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  • Most cities have a problem with graffiti in at least one location  bridges, underpasses, and electrical boxes are popular targets. After seeing this phenomenon on his industrial buildings, in 2008 Ivy-It founder Sergio Martinez came up with a solution. For more examples of the anti-graffiti ivy in use, go to www.pwmag.com. For more about Ivy-It, visit www.ivy-it.com, email info@ivy-it.com, or call 909-447-0469

    Anti-graffiti greenery

    Having problems keeping public assets free of graffiti? Try covering them with ivy! That’s what the City of Lynwood, Calif., did two years ago.

     
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    21st century financing

    Three states and a Canadian province form entity to deliver $1 trillion in regional projects.

     
  • Fleet Operations Supervisor John Sliga finalizes the schedule for Milwaukees 400 equipment operators. If a driver deviates from that days route the software highlights the vehicles location in yellow, a feature called automated visual exception reporting. Green means the problems resolved.

    On-the-fly field force scheduling

    Automation cuts employee grievances in half.

     
  • The Green Truck Ride-and-Drive event will be returning for the 2013 Work Truck Show.

    Work trucks race to Indy

    North America’s largest work truck event, the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show, comes to Indianapolis in March in conjunction with the 49th annual NTEA convention.

     
  • El Paso Countys Fleet Management Section services 550 vehicles, equipment, and attachments for 17 entities. If, as EPA proposes, its three garages and 11 fueling sites are deemed industrial sources of stormwater pollution, onsite washing activities will be regulated. To ensure compliance, stormwater quality coordinator John Chavez installed this Model CLP 5024 WaterMaze Water Treatment Systems at one maintenance facility and plans to install a similar closed-loop system for large equipment like street sweepers and paint stripers.

    Stormy rule

    EPA wants to regulate vehicle maintenance and storage yards as industrial sources of stormwater pollution.

     
  • Highway full-depth repair often requires an equipment-mounted drill for mobility and productivity.

    Drill it down

    How to choose the proper concrete dowel drill for full-depth repairs or new pavement.

     
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    Horizontal directional drilling for gravity sewers

    Yes, Virginia: you can stay on-grade.

     
  • Thermalchemical, biochemical, and hybrid processes that sustainably convert waste to energy, producing marketable byproducts with little or no air pollution. Anaerobic digestion, gasification, hydrolysis, and/or pyrolysis may become disposal game-changers in some locales  they're all successfully being used in some form in other industries.

    Too good to be true?

    10 questions for deciding if promises are too good to be true.

     
  • Are you hiring plow jockeys or risk managers?

    Three resources for snow and ice removal.

     
  • Money for distressed communities

    Get your dibs in for a federal Public Works Investment Program grant.

     
 
 
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