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National Public Works Week
National Public Works Week: May 16-22
APWA encourages public works professionals and their communities to come together
American Public Works Association announced “Stronger Together” as the theme for the 2021 National Public Works Week poster. This year’s exciting poster challenges its members and their citizens to think about the role public works plays in creating a great place to live during National Public Works Week, May 16-22. By working together, the impact citizens and public works professionals can have on their communities is magnified and results in the ability to accomplish goals once thought unattainable.
Public works helps maintain a community’s strength by working together to provide an infrastructure of services in transportation; water, wastewater and stormwater treatment; public buildings and spaces; parks and grounds; emergency management and first response; solid waste; and right-of-way management. Public works provides togetherness needed for collaboration with all the stakeholders in capital projects, infrastructure solutions and quality of life services.
About the artist
Kirsten Ulve is a New York City-based illustrator and designer who blends crisp conceptual design, bold color and a sense of fun. Her specialties include fashion and lifestyle illustration, caricature, conceptual illustration, toy and game design, character development and animation styling. Clients include The New Yorker, Glamour, Target, Entertainment Weekly, Hasbro, The Guardian, The New York Observer, Los Angeles Magazine and Volvo. She has also exhibited her work in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Tokyo. Ulve lives in Manhattan with her husband and two black kitties, Romulus and Remus.
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Six in seven U.S. adults support local environmental protection efforts
ASHBURN, VA.—Six in seven U.S. adults are in strong support of local environmental protection efforts typically led by park and recreation professionals and their agencies, according to a newly released National Recreation and Park Association poll. The top three community-based environmental conservation initiatives supported by people of all ages include: • Wildlife conservation. • Environmental education. • Nature Resource management. Other park and recreation sponsored conservation-based activities people generally support include: • Alleviating climate change impacts. • Nurturing pollinator habitats. • Managing land for flood mitigation.
“This Earth Month, we celebrate park and recreation professionals and volunteers who promote and support these important conservation initiatives in communities everywhere,” said Kevin Roth, NRPA’s vice president of research, evaluation and technology. “We encourage everyone to think about how they can help support conservation efforts locally, whether it’s through a community-based volunteer program or a nature-based at-home family-friendly activity.”
NRPA is proud to support park and recreation professionals nationwide in their efforts to build a strong and healthy planet. A statement issued by NRPA—available at https://www.nrpa.org/ about-national-recreation-and-park-association/press-room/climate-statement-for-the-national-recreation-and-park-association/ —highlights the organization’s strong commitment to helping park and recreation professionals everywhere prepare their communities to adapt to a changing climate through a variety of resources prepared specifically for this cause.
FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH.—NTEA’s Generation Next recently elected three new members to its board of governors: Derek Hill of Fallsway Equipment Co., Akron, Ohio; Anne T. Sutton, MBA of Curry Supply Co., Martinsburg, Pa.; and Sean Woodman of Muncie Power Products, Muncie, Ind.
Serving as officers on the 2021–2022 Board of Governors are: Chair William Ballas of A.R.M.—A TruckCorp LLC Co., Canton, Ohio; Vice Chair Aaron Clevenger of Muncie Power Products, Muncie, Ind.; and treasurer Ashley Pace of Truck Bodies & Equipment International Inc., Hoover, Ala.
Continuing their terms as governors at-large are: Brian Guillerault of Hews Co. LLC, South Portland, Maine; and RJ Oster of ProTech Industries, LaVergne, Tenn.
NTEA’s Generation Next gives new industry professionals support in developing skills and building peer relationships in the work truck industry. Benefits of joining include personal, business and professional development; new contacts from the commercial vehicle community; enhanced industry knowledge; and leadership resources and insights. Membership is free to employees of NTEA member companies who are new to the work truck industry—less than 10 years of services. Find additional details at ntea.com/generationnext.
“Generation Next represents the association’s ongoing commitment to developing and mentoring leadership in our industry,” said Steve Carey, president and CEO. “This group is a testament to NTEA’s efforts in helping member companies recruit, train and increase the productivity of their workforce.” Learn more about NTEA’s workforce development tools at ntea.com/workforcedevelopment.
AMCS launches first platform release for 2021, unveiling its smart transportation solution
LIMERICK, IRELAND—The world’s leading supplier of integrated software and vehicle technology for the waste and recycling sector has launched the first major release of the AMCS Platform in 2021.
AMCS Platform 8.5 incorporates significant developments in its transport logistics and materials processing functionality, ensuring users are able to rapidly react to changes in customer demands and helping them to stay ahead of market developments.
The flagship innovation in this latest release is the new AMCS TMS—Transport Management System. TMS provides highly automated and integrated functionality capable of managing every aspect of waste collection logistics, including route planning, scheduling, live tracking and a mobile driver application. This will deliver enhanced productivity through improved resource optimization, operational visibility and service levels.
Other highlights include: 1. Enhanced scale and materials management capabilities through the digitization of inventory, grading and production workflows, enhancing operational efficiency and visibility. 2. A new Business Intelligence Dashboard feature which includes an intuitive and interactive dashboard to manage the account receivable’s function. 3. Enhancements in customer self-service, increased mobile workforce productivity, expanded API’s and secure integrated payments.
“AMCS Platform provides waste, recycling and resource management companies with an integrated end-to-end platform to achieve greater levels of automation, digitalization and insight on a robust SaaS foundation across their enterprise,” commented Elaine Treacy, global product director at AMCS.
“With new transport management and enhanced materials management solutions, AMCS Platform 8.5 delivers added functionality in areas that allow our customers to drive revenue growth, margin expansion, operational efficiency, service levels and sustainability whilst also reducing their costs.
“Business agility is increasingly important, with organizations needing to generate business insights across their enterprise—Platform 8.5 is designed to do just this,” Treacy explained. “For instance, it offers a new intelligent and interactive dashboard to assist customers in managing their accounts receivable function. This, in turn, helps them make informed and rapid decisions to accelerate the order to cash cycle.”
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