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Fall 2011

APWA Fall Conference October 11-14, 2011 Yakima Convention Center

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2011 OFFICERS President Jill M. Marilley, PE Vice President Mike Terrell, PE Secretary Peter S. Capell 18 38 Treasurer Toby D. Rickman Past President Jay Burney

Board of Directors Term 2011-12 Tara Olsen, PE Ruta L. Jones Features: Don Vondran, PE Nik Stroup Every Day Counts...... 10 A review of the FHWA peer-exchange for the Every Day Counts initiative. Board of Directors Term 2010-11 Peter DeBoldt, PE North American Snow Conference...... 13 William L. Pugh A review of the Spokane conference. Robert Desgrosellier Kirk Holmes Plain Language Writing...... 16 Chapter Liaison Why plain language is more effective, and is now the rule for state agencies. John W. Carpita, PE 206-625-1300, [email protected] Project Profile: Buncombe Hollow Road...... 18 Heavy snowfall and rains in 2008 required Buncombe Hollow Road to undergo landslide stabilization. Chapter Delegate Richard McKinley 253-591-5525 APWA Fall Conference...... 22 [email protected] Everything you need to know about the fall conference is here, including schedule, sessions, events, and exhibitors.

Published by: Projects of the Year...... 38 A look at the APWA Project of the Year winners.

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4 Fall 2011 Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index PRESIDENt’S MESSAGE

Volunteering Jill Marilley, PE 2011 Chapter President

I trust this issue names of the board members that are the much of the Strategic Plan implementation liaisons: is task-oriented work, so the time limit is of our Chapter • Grow and strengthen membership truly set by you. We need all opinions and newsmagazine finds you healthy and (Ruta Jones and Kirk Holmes) ideas and are happy to receive whatever successful in your endeavors. I have been • Expand partnerships with other time you can offer. But do feel free to let enjoying the summer with family and organizations (Tara Olsen and Nik me know if you want to be a committee friends and keep reminding myself that Stroup) head or serve on the board of directors. I summer is more a state of mind than a • Advocate for public works (Peter am always happy to help a member further temperature on the outside thermometer. DeBoldt and Bob Degrosselier) their personal goals. And just as the seasons come and go, our • Improve marketing and public works Please contact the board members extraordinary efforts and work in public outreach (Jay Burney) listed above and they will direct you to works continue. • Increase partnerships with higher the committee chair for the schedule of education (Don Vondran and Bill Pugh) meetings and/or conference calls for the Strategic Plan progress Strategic Plan. And look online for a listing Your chapter officers and volunteers Volunteering by phone of the committees and their chairs – I am have been hard at work implementing As always, we ask for you to get involved confident they’d love to hear from you. the Strategic Plan and extraordinary in the issue that you are interested in. progress has been made in only seven But what does getting involved look like? New website short months. Accomplishments include Some people are reticent to speak up and One new update is that our newly a new public relations package that has volunteer because they fear the “vortex designed chapter website is soon to be been distributed and was widely used of volunteerism,” where one day they are launched. Watch for emails announcing for this year’s National Public Works just listening in on meeting and the next this exciting development for our chapter Week. Through our membership efforts day they are chairing a committee or in the fall. The committee has been hard we are now the third-largest chapter (gasp!) being asked to sit on the board of at work for almost a year developing a in the organization (and closing fast on directors. site that is more interactive with timely #2, the Chicago Metro Section!), and For me, asking you to get involved information for our membership. initial contacts have been made with is just asking you to listen to goals and I continue to gratefully serve as your the universities to develop our outreach participating in conversations. It’s sharing president to assist us all in accomplishing program. your opinions or even just agreeing with our vision to be “The organization of The Strategic Plan committee key the direction of the committee. And it is choice providing public works education, members met on August 5, 2011 to not just about our Strategic Plan – we advocacy, expertise and public awareness update the plan progress and no change have many other technical and standing for its diverse community of members.” to the structure was suggested at this committees. After all, it is up to you time, even though many of the committees to decide your level of commitment. See you in Yakima are working jointly on tasks and issues. The vortex isn’t real. Many of these Go raibh maith agat, As a reminder here are the Strategic Plan committees meet by conference call, so (“Thank you” in Gaelic) areas that were identified originally and the your participation time is optimized. And so Jill

“For me, asking you to get involved is just asking you to listen to goals and participating in conversations. It’s sharing your opinions or even just agreeing with the direction of the committee.”

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Calendar of Events

Board Meetings APWA Congress (Contact Jill Marilley at 425-450-6236 or [email protected]) The Best Show in Public Works www.apwa.net October 12, 2011 Sep 18-21, 2011 Yakima Convention Center, 7:00 a.m. Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO MEASURE December 9, 2011 Aug 26-29, 2012 Bear Creek Country Club, Woodinville, 9:00 a.m. Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA 100 January 6, 2012 August 25-28, 2013 Issaquah City Hall North, 9:00 a.m. McCormick Place, Chicago, IL April 4, 2012 August 17-20, 2014 Tulalip Resort, Marysville, 7:00 a.m. Canada Metro Toronto Convention June 8, 2012 August 30-September 2, 2015 Cave B Inn at SageCliff, Quincy, 9:00 a.m. Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ October 2, 2012 davenport Hotel, Spokane, 7:00 a.m. Chapter Conferences December 7, 2012 Fall 2011 Conference Bear Creek Country Club, Woodinville, 9:00 a.m. October 11-14, 2011 Yakima Convention Center (Contact Jill Marilley 425-450-6236 or [email protected]) Area Meeting West Spring Conference 2012 (Contact Courtney McFadden 425-739-4211) * April 3-6 * Tulalip Resort, Marysville, Snohomish County December 9, 2011 (Contact Jeannie Balducci 425-388-6475 or Bear Creek Country Club, Woodinville, 11:30 a.m. [email protected]) December 7, 2012 Fall Conference 2012 50 Bear Creek Country Club, Woodinville, 11:30 a.m. * October 8-12 * Davenport Hotel, Spokane (Contact Peter DeBoldt 425-252-7700 or Area Meeting East [email protected]) (Contact Kirk Holmes 509-962-7523) June 8, 2012 For all chapter conferences, Cave B Inn at SageCliff, Quincy, 11:30 a.m. if you are interested in: National Public Works Week May 20-26, 2012 Being a sponsor? Contact: Jeffrey Lykken Contact: Roberta Johnson Public Works Week Luncheon [email protected] or [email protected] (Contact Courtney McFadden 425-739-4211) May 22, 2012 Being an exhibitor? Bellevue Hilton, 11:30 a.m. Contact: Kelly Robinson [email protected] Annual APWA Ski DAY (Contact Mike Roberts 425-455-9720 or [email protected]) Being a speaker? 0 February 10, 2012 Contact: Mike Clark Contact: Jon Davies Crystal Mountain resort at 8:30 a.m. 253-922-9780 206-505-3400 [email protected] or [email protected] Annual APWA/AGC Golf Tournament (Contact Bill Holladay 425-869-9448 or [email protected]) August 10, 2012, 1 p.m. Shotgun Start Avalon Golf Links, at Master Meter, we’re creating the future of water management. our octave® ultrasonic meter uses the sound of science™ to Burlington, WA accurately measure use of this precious resource. our approach is a reflection of the way we work closely with clients to develop Public Works Institute customized technology products and revenue solutions for measuring, collecting, and managing water. Highly flexible and innovative, (Contact John Ostrowski 360-573-7594 or [email protected]) Master Meter is defining the science of Precise Measurement to make every drop of north america’s water measure up. Training Events www.apwa-wa.org/training/chapter.htm MPAC, CM and CASC iPad Giveaway • ENTER TO WIN! • No Purchase Necessary • Only one entry per person • www.mastermeterpromo.com Promo code: WasPW09

New & Returning Members May-July 2011

Sherry Anne Arciniega, Contracts Carolyn H. Forbes, Project Architect, Ali Shasti, MS, PE, Development Review Administrator, Port of Seattle KPG Mgr, City of Seatac Brett Bures, Project Manager, Kahle Jennings, Public Works Director, Rachel E. Speer, PE, Assistant PW City of Olympia City of Centralia Director, City of Woodinville Mike Copas, ER&R Manager, San Juan Eric C. Johnson, PE, Assistant Division Darius Thompson, Associate Engineer, County Public Works Manager, City of Tacoma City of Tacoma Geoff Dillard, Director, RH2 Toli A. Khlevnoy, Civil Engineer, Patrick Weber, PE, Engineer, Engineering Inc. City of Seatac Brown and Caldwell Gordon Wayne Dillon, PE, Engineer I, Kelly Kokesh, PE, Regional Engineer, Diane Wiatr, Mobility Coordinator, City of Camas ADS City of Tacoma David Dye, Deputy Secretary, Larry S. Krueger, Sr. Project Engineer, Robert Andreotti, Public Works Washington DOT Skagit County, WA Director, City of Puyallup Matthew T. Enders, PE, WA DOT Kevin Lamb, PE, LEG, Principal, Richard H. Door, Project Manager, Highways & Local Programs GeoDesign Inc. J-U-B Engineers, Inc. James B. Harakas, Principal, Trent J. Lougheed, PE, City Engineer, Marcus R. Elliott, PE, Project GeoEngineers City of Fircrest Engineer Grade VI, BergerABAM Robert Eddie Lee, III, Project Engineer, Michael Martz, Operation & Herta Fairbanks, Public Works City of Auburn Maintenance Supervisor, Director, City of Chehalis Troy Lee, Civil Engineer, Pierce County City of East Wenatchee Karl Franta, Maintenance Supervisor, Ruth McIntyre, WA DOT LTAP Justin Matthews, Associate, KPFF, Inc. City of Normandy Park Manager Melissa McFadden, PE, Engineering Peter Landry, Public Works Director, Steve Randich, Street Maintenance and Construction Mgr, Mason County City of Normandy Park Supervisor, City of Aberdeen Public Works Jack L. Lane, Road Operations Manager, Jeff Springer, City of Aberdeen John Nisbet, State Traffic Engineer, Thurston County Washington DOT Ryan Daniel Tuomisto, Business Ahmad Qayoumi, PW Director, Development Manager, Mary Powers, Public Information City of Pasco Associated Earth Sciences Specialist, Pierce County Public Works Cathy G. Ridley, Sr. Marketing John S. Velimesis, CFM, PE, Mark J. Rigos, PW Director, Coordinator, Landau Associates, Inc. Principal Consultant, GHD, Inc. City of Newcastle Phillip Riggins, Construction Manager, Aubrey S. Argeris Deborah Ross San Soucie, Public Harris & Associates Information Specialist, Pierce County Kim Ashmore, Stormwater Operations Keith A. Swearingen, Equipment Public Works Manager, City of Centralia Services Mgr, Kitsap County, WA Amanda Ruksznis, EIT, LEED AP, Jeff Carpenter, PE, State Construction A. William Way, President, Designer 1, Reid Middleton Engineer, Washington DOT The Watershed Company Kyle Schmidkte, Public Information Frank Dick, Industrial Pretreatment Specialist, Pierce County Public Works Coordinator, City of Vancouver J. Page Scott, Executive Director, Julie Elsom, Sr. Operations & Finance YVCOG Analyst, City of Kirkland, WA APWA 2011 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

he APWA Scholarship Committee is Higher Education water infrastructure. He volunteers for many T happy to announce the scholarship cholarships ($6,000) civic activities, working with youth. He is a winners for 2011. All of the scholarship ap- Caleb Stromstad member of ASCE. Caleb and his wife had plications that were received this year were Caleb will be a senior at St. Martin’s their first baby, a girl, in May. It will be a very outstanding. The recipients listed below University, majoring in civil engineering. He busy year going to school and fawning over stood out as fine examples of the talent the anticipates graduating in May, 2012. Caleb his new daughter. students that are pursuing the public works is a US Marine Corps veteran, serving two profession. Congratulations! tours in Iraq. During his last tour of active Renee Vandermause - Respectfully submitted, Tom Skillings, duty, he saw a great need to return to Iraq Renee will be a senior at Seattle University, P.E., Chair, APWA Scholarship Committee to help rebuild the country, especially the majoring in civil engineering. She anticipates

8 Fall 2011 Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index graduating in June 2012. She is a mem- not in school, working with water systems field of water quality for rural communities.” ber Engineers without Borders. Through for a local water district and has a pas- Upon graduation, Mark would like to work this organization, she has been involved in sion for learning more about water and for a rural public works department which working with a team to aid in the purchase environmental engineering. Mark’s “primary would allow him the opportunity to improve and installation of pipes for a water distribu- reason for majoring in environmental en- public access to clean, safe water. tion system in Nicaragua. She also has gineering is so that [he] can work in the worked on similar projects in Zambia when not attending class. Her goal is to work in the engineering field with a commitment to innovation and public works services to help improve the quality of life for impoverished communities.

Jack Pittis Memorial Scholarship ($10,000) The recipient of this year’s Jack Pittis L to R: Jill Marilley, APWA President; Mark 2011 Higher Education Scholarship Winner Memorial Scholarship is Mark Mettler. Mark Mettler, Caleb Stromstad, Renee Vandermause, Renee Vandermause, Seattle Pacific University attends Washington State University and Tom Skillings, Skillings-Connolly anticipates graduating in June of 2012. Mark gives a lot of his spare time to both low income youth and senior citizen programs at school and in his home town of Eatonville. He spends a lot of time when

2011 Higher Education Scholarship Winner 2011 Jack Pittis Memorial Scholarship Winner Caleb Stromstad, St. Martin’s University Mark Mettler, Washington State University

5th Annual APWA Scholarship Golf Tournament Another Great Day at Avalon! By Bill Holladay, Tournament Co-Chair

here were a lot of smiling faces and Jon Davies and Bill Holladay allowed us to outstanding job hosting this event and T happy golfers at Avalon Golf Links raise approximately $2,700 for the APWA provided a great dinner afterward. Prizes in Burlington, WA on Friday, August 12. Scholarship Fund. This included $430 in were awarded for the top three teams’ Once again, the summer weather made cash at the registration table from golfers low score and for men and women for a great day for the 5th Annual APWA who purchased mulligans to allow their longest drive and closest to the pin. Scholarship Golf Tournament. We had a teams a couple of extra strokes. There were also some great raffle prizes diverse group of 98 golfers who represented The first place team this year was Crystal thanks to our generous supporters. public agencies, engineering consultants, Donner, Travis Rauscher, J.J. Didier and Please mark your calendars for Friday, contractors, and vendors. Jesse Thomsen who won the tiebreaker August 10, 2012 and join us for the 6th The tournament was funded by the with a low score of 57. Another tournament Annual APWA Scholarship Tournament. generosity of 12 sponsors who donated celebration this year for the hole in one by Help support the future of APWA and join up to $300 each. This generosity and the Darren Simpson on the par-3, hole #7 on us next year! hard work and donation of signs, etc. by the West course! our event volunteer staff of George Sidhu, The staff at Avalon did another

1. Almost ready to head out for the shotgun start. 2. A big “Thank You” to all of our generous sponsors. 3. A happy golfer and sponsor made it another successful tournament.

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By Karen Streeter, Division Manager, Clark County Environmental Services, Clark County, WA

On behalf of APWA-WA, I attended the systems. Washington’s FHWA program During the course of this recent Peer FHWA-sponsored peer-exchange for is a national leader in the EDC having Exchange, the group determined that the Every Day Counts initiative. This already completed several of the initial some areas of focus included better happened on July 21 in Oklahoma City steps identified early in the process. information transfer between FHWA, the (yes, it was HOT). The meeting was As it turns out, Washington’s FHWA DOTs and the local agencies. Some local hosted by FHWA, and representatives program with WSDOT Highways and agency reps spoke of not being able to from APWA, NACE and AASHTO Local Programs is apparently one of contact FHWA directly; the response attended. Washington State had a few the leading programs in the US for fast was that while FHWA doesn’t want to be people there: Kathleen Davis, Director of project delivery at the local level, so we answering project-specific questions, they WSDOT Highways and Local Programs; should feel pretty good about that. The are interested in having program-level Dan Mathis, FHWA Administrator for Nebraska DOT has been successful discussions at any time. One topic we Washington; and Brian Stacy, Pierce with negotiating some innovative ways discussed was trying to duplicate the Peer County WA County Engineer. The other to get through the environmental Exchange at the state level, so perhaps states represented included Hawaii, process (we talked a LOT about that is something that Washington APWA Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, processes and ROW flexibility) that I’d can do in the future. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, like to see Washington try to duplicate. Options discussed for speeding up Texas, Utah, Wyoming, and Alaska. For example, when Nebraska received project delivery included swapping federal If you aren’t familiar with the Every Day their ARRA funding, the DOT organized monies for state monies. In some states, Counts Initiative (http://www.fhwa.dot. a full day roundtable meeting with all the DOTs transfer federal money for state gov/everydaycounts) it is an effort focused of the regulatory agencies and local money, meaning that the local agencies on how to speed up project delivery project proponents – project proposals receive non-federalized state money for within the current regulatory framework. and plant sets were reviewed that day, the projects and hence don’t have to go The ideas being suggested range from and permits/NEPA approvals were through all of the federal processes. process and procedural improvements, to being cleared live during the roundtable There was a presentation about a the use of new technology and innovative meeting. contracting process called Contract

10 Fall 2011 Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index Manager/General Contractor (CMGC), which is a way to bring a contractor into the design/planning process at 30 percent through a competitive RFP process, and have them involved through the entire design process and into construction. This has shown to lower construction costs and speed up project delivery significantly. The example shown was a new freeway construction where the savings was about $200M. The FHWA presented information about little-used options for ROW flexibility that are in the current program; they include ways to use different/easier processes for valuation and assessment that don’t get used much, but have been shown to save time/money, especially for strip-takes that are common on road projects. I am waiting to get copies of the presentation about this topic as it outlined specific alternative procedures to follow. Examples of the options include incentive payments (pay more to get people to move, your project can get into construction faster, saving money in the construction phase), a process that allows an appraiser to also function as a negotiator when the value of the land acquisition is $25K or less (strip takes); conditional ROW certifications. Email me if you are interested in getting a copy of the full list of options when they become available. There are some ideas floating around about how to change the FHWA funding system so that it’s not one-size-fits-all, and would allow tiering of projects to let lower risk projects proceed without the full review process in play, whereas larger, higher risk projects have to go through the full/current process. I personally really like that idea – it would be great to be able to get some relief from the paperwork requirements that all projects have to go through. If you have any ideas relative to this effort, please contact me about them, as I am sure that the FHWA would be interested in specific ideas for speeding up project delivery.

Ms. Streeter has been involved with environmental permitting processes on federally funded transportation projects in Washington and Oregon since 1997. She currently manages a team of permitting coordinators who obtain local, state and federal NEPA clearance for Clark County’s $100M Capital Improvement Program.

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Washington Irrigation Systems

ashington State has more than a W century of experience in building and operating major irrigation systems. The systems have been built by federal agencies, local irrigation districts, and even some private interests. Many are still in operation, but some have been abandoned over the years.

Top: A Marion Steam Shovel Company barge-mounted canal excavator near Wapato in 1909. Bottom: Horse-drawn equipment cleaning an irrigation canal on the Yakama Reservation in 1910. Right: Similkameen River Siphon, Okanogan County, c. 1910.

12 Fall 2011 Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index North American Snow Conference Great partnerships make great conferences

By Phyllis Muder, Continuing Education Project Manager, American Public Works Association, Kansas City, Missouri; Jay A. Wells, Maintenance & Operations Superintendent, Washington Department of Transportation, Olympia, Washington

Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from an article previously published in the July 2011 issue of the APWA Reporter.

t is amazing what can happen when two organizations come together to communicate. That seed sprouted this year’s APWA and Pacific Northwest Snowfighters Snow Conference partnership. Both groups hold conferences that strive to educate participants on how to make winter travel safer and more efficient, while providing an avenue for the vendor community to highlight their manufacturing and marketing components. The partnership for this year’s North American Snow Conference in Spokane allowed both organizations to build upon their past efforts. Focus was given to techniques that enhance public safety and provide year-round access to the transportation network, which is typically the economic lifeblood of most states, while working together to find common solutions to the universal problems we all face. One of the more difficult aspects of winter maintenance is sharing what you have learned, being made aware of what you Winners of the 2011 Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award. do not know, and finding sources of information to help bridge the gap. Within a transportation agency, this is no small undertaking. Spread across North America, the job becomes daunting. The 2011 theme was sustainability. The combined event Engineering a featured educational sessions, panel discussions, and workshops delivered by leaders in winter maintenance. The technical programs were applicable to field-level operators, first-line Sustainable supervisors, as well as program managers. The trade show hosted everything from innovative new equipment and technology to Environment groundbreaking new products and services focused on snow and ice removal in winter operations. The conference started with the pilot of APWA’s newly launched Winter Maintenance Supervisor Certificate program. The response · Water & Wastewater was overwhelming with 218 individuals receiving the first Winter Maintenance Supervisor Certificate. The program was deemed a · Energy & Resources success and plans are being made to hold this in conjunction with the APWA Rocky Mountain Chapter’s Snow & Ice Conference and · Environment Roadeo in Estes Park, Colo., in September and again as part of · Property & Buildings the opening day activities at next year’s APWA North American Snow Conference in Milwaukee, Wis. At the Opening General Session, folks were welcomed with opening remarks from Mayor Mary Verner of the City of Spokane followed by first-time Snow Conference attendee and APWA For more information, contact our President-Elect Diane Linderman. Jill Marilley, who is the APWA Seattle office at 1 206 441 9385 Washington Chapter President from Shoreline, Wash., Dave Mandyke, the Host Committee Chair from the City of Spokane, www.ghd.com and PNS Representative Ron Wright from the Idaho Transportation Department in Boise, Idaho, also welcomed the group to Spokane and the conference. The three winners of the Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award proudly accepted their awards from President-Elect Linderman. The Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award was established to promote excellence in the management and

Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index Fall 2011 13 Attendees check out the equipment on the exhibit floor. Attendees at one of the many educational sessions.

administration of public works snow and ice operations. This University of Iowa, provided some early morning comedy with year’s winners were the Department of Public Works, City of his cowboy hat and sunglasses and a personalized explanation Farmington Hills, Mich., the Highway Department from the Town of sustainability. The panel of experts had representation from of Orangetown, N.Y., and the Department of Public Works and the Pacific Northwest Snowfighters with Monty Mills who is the Parks, City of Worcester, Mass. Maintenance Program Manager for the Washington DOT out of Once the formalities were finished, Keynote Speaker Al Walker Olympia, Wash. Mike Coffey, who is the Statewide Maintenance took the stage. His keynote was entertaining with enlightening and Operations Chief for the Alaska Dept of Transportation stories and insights providing the basis of his simple message— & Public Facilities in Juneau, Alaska, represented the Pacific attitude matters. “You need to be curious about life and not be Northwest. Dominic Guthrie, who is the Senior Coordinator of complacent about what is out there,” Walker told the attendees. Emergency and Winter Operations with the City of Toronto’s With smiles on their faces, the conference attendees headed for Transportation Services Division Transportation Services, the Meet and Greet at the Exhibit Hall Opening. represented Canada. After each speaker provided a brief overview Monday morning started in the ballroom with the ever-popular of their areas of responsibilities and the challenges they face with General Session Talk Show. The theme this year was Winter sustainable winter maintenance practices, Wilf opened the floor up Maintenance Practices and Sustainability. Host Wilf Nixon, P.E., for questions. With more questions than time, the session passed quickly. Luckily, the experts were available for follow-up throughout the conference. Participants were welcomed to a full slate of educational sessions on Monday and Tuesday, featuring a variety of topics and experts. Tuesday closed out with the Closing General Sessions speaker: Grant Goodeve of TV fame who showed highlights of his show Northwest Backroads and the conference banquet. The banquet featured local delicacies such as northwest lentil stew, seared pacific salmon with a huckleberry beurre blanc and grilled pork loin with a dark cherry sauce. With full bellies, the audience was then thoroughly entertained by actor Tim Behrens animating the stories of humorist and Pacific Northwest native Patrick McManus. Wednesday provided the opportunity to go on the technical tours, which included a visit to the City of Spokane’s liquid deicer storage facility, one of the WSDOT salt brine manufacturing facilities, and the City of Spokane’s operations yard. Next year’s conference will be hosted by the APWA Wisconsin Chapter at the Frontier Airlines Convention Center in Milwaukee, Wis., from April 29 through May 2. The call for presentations is now open and we are looking for speakers willing to share their expertise. Go to the APWA website for more details on how to submit. A final thank-you to the Pacific Northwest Snowfighters, the APWA Washington State Chapter, the City of Spokane, and all the speakers and moderators for all the work you did to make this conference a success. See you all in Milwaukee!

Phyllis Muder can be reached at (816) 595-5211 or [email protected]; Jay Wells can be reached at (360) 705-7863 or [email protected].

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Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index Fall 2011 15 Plain Language Writing Paves the Way for Pierce County Public Works and Utilities

By Mary Powers

I recently took a job at Pierce County Public County agencies aren’t required to use We wanted to make sure employees Works and Utilities as a Public Information plain language…yet. The communication could get the information they needed by a Officer. While describing my new duties to division of Pierce County Public Works quick glance of the page. It was important friends and family, I realized that it’s not as and Utilities has been successfully revising that they only had to read each sentence easy as it seems to explain certain public documents using plain language for the once, and fully understand its intended works concepts to people who aren’t in the last four years. Documents from engineers, meaning. industry. biologists, maintenance workers, right- Here’s an example: Here’s an example: of-way agents, inspectors, and attorneys BEFORE: “We will achieve this objective “So, what did you write about today?” asked can be challenging for readers outside the by using modern and efficient Records my friend. industry. Management principles including a Universal “I wrote a press release about With a wave of the plain language wand, Records Management (URM) system that neighborhood maintenance of constructed readers can quickly read and absorb the will properly preserve, protect and dispose of stormwater ponds, swales, and detention information. By using plain language, Pierce department records and ensure that records ponds which store and infiltrate or store County Public Works and Utilities has are stored in an easily retrievable manner and slowly release surface water runoff reduced calls from confused customers, which will facilitate meeting the requirements from public or private roads, parking lots, received fewer complaints, and improved of State and Federal regulations and comply driveways, and buildings,” I answered. communication. with litigation and discovery requirements.” My friend met my response with a blank According to Plainlanguage.gov, AFTER: “Using modern and efficient stare. Then I remembered a plain language “Readers understand plain language records management principles including seminar I attended. (I also realized it was better than traditional style. In a number of a Universal Records Management (URM) probably time for me to take a vacation.) empirical studies, comprehension improved system will preserve, protect, and allow Plain language is the concept of using clear by anywhere from 10-15 percent to over easy retrieval of our records. This ensures language and words that your intended 100 percent.” It also states, “Far from being that we meet the requirements of state and audience will easily understand. It’s also unsophisticated, it [plain language] takes skill federal regulations and comply with litigation referred to as Plain Talk. and hard work.” requirements.” “Let me rephrase that,” I announced. “I Plain language isn’t just for external Which policy would you rather read? We wrote about maintaining stormwater ponds communications with customers, the public, took a poll of 10 Public Works and Utilities in residential neighborhoods.” and the media. It is also beneficial for internal employees and 10 out of 10 preferred the Now doesn’t that sound better? communications within public works. We plain language version. State agencies in Washington are now recently rewrote our Employee Policy Manual By converting the policy manual to required to use Plain Talk (1). In October, using this concept. If you want employees to plain language, the number of pages was the federal government is rolling out its Plain comply with the policy, isn’t it a good idea to shortened considerably. For example, the Writing Act (2). The goal is for government make sure they actually understand it? Also, telecommuting pilot program policy was cut to use clear, simple language when most employees don’t have time to read all in half, from 12 pages to six. communicating with the public. the policies word for word. Plain language encourages:

16 Fall 2011 Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index • Bulleted lists never using two words when one will do.” In References • Helpful headings 1998, Former Vice President Al Gore said, 1. http://www.governor.wa.gov/ • Adequate use of white space “Clear writing from your government is a execorders/eo_05-03.pdf • Sentences limited to 20 words or less civil right.” No matter who says it, as long 2. PlainLanguage.gov. • Paragraphs limited to six sentences or as it’s easy to understand, plain language http://www.redish.net/ less is a good thing for public works and the www.peabodycommunications.com/ Plain language advocate Janice (Ginny) customers we serve. Redish, Ph.D. has a degree in linguistics from Harvard University. She is an author of several publications such as Letting Go of the Words. I recently attended Redish’s Writing for the Web training in Olympia. She started the class with an important announcement: “For all of those people who think plain language is ‘dumbing down’ information, it’s not. It’s respecting busy people’s time.” Her statement stuck with me, especially when I’m writing press releases about road projects or water quality issues. Jordan Peabody, owner of Peabody Communications and Plain Talk educator said, “Plain Talk means writing so your document does the talking for you. Good writers choose their words to express rather than to impress. And good writers know it’s their job to remove every obstacle from sentences so they can be understood on a single reading.” Readers, whether they are citizens, a councilmember, an engineer, or a reporter, often don’t have time to read something twice. When the public gets a road closure notice in a stack of mail, we realize they might only give it a three-second glance. If plain language is used, a few seconds is all it TMS-SA Counter/Classifier will take to understand where and when the road will be closed. Hunter George is the Pierce County Director of Communications. He reviews

and edits all Pierce County Public Works International Road Dynamics Inc. and Utilities press releases. When asked has the advanced technology, about plain language, George said, innovative products, and custom solutions for all your Intelligent “It’s the classic ‘know your audience’ Transportation System (ITS) projects: theory of communications. In the old • Traffic Counters and Classifiers days (which wasn’t that long ago), public • Traffic Data Collection works professionals were mainly writing • Automated Weigh Stations for an audience of other public works • Machine Vision (LPR/USDOT) professionals, so acronyms and engineering • Bridge Monitoring Systems terms were OK. But the public is increasingly • Fleet Management The TMS-SA is a portable, non-intrusive coming to our websites for information. • Toll Systems vehicle counter/classifier that is ideal for Also, the media landscape is changing as your temporary traffic studies. community websites and blogs track the Corporate Office • Quick, easy, safe installation actions and policies of local government 702 - 43rd Street East agencies, and as the public uses social Saskatoon, Saskatchewan • All-weather operation media sites to share news and information Canada S7K 3T9 Tel: +1(306) 653-6600 • Data analysis software included with their personal networks.” Fax: +1(306) 242-5599 George indicates that because we Toll Free: 1-877-444-4IRD (4473) • Records date, hour, speed and length have more outlets for delivering news and Email: [email protected] • Wireless setup and data collection information, we should use plain language in U.S. Office • Radar auto-adjusts to traffic direction as many documents as possible so that they 2402 Spring Ridge Drive, Suite E can be posted online and shared. Spring Grove, IL • No road tube or sensors required USA 60081 Even in the 1700s, Thomas Jefferson Tel: +1(815) 675-1430 was promoting plain language when he said, Fax: +1(815) 675-1530 www.irdinc.com “The most valuable of all talents is that of

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Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Transporation funding. The county worked closely with the projects Washington State Emergency Management often present challenges related to Division to expedite the permitting permitting, tight budgets, and time process and receive FEMA disaster relief constraints. But these elements were funding. The guidelines required by FEMA compounded for Clark County, Washington for reimbursement required strict data in 2008, when heavy snowfall and torrential management and public involvement. rains caused multiple roadway landslides, Completing the repairs as quickly as possible Health & Safety affected the only outlet from a local residential was necessary in order to restore local community. Buncombe Hollow Road, a access and complete the project before Geo-Environmental public route perched on a steep hillside the upcoming rainy season. The project overlooking along Lake Merwin, was team’s goal was to develop a positive and Geotechnical Engineering washed away by a 150-foot landslide and professional relationship with the FEMA the area was covered by large amounts of representatives to aid in working through the Environmental Engineering heavy debris. Since this roadway was the funding maze quickly. only route in and out for residents, those To meet this need, Clark County hired Civil Engineering without all-terrain vehicles were forced to PBS Engineering + Environmental, a firm well commute by boat across Lake Merwin. acquainted with fast-track, FEMA-funded Natural Resources County crews were immediately landslide projects throughout the Northwest. dispatched to clear a path through the The firm performed an initial geotechnical debris, revealing a challenging repair job review of the affected sites. Preliminary cost required to bring the roadway back into estimates were provided to FEMA guidelines service. The county quickly prioritized and conceptual designs completed using Bend • Boise • Coquille this project, in order to restore access for fast-track timelines. Eugene • Portland • Seattle residents living on the other side of the An alternatives analysis was also Tri-Cities • Vancouver slide. But the project faced numerous conducted to research three additional challenges, including access issues, options. Realignment of the roadway tight timelines, debris removal, and was not feasible due to the surrounding www.pbsenv.com environmental issues related to Federal lands being protected for conservation

18 Fall 2011 Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index installed threaded steel bars from Working closely with local and federal the surface (facilitated by driller TBH agencies, bids were quickly processed and Associates). The technique uses and the challenge of physically repairing equipment specifically for tight, sensitive the slide was soon under way. The spaces, and created less impact notice to proceed was issued in late on nearby properties. The selected August, which provided only 65 calendar alternative was not only the most cost- days to complete the project. effective option, but allowed residents Contractors Tapani Underground and limited access through the site during Colf Construction staged equipment construction.HDR Ad for APWA 11.pdf 1 2/2/2011 10:59:09 AM near the remote worksite in order to

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purposes. The rough terrain would also add significant cost to the project. Alternative Existing Routes were also C researched, but there were no options M available without impacting surrounding properties. Abandoning the roadway wasY Pacific NW Rail Corridor Kennewick Water Treatment Plant SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV also considered, but the considerable CM cost required to compensate local residents for loss of access made this MY

option unreasonable. CY HDR is known for vision, value and service to our clients, In the end, designs to stabilize the communities and employees. We provide: CMY site were selected that would shift the roadway into the uphill slope and K • Water/Wastewater • Rail onto bedrock. These designs focused • Environmental • Transit on options constructible from the • Storm Water/Surface Water • Bridges/Structures roadway, and used elements consistent • Highways/Roadways • Airport Services with the rural surroundings, including • Traffic/Transportation • Construction Management hydroseeding and stonework. The • Right-of-Way • Architecture use of Soil Nail Walls was proposed, which would reinforce slopes by “In the end, designs to Olympia Bellevue Edmonds Spokane stabilize the site were 360.570.4400 425.450.6200 425.744.7440 509.343.8500

selected that would Seattle Gig Harbor Pasco Burlington shift the roadway into 206.826.4700 253.858.5262 509.546.2040 360.588.7000 Streano/Streano-Havens Vince HDR; SR 520, Cockrell, WTP: Paul Honan, HDR; Kennewick PNW Rail, Dave Photos: the uphill slope and onto bedrock.” ® www.hdrinc.com

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minimize delays caused by the extreme topographic conditions. The contractors remained in constant contact with local residents throughout the construction process. Daily phone calls and weekly e-mails with homeowners minimized delays to residents and allowed construction to proceed with minimal interruption. Timely and open communication between the engineer, geotechnical specialist, inspectors, and the contractor allowed for field issues to be addressed in a prompt and timely manner. Environmental issues were a key component of the project. FEMA-funded projects require that all federal, state, and local laws be met, and are subjects to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). All permits were obtained prior to repair actions commencing. The project team worked closely with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) representatives to receive expedited Hydraulic Project Approval, which was necessary due to the presence of a local creek. Working with WDFW, the county was also able to decrease the chance of disruption to a nearby bald eagle roost and ensure compliance with environmental guidelines. The project was successfully completed before the start of the wet season and received a Project of the Year award from the American Public Works Association in 2010. The project won in the category of Disaster or Emergency Response Construction/Repair. “This award recognizes cooperation and teamwork,” said County Engineering and Construction Manager Heath Henderson. “The county worked closely with federal and state agencies, along with private consultants and contractors, to get the job done.” This was the second year in a row both the county and PBS Engineering + Environmental had received the award.

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The Utilities and ground utility damage. Striking a single Presenters from the Washington State Transportation pipeline, underground electric cable, or other Department of Labor and Industries, the Commission (UTC), infrastructure can cause injuries, damages, Underground Utilities Locating Center, the Office of Pipeline fines and inconvenient outages.L earn to Utilities and Transportation Commission, Safety is sponsoring avoid excavation dig-ins and protect public utility companies and other organizations four free underground safety and workers and keep utility services will cover topics including working near utility damage prevention working properly. underground utilities, excavation safety and safety training seminars The seminars will be held at the following how the Call 811 locating center operates. in October 2011 with dates and locations: Utility operators and professionals the aim of preventing who conduct subsurface activities damage to Washington’s Tuesday, October 11 should attend as well as local public underground utility 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. safety and construction officials to better infrastructure. Department of Labor and Industries understand their roles in the safe digging RCW 19.122 Training Room process. Engineers and planners will gain Underground Utilities – 312 SE Stonemill Dr. insights on the importance of avoiding also known as “The Dig Vancouver, WA disruptions to the utility infrastructure and Law” – was updated how advance planning improves project during the 2011 Wednesday, October 19 productivity. legislative session and 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. You can register online at www.utc. the new requirements will Avista Utilities wa.gov/publicSafety/pipelineSafety/Pages/ become effective in 1411 E. Mission Underground-Utility-Damage-Prevention- January 2013. Don’t Spokane, WA Seminars.aspx or contact Alan Lundeen, wait until the last Policy and Damage Prevention Manager at minute to learn about Tuesday, October 25 360-664-1118 or [email protected]. the changes to the 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Registrations will be accepted until the law; come to one of these free Utilities and Transportation class is at capacity. seminars to learn more about the dig Commission Hearing Room law, the new requirements and what you 1300 Evergreen Park Dr. SW Alan Lundeen will need to do to comply with them. Go to Olympia, WA Policy and Damage Prevention Manager www.mrsc.org/govdocs/w3digit.pdf for a Washington Utilities and Transportation summary of the statutory changes adopted Friday, October 28 Commission in 2011, effective in 2013. 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 1300 S. Evergreen Park Dr. SW Careless excavation or other digging Puget Sound Energy Auditorium Olympia, WA 98504-7250 projects are the leading cause of under- 355 110th Ave. NE 360-664-1118 Bellevue, WA

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Conference Events

Preconference Workshop carbon footprint. Your agency may have a Maintaining our Equipment green fleet initiative or policy that you as a and Vehicles Today is the fleet manager will have to make work with the same or smaller revenue. Foundation of Our Future This will be a great opportunity to network with your peers and get some Tuesday, October 11, 2011 valuable information regarding vehicle 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. and equipment purchasing, knowing your Yakima Convention Center costs and setting your shop rates, and Cost: $25 (includes lunch) end the day with round-table discussions Golf Tournament on such topics as Managing an Aging Tuesday, October 11 Maintaining our existing vehicles and Fleet, Greening Your Fleet, and Fleet Sign-in starts at 10:30 a.m. equipment is essential and indeed is one Utilization. 12:00 p.m. tee time of the cornerstones in the foundation of $125 per player (includes lunch, green fee, our future. Purchasing, maintaining, and cart, dinner, and prizes) disposing of vehicles and equipment is Four-person scramble format, shotgun essential and becoming increasingly more start difficult as budgets and staff are cut. Fleet managers are seemingly expected Apple Tree Resort to accomplish the impossible: do the 8804 Occidental Avenue same (or more) with less. We are under Yakima, WA 98908 national and local mandates to reduce our 509-966-5877 dependency on foreign oil and reduce our www.appletreeresort.com

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Keynote Speaker Billy Riggs 1st Annual Equipment Roadeo Thursday Night Entertainment Wednesday Thursday Jonathan Harris Billy Riggs has been speaking publicly The first annual “Our Heroes WearD irt” Singer/songwriter Jonathan Harris has for the last 20 years and has sold more Operations and Maintenance Roadeo is a been performing all around the Pacific than 100,000 of his speaking cassettes. way of recognizing our first line workers. The Northwest since 1997. He has had the He holds two master’s degrees and Roadeo gives them an opportunity to show honor of warming the stage for a list of was the founder, CEO and chairman their operator skills to other public works country music artists that reads like a of the board of three organizations. He staff who may not have an opportunity to who’s who list: Merle Haggard, Charlie currently travels full-time speaking to see them in action very often. The Roadeo Daniels Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, businesses and other organizations. will consist of two events. One will be Black Hawk, Jo Dee Messina, Gary Allen, He is also a world-class illusionist maneuvering a dump truck with a snowplow Asleep At The Wheel, Hal Ketchum, who has performed on 10 cruise ships attached through an obstacle course. This Sammy Kershaw, Trick Pony, Rhett and before audiences of up to 20,000 is timed, and if a driver strikes an obstacle Akins, Chad Brock, Daryle Singletary, Jeff people. What makes Billy unique is there will be time added. The driver with the Carson, She Daisy, and Mark Chestnutt, that he doesn’t want to be called fastest time wins the event. Another event just to name a few. In 2004 he was an illusionist because he’s far more will be a front loader with the same basic honored to perform for President Bush interested in reality than illusions. That’s principles. Contestants may enter the truck, and thousands of military personnel at why they call him not an illusionist, but or front loader, or both. Due to time there are Fort Lewis. the world’s first and only DIS-illusionist. 44 openings, 22 for each. Contestants will Jonathan was born and raised in need to register for the conference and must Tacoma, Washington. Music has always send their names, event they wish to enter, been his passion. His love of country and organization to the Roadeo Committee music and the outdoors come straight no later than September 13. For further from his northwest upbringing. Read more information contact Dan Wesley 253-638- on www.jonathanharris.net. 1431, [email protected]. ® Discover the ergo Access Assembly

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Technical Schedule TUESDAY, October 11, 2011 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Registration And Information 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Pre-Conference Workshop 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Golf Tournament (Shotgun Start 12:00) (Apple Tree Golf Resort) 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Golf BBQ (Apple Tree Resort) 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Board Of Director's Welcome Reception - Red Lion Suite 171 WEDNESDAY, October 12, 2011 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM Registration And Information 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Board Of Directors Breakfast Meeting 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Legislative And Funding Update 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Apwa Chapter Committee Meetings 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Kick-Off Luncheon – Awards - Keynote Speaker: Billy Riggs 2:00 PM- 3:00 PM Access and Site Constraints MRSC Roster, Shared Small A Sustainable Pollution Prevention at City of Redmond Public Works & Consultant Approach to Total Asset in Operations and Wastewater Pump Station Roster Service Management Maintenance Activities No. 1 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Break 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Smoke Testing Storm Maintenance Agreement for CM - Upcoming Tools It’s Not Just a Job, It’s Drains to Improve Mapping, State Highways in Cities and Rating Systems to Your Career! Determine Connections, and Evaluate Sustainable Identify Illicit Discharges Transportation Projects 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Technical Tour - 1. Lincoln Grade Separation 2. WWTP Riparian Discharge Outfall, Green Energy Use & more! 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM Free Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM First Timers Wine Social 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Exhibitor Hosted Social/Jack Pittis Scholarship Silent Auction THURSDAY, October 13, 2011 6:00 AM - 8:30 AM Fun Run 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Prayer Breakfast

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7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Buffet Breakfast 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Equipment Roadeo (Located Across 8th Street) 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Vendor Exhibits 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM You Want Me to Buy What? Bridge Management 101, Street Lighting and Alternate Fleet Property Rights Acquisition Optimize Financing, Inspection, Reducing Agency Purchasing Options for Public Projects Maintenance & Repairs Electrical Costs 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Exhibitor Hosted Break 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Computerized Maintenance MPAC - Public Speaking for Conversion of One-Way Roundtable Discussion: Management (City Works & Speaking with the Public Couplet to Two-Way Current Challenges for City of Port Angeles) Operations in Redmond Fleet Managers 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Luncheon Roadeo BBQ 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Bonneville Power Update of the City Streets as MLK Jr. Blvd. and Lincoln Managing Stormwater Administration, Distributed State Highways Maintenance Ave Railroad Grade Utilities with GIS Generation, Smart Grid, Agreement Separations Wind Power, Etc. 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Exhibitor Hosted Break 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Automated Meter Alternative Financing for City Performance of InSync Annexation Infrastructure Procurement Streets Preservation and Other Adaptive Considerations for and Deployment Traffic Control Systems; Municipal Stormwater The Facts Are In! Systems 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Free Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Beer and Food Pairing Scholarship Fundraiser (ticket required) 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM No-Host Social 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Banquet And Entertainment FRIDAY, October 14, 2011 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Buffet Breakfast 8:00 AM START Chapter Business Meeting Follows Business Mtg. Host Committee Meeting Follows Business Mtg. Program Committee Meeting

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Conference Sessions

Wednesday 2:00-3:00 p.m. to invest in the sustainable management of Wednesday 3:30-4:30 p.m. their assets. This presentation explores how Access and Site Constraints at City of Smoke Testing Storm Drains to sustainable asset maintenance practices and Redmond Wastewater Pump Station #1 Improve Mapping, Determine capital improvement alternatives can actually Speakers: Adam Schuyler, PE, Lynn Arakaki Connections, and Identify Illicit Discharges reduce operational and environmental costs. Case study on a pump station rehabilitation Speakers: John Knutson, PE, Bill Rice, Erik It also explores what is needed to establish located on a shoreline, including permitting, Pruneda, PE, CPESC, CFM the cost accounting framework to develop design, and construction challenges due to This session will present the methodology and audit the business case for incorporating significant access constraints. and results of a large smoke testing, map- these approaches. ping, and illicit discharge elimination project MRSC Roster Shared Small in Yakima, Washington. The work occurred in Pollution Prevention in Public Works & Consultant Roster Service a Drainage Improvement District (DID) con- Operations and Maintenance Activities Speaker: Ellen Hutchinson trolled by Yakima County, but with significant Speakers: Alissa Maxwell, Jessica Shaw, Learn how MRSC Rosters, shared small interconnections with City of Yakima storm Jennifer Lange public works and consultant roster service, drains. The DID discharges to a creek listed The Wenatchee Valley Stormwater Technical can help your public agency use the roster as impaired for fecal coliform with TMDL de- Advisory Committee (WVSTAC) recently de- process more efficiently. Currently 223 Wash- velopment in process. Historical sampling of veloped an O&M Plan Template in response ington cities, counties, and special purpose the DID found higher than expected levels of to the NPDES Phase II Permit. The O&M Plan districts across the state have MRSC Rosters fecal coliform, which prompted this project. Template is a 13-chapter editable plan for host and maintain their rosters because it The project serves as a template used by file: c-753 stormwater pollution prevention during mu- is a convenient and affordable alternative to Yakima County to systematically investigate client: CMIT Solutions nicipal maintenance activities. The presenta- maintaining their own rosters. other DIDs under County control. The prod- tion will review potential pollutant sources, the mag: Washington ucts included detailed system connection effects of various pollutants on downstream issue: Spring 2011A Sustainable Approach schematics, updated mapping, photos, and systems, and introduce a series of operational to Total Asset Management videos – all integrated into GIS with appropri- date: Jan 18, 2011 BMPs to reduce pollutant discharge. Attend- Speaker: Arnab Bhowmick ate metadata. ees will also be introduced to the O&M Plan name: Tracy In a time when it is increasingly difficult to pro- template as an additional resource identify vide acceptable levels of service, many public Maintenance Agreement and implement BMPs specific to local needs. works managers think they cannot afford for State Highways in Cities Speakers: TBA

Upcoming Tools and Rating Systems to Evaluate Sustainable Transportation Projects We Worry About IT, Speakers: Freeman Anthony, PE, Sam Yaghmaie, PE This presentation will review rating and cer- So You Don’t Have To. tification systems, their benefits, processes, and level of involvement for various project stakeholders.

It’s Not Just an Adventure, It’s Your Career! Speaker: Glenn Akramoff Many employees, especially those in the maintenance field, tend to have their careers STAY UP. happen to them. Reasons include low training budgets, their desire to be in the STAY RUNNING. field, and lack of career planning resources. This session will focus on skills, ideas and STAY PROTECTED. techniques for maintenance workers (and anyone) to see their work as a career choice. NO MATTER WHAT. Participants will learn that opportunities are available when you take control of your Tailored solutions that solve business problems career and get the support of others along and meet technology needs. the way. Some key items will be identifying and improving your work skills, gifts and 425.374.2436 • www.cmitsolutions.com/everett • [email protected] passions, creating a plan for your career,

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goal setting, getting support and help from MPAC: Public Speaking munity involvement is critical. Key to involving your supervisor, getting the most out of your for Speaking with the Public the public is explaining projects, describing performance evaluation, creating an effective Speaker: Penny Mabie technical matters, and presenting potential training plan and communicating effectively. With project planning, design and implemen- decisions in an understandable format. Along tation coming under public scrutiny, com- with these presentations comes the need to Thursday 9:00-10:00 a.m. You Want Me to Buy What? Property Rights Acquisition for Public Projects Speakers: Kris Overleese, PE, Paul Ferrier, PE, Barbara Meekins, SR/WA, R/W-RAC We want to share our experience spending almost $13 million to purchase rights from 77 parcels for the City of Shoreline’s Aurora Corridor Improvement Project (N 165th to N 185th Street). Our presentation will briefly explain the city’s project and provide lessons for a straightforward right-of-way acquisition process. We will touch on the following areas 1) standard acquisition process; 2) keys to working with property owners and elected officials; 3) design elements and how to structure legal descriptions; 4) offers, negotiation, mediation and settlement.

Bridge Management 101: A Toolbox to Optimize Bridge Financing, Inspection, Maintenance and Repairs Speakers: Matthew Lengyel, Aaron Butters This session will show the basics on how to efficiently manage bridges and fund bridge projects, as well as how to apply good practices and previous lessons learned in the management of bridge systems from other regions of the state and county.

Street Lighting and Reducing Agency Electrical Costs Speaker: TBA

Alternate Fleet Purchasing Options Speakers: John Klump, Greg Haglin, Richard Wonner This session will cover alternative vehicle and equipment purchasing options. Discussion will be centered on options like: purchasing used vehicles and equipment; using the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) to purchase; and methods of purchasing from the City of Yakima perspective.

Thursday 10:30-11:30 a.m. Computerized Maintenance Management (City Works & City of Port Angeles) Speaker: TBA

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answer the tough questions, listen carefully, Conversion of One-Way Couplet to for the local jurisdictions planning to evaluate remain unruffled by the distrusting naysayers Two-Way Operations in Redmond similar street changes in downtown areas. and keep cool in the face of intense emo- Speakers: Michael Lapham, Joel Pfundt tions. This session will provide advice, strate- The presentation will cover why one-way Roundtable Discussion: gies, tools and tips for preparing, practicing, street operation is not favorable to sup- Current Challenges for Fleet Managers presenting and responding to the public in port downtown redevelopment, and the Speakers: Richard Weston, Bill DeRousse, any situation. advantages and disadvantages associated Allen Mitchell, Richard Wonner, Fred Chun with one-way and two-way operations. The This is a roundtable discussion covering topics presentation will provide recommendations facing fleet agencies today. The discussion will follow the topic with the greatest challenge and to come up with approaches to solutions. Table leaders will provide a summary of the challenges and possible solutions at the close Civil I Structural I Planning I Survey of the session. Table topics are: • Implications of Managing an Aging Fleet – What are they? • Greening Your Fleet – What does it mean? • Implications of Fleet Utilization – What, How, Why? The Solution For Your Infrastructure Needs Thursday 1:30-2:30 p.m. Bonneville Power Administration, Distributed Generation, Smart Grid, Wind Power, Etc. Speaker: TBA

Update of the City Streets as State Highways Maintenance Agreement Speakers: Greg Selstead, Dick McKinley, Ashley Probart, Steve Wall WSDOT and AWC have developed a set of • Utility Design guidelines outlining agreed to interpretations of RCW 47.24 relating to local agency and • Structural Engineering WSDOT assignment for certain maintenance responsibilities. This agreement was last • Road Design updated in 1997. This session will provide • Planning an overview of the updated DRAFT Agreed to Maintenance Guidelines between WSDOT • Survey and the Association of Washington Cities. The overview will include the relationships to RCW • Stormwater Design 47.24, detailing the city’s responsibilities and • NPDES Compliance WSDOT’s responsibilities. The approach used will be presented as well as how interested • Stream restoration parties may provide comments to be consid- • Pump Stations ered by the team developing the agreement. • LID Designs MLK Jr. Blvd. and Lincoln Ave. Railroad Grade Separations • Bridge Construction Speakers: Bob Desgrosellier, Chris Walcott, PE • Retaining Wall Design The City of Yakima tried to build overpasses over the BNSF Railway at Lincoln Avenue and • Water Treatment Facilities “B” Street (now MLK Boulevard) in the ’40s and ’70s, but the street layout and downtown • Watermain Replacements location led to public outcry concerning ac- • Trenchless Pipe Replacements cess and aesthetic issues. The project was mothballed both times. When BNSF reacquired the line in 1996, train volume projections led the city to seek another solution. An underpass would help reduce the access and aesthetic www.paceengrs.com concerns, but it brought about a number of new concerns. This presentation will cover how

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an underpass was chosen; what the chal- Annexation Considerations utility is often significantly affected by lenges were; and what the solutions were. for Municipal Stormwater Systems annexations. Further, it is often more affected Speaker: Art Griffith than other utilities because water and sewer Managing Stormwater Utilities with GIS Many cities are considering annexations. operations of the annexed area transferred Speaker: Jeff Berry There are often many reasons for a city to upon annexation. This presentation will An introduction to how GIS can be used to consider annexing some of its Urban Growth discuss some of the considerations and what manage stormwater utilities. The presenta- Area, and nearly all of them have nothing to a city can do to anticipate them. tion will cover the basic concepts of how do with stormwater. Yet the city’s stormwater storm water data is typically structured in a GIS database. We will discuss and demon- strate the benefits of maintaining stormwater information in a GIS and how that database can then be used for stormwater hydrologic modeling, used for reporting and tracking of structure inspections and cleanings, and used by stormwater managers for better decision support and reporting.

Thursday 3:30-4:30 p.m. Automated Meter Infrastructure Procurement and Deployment Speaker: TBA

Alternative Financing for City Streets Preser- vation – Is the SMU Right for Your City? Speakers: Dennis Dowdy, Larry Blanchard, Ashley Probart With increasing oil prices and the public’s move to more fuel efficient vehicles, cities are experiencing a decline in the gas tax and the response has been to defer normal maintenance to the point where arterials can no longer support regional traffic. While the state suggests tolling to supplement preservation funds, this is not a good or logical solution for cities. This session will compare the Trans- portation benefitD istrict (TBD) to the Street Maintenance Utility that was sponsored by the Association of Washington Cities for the 2010-2011 legislative session. The compari- son will outline the advantages that the SMU would afford cities that have significant annual revenue needs for preservation beyond what the TBD method supports.

The Facts Are In! The Performance of InSync and Other Adaptive Traffic Control Systems Speakers: Dr. Reggie Chandra, PE, PTOE or Steve Mager Want the facts on how adaptive traffic control systems perform in the field? Want to know what types of results you can expect from installing InSync on your community’s congested corridors? During this data-rich presentation, you will learn about the real- world results of InSync and other adaptive traffic control solutions.

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Exhibitors

Advanced Drainage BergerABAM Inc. Space 91 Epic Land Solutions, Inc. Space 81 Systems/Hancor, Inc. Space 34 Contact: Janine LaMaie Contact: Courtney Geller Contact: Tim Snell 2056/431-2300 503/213-3977 509/993-0813 33301 Ninth Avenue S., Suite 300 9600 SW Oak Street, Suite 570 204 SE Stone Mill Drive, #225 Federal Way, WA 98003 Portland, OR 97223 Vancouver, WA 98684 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Big R Bridge Space 2 ERW/Harvco Space 23 AECOM Space 88 Contact: Doug Myers Contact: Greg Thomas Contact: Jim McPherson 253/797-8293 206/767-7722 x 107 206/674-4213 P.O. Box 97 505 Third Avenue W. 701 5th Avenue, #100 Ravensdale, WA 98 Seattle, WA 98119 Seattle, WA 98104 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Bravo Environmental NW, Inc. Space 58 ESM Consulting Engineers Space 37 AeroMetric, Inc. Space 66 Contact: Caronna Nolasco Contact: Fred Brown Contact: Jeffrey Kenner 503/261-9800 253/838-6113 206/244-2300 6437 South 144th Street 181 S. 333rd Street, Bldg. C, Suite 210 1265 Interurban Avenue S. Tukwila, WA 98168 Federal Way, WA 98003 Seattle, WA 98168 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CDM Space 20 Exeltech Consulting, Inc. Space 77 AHBL, Inc. Space 39 Contact: Shelley Freedman Contact: Ann Mari Monnett Contact: Melissa English 205/336-4900 360/357-8289 253/383-2422 1218 3rd Avenue, Suite 1100 8729 Commerce Place Drive NE, Suite A 2215 N. 30th Street, Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98199 Lacey, WA 98516 Tacoma, WA 98403 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CDM is a consulting, engineering, construction, and operations firms delivering Ferguson Waterworks Space 46 American Concrete Pavement exceptional service to public and private sector Contact: George Herman Association – Northwest Chapter Space 78 clients in the Pacific Northwest and worldwide. 425/486-9600 Contact: Jim Powell 24025 Snohomish-Woodinville Road 360/956-7080 CHS Engineers, LLC Space 24 Woodinville, WA 98072 711 Capitol Way S., Suite 204 Contact: Evan Henke [email protected] Olympia, WA 98501 425/637-3693 [email protected] and 12507 Bel-Red Road, Suite 101 Filterra Bioretention Systems Space 44 [email protected] Bellevue, WA 98005 Contact: Peter Evans [email protected] 503/267-3604 Applied Professional Services Space 70 9810 SW Serena Way Contact: Ted Seaborn Contech Construction Products Space 30 Tigard, OR 97224 425/888-2590 Contact: Michael Macnoskey [email protected] 43530 SE North Bend Way 425/742-5504 North Bend, WA 98045 4613 159th Street SW Flint Trading, Inc. Space 12 [email protected] Lynnwood, WA 98087 Contact: Melissa Hutchens Utility locating, utility potholing, video pipe [email protected] 336/475-6600 inspection. 115 Todd Court Coral Sales Company Space 5 Thomasville, NC 27360 Asphalt Zipper, Inc. Space 8 Contact: Wayne K. Barstow [email protected] Contact: Laura Tingey 503/655-6351 801/847-3200 9838 SE Seventeenth Avenue General Pacific Space 41 831 E. 340th S., Suite 100 Portland, OR 97222 Contact: Jason VanCleave American Fork, UT 84003 [email protected] 503/907-2876 [email protected] 22414 NE Townsend Way East Jordan Iron Works, Inc. Space 40 Fairview, OR 97024 Assetworks Space 43 Contact: Kirk Stoltzner [email protected] Contact: Cate Knight 800/626-4653 General Pacific, Inc. is the distributor of Badger 610/225-8388 8601 N. Division Street, Suite D Water meters, AMR & AMI solutions, as well as 998 Old Eagle School Road Spokane, WA 99208 Itron Water & Electric AMR & AMI solutions. Wayne, PA 19087 [email protected] [email protected]

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GeoDesign, Inc. Space 90 Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. Space 56 HDJ Design Group, PLLC Space 86 Contact: Traci Nolan Contact: Frank Immel Contact: John E. Fetterolf, PE 206/838-9900 206/623-0621 509/547-5119 10700 Meridian Ave. N., Suite 210 3840 W. Marginal Way SW 6115 Burden Blvd., Suite E Seattle, WA 98133 Seattle, WA 98106 Pasco, WA 99301 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] GeoDesign offers geotechnical engineering, geological, environmental, mining, and Groeneveld Space 26 HDR Engineering, Inc. Space 84 pavement design services from offices Contact: Ted Bambrick Contact: Lauren Behm in Vancouver, Longview, and Seattle, 253/863-3700 360/570-7267 Washington; Portland, and Salem, Oregon; 1089 Valentine Avenue SE 626 Columbia Street NW, Suite 2A and Anaheim, California. Pacific, WA 98047 Olympia, WA 98501 [email protected] [email protected]

GeoEngineers, Inc. Space 76 Harris & Associates Space 64 Hilfiker Retaining Walls Space 9 Contact: Mike Hutchinson Contact: Diana Gudaus Contact: Lauren Blankinship 253/722-2423 425/453-0999 800/762-8962 1101 Fawcett Avenue 11245 SE 6th Street, Suite 210 1902 Hilfiker Lane Tacoma, WA 98402 Bellevue, WA 98004 Eureka, CA 95503 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] An employee-owned company, Harris GHD Space 17 specializes in providing full construction Historical Research Associates, Inc. Space 67 Contact: Michele Percussi management services to public agencies Contact: Kenda Salisbury 206/441-9385 including comprehensive biddability/ 206/343-0226 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 1500 constructability reviews, value engineering, 1904 Third Avenue, Suite 240 Seattle, WA 98101 resident/office engineering, field inspection, Seattle, WA 98101 [email protected] office administration and scheduling. Projects [email protected] GHD is one of the world’s leading engineering, we serve include transportation, transit, architecture and environmental consulting bridges, structures, ports, water, sewer and Holophane Space 45 companies. Established in 1928, GHD employs wastewater. Contact: Tom Noble more than 6000 people across five continents. 425/228-7883 GHD serves clients in the global markets of Hart Crowser, Inc. Space 55 14645 SE 172nd Street water, energy and resources, environment, Contact: Dale Clark Renton, WA 98058 property and buildings, and transportation. 206/455-4535 [email protected] 1700 Westlake Avenue N., Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98109 HWA GeoSciences, Inc. Space 32 [email protected] Contact: Alexandra Garner, CPSM 425/774-0106 ext 235 21312 30th Drive SE, Suite 110 Bothell, WA 98021 [email protected] Founded in 1978, HWA GeoSciences provides geotechnical and pavement engineering, construction inspection and materials testing, hydrogeology, and geoenvironmental consulting WASHINGTON (800) 552-5957 EDMONDS • SEATTLE • TACOMA • TRI-CITIES • SPOKANE services. Located in Bothell, Washington, our OREGON (800) 624-6709 PORTLAND www.landauinc.com office includes a materials testing laboratory with AASHTO R18 and A2LA Accreditations and validation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Materials Testing.

H.W. Lochner, Inc. Space 95 Contact: Mara Lake 425/454-3160 400 – 108th Avenue NE, Suite 401 Bellevue, WA 98004 [email protected] Lochner is a national engineering firm specializing in roadway and highway design, transportation planning, traffic engineering, and structural design of bridges and walls.

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING NATURAL RESOURCES

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JBR Environmental Consultants, Inc. Space 51 Layne GeoConstruction Space 6 Northwest GPS, Inc. Space 93 Contact: Andrea Pedersen Contact: Steve Story Contact: Steve Minkove 425/977-4994 253/840-4292 206/227-1327 3400 – 188th Street SW, #605 14119 Pioneer Way S., Suite A 26828 Maple Valley Highway, Suite 229 Lynnwood, WA 98037 Puyallup, WA 98372 Maple Valley, WA 98038 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

KBA, Inc. Space 1 Masons Supply Company Space 10 Northwest Linings & Contact: Tammy Cho Contact: James Allard Geotextile Products Inc. Space 79 425/455-9720 425/487-6161 Contact: Julie McKinney 11000 Main Street P.O. Box 42367 253/872-0244 Bellevue, WA 98004 Portland, OR 97242 21000 77th Avenue S. [email protected] [email protected] Kent, WA 98032 [email protected] Kleinfelder Space 11 Mayes Testing Space 73 Contact: Rick Della Contact: Jennifer Hempel Northwest Playground 425/636-7900 425/742-9360 Equipment Space 85 14710 NE 87th Street, Suite 100 20225 Cedar Valley Road, Suite 110 Contact: Carolyn McGarvey Redmond, WA 98052 Lynnwood, WA 98036 800/726-0031 [email protected] [email protected] P.O. Box 2410 Providing consulting services in engineering Issaquah, WA 98027 and planning, including geotechnical Municipal Research (MRSC) Space 18 [email protected] engineering, rock mechanics, hydrogeology, Contact: Ellen Hutchinson Full service provider of commercial park and well assessment and rehabilitation, materials 206/625-1300 playground equipment, safety surfacing, and laboratory testing, and environmental 2601 Fourth Avenue, Suite 800 shelters, spray parks, and a complete line of science. Seattle, WA 98121 site furnishings including tree and paver grates. [email protected] KPFF Consulting Engineers Space 31 A non-profit that promotes excellence in Northwest Underwater Construction Space 21 Contact: Angela Fitzmorris Washington State local governments through Contact: Eric Muller 206/926-0569 professional consultation, research, and 360/991-5226 1601 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600 information services. 800 NE Tenny Road, #110 Seattle, WA 98101 Vancouver, WA 98685 [email protected] Murray, Smith & [email protected] From planning through design permitting and Associates, Inc. Space 71 constructions, KPFF has over 260 civil and Contact: Robbie Burum Otak, Inc. Space 92 structural engineers in our Northwest offices to 503/225-9010 Contact: Courtney McFadden meet your infrastructure needs. 121 SW Salmon, Suite 900 425/739-4211 Portland, OR 97204 10230 NE Points Drive, Suite 400 Lakeside Industries Space 63 [email protected] Kirkland, WA 98034 Contact: Rick Rawlings A full-service civil and environmental consulting [email protected] 425/313-2681 engineering firm specializing in public Since 1981, Otak has built a reputation based P.O. Box 7016 infrastructure planning, design and project on integrity, skill, and creativity –strengthening Issaquah, WA 98027 delivery. Offices in Washington, Oregon and our communities, performing exciting work, and [email protected] Idaho. serving clients. EZ STREET Asphalt is a polymer modified, high performance cold mix asphalt used for Nissan North America Space 47 Owen Equipment Company Space 82 all types of patching of asphalt or concrete. Contact: Michelle Downing Space 98 (outside) Contact: Kitty Scott It is WSDOT, ODOT, City of Seattle approved 615/630-2927 800/992-3656 for use and is available in bulk by the ton, bulk 3306 Tempe Drive 8721 S. 218th Street bags, and smaller plastic bags. Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Kent, WA 98031 [email protected] [email protected] Landau Associates, Inc. Space 7 Sales, rentals, service, parts, and accessories Contact: Cathy Ridley Northwest Environmental for environmental maintenance equipment. 425/778-0907 Training Center Space 38 Authorized distributors for Elgin, Vactor, 130 2nd Avenue S. Contact: Bill Huhta Envirosight, Vivax/Metrotech, Sewer Equipment Edmonds, WA 98020 425/270-3274 ext 105 Company of America, and Triple-L Trailers. [email protected] 230 NE Juniper Street, Suite 201 Landau Associates specializes in Issaquah, WA 98027 environmental, geotechnical and natural [email protected] resources services. Our staff of 90 A 501c (3) organization providing nationwide professionals in six offices provides responsive training in: policy/regulations; leadership/ service to public and private sector clients. management; water; remediation/toxicology; biology; chemistry; technical/software.

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The PPI Group Space 28 Right-of-Way Association Space 4 SeaTac Lighting & Controls, LLC Space 65 Contact: Paul Rydell Contact: Shannon Fish Contact: Nora Schultz 425/251-9722 503/644-3436 206/708-8071 18040 72nd Avenue South 10186 SW Laurel Street 4439 S. 134th Place, Bldg. E Kent, WA 98032 Beaverton, OR 97005 Tukwila, WA 98168 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Since 1927, the PPI Group has been the Independent lighting manufacturers’ go-to solution for our clients in the A/E/C Roadwise, Inc. Space 35 representative. Our diverse line card allows s industries. With more than 80 years of hands- Contact: Laura Lane to provide solutions for any design challenge. on experience, we’re an unmatched resource 253/761-2487 for industry knowledge. The PPI Group is 1616 S. Geiger Street Shea Carr Jewell Space 72 one of the largest survey and construction Tacoma, WA 98465 Contact: Janis Smeall supply companies on the West Coast and an [email protected] 360/352-1465 authorized dealer of Topcon equipment and 2102-H Carriage Drive SW Autodesk software solutions. Roth Hill, LLC Space 94 Olympia, WA 98502 Contact: Bill Holladay [email protected] Precision Concrete Cutting Space 13 425/209-7345 Contact: Kevin Bibby 11130 NE 33rd Place, Suite 200 Skillings Connolly Space 25 509/421-2090 Bellevue, WA 98004 Contact: Tom Skillings or Jill Brennan 3191 North Canyon Road [email protected] 360/491-3399 Provo,UT 84604 5016 Lacey Blvd. SE [email protected] SAIC Space 16 Lacey, WA 98503 Contact: Carol J. Waterbeck [email protected] RH2 Engineering, Inc. Space 75 206/695-4512 Providing professional services in civil, multi- Contact: Thema Crenshaw 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2500 modal transportation, and utility engineering, 425/951-5400 Seattle, WA 98154 as well as environmental science, public 22722 29th Drive SE, Suite 210 [email protected] involvement, real estate, and land surveying Bothell, WA 98021 services. [email protected] SawStop Space 62 Working collaboratively with public works Contact: Dave Hill Soil Nail Launcher, Inc. Space 27 staff to improve infrastructure throughout 503/570-3200 Contact: Bryan Wavra Washington, RH2 provides designs that 9564 SW Tualatin Road 970/210-6170 maximize resources and minimize problems. Tualatin, OR 97062 P.O. Box 4709 [email protected] Grand Junction, CO 81502 [email protected]

Solid Waste Systems Space 36 Contact: Phil Davison 509/533-9000 P.O. Box 13040 Spokane, WA 99213 [email protected] Design solutions that TEC, Inc. Space 53 make the worlD a Contact: Michael Booth greener anD better place 206/267-1400 2825 Eastlake Avenue S., Suite 300 . Water & Wastewater Seattle, WA 98102 [email protected] . Water Resources . Building Facilities Tetra Tech Space 89 Contact: Traci Cope . Fisheries Engineering 425/402-6029 . Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 18311 Bothell Everett Highway, #260 Bothell, WA 98012 . SCADA & Control Systems [email protected] . Engineering — Structural, Serving all regions of WA from our 7 offices Electrical, Mechanical & Civil providing public utility, water resource, transportation, and environmental consulting . Transportation and design since 1943. . Survey

Contact: Marcos Lopez, PE 206-883-9300

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Tinnea & Associates, Inc. Space 19 Vanir Construction Vanir Construction Management, Inc. Contact: Jean Tinnea Management, Inc. Space 96 is one of the nation’s leading program/ 206/328-7872 Contact: Christy Sanders-Meena project/construction management firms. 2018 E Union St. 425/577-0095 Headquartered in Sacramento, California, and Seattle, WA 98122 10900 NE 8th Street, Suite 1486 with offices throughout the United States. [email protected] Bellevue, WA 98004 Crackerjack corrosion consulting: inspection, [email protected] condition analysis, corrosion rate, materials selection, corrosion control design, specifications, construction management. Testing: non-destructive, laboratory, resistivity, soil, concrete. Historic preservation, technology transfer, training.

Traffic Safety Supply Co. Inc. Space 3 Contact: Todd Wilson 360/426-4646 23234 SE Umatilla Street Portland, OR 97202 [email protected]

Transpo Group Space 50 Contact: Natalie Schneider 425/821-3665 11730 118th Avenue NE, Suite 600 Kirkland, WA 98084 [email protected]

Transportation Improvement Board Space 14 Contact: Eileen Bushman 360/586-1146 P.O. Box 40901 Olympia, WA 98504 [email protected]

TranTech Engineering, LLC Space 22 Contact: Kash Nikzad 425/453-5545 12011 NE 1st Street, #305 Bellevue, WA 98005 [email protected] A well-established Puget Sound transportation consulting firm specializing in the following areas of expertise: structural engineering; civil engineering; and construction administration.

Universal Field Services, Inc. Space 15 Contact: Mitch Legel 425/673-5559 111 Main Street, #105 Edmonds, WA 98020 [email protected] Offering comprehensive land and right of way acquisition negotiations, relocation assistance, land valuation, cost studies, permitting, project management, and related professional services.

Valley Freightliner, Inc. Space 49 Contact: Wayne Schulz Space 97(outside) 253/905-1768 277 Stewart Road SW Pacific, WA 98047 [email protected]

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Wagonmaster Washington/ Westblock Systems Space 33 White Shield, Inc. Space 83 BG Products Space 59 Contact: Jim Hammer Contact: Randy Bright Contact: Jerry Johnson 253/573-1049 509/547-0100 604/836-6885 P.O. Box 64685 320 N. 20th Avenue 6924 27th Street West Tacoma, WA 98464 Pasco, WA 99301 Tacoma, WA 98466 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] GravityStone®’s dual structural systems - Modular bin and Soil reinforced - provide WHPacific Space 29 ultimate flexibility for site needs and utility Contact: Heather Brown requirements. 425/951-4800 12100 NE 195th Street, Suite 300 Bothell, WA 98011 [email protected] As the largest Native-American owned A/E firm in the nation, WHPacific provides architecture, building engineering, land development, water resources, survey, scanning services and transportation.

WSDOT Space 87 Contact: Matthew Enders 360/705-6907 P.O. Box 47390 Olympia, WA 98504 [email protected] Applied Professional Services, Inc. “A Full Service Utility Locating Company”

Design & Customer Owned Utility Locating: Our team of utility locators have an average of 10 years locating experience. We use the latest in RF and Multi-frequency locating devices to help ensure the highest quality locate. We work closely with the Design & Survey teams to make sure they understand what utilities we have found and how they might impact the clients project. Contractors receive the benefit of APS designating the Customer owned utilities that lay just outside of the Right-of-Way that aren’t covered by the One-Call system. Experience and relationships with our clients is what we value most. Storm, Sewer & Conduits: Utilizing the latest in Video inspection equipment and locatable transmitters we are able to accurately locate and video Storm, Sewer and Conduit systems. We are able to proof conduits as small as 2” diameter in lengths of up to 900 feet. Our mainline Video inspection system is capable of inspecting and locating storm and sewer systems in lengths up to 1000 feet. Air/Vacuum Utility Potholing: Standard utility locates give you an idea of where a utility is. Utility Potholing verifies the exact location of the target utility by utilizing our air vacuum excavation system to safely expose the utility through a 12”x12” opening. The information gathered on the utility is placed on a “ Test Hole Data Sheet “ and represents a 3-Dimensional view of where the utility lies in the field. This information is best used in the design phase of construction projects and helps to virtually eliminate utility damages, re-designs and project delays. Now offering Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to our extensive list of services and capabilities. Please contact us with questions or for a free demonstration. Ph: 425.888.2590 Fax: 425.888.2554 www.apslocates.com We serve both Washington and Oregon

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THERE’S A NEW MOBILE MAPPING SYSTEM IN TOWN!

From the world’s leading manufacturer of To see a short video on the IP-S2, visit: surveying solutions, comes the NEW www.thePPIgroup.com/ips2 Topcon IP-S2, High Accuracy Mobile Mapping System. The IP-S2 provides fast, safe GIS data collection at a cost well below conventional ground mapping mounts on methods. Features include your vehicle GNSS tracking, 6-axis IMU integration and on-board tracking. PPI GROUP Portland Area 800.247.1927 or Seattle Area 800.558.5368

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ENVIRONMENTAL LESS THAN $5 MILLION ENVIRONMENTAL MORE THAN $75 MILLION CURTIN CREEK ENHANCEMENT AREA ELWHA RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT Clark County and Tapani Underground, Inc. City of Port Angeles, URS Corporation, Watts Korsmo and Watts DelHur

L-R Jill Marilley, APWA President; Matt Hall and Pete Capell, Clark County; L-R: Jill Marilley, APWA President; Steve Sperr, Port Angeles; Jim Gross, Leigh Tapani, Tapani Underground; David Dolan and John Milne, Clark URS Corp.; Ernie Kumek, Port Angeles; Kris Turschmid, URS Corp. County HISTORICAL LESS THAN $5 MILLION ENVIRONMENTAL $5 TO $25 MILLION MOSQUITO LAKE ROAD MIDDLE MERCER ISLAND SEWER LAKE LINE AND FORK BRIDGE NO. 140 REHABILITATION PUMPSTATION NO. 4 REPLACEMENT PROJECT Whatcom County, Shearer Design LLC, and Tiger Construction, LTD. City of Mercer Island, Vanir Construction Management, Manson Construction, and Stellar J Corp.

L-R: Jill Marilley, APWA President; Dawn Pierce, Carl Hendricks, Chris L-R: Jill Marilley, APWA President; Jeff Lykken, Tetra Tech; Christy Sanders- Brueske; Sandy Mock, Whatcom County; Davis Shearer, Shearer Design; Meena, Vanir; Anne Tonella-Howe, Mercer Island; Tim Clark, Vanir; Rob Chirs Olson, Whatcom County Reller, Manson Construction; Stu George, Vanir

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HISTORICAL LESS THAN $5 MILLION – TRANSPORTATION LESS THAN $5 MILLION HONORABLE MENTION SR 14 PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL SPANISH STEPS HISTORIC REHABILITATION City of Washougal, Wallis Engineering, and Coffman Excavation City of Tacoma, Artifacts Consulting, and Pease Construction, Inc.

TRANSPORTATION LESS THAN $5 MILLION – HONORABLE MENTION BOULEVARD ROAD & LOG CABIN ROAD ROUNDABOUT City of Olympia, HDR Engineering, Inc, and KLB Construction, Inc.

L-R: Jill Marilley, APWA President; Brad Buck, Darius Thompson, Leigh Starr, Lynn DeLorenz, Tacoma

STRUCTURES LESS THAN $5 MILLION HOUGHTON TRANSFER STATION ROAD IMPROVEMENT AND MITIGATION PROJECT King County Solid Waste Division, R.W. Beck, Inc./ABKJ, and PCL Construction Services, Inc.

L-R: Dave Skinner, HDR, Jill Marilley, APWA President; Mark Burch and Brad Shea, HDR; David Riker, Olympia, Steve Jensen, Artist; Stephanie Johnson, Jay Burney, and Tim Richardson, Olympia

The first zero energy/carbon neutral multifamily community in the United States opens this September in Issaquah. Join us this fall for a tour! zHome will hold open houses every weekend from Sept. 17-Oct. 30 – Saturdays from 10-5 and Sundays from 11-5. For more information on the project, go to www.z-home.org.

L-R: Jill Mariley, APWA President; Jeff Hummel, Hummell Architects; Watch the Winter 2011 issue of Washington State Public Works DiHong Shao, ABKJ; Mary Shanks, R.W. Beck; Francis Gaspay, KCSWD; for a feature article on the zHome project. Kelly Alger and Dana Johnson, PCL; Richard Hilliard and Neil Fujii, KCSWD

Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index Fall 2011 39 TRANSPORTATION $5 TO $25 MILLION TRANSPORTATION $25 TO $75 MILLION ELWHA RIVER BRIDGE SR 519/I-90 INTERMODAL ACCESS PROJECT PHASE 2 Clallam County, Berger ABAM, and Parsons WSDOT, AECOM Technology, and Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.

L-R: Jill Marilley, APWA President; Bob Fernandes, Chuck Spry and Greg L-R: Jill Marilley, APWA President; Richard Patterson, AECOM; Dave Banks, Berger Abam Engineers Sowers, WSDOT; Katherine Claeys; Seattle; Gavin Wong, AECOM; Ann Hegstrom and Eza Agoes, Kiewit; Erik Crwoe and Kiva Lints, AECOM

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New Marketing and Public Works Outreach Committee

By Jon Davies, BHC Consultants, LLC

he Washington APWA Chapter now has a Marketing and the public works professional and a public works toolkit for the T Public Works Outreach Committee. Why, you ask? Good elected official. question! Our chapter’s new strategic plan calls for additional • Bring a consistency to our chapter’s communication pieces, emphasis on marketing and public works outreach. Successful website, conference materials, etc. to develop a recognizable implementation of the strategic plan requires getting the word out brand and common voice for APWA-WA. and educating both public works professionals and the public they • Take advantage of our outstanding chapter magazine as a way to serve about the important role public works plays in everyday life. raise awareness not only for what public works does to improve The plan is to educate professionals on the value of and quality of life but also the numerous and varied careers in public resources available through membership in APWA; to enlighten the works through distributing the magazine to local businesses, public on what public works does for them on a daily basis; and clue school guidance counselors and higher education institutions. in future generations on the many exciting careers the field of public • Develop partnerships with professional associations to again works has to offer. As the Strategic Plan Committee looked through spread the word on the role of public works and to educate the action items they wanted to achieve, they decided it was time people on the different career paths available. to get serious about marketing what the association is all about and • Create a media contact list and develop press release templates so the Marketing and Public Works Outreach Committee (MPWOC) in order to raise the profile of public works in the media and use it was born. as a way of celebrating our successes and getting positive stories Note these foundational statements about the plan and the new in the paper rather than ending up in the paper for having a water Outreach Committee: main burst and shoot a geyser 20 feet in the air on Main Street or other such incidents that negatively impact the public. Vision • Develop short surveys that can be sent to the membership in an APWA Washington Chapter is the organization of choice in providing effort to create the best possible experience for the members and public works education, advocacy, expertise, and public awareness to make sure the training and programming remains relevant to the for its diverse community of members. issues being faced by public works organizations both public and private. Mission • Develop a social media plan to increase the visibility of the The APWA Washington Chapter serves its members by: chapter and create more avenues for individuals to access • Creating educational and networking opportunities to facilitate upcoming events and other resources. Social media will also knowledge exchange. allow APWA-WA to become a more flexible association that • Providing trusted information for public works policy makers and encourages interaction with the members. Let’s start a public stakeholders. works conversation. • Rewarding and recognizing excellence and innovation. The committee was not formed to simply increase the chapter’s membership, though if that is one result of the efforts, nobody Purpose would complain. Rather, the goal is to educate as many people The purpose of this plan is to communicate the mission, goals, and as possible on the important role public works plays in our quality benefits of the APWA Washington Chapter to current and potential of life. The committee also wants to make membership the best members – and to increase awareness of the critical role of public experience it can be for individuals and organizations alike. All things works to the general public. will be centered on making the job of public works professionals easier. Whether it is providing better access to information on how Goals and objectives (specific to the to deal with the media and/or public, sharing processes proven to Marketing and Public Works Outreach Committee) solve issues commonly faced by members, or developing the future The Marketing and Public Works Outreach Committee will work workforce so succession planning and staffing can meet the future in conjunction with other APWA-WA chapter committees and demands of the field. partner with other WA associations to increase membership and The committee is chaired by Michele Percussi of GHD with participation in APWA-WA; boost public awareness of public works; Mike Terrell, City of Seattle; Jon Davies, BHC Consultants, LLC; and encourage public works careers. The committee will also work Jay Burney, City of Olympia; Diana Badowski, Reid Middleton, Inc; with national APWA leaders and other state committee chairs to Melissa Quezada, Quezada Consulting; April Smith, GeoEngineers; draw upon the best public works outreach efforts in the nation. Scott Lindblom, Thurston County Public Works; Ann Monnett, The following is a list of things this brand new committee is Exeltech; and Lauren Behm, HDR making up the rest of the team. currently working on delivering for the chapter: This group of individuals represents a cross section of professionals • The committee developed a National PW Week toolkit for who have found tremendous value for both their organizations and agencies to use to maximize the opportunity to educate and be their own career through membership in APWA and are excited at visible to the people they serve. being part of getting the word out so others can benefit from what • Future tool kits the committee is working on are a PR toolkit for the chapter has to offer.

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Management and Public Administration Committee (MPAC)

bout MPAC: The aim of the MPAC is to create an effective Fall 2011 program calendar A forum that allows public works professionals and industry The programs listed below will be held at the Rock Salt Restaurant leaders to collaborate, discuss, learn, and network about at 1232 Westlake Avenue North in Seattle. The September and management and administrative issues that are challenging them December programs are lunch events while the November today. program is a dinner event. The October program will be held in Our public constituents and clients are demanding more conjunction with the APWA Fall Conference in Yakima. Complete services when we face increasingly limited resources and a program information will be posted on the APWA Washington higher standard of accountability. MPAC presents training and State Chapter website and program announcements will be informational sessions to help managers and leaders recognize e-mailed to individuals on the MPAC mailing list. and effectively manage constraints and opportunities in this ever • September 21: Funding prioritization processes for public changing, challenging environment. agencies Areas of focus include: • October 13: Presentation skills for the mid-level manager at • Public administration practices, policies, programs, and the APWA Fall Conference procedures. • November 16: Flood plain management, urban flooding and • Public works administration of transportation and transit emergency preparedness systems, infrastructure, and facilities. • December 14: The changing world of public contracting • Resource management, financial management, and fiscal (tentative) responsibility environmental management. Participation at MPAC meetings and evening programs qualify • Management of technology and engineering systems. for one professional development hour (PDH) per meeting or • Human resources leadership and management topics, program. PDHs will be established separately for each workshop practices, and policies. or session.

Construction Standards: Division 1 Committee News

he Division 1 Committee remains active monitoring General educating our APWA membership is the best approach. T Requirements issues, and keeping the Division 1 GSPs up to A helpful tool is our Local Agency GSP Posting and Revision date. We coordinate closely with WSDOT Highways and Local Log, which provides a brief synopsis of updates to the GSPs. You Programs, and with Mike Grigware, the State Specifications can access that log, and a lot of other useful information, on either Engineer. Our APWA GSPs are also now included in WSDOT’s our committee webpage http://www.apwa-wa.org/committees/ PSE Word program, to simplify your specs compilation if you use conststds.htm or the Local Agency (APWA) GSPs website http:// that program. www.wsdot.wa.gov/partners/apwa/. Example issues we have been monitoring and working The committee is actively seeking a new member from the with the state on, are: DBE requirements, retainage, in- east side of the state, particularly from the Spokane or Tri-Cities state preferences for construction contractors, Buy America metropolitan areas. If you are interested, please check out our requirements for utilities, and W/MBE reporting requirements. committee webpage (link above), and contact one of our co- Some resolved issues result in the need for new or revised APWA chairs: GSPs. Sometimes we are able to coordinate amendments to the • Tina Nelson, [email protected] 360-337-5777 WSDOT Standard Specifications. At other times, informing and • Gretchen Johnson, [email protected] 206-661-6903.

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Purchasing Cooperatives

Purchasing Cooperatives Name of Cooperative Website Can the city utilize a vendor for equipment, materials and supplies on another state’s National Joint Power Alliance (NJPA) www.njpacoop.org contract? For example, we are looking to King County Directors Association (KCDA) http://www.kcda.org/ upgrade the computers in our police cars US Communities http://www.uscommunities.org/ to a vendor/model that is on multiple state contracts, including Texas, but they are not Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGACBuy) https://www.hgacbuy.org/home/ on the WA state contract. Can we make Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) http://www.aboutwsca.org/content.cfm/id/WSCA? the purchase from their contract, and if so, CFID=442371465&CFTOKEN=63366341 what steps are necessary to ensure our Washington State OSP http://www.ga.wa.gov/purchase/index.html compliance with WA state bid laws? National Purchasing Partners https://www.mynpp.com/myNPP/ Here are some rough guidelines: The Cooperative Purchasing Network http://www.tcpn.org/ 1. A purchasing cooperative must be a The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS/TAPS) http://www.tips-usa.com/ “group of public agencies” and the Government Sourcing Solutions http://www.govsourcing.com/ call for bids and award must be by a member agency in that group or by the GSA Contracts: group. Schedule 70 http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/ 2. The agency or group must have scheduleSummary.do complied with its own statutory Schedule 84 http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/ requirements with respect to public scheduleSummary.do notice (call for bids per RCW Schedule Disaster Recovery http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/ 35.23.352(6)), bidding, and award of scheduleList.do;jsessionid=A51D7A15BA3B6CC5 a particular contract and either (RCW 20D56DDA16D905CB.node2?catid=294&famid=2 94&sched=no 39.34.030(5)): a. (i) posted the bid or solicitation National Intergovernmental Purchasing www.nationalipa.org notice on a website established Alliance Company and maintained by a public agency, Washington State Department of Information http://techmall.dis.wa.gov/mastercontracts/ purchasing cooperative, or similar Services Tech Mall pc.aspx

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46 Fall 2011 Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index service provider, for purposes of – Retain a printed version of the rates – Include in the specifications any posting public notice of bid or as part of your records specific scopes identified, and/or proposal solicitations, • Contract specifications if residential rates (WAC 296-127- b. or (ii) provided an access link on the – helpful notes: 010(9) and RCW 39.12.100.) are state’s [Washington] web portal to – Historical practice of inclusion of permitted the notice. a list of the applicable prevailing – Provide all information that 3. The city must enter into an interlocal rate(s) of wage rates in the bid and otherwise would be physically agreement with the cooperative. contract specification documents included in the specifications a. The interlocal must be approved by continues to be an option More info at http://publiccontracting. the city council and – Reference the county where the blogspot.com/2010/08/prevailing-wages- b. Filed with the filed with the county work is to be performed may-now-be-included-by.html auditor or listed by subject on the city’s website or other electronically retrievable public source. 4. The cooperative must provide sufficient detail in the bids so that the city can easily identify and cost out the specific item to be purchased. Note the following (non-exclusive) table of purchasing cooperatives. Those with the orange shading are questionable in my mind since the bids are not solicited directly by an agency or group of agencies, but by a non-profit or profit organization. Some Washington state agencies use them, though.

Prevailing Wages in Contract Documents Generally in the project documents we prepare for public works road and utility projects we have included in the printed documents the full prevailing list for Skagit County (Journeyman) along with the Benefit Code Key and Supplemental Information. This is around 40 pages of information. The question is: Do we have to actually provide this printed information or is just providing a note as to what version to use and possibly a link to the prevailing wages website adequate? We would like to save the paper (and David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA) delivers sustainable subsequently trees) if possible. solutions for energy, water, transportation, and land You are in luck. L&I changed the policy development projects, evaluating conventional approaches for a while back. Not these slides from an L&I ways to improve transportation efficiency and minimize carbon presentation: emissions; provide clean, renewable energy; reduce water • Bid specifications now may provide the required prevailing consumption and enhance ecosystems; while generating social wage rate information in this and economic value for our clients and communities. alternate format: – Provide the URL to the Dept of Discover with us. Together we can build a more sustainable world. L&I’s prevailing wage rates – Identify the exact wage publication www.deainc.com date to use – State the county in which the public works project is located – Specify a copy is available for Offices viewing in your office Bellevue Everett Olympia Spokane Tacoma – Explain that your agency will mail a hard copy upon request

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Re-engineering Public Works Change Order and Dispute Resolution: Reducing Expenses and Change Order/Claim Payments

hange happens on design and construction projects. In is that the cost of work added by change order will be about 15 C a perfect world, parties in a construction contract would percent more expensive than work included in the original scope promptly agree on the extra costs and impact on overall if competitively bid by the contractor. Does the owner provide performance and schedule with an agreed signed change order. adequate budget and time for the designer to perform QA/QC But this current economy and ingrained project owner-contractor and constructability reviews of its work before soliciting contractor adversarial behaviors often prevent a prompt equitable adjustment bids? Do the owner and the designer project manager allocate to the contract price and schedule. This article will address what specific budget and provide specific deliverables to ensure that public owners can do to revise and retool their current change these important tasks are completed? These preventive measures order negotiation and dispute resolution practices. The benefits are can significantly reduce the need for construction change orders. faster resolution of disputed change orders/claims and reduction in both the expenses of analyzing the change order/claim and the Avoiding claims-oriented contractors. Prevention of final amount of change orders paid to the contractor. excessive and unsubstantiated change orders from a claim- The current tight budget and limited staffing environment for oriented contractor is another cost effective method for improving public owners make it prudent that owners seriously consider your change order administration practices. Responsibility changes and improvements to their change order and claim criteria allowed in public bidding requirements permit owners to negotiation practices. If an owner continues to do what it and its avoid awarding bids to contractors with a proven track record consultants have always done, an owner should not expect to see of excessive and unsubstantiated change orders and claims. significant improvements in its cost control efforts. However, bidders cannot be rejected for pursuing legitimate change orders and claims where entitlement and extra costs can Adequate design documents. Correcting mistakes or be established. oversights in a design is much easier and less expensive if Relevant experience is a common responsibility criteria, as performed before construction begins. An industry rule of thumb lack of relevant experience is a common indicator of future

48 Fall 2011 Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index performance problems on a contract. A history of unsubstantiated submitted by a contractor in a change order negotiation. The risk and significantly inflated change order and claim requests can also of this approach would be that a contractor might try to game the be an indicator of a contractor’s potential inability to successfully system by submitting an excessively high mark-up on the hope plan and perform the contract. Excessive claims may indicate that there will be a large amount of change order work. An owner poor bidding, coordination or scheduling practices, which result in should consider a bid provision which requires the contractor higher performance costs than anticipated. These cost overruns to be bound by the bid amounts, but which allows the owner to in turn often result in attempts to recover the extra costs from an reject the bid amount if the amount is deemed unreasonable. This owner through change orders. approach should keep a bidder honest in submitting reasonable Use of responsibility criteria to avoid awards to apparent mark-up amounts, since the mark-up should be considered in low bidders can be controversial, as some in the public bidding determining the lowest evaluated bid. community believe that accepting all responsive bids will be in the Bid items for extended overhead expenses for delays can be best interests of the public owner. I counsel owners that the only managed using the same approach. For mark-ups and extended cost that really matters is the final project cost after resolution of overhead expense bid items, the bid documents would need to all change orders and claims. A low bid from an under-qualified include an estimated level of units so the bid items are included in contractor which can be expected to seek payment for its bid, the determination of the low evaluated bid price. performance and scheduling mistakes through questionable change order requests is often a poor fiscal choice. A slightly Risk registers and risk mitigation. Anticipating and mitigating higher bid from a more competent and qualified contractor can issues before they grow into change orders or claims is another often be expected to result in a lower final cost to the owner, effective method for avoiding excessive cost growth through change especially when considering the public entity’s transaction costs of orders and claims. A Risk Register is a process where likely risks dealing with change order requests and claims. which could adversely affect project cost and schedule are identified, assessed and mitigated prior to becoming a serious problem. It is Change order pricing as bid item. Bid documents can, a forward-looking process which allows all project team members but usually do not, include a bid item for a contractor’s markup to become engaged in reducing project risks and thus reducing the for labor, materials and equipment on any subsequent change likelihood and magnitude of change orders and claims. This process orders. If used as part of the bid evaluation, this approach can is commonly performed on larger projects, but the benefits on mid- be expected to result in more reasonable markups than those size and smaller projects can also be significant.

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Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index Fall 2011 49 Project records. Are inspectors provided guidance on the review or detailed schedule analysis which would be suitable for a specific types of information they should collect and document, later resolution stage. As a rule of thumb, early negotiation stages in order to have relevant information already prepared for any or mediations might find that a general schedule analysis looking at anticipated change order or claim issue? A Risk Register process major or global issues will often be sufficient, at a cost of perhaps would identify the expected types of issues or problems which may 10 percent of a detailed schedule analysis for a final hearing or trial. arise, such as unanticipated subsurface conditions. A significant The level of project document and record analysis is another area savings in time and expenses will be realized if the records being where the level of effort can often be reduced for early phases of the collected by the field inspectors or other site representatives during settlement process. their normal daily job duties can be used for later analysis for However, public works professionals and their claims change order negotiation or dispute resolution. For linear projects, consultants and legal advisors are often more comfortable with production rates and similar performance unit measurements would more information and analysis than would typically be needed be especially helpful in analyzing a Measured Mile defense to a claim for a phased analysis approach. Detailed analysis is sometimes of impact and disruption from a contractor, seeking to recover its unnecessary at early stages of the dispute resolution process. total costs on a project. Documentation of the project history during Since budgets and time constraints on key project staff are change order and claim review due to inadequate project records always important, a phased analysis approach is an excellent can be very expensive and time-consuming. tool to reduce costs. As anyone who has been involved in a mediation will readily admit, the details and facts of a dispute will Phased change order analysis. In my more than 20 years of quickly give way to other, more general considerations relevant to experience as a claims consultant and claims manager, the most reaching an acceptable settlement. important practice an owner can implement to reduce expenses and lower overall change order payments is to employ a structured Summary. These changes and improvements to existing phased analysis approach, which limits the amount of analysis and practices and procedures can be expected to generate document review to that level appropriate for the settlement stage significant cost savings for public entities through reduction in of the dispute. For example, disputes in an early neutral evaluation the number and pricing of change orders, as well as reducing the or mediation stage will usually not need a detailed project document cost of analyzing change orders and claims.

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strowski’s OutlookL [Editor’s note: Over the years, John Ostrowski has labeled his Outlook articles with Roman numerals, cleverly disguising the fact that there are now 50 Outlooks in print, which equates to 12.5 years of really great essays on our foibles as public works professionals and incisive comments on our failures to properly communicate with lesser mortals such as elected officials and (God forbid!) the general public. John’s email accompanying this issue’s Outlook had this comment: “Here’s my 50th Outlook. Labeling it Outlook L looks kind of naked. Maybe I should have called it the Outlook from L. But that’s not right because it’s the Outlook from ‘O’.”]

This is my 50th Outlook article and I probably shouldn’t have waited this long to tell you this but Your mind is a powerful force and the placebo lets your mind do there’s a better than 30 percent chance that I can cure any ailment its work without any interference because except in the case cited you have. (Offer does not cover broken limbs and death. “Mostly above, a placebo does nothing. This is all well and good as long dead” covered in some instances). as your body is capable of healing itself if left alone. If something In some cases, I should be able to do much better than 30 really serious is going on, a placebo could be dangerous because percent, but my approach is so inexpensive that you should look it might fool your body into thinking that everything is fine. into it before trying anything else. My method is to use a placebo Hold that thought while we examine something else I’ve to cure your ills. Placebos have been around for quite some time noticed. We all live in dream worlds. We have constructed a and you may be familiar with them from clinical trials in which they world the way we think it ought to be rather than the way it are the gold standard to which medications are compared if they really is. When a bunch of Democrats were asked about the are to prove that they can cure anything. economic performance of the Reagan administration they believed Since the traditional placebo is a sugar pill, they’re sure to be it to be less than it really was. When asked about the Clinton effective at treating low blood sugar but they could actually be administration they thought it was better than it was. Republicans, harmful if someone takes them to treat high blood sugar. In most on the other hand, saw Reagan’s administration as better than it other instances placebos work great. was and Clinton’s as worse.

Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index Fall 2011 51 They were all wrong, of course, because something like the that got into some trouble because it taught its students that economy can be measured in a number of ways that could be they could do anything. Some of them jumped out of windows defined as reality. However, their preconceived notions about and tried to fly. They probably should have been interrupted. their allegiances drove their response not an assessment of the Flying is one of those things you should be able to do by just facts. jumping in the air if you actually are capable of flight. I know that You wouldn’t expect public works officials to live in dream birds learn to fly by jumping out of trees but they’re young and, worlds because we deal with reality every day. Some things are oh yeah, they have wings. Human flight is one of those things inescapably real. Gravity isn’t just a good idea, it’s the law. But that work best with mechanical assistance. public works officials have been crying about failing infrastructure So, is the public works hope for a major breakthrough in and the dire consequences of ignoring it for so long that we public understanding metaphorically equivalent to unaided haven’t noticed that most of America is still functioning. We have human flight, or something else? this dream that if only we could find the perfect study or the Let’s drop back and look at that placebo thing again. If perfect spokesperson, we could explain to our citizens exactly I encourage you in your dream, I am, in effect, giving you a what needs to be done, what it costs and why things would be placebo. I’d be lying to you because I think you’re on a fool’s better if they just gave us a free hand. mission but I wouldn’t tell you that. (The jury will please disregard Maybe you think that what I’ve called a dream is just your that last statement). There’s even a chance that some of you vision for a better future. You actually think this thing can be could actually be successful because you have the confidence done. I usually am reluctant to tell anyone that they can’t that comes from believing your dream world is a real world. accomplish some impossible dream. My favorite fortune cookie The problem you face is that you’re not trusted. Elected wisdom is: “Person who say it cannot be done should not officials think that bureaucrats always inflate their budget interrupt person doing it.” requests so they seldom give you everything you asked for. I think I’ve finally realized how to differentiate between Unless they trust you. How much they trust you can probably crushing someone’s dreams and keeping them from hurting be gauged by the percent of your funding request that you themselves. Several years ago there was a self-fulfillment course actually receive.

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52 Fall 2011 Click Here to return to Index Click Here to return to Index When I was a member of the Route Jurisdiction Committee What’s the difference between visioning and living in a in 1989, we made a recommendation to the legislature that the dream world? Living in a dream world means living in hope unmet needs for state highways, county roads and city streets and not much else. Visioning is a process in which we visualize amounted to $26 billion or $13 billion depending on the standards what success looks like and then set out to make choices used in the needs study. The legislature funded about $3 billion. that get us to that successful future. Some of us draw out So their trust level may have been as high as 23 percent. That plans and strategies to accomplish our goals and others of sounds about right to me, from how I remember feeling at the us are more organic and even let our subconscious guide us time. to the right choices. Either way works. What doesn’t work is But there’s more than just trust levels at work here. There dreaming dreams that can’t come true. are also service levels to consider. Design standards make a Maybe we don’t need to rely on placebos to give us the big difference. You’ll notice that in the example above, different courage to do what needs to be done. Maybe there are those design standards doubled the cost of the need. Since the of you out there who have actually convinced your citizens legislature didn’t fund the whole $3 billion and life went on and elected officials that they can trust you. Maybe you’ve anyway, it’s pretty clear that our citizens were willing to live with leveraged that trust to do good. Maybe you have a story lower standards than what we were proposing. to tell. Maybe you’ll tell me your story and I can pass it on. That doesn’t mean they don’t know a bad road when they Maybe you want to tell your story yourself and write your own see one. It just means that they don’t trust that the money you’re article on it. Either way works for me. Remember, I’m asking asking for is the right amount. I’m pretty sure that if you were for stories about trust building not stories about how you given a free hand to set your budget and your priorities you’d overcame adversity to build your wonderful project. There are do the right thing. Some of you would probably take advantage plenty of those stories. of the situation to build monuments to yourself and some of you As usual, comments suggestions and anything else can be would probably spend all the money on studies. But most of you sent to me at [email protected]. would get it right if you were trusted to do your job unhindered. See, I live in a dream world too.

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COMPANY PAGE PHONE WEBSITE COMPANY PAGE PHONE WEBSITE Applied Professional Master Meter, Inc. 6 800-765-6518 www.mastermeter.com 36 425-888-2590 www.apslocates.com Services, Inc. MCRail Logistics LLC 42 206-949-9330 www.mcrlogistics.com CDM 29 425-453-8383 www.cdm.com MRSC Rosters 46 206-625-1300 www.mrscrosters.com ClearSpan Fabric Structures 43 866-643-1010 www.clearspan.com Murray, Smith & Associates, Inc. 24 425-252-9003 www.msa-ep.com CMIT Solutions 26 425-374-2436 www.cmitsolutions.com/everett Northwest Playground Equipment 15 425-313-9161 www.nwplayground.com CMTS 54 503-242-1388 www.cmtsinc.com Northwest Environmental 4 425-270-3274 www.nwetc.org Crafco Inc. 44-45 800-528-8242 www.crafco.com Training Center David Evans & Assoc. 47 425-519-6500 www.deainc.com Otak Inc 52 425-822-4446 www.otak.com DYK Incorporated IFC 800-227-8181 www.dyk.com Owen Equipment 15 800-422-2059 www.owenequipment.com East Jordan Iron Works 23 800-626-4653 www.ejiw.com PACE Engineers, Inc. 28 425-827-2014 www.paceengrs.com Enviro Clean Equipment 20 800-200-8480 www.envirocleanequip.com PACIFICAD 11 800-722-2621 www.pacificad.com General Pacific, Inc. 54 503-257-0327 www.genpacwater.com Parametrix 40 253-863-5128 www.parametrix.com GeoDesign Inc. 14 206-838-9900 www.geodesigninc.com PBS Engineering + 18 888-874-7273 www.pbsenv.com GHD 13 www.ghd.com Environmental Global Diving & Salvage 15 206-623-0621 www.gdiving.com PPI Group 37 800-247-1927 www.theppigroup.com Hammond Collier Quezada Consulting 43 206-371-1594 www.quezadaconsulting.com 43 800-562-7707 www.hcwl.com Wade Livingstone Reid Middleton 50 425-741-3800 www.reidmiddleton.com Harper Houf Peterson 50 503-221-1131 www.hhpr.com RH2 Engineering 4 425-951-5400 www.rh2.com Righellis Inc. Roth Hill Engineering Harris and Associates OBC 425-453-0999 www.harris-assoc.com 43 800-835-0292 www.rothhill.com Partners, LLC H.D. Fowler Company 49 425-746-8400 www.hdfowler.com Sea-Tac Lighting & Controls, LLC 25 206-575-6865 www.seataclighting.com HDR 19 425 450-6200 www.hdrinc.com Shannon & Wilson, Inc. 40 206-632-8020 www.shannonwilson.com • Enhanced Service H.W. Lochner, Inc. 21 425-454-3160 www.hwlochner.com Skillings Connolly, Inc. 35 360-491-3399 www.skillings.com HWA GeoSciences 37 425-774-0106 www.hwageo.com Tetra Tech 34 206-883-9300 www.tetratech.com International Road Dynamics Inc. 17 815-675-1430 www.irdinc.com Tinnea & Associates, LLC 29 206-328-7872 www.tinnea.net • Complete Product Offering Kennedy/Jenks Consultants 42 206-652-4905 www.KennedyJenks.com Tran Tech Engineering, LLC 35 425-453-5545 www.trantecheng.com KLEINFELDER 17 425-562-4200 www.kleinfelder.com Universal Field Services 37 877-501-7282 www.ufsrw.com KPFF Consulting Engineers 27 206-622-5822 www.kpff.com Vanir Construction 49 425-577-0095 www.vanir.com • Greater Flexibility & Design Options KriStar Enterprises, Inc. IBC 800-579-8819 www.kristar.com Management, Inc. Lakeside Industries 12 425-313-2681 www.lakesideind.com WestBlock Systems, Inc. 53 800-332-6489 www.westblocksystems.com Landau Associates, Inc. 32 800-552-5957 www.landauinc.com WHPacific, inc. 52 800-375-4167 www.whpacific.com • LID Points

Contact us today to learn more Serving the Needs of our Clients In the Pacific Northwest Since 1995 about these exciting and Laurie Allen – V.P., Operations, NW innovative products. Bill Vincent – Program / Project Mgr. KRISTAR ENTERPRISES, INC. 3220 SW 1st Ave., Ste 150 Portland, OR 97239 1-800-579-8819 601 Union St, 42nd Fl, Seattle, WA 98275 Phone: 888.661.7259 Visit our web site at: www.kristar.com Engineering * Inspection Services * Facility Assessments Project / Construction Management * Technical Support

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