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Huling, PE Secretary Scott Sawyer, PE Treasurer Lauren Behm Past President Scott Egger, PE Features: 2019–2020 Directors Bob Desgrosellier Thanh Jeffers PWX 2019 Conference Recap ............................................11 Scott Rood A look at some of the highlights from PWX 2019 held in Seattle in September at the Molly Toy Washington State Convention Center. 2018–2019 Directors Hackathon: The New Problem-Solving Format .................14 Janice Fahning, PE PWX 2019 debuted a new problem-solving format – borrowed from the tech arena – Dan Ford, PE to public works: The Hackathon. Erik Martin, PE Jesse Thomsen, PE PWX ROADeo Round-up ...................................................15 Magazine Co-Editor Highlights of the APWA National ROADeo at PWX. The condensed course was comprised Leah LaCivita of two events: the balls event and the cylinder event. 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Civil Engineering | Planning | Permitting | Project Management | Construction Services (425) 285.2390 | www.cphconsultants.com 6 WASHINGTON STATE PublicWorks FALL 2019 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Lorelei Williams, 2019 Chapter President Public Works at the Center of It All ello APWA members! By the time sewage is expeditiously taken from our aware of the “not if, but when” of a major you are reading this message, we homes for us not to concern ourselves earthquake in our region. We have people H will be through the joys of summer with again, and our roads and bridges are and resources dedicated to emergency vacation and sunshine in the Pacific safe to travel. Just this morning – a quiet management and planning for this event, Northwest, heading into a new school year July morning since I write these messages specifically. For now, I merely want to call and preparing for the end of 2019. a few months ahead of publishing the attention to how critical our efforts to Have you been working and living with magazine – I awoke to an urgent text seismically enhance or retrofit our existing an intention? Did you find yours? I can only from my sister: “Are you all OK?” She was infrastructure is, and to acknowledge in hope that an intentional approach has helped asking because she was getting reports at advance the fact that it will take all of us, as each of you keep focused on what truly her home in Oregon about an earthquake a community, to support our systems and our matters to you. centered near Monroe, WA. This time I people when this event does happen. Public In the work we do every day we have was able to say: “Yes, all is well.” This works is at the center of it all. goals, deadlines, and deliverables. Most of earthquake occurred only a matter of days Remember every day how important you are the time we are looking toward the future; after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked to the success of public works. And remember a future that is dependent on some basic Ridgecrest, California. to thank each other for being part of this assumptions – that we have clean and easily As public works professionals in the tireless and impressive community of public accessible drinking water, garbage and Pacific Northwest, we are all acutely servants, consultants, and contractors. 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Maximum class size is 40 White Salmon students. Cost is $500 per workshop per Being a sponsor? student and includes breakfast and lunch Contact Molly Toy, [email protected] CM COMMITTEE on all four days. Inspector Training Workshop Being an exhibitor? 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Contact Jana Roy at 206-622-0222 Being a speaker? November 14–15, 2019 Contact Jon Davies 206-505-3400 or Redmond [email protected] putting people first Whether with our clients, our employees, or the community at-large, relationships are