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Mud! It's Everywhere!

With the recent warm weather and rains many towns are experiencing serious mud issues on gravel roads. Join us for Stump on March 18 at 8:00am for a discussion and ideas on how to deal with this springtime foe.
 
March 18, 2024  • 8:00 AM

Register now for the Mud! It's Everwhere webinar by clicking here. 

 

Recordings of past Stump the Instructor meetings:

Please note that some information presented in past sessions may have changed since session aired.

March 18, 2024 - Mud! It's Everywhere!

February 5, 2024 - Employee Retention & Licensure/Training

January 16, 2024 - Amazing New Technology Offers Solutions to Infrastructure Mapping and Inspections

December 4, 2023 - Stumpy's Top 10 Things for a World Class Snow Fighting Operation

May 8, 2023 - All Things Hoisting

April 3, 2023 - Understanding Asset Management Systems Utilized by Municipalities in Massachusetts

March 6, 2023 - Chainsaw Maintenance

February 6, 2023 - The Power of GIS in the DPW

January 3, 2023 - New Year New Stump & Anything Winter Operations Related

June 1, 2022 - Trench Safety Month Kick Off

April 27, 2022 - Public Works Mutual Aid 

April 20, 2022 - So you had a ...flood, major snow event, wind storm. Now what?! 

Taunton Emergency Management Presentation

March 23, 2022 - Been There and Bid That!

March 9, 2022 - Grader Operations

March 2, 2022 - Gravel Roads 201

February 23, 2022 - Gravel Roads 101

February 16, 2022 - Spring is in the Air and Mud is Coming for Your Roads

February 9, 2022 - Equipment Operation and Inspection

February 2, 2022 - Cops, Contracts, and Contractors. Three things that can boost your snow fighting or kill it!

January 19, 2022 - Calibration is Key!

January 12, 2022-From Brine to Beet Juice and Everything in Between

January 5, 2022 - Snow and Ice Jam Session

December 22, 2021 - CDL Entry Level Driver Training Requirements

ELDT Outreach Presentation 

November 30, 2021 - Best Practices for Cement Concrete Sidewalk Materials and Construction

November 3, 2021 - Future of the Commonwealth's Curb

August 31, 2021 - Better Concrete Sidewalks

August 24, 2021 - Lighting Sidewalks, Cycle Tracks and Crosswalks

Nancy Clanton Presentation

Anne Lusk Presentation

August 18, 2021 - COVID-19 Vaccination Resistance in the Workplace Confirmation

August 11, 2021 - APWA and your LTAP

Links from Presentation

July 21, 2021 - Want to Walk on Water?

Tensar Presentation

July 14, 2021 - Culvert Assessment Success Stories

Framingham Culvert Presentation

June 30, 2021 - CMV/CDL new requirements are coming!

June 23, 2021 - How to Hire Qualified People

June 16, 2021 - Trench Safety Stand-down

June 9, 2021 - From Dust to Ditches: Gravel Road Maintenance

May 19, 2021 - Live Chainsaw Demo

May 12, 2021 - Work Zone Safety

May 5, 2021 - Chainsaw 102

April 28, 2021 - Chainsaw 101

April 14, 2021 - How to Deal With Difficult People

March 31, 2021 - Road Resources

March 24, 2021 - Got Mud?!

March 17, 2021 - Roadway Slope Stabilization - Innovative Solutions

March 10, 2021 - Pavement Markings

March 3, 2021 - A Sign of the Times

February 24, 2021 - How is the Weather in Sudbury?

February 17, 2021 - Lexington Pavement Management Excellence

February 10, 2021 - Don't Go In The Hole!

February 3, 2021 - New England Road Talk: A Different Approach to Virtual Education and Training 

January 20, 2021 - Dig Safe 101: What you need to know

January 13, 2021 - Massachusetts Hoisting Engineer Regulations and Questions

January 6, 2021 - Build A Better Mousetrap

December 16, 2020 - Porous Pavement Do's and Don'ts

December 9, 2020 - What's Dripping From That Truck?

December 2, 2020 - To Pre-Treat or Not to Pre-Treat?

Salt Application Rate Chart

November 4, 2020 - Social Media as easy as 1, 2, 3

October 28, 2020 - What Is That White Stuff?

October 14, 2020 - Backhoe and Equipment Maintenance

October 7, 2020 - Spotted Lantern Fly and other Invasive Insects, AND Invasive Plants: Wacky Weeds and Fall Foes

September 30, 2020 - Silica Dust, Killing You Softly and Silently

September 23, 2020 - Drainage, Drainage and DRAINAGE

September 16, 2020 - A Storm Is Coming, Get Your Chainsaw Ready

August 26, 2020 - UAS? UFO? or a really cool way to perform DPW inspections

August 19, 2020 - CDL Do's and Don'ts

August 12, 2020 - GIS and GPS Apps For Your DPW

August 5, 2020 - Traffic Signal Basics

July 29, 2020 - Trench and Excavation Safety

July 22, 2020 - Managing & Leading During a Pandemic

July 15, 2020 - Work Zone Safety

July 8, 2020 - A User’s Guide to MS4 Permitting

July 1, 2020 - Let's Talk Culverts: Small Structures With Big Impacts

Let's Talk Culverts Chat Comments

June 24, 2020 - Getting Back to Basics: A Foreman's Perspective

June 17, 2020 - Are You Ready for OSHA?

June 10, 2020 - Top 10 Paving Inspection Items

Top 10 Paving Inspection Chat Comments

June 3, 2020 - Street Trees and Tree Routes

Anne Lusk Presentation; Marc Fournier Presentation; Tom Smiley Presentation

Street Trees and Tree Routes Chat Comments

May 27, 2020 - Pavement Management-The Key to Infrastructure Spending

Pavement Management Presentation

May 20, 2020 - Municipal Culvert Assessment

May 13, 2020 - Concrete Sidewalk ABCs

MaCAPA Presentation

Concrete Sidewalk Best Practices Handout

May 6, 2020 - Solutions for Pavement Life Extension

Solutions for Pavement Life Extension Presentation

April 29, 2020 - Pedestrian Work Zone Barricades & the MUTCD

Pedestrian Work Zone Barricades & the MUTCD Presentation

April 22, 2020 - Chainsaw Maintenance

Oregon PowerSharp Bar-Mount Chainsaw Sharpening Demo

April 15, 2020 - Construction During COVID-19 with MassDOT Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver

April 8, 2020 - COVID-19 Update/Hot-applied, Pourable, Self-adhesive Rigid Asphalt

April 1, 2020 - Gravel Road Maintenance

March 23, 2020 - How Your DPW is Dealing with COVID-19