Clik here to view.
Fleet Safety Officers’ goal is to educate
The driver of the small City of Edmonton flatbed utility truck must have had a panic attack when he saw Fleet Safety Officer Steve Pedersen standing in the middle of 95th Street, waving him over. Steve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Old Edmonton House
The City’s heritage planners are giving a second life to an innovative program designed to preserve more of the Edmonton’s old homes. “One of the best ways to ensure the preservation of identified...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Office of Energy Management can help reduce energy costs, GHG footprint
In the back corner of Edmonton Community Services’ Wildwood building, a small group of employees have a unique view not only of the sheer magnitude of the City’s operations, but also how it will grow...
View ArticleBig thinking about small-scale project will warm Edmonton’s heart
Mary Ann Debrinski has a really big pipe dream for Edmonton’s downtown heart. it’s green, brilliant and realistic! As the City of Edmonton’s Director of Urban Renewal, she and her colleagues are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fleet Services overview group pays dividends
Maintaining a fleet of more than 5,000 vehicles – including cars, trucks, street sweepers, tractors, Fire Rescue and EPS riverboats, trailers, ride-on mowers and much more – requires a whole lot of...
View ArticleVision Zero: Setting sights on superior safety
Edmonton is taking a giant leap – even further than it already has – toward its goal of achieving serious reductions in traffic injury or fatality collisions. In the coming months, you’re going to hear...
View ArticleeServices speed neighbourhood approvals
The adoption of ePlan, an all-electronic system for processing neighbourhood development plan approvals, has brought relief to engineering firms and City employees – but no joy to courier services and...
View ArticleFilling Potholes: It Boils Down to ‘Gut Feel’
Edmontonians are cursed with hundreds of thousands of potholes every year, and to the folks who fix them, it seems like there are the same number of salespeople hawking the perfect repair product....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Making better use of rain!
Two City of Edmonton drainage branch environmental engineers are engaged in a major challenge that combines large-scale protection of the environment and long-term savings in infrastructure. Xiangfei...
View ArticleClik here to view.
More Eyes = Better Weed Control
A brilliant ‘Of Course!’ idea that launched an inventive app for identifying and reporting invasive and noxious weed species has more than proven its worth. The Alberta Weed Spotter app has generated...
View Article
