There has been renewed interest in infrastructure on Capitol Hill. A handful of new bills and packages aim to increase funding for infrastructural improvements in the U.S., ranging from water and wastewater to roads and...

It’s that time of the year again! In many places in the U.S. and Canada, snow is falling, snowboards are being waxed, snowmen are being created, and snowplows are hard at work. Snow removal is...

Happy National Public Works Week! In honor of the workers who provide essential services in our communities, here are seven fascinating facts about public works. 1. The first electric street lamps were used in Paris...

Whether you’re patching potholes or rebuilding roads, maintaining pavement infrastructure is both costly and time-consuming. Get ahead of the curve by integrating your pavement analysis tool and your work management system. The Cityworks Pavement Management...

By Robert J Taylor and Brandon Brown, City of Dublin Once you start gathering data on your assets and operations, the next logical step is to present your data in a way that supports informed...

Over the course of the last decade, municipal governments have increasingly turned to IT consolidation as a means of reducing costs while also improving service delivery. For many organizations, IT consolidation means the re-centralization of...

[caption id="attachment_20235" align="alignright" width="200"] Field workers see the same information on their mobile devices whether a service request is created manually or through incoming Waze data.[/caption] In early 2018, the City of Raleigh implemented a...

We’re kicking off the week at the 2018 ICMA Annual Conference in Baltimore, where local government managers and staff have gathered to discuss strategies for building more resilient, sustainable, and safe communities—smart communities. Smart city...

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ask any municipality if they are doing asset management, and the response will be yes. Lots of organizations have an asset management system, capital improvement projects, and condition assessments. But asset management, as defined...

As the largest city in central Illinois, Springfield is best known for being the home of Abraham Lincoln and the capital of Illinois.  The focus of the city’s public works department is to maintain the...