricane Katrina
• Jan 2006

• Washington Insight
• Nov 2005

• The Baker's Menu
• Sep 2005

• Is it a water tank or an antenna?
• Sep 2005

• CSI: Engineers
• Sep 2005

• Digital road inventory spurs Travis County five-year road plan
• Sep 2005

• President's Message
• Aug 2005

• Technical Committee News
• Jun 2005

• Investment in multiple capture shafts pays off
• Jun 2005

• A virtual stroll in the park
• Jun 2005

• Adapting an infrastructure management system to meet your agency's needs
• Jun 2005

• Ford Allen Park Clay Mine Landfill - Fairlane Green Redevelopment
• Jun 2005

• MDOT single-point interchange in Novi, Michigan
• Jun 2005

• Firestorm!
• Jun 2005

• Billerica, Massachusetts streamlines asset management with GIS technology
• Jun 2005

• California Multi-Agency CIP Benchmarking Study
• Apr 2005

• Contract options for solid waste management service
• Mar 2005

• Managing the waste stream: a cooperative effort
• Mar 2005

• "Municipalizing" contracted solid waste and recycling services
• Mar 2005

• Member Profile
• Feb 2005

• Washington Insight
• Dec 2004

• International Idea Exchange
• Dec 2004

• Member Profile
• Sep 2004

• Fluvial geomorphology as a tool for civil engineers
• Sep 2004

• GPS/AVL now within reach for public works departments
• Sep 2004

• Technical Committee News
• Jun 2004

• Pavement management justifies equitable fee for gravel hauling on Town of Plymouth roadways
• Jun 2004

• Southampton uses customized mobile GIS/GPS solution to streamline field data collection
• Jun 2004

• Broward County's Comprehensive Neighborhood Improvement Program
• Jun 2004

• Renewing water distribution systems
• Jun 2004

• East Bank Trail
• Jun 2004

• Virtual Plan Room
• Jun 2004

• The Birth of City Planning in the United States, 1840-1917
• May 2004

• Pittsburgh's bridges and the Roebling connection
• May 2004

• Preparing tomorrow's engineers for the real world
• May 2004

• Public Works: Part of the team
• Apr 2004

• APWA staffer made "Queen for a Day"
• Mar 2004

• Consolidation
• Feb 2004

• Local utility helps fund a microturbine to provide emergency power and peak-load shedding
• Dec/Jan 2003

• Lessons learned under "fire"
• Nov 2003

• Ask Ann
• Oct 2003

• APWA President Kalynchuk speaks on the status of America's declining infrastructure
• Oct 2003

• Machu Picchu: Prehistoric Public Works
• Aug 2003

• Washington Insight
• Jul 2003

• Technical Committee News
• Jun 2003

• Technical Committee News
• May 2003

• The Future of Public Works: Change, Challenge and Strategic Leadership
• May 2003

• President's Message
• Dec/Jan 2002

• Denver's Webb Office Building offers cities new model for construction and financing public buildings
• Dec/Jan 2002

• Historic footbridge renovation draws community together
• Dec/Jan 2002

• Summary
• Dec/Jan 2001

• Minnesota Intelligent Vehicle Initiative moves ahead
• Oct 2001

• Public works and the Incident Command System
• Apr 2001