I think most of us working in public works have at one time or another gotten the “rat call.” In our city, we had one person who called annually about “rats coming out of the sewer.” We would call the exterminator, and the problem would appear to be solved for that year. Of course, we [...]
Archive for May, 2009
A Failure in the Making
May 27th, 2009 
Pam Broviak Today I read a story about a massive hole in the road in a community in New York that has not been repaired for a month. Even though at first glance this might seem an excessive amount of time to neglect repairing a hole in the road, I can certainly understand the delay after reading [...]
Posted in Public Works, Transportation 
Tags: accidents, city agreements, General Government, pavement failures, Public Works 
3 Comments »Celebrate Public Works Week
May 21st, 2009 Pam Broviak This week, we celebrate public works week – a time to stop and think about the people who take care of all those things we don’t normally even think about. Like making sure roads are safe and in good repair, making sure the water comes out when we turn on the faucet, and making sure [...]
Posted in Public Works, Public Works in Second Life Tags: APWA, Public Works, public works week Comments OffDeliver Recovery Project Information Using Social Media
May 10th, 2009 Pam Broviak Implementing a social media campaign for delivery of recovery project related information is a good way for local government to test the use of social media. The demand for this information is there, and the tools are available at little to no cost. So how would a local government accomplish this goal? First, the agency [...]
Posted in Gov 2.0, Government in the Metaverse, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse, Social Media Tags: ARRA, gov20, stimulus projects, web20 Comments Off
