Public works professionals and engineers are navigating a new era of challenges as they plan, design, and maintain infrastructure that must perform under severe and increasingly unpredictable climate conditions. This live virtual program addresses how collaborative approaches, innovative designs, and data-driven analysis can elevate infrastructure resilience and long-term performance. Through compelling real-world case studies, participants will explore how severe weather and changing climate trends affected infrastructure systems and how agencies have adapted their design and construction approaches in response. These examples highlight practical lessons learned, design modifications, and construction decisions that address infrastructure degradation and improve future operations.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify key questions and decision-making frameworks that support resilient planning and design in response to severe and variable weather conditions.
2. Evaluate resilient and sustainable design considerations, emerging construction practices, and technologies that address weather-related risks.
3. Apply data-driven design and construction strategies to improve infrastructure durability and performance under changing weather conditions.
Speakers/Panelists
Bradley Northup, CAFM
Public Works Superintendent
City of Carlsbad, California
Scott McIver, CPFP
Fleet Manager
City of Greenville, South Carolina
Moderator
William Klous, Assistant Commissioner – Support Services, NYC Department of Sanitation
Hosted by the Fleet Committee
Proficiency Level
Applied
This program offers 0.1 CEU credits for the one-hour presentation portion of the program. The final half hour discussion in the lounge area is optional.
Registration: Free for members; $99 for nonmembers
Instructions for joining the webinar will be emailed to you the day prior, and day of the event.
A recording of this program will be available through the APWA Resource Center 3-4 weeks following the live program.
Click, Listen and Learn Contact Information Questions: (800) 848-2792, education@apwa.org
LAST DAY TO REGISTER: 12:00 p.m. Central Time September 23, 2026
Refund Policy: Online Education Program–Cancellation/Refund Policy