Thursday and Friday, November 19-20, 2009

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Thursday, November 19th (Afternoon - Concurrent Sessions)

Concurrent Session #1 - Water Issues Track
1. City of Burnsville Water Treatment Plant: Utilizing Water from a Local Quarry (4 mb) - Bud Osmundson, Linda Mullen & Jeffrey Radick, City of Burnsville and Greg Johnson, SEH, Inc.
2. The Big Change, Buffalo Wastewater Plant; Byproducts Become Renewable Energy Source (2.3 mb) - Bradley DeWolf, Bolton & Menk, Inc.

Concurrent Session #2 - People Track

1. Ensuring a Respectful Workplace (1.9 mb) - Rosemarie Merrigan, DeLorah Curry & Pete Stadler, Mn/DOT

Concurrent Session #3 - Streets Track (Porous and Pervious Pavements)
1. Porous Pavements for Stormwater Restoration & Urban Environments (4 mb) - Cliff Aichinger, Administrator: Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District

2. Woodbridge Neighborhood Road Reconstruction Project (2.6 mb) - Mark Maloney, Director of Public Works - City of Shoreview, Minnesota

3. Maintenance & Restoration of Porous Pavement (7 mb) - Mark Kinter, Technical Consultant - Elgin Sweeper Company

Concurrent Session #4 - Energy Track
  1. Overview of Sustainable Design and Energy Efficient Buildings (12 mb) - Jeff Oertel, Oertel Architects;
  2. Introducing Sustainability in Public Works Facility Projects (4.5 mb) - Ken Stone, Kodet Architects; and
  3. Faribault Public Works Building - After the Contractors Leave (0.5 mb) - Tom Drake, formerly City of Faribault PWD
Concurrent Session #5 - Potpourri Track (Capstone Projects)
  1. GIS Solutions for Local Governments  - Mark Schoenfelder, Widseth, Smith, Nolting & Assoc., Inc.
Concurrent Session #6 - Water Issues Tramb
1. Operator Involvement in Water Treatment Plant Design (0.3 mb) - Naeem Qureshi, Progressive Engineers, Inc.
2. Effective Stormwater Management Using Regional Pollutant Load Reduction Practices (3 mb) - Peter Willenbring, WSB & Assoc., Inc. and Michael Eastling, City of Richfield

Concurrent Session #7 - People Track
1. Pretty Good Practices for Public Works Leaders (13 mb) - Tom Eggum, TKDA, Inc.; Tom Struve, City of Eagan and Bruce Besse, City of Saint Paul

2. Reducing Workers Compensation Costs (0.6 mb) - Bruce Beese, City of Saint Paul, Susan Young, City of Minneapolis

Concurrent Session #8 - Streets Track
1. Complete Streets Study (0.3 mb) - John Powell, City of Savage

Concurrent Session #9 - Energy Track

  1. Watts Going on Here? Advances in Lighting Technology and Opportunities to LowerOwnership Costs (5.5 mb) - Brian Holt, SRF Consulting Group, Inc. and
  2. Advances in Lighting Technology - Eric Haugaard, Ruud Lighting
Concurrent Session #10 - Potpourri Track
1. Innovative Delivery of UPA Projects (4 mb) - Craig Lamothe and Lindsay Sheppard, Metro Transit; and Bill Fellows, City of Minneapolis and Brad Henry, URS Corporation.
 
Friday, November 20th (General Session)

8:45 a.m. Public Curiosity About Public Works - (4 mb) Jim Foti, Minneapolis Star Tribune

9:30 a.m. Minnesota Department of Transporation Update - Sue Mulvihill, Mn/DOT and Commissioner Tom Sorel, Mn/DOT

10:30 a.m. The Coming of the Third Age of Housing and Infrastructure in Minnesota (0.2 MB) - John Adams, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota

12:30 p.m. Fun (and Hard Work) in the Sun! University of Minnesota Solar House (6.8 mb) - Ann Johnson, University of Minnesota Instructor and Project Mgr. - Solar Decathlon Project

2:15 p.m. Outdoor Twins Baseball at Last (Innovations in Constructing Target Field) (15.1 mb) - Chuck Ballentine, Hennepin County and Bruce Miller, Populous Architects

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