Journal of Public Works & Infrastructure

Table of contents

Volume 1 Number 1 (June 2008)

• Innovative alternatives to fuel tax as a primary road funding source: Oregon’s point-of-purchase mileage charge collection pilot programme
  James M. Whitty, Manager, Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding, Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem, OR
• Putting performance measurement in the context of strategic planning
  Daryl Grigsby, Public Works Director, City of Kirkland, WA
• Maximising waste diversion: How to develop and implement an effective communication strategy
  Beth Goodger, Director of Waste Management; Patricia Parker, Manager of Solid Waste Planning and Dennis Guy, Project Manager, City of Hamilton, Canada
• Designing and conducting a comprehensive and systematic sidewalk inventory, inspection and repair programme
  David L. Bergner, Superintendent, Public Works Department and Janet Luessenheide, Engineering Technician, Public Works Maintenance Division, City of Overland Park, KS
• How to obtain and use federal aid funding for transportation projects
  Raimundo Dovalina, Acting Deputy Street Transportation Director and Lynn Timmons, Federal Relations Liaison, City of Phoenix, AZ
• How to substitute mainswater with stormwater: Implementing a city-wide programme
  Colin Pitman, Director, City Projects, City of Salisbury, Australia
• From reactive to proactive: The transition of a public works organisation’s winter maintenance operations
  Mark DeVries, Maintenance Superintendent/Superintendent of Operations, McHenry County Division of Transportation, Woodstock, IL
• How local authorities in England can help businesses improve their profits through the efficient use of resources
  Susan Kent, BREW Centre Manager, Oxfordshire County Council and Susan Juned, Local Government Liaison Officer, National Industrial Symbiosis Programme
• Dynamic succession planning: Overcoming the baby boomer retirement crisis
  Keith Reester, Director of Public Works, City of Loveland, CO
• How a University-Public Works partnership benefited civil engineering education and the municipality
  Deborah O’Bannon, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas, Erich Schmitz, Wilson & Co & Thomas Kimes, HDR, Kansas City, MO