Come to the joint meeting of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and APWA. Our speaker is LCDR Lance Flood, Operations Officer, 30th Naval Construction Regiment. His unit is responsible for all projects constructed by the Naval Mobile Construction Battalions (Seabees) and support units on deployments. It will be especially interesting to hear how the challenges in A ... Read More

Project of the Year - times 3! Hear from three award winning teams:1.  City of Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks Transportation Center - A LEED certified building (first in the County) that is customer-friendly, architecturally appealing and environementall integrated.2. City of Fillmore / AECOM, Fillmore Water Recycling Program - A major undertaking that replaced an aged wastewater treatment plant with a cutting-edge process in a new fac ... Read More

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Annual Ventura County APWA December Holiday party  with ASCE & Special Guest, APWA President Larry Koehle.The December meeting will be packed with fun, prizes, laughs, and hopefully you and your guests!  The Chapter is honored to have APWA President Larry Koehle as a special guest as the will give us an update on APWA National.  You will get to vote on the local Chapter officers for next year.  Then, Randy Lubas, co-o ... Read More

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The Oak Park/North Ranch Recycled Water Pipeline provides irrigation water to medians, parks, golf courses and landscaping.  Constructed in 1994, in just 14 years the pipe had catastrophically broken eight times, significantly damaging streets, disrupting serices, and wasting water.  Shonna Sommer, Project Manager for Calleguas Municipal Water District, will present the pipe busting method used to rehabilitate the pipeline and discuss d ... Read More

Register On-line Todayhttp://apwa.golfreg.comSponsored by the City of Oxnard, Public Works DepartmentBenefiting the American Public Work Association (APWA) Scholarship FundIn 2008 the Ventura County Chapter of APWA (American Public Works Association) was able to award $25,000 dollars in scholarships to students within the local area. This is an outstanding scholarship program and it's thanks to folks like you reaching out to fi ... Read More

United Water Conservation District has been involved in a decade-long process to bring its Freeman Diversion, Santa Felicia Dam and other facilities into compliance with the Endangered Species Act.  That process resulted in a lawsuit that has been settled, and the start of a multi-species Habitat Conservation Plan. Mike Solomon, the General Manager of United, will describe the process and recent developments, as well as map ou ... Read More

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Gerhardt Hubner of the Ventura County Watershed Protection District will present the recently adopted Ventura Countywide Stormwater Permit.  This final permit sets a new trend for Ventura County runoff requirements, and involves many new projects and programs over the next five years.  As all the cities and the county conitnue to work together on this countywide issue, there are significant concerns for such issues a ... Read More

A Project of the Year recognition: A great new educational facilityThe July field visit will be the Broome Library at the CSUCI Cmapus in Camarillo.  This architectural achievement was awarded the Project of the Year by the Chapter, and has received recognition for its stunning, yet practical design.  For example, the translucent glass ceiling provides dramatic natural lijghting for much of the building and its outdoor reflecting pool, ... Read More

Southern California Solid Waste Conversion Technology Demonstration ProjectsConversion technologies are an alternative to traditional municipal solid waste disposal.  These are successful in Erurope and Japan, yet a commercial sized U.S. municipal solid waste conversion facility has not been developed.  Mr. Coby Skye and Ms. Tobie Mitchell, engineers from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, will discuss their efforts to d ... Read More

Civil Engineering Professr Mo Ahsani with the University of Arizona will present Fiber Reinforced Polymer products, their applications and ongoing research.  Under the trade name QuakeQrap, FRP is best known for its use in bridge pier retrofit projects. But there are many more uses for this lightweight, easily applied structural component.  It is applied to a surface similar to wallpaper and becomes 2-3 times stronger than steel in ... Read More

Please note, this month's meeting will be held at the Bard Mansion on the Navy Base (Port Hueneme). Reservations are required. A base pass must be reserved for you to enter the base. For the March meeting only, lunch will be served at 11:30 am. Please RSVP to Gail Latona at glatona@rbf.com by Monday, March 9Th. Please indicate citizenship (US or other) on reservation. I will respond to your email to confirm your ... Read More

Don’t miss out on the latest developments in public infrastructure as it relates to design, operations, maintenance andfunding. Again this year, outdoor equipment displays and a job fair where agencies, consultants, and contractors candisplay their job openings and also have job seekers post their resumes.Our topics are as follows:
Maintenance TechnologiesGraffiti Tracker and Illegal Dumping
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PROJECT OF THE YEAR 3 Great Presentations!Three of the 2008 APWA Project of the Year winners will present a 15 min.summary of their interesting and intriguing projects. You don't want to miss thismeeting!Ventura Boulevard Beautification Project. Presented by the City of Camarillo.The $5.5 million project provided several significant enhancements to thecommunity, businesses, and CSUCI in the rehabilitation of Ventura Boulevardbetween Arneill an ... Read More

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.Oak Park High School Jazz Band EnsemblePlease join us for our annual Ventura County APWADecember Holiday Party Luncheon. This year we will beentertained by the music of the Oak Park High School JazzBand Ensemble.As is our custom for the Holiday Luncheon, please bring amember of your staff to help us enjoy the festivities. We alsowill be ringing in the new APWA Executive Committee andhaving our annual door prize raffle courtesy of the APWAExecuti ... Read More

.The Worldwide Outlook for Oil and EnergyThis month’s speaker, Dr. Charles Kolstad, will address currentdevelopments in the oil and energy markets and their impacts on theenvironment, the global outlook for energy, and the feasibility ofdeveloping alternative fuels. Dr. Kolstad is the chair of the EconomicsDepartment at UCSB and a faculty member in the Bren School ofEnvironmental Science & Management at UCSB. He was a memberof Intergovernment ... Read More

2008 Golf Tournament to raise money for Oxnard Public Works and American Public Works Association (APWA)Register Here: apwa.oxnard.golfreg.com/ ... Read More

This seminar will help you understand geotechnical issues common in road construction projects, as well as asphalt mix design review and asphalt placement inspection.  Learn about:  Geotechnical Topicso       Common pitfalls of soil compaction methodology and testingo       Role of Geotechnical Engineer of record in design and constructionAsphalt Topicso     ... Read More

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New Technologies in Solid Waste ManagementOur August guest speaker is Mr. Miguel Zermeno, solid wasteproject manager for the City of Los Angeles. Mr. Zermeno hasjust completed a world tour of Japan, Spain, Germany, Israel,and Canada to learn creative ideas to divert more of L.A.’s solidwaste from the landfill to productive uses, such as recycling andenergy production. L.A. currently produces about 10 milliontons of solid waste each year, enough t ... Read More

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RON CALKINS –A SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF ONE OF APWA’s TOP 10 In March, our own Ron Calkins was selected by APWA (National) as one of the ten best Public Works officials in the nation! In our May program we will celebrate this honor with him, and will hear from Larry Frevert, current APWA national president, and those who know him best, including Rick Raives, Rick Cole (Ventura City Manager), and Myron Calkins (Ron’s fath ... Read More

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PROJECT OF THE YEAR - 3 Great Presentations! Last month we heard from half of the winners of the 2007 Project of the Year. On March 13 we will hear from the other three. • Ventura Avenue Water Treatment Plant - City of Ventura CM team. $22-million membrane treatment plant replaces a 75-year-old plant built during the New Deal. Recent Health Dept. requirements required a major upgrade. • Rancho Camulos Adobe - Ventura County Engineering Ser ... Read More

PROJECT OF THE YEAR - 3 Great Presentations! Three of the 2007 APWA Project of the Year winners will present a 15 min. summary of their interesting and intriguing projects. You don't want to miss this meeting! • Camarillo Library, presented by the City of Camarillo. The library cost $27 million; has a two-story, 65,000 SF, mission-inspired architectural building with an interesting and unique interior on a 10-acre site. • Las Virgenes Cre ... Read More

FILLMORE WWTP: Design/Build/Operate The city of Fillmore faced a daunting challenge—improve the quality of wastewater being discharged to the Santa Clara River by September 2009 or face serious penalties from LA-RWQCB. This would require a new treatment plant. The city had to select the technology and make decisions about reclaiming water, using a packaged plant or building in place, financing, how to design, build, and operate the plant, and do ... Read More

Come and enjoy a bluegrass musical program, with toe-tapping fiddling, singing, jokes, and knock-down, drag- fun!!! Performers will come from our own group, as well outside guests. Please join us, bring your smile, your office assistant and be ready to WIN door prizes!!!! ... Read More

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Second Annual Golf Tournament for the Benefit of The American Public Works Scholarship Fund SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF OXNARD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ... Read More

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Inspection Seminars 6 sessions Location: All classes (except October 30): Del Norte Regional Recycling and Transfer Station 111 S. Del Norte Blvd. Oxnard, CA October 30 class: Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites 4444 Central Avenue Camarillo, CA ... Read More

Fiber to the premises (FTTP): Force them to Pave? ... Read More

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Corrosion Seminar by Graham Bell ... Read More

City of Ventura's Wastewater Dilemma DAN PFEIFER, Ventura Wastewater Superintendent ... Read More

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Mr. Chuck Rogers, Wastewater Superintendent, will provide a tour of the City's Energy Generation Facilities. The meeting will include a Santa Maria style BBQ (Tri-tip, Baby Back Ribs, and Chicken) ... Read More

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TOPIC: Calleguas Regional Salinity Management Pipeline Update SPEAKER: Susan Mulligan, Manager of Engineering Calleguas Municipal Water District ... Read More

Our first seminar for the 2007 year will be held on June 8. The seminar will be an overview of the SSPWC Greenbook, latest edition, highlighting important topics and recent updates / changes. Key issues in each section will include: - Scope and Control of Work - Changes in Work - Control of Materials - Responsibilities of Contractor - Construction Materials - Earth Work - Paving - Underground Conduits The ... Read More

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This month, Mr. Bill Buratto, President/CEO, Ventura County Economic Development Association will speak to us on the economy and quality of life of Ventura County. VCEDA was established in 1949 to provide a forum for the business community and government leaders to address issues that affect the economy and quality of life in Ventura County. Currently, VCEDA is tackling some of the most complex issues facing Ventura County, such as base reali ... Read More

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Sewer System Management Planning Requirements – What’s in Store for You? This seminar will cover: Statewide General Waste Discharge (WDR) Requirements. Preparation of the key Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) program elements. Discuss compliance strategies and alternative methodologies to develop dynamic SSMP programs. Speakers: Roger Null, Tim Williams, and Jon Wells. These speakers have prepared numerous si ... Read More

Navigating through the Regulatory Permitting Process When: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1pm to 5pm Where: Ventura County Government Center Multi-purpose Room Cost: $85 The seminar will cover the following: Regulatory process and how it fits into the NEPA and CEQA. How to consult with Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, California Department of Fish and Game Streambed Alteration Agreements, Regio ... Read More

Mr. Curtis Ewards from Psomas qill provide a facinating slide show providing an insider's look at the damage from the tsunami in Thailand, including lesson learned and how we may prevent damage in So California. ... Read More

DHS presents a shalf day seminar on DBR. 830 to noon in Pacific Room of Ventura County Hall of JusticeURL: ... Read More

BBQ Lunch with a presentation on new park. Food/BBQ by a vendor. ... Read More