Educational Sessions

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Hemlock / Oak Spruce
9:00am - 10:00am Build Quest – Making A/E/C Fun
10:15am - 11:15am Alternative Project Delivery: First Time Agency Perspective Design of Raised Intersections and Curbless Streets
Cedar Hemlock Oak Spruce Pine
1:15pm - 2:15pm Reimagining the Heights: Building an Equitable Neighborhood Port Townsend Holistic Sustainability - People, Planet, Prosperity WSDOT/APWA Specifications Update – Divisions 1 and 2 Leveraging Local Benefits from Regional Mega Projects
3:00pm - 4:00pm Supervisors Roundtable Q & A Collaborative Alternative Delivery Opportunities and Challenges Communicating Technical Information to Non-Technical Audiences Asset Management as Culture Change, Not Software Watershed Planning Case Study – Point Roberts, WA
4:10pm - 5:10pm Partnering for Progress: The Main Street Promise Geotechnical Oversight in Design-Build: Lessons from Structure C What’s Changing in Traffic Safety – Adoption of New MUTCD Edition Applying Asset Management Approaches to Natural Resources Boundary Surveys — What’s So Complicated?

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Cedar Hemlock Oak Spruce Pine
8:45am - 9:45am Leading in Crunch Time Foss Waterway Cleanup and Stormwater Outreach Campaign Leadership Lessons: Intern to Public Works Director Built Through Chaos: Western Washington’s Resilience
10:30am - 11:30am ADA: The “Why” Behind the Rules Willow Creek – Multi-Agency Success for Habitat Restoration The Manager’s Mindset Lessons Learned from Development-Driven Transportation Projects Conflict Resolution for Collaborative Teams
1:15pm - 2:15pm WSDOT Local Programs 101 Seattle Public Utilities Creek Culvert Inspection Program Managing Utility Conflicts for Public Projects Mount Vernon Flood Wall - Successes/Lessons Beyond the Blueprint: Building Influence in Engineering 
2:45pm - 3:45pm Data-Driven Sidewalk Assessments for Safer Cities Leveraging ArcGIS for System-wide Sanitary Rehab Efforts AI Improving Public Works – Analysis tools from 3 Experts Build / Buy America – Now and What’s Next Specifications 101
4:00pm - 5:00pm Turning Budget Constraints Into Multimodal Wins on SR 7 Put the FUN in the Fundamentals of Lift Station Design AI + Digital Twins = Better Sewer Insights Public Works Mitigation Solutions in Washington State The Challenges of a Corridor Widening Project

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