National Public Works Week
May 19-25, 2013
“Because of Public Works...”
Dear National Public Works Week Celebrants:
CPWA is pleased to announce the CPWA National Public Works Week awards program for 2013. This is the 53rd year of celebrationfor National Public Works Week in North America. Since its beginning in 1960, agencies, municipalities, and regions have used this week to educate and inform the public about the essential role that public works plays in the quality of their community life. Equally important are promoting the choice of public works as a career choice for the working force of the future and recognizing those whose who currently serve in these crucial public roles.
APWA and CPWA have selected “Because of Public Works...”as its theme for 2013’s National Public Works Week. The theme is about the quality of life brought to communities around the world. We are able to have clean water, safe streets and neighborhoods, efficient traffic and safe clean communities "Because of Public Works..." We invite your agency and community to join in the celebration and to join the CPWA National Public Works Week awards program.
Once again, CPWA will recognize “first time entries” in their own “first time” submitter category as well their own appropriate size category. This year, we will also acknowledge the runner up in each category with an “Honorable Mention.” The categories for 2013 will be:
First Time Entry: Any community submitting their NPWW events for the first time.
Small Centres: Populations: 75,000 and Under
Medium Centres: Populations: 75,001 - 250,000
Large Centres/ Metro Centres:Populations: over250,001
In fact, every municipality celebrating National Public Works Week is a winner! Public works awareness is an awfully good thing to spread among our citizens, legislators, and especially our young people who will be the engineers, public works managers, specialists and workers of tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Kealy Dedman, P. Eng.
Kealy Dedman
Director, Engineering Services, Transportation and Public Works
City of Cambridge, Ontario
2013 National Public Works Week Chair, CPWA
CPWA National Public Works Week
2013Awards Criteria
In order to assist the CPWA NPWW Evaluating Committee, each submission will be rated using the weighted criteria outlined below. Please ensure that your submission contains enough factual information to allow
the rating committee to assign a rating to each category.
Public Outreach (1-5) -- 25%
What spectrum of people were reached?
- City Staff (1)
- City Staff and Families (2)
- Captive Audience – e.g.: Schools, Seniors, etc (3)
- General Interest Attendance (4)
- City Wide Event (5)
Education (1-5) – 25%
Was there an education component?
- Small “what we do” component (1)
- Showing how “Public Works” works component; school visits and demonstrations (2)
- Hands-on activities, equipment climb-on opportunties (3)
- Tours of public works facilities and projects (4)
- Educate and enhance perception of public works as a career choice (5)
Events Held – 15%
How many days of NPWW events were held during NPWW?
- One Day (1)
- Two Days (2)
- Three Days (3)
- Four Days (4)
- Five Days (5)
Staff Involvement (1-5) – 15%
Was there a large involvement of Public Works staff and Union personnel?
- Little (1)
- Average (3)
- Many (5)
Political Involvement (1-5) – 10%
Was there a large political presence involved in the Public Works Week activities?
- Proclamation (1)
- Presentations/Awards (3)
- Active Participants in Events (5)
Charity Events (1-5)—5%
Was the week accompanied by a charitable event? If yes, indicate the level of volunteer effort involved?
- Small (as example: collections of money, food, clothing) (1)
- Medium (as example: bake sales / other fundraisers at the event) (3)
- Large – (as example: set up a golf tourney; major fundraiser event) (5)
- Public Works related – charity chosen is an n environmental or public works related charity (5)
Creativity – 5%
- Basic public works awareness program (1)
- Creative use of marketing, technology and the media to promote events and participation (2)
- Use of creative hands-on activities, demonstrations, tours for attendees (3)
- Creative education/marketing of public works as a career choice (4)
- Your creative innovation: ______(5)
CPWA National Public Works Week
Entry Submission
The deadline for submission is June 30, 2013
Please submit this form with four “hard” copies of your entry.
Send four copies of your submission to:
Gail Clark
Canadian Public Works Association
1275 K Street, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20005 USA
Name of Submitting Agency:
Category for Submission: (first time, small centre, medium centre, large centre, metro centre)
Current Population Served:
Agency’s Contact Name and Information for Award
Name:
Title:
Agency:
Mailing Address:
City, Province, Code
Telephone:
E-Mail:
You may present your documentation in any manner that you prefer. To assist our evaluators, please review the judging criteria and make an effort to document how your events met the criteria. Don’t forget to include your unique and creative approaches to celebrating National Public Works Week. You may include pictures with your documentation.