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May/June 2022 • VOL. 40 NO. 1

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Tennessee Public Works Magazine
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5 Pugh–APWA President-Elect 18 PW Spotlight: Diana Alarcon, CAPP,
Keith Pugh named APWA President-Elect. He will be installed Director of Nashville’s Department of
as APWA President at PWX in Charlotte in August. Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure
6 TPW Turns 40! Chapter Members Recall Bringing over 30 years of private/public sector leadership,
Four Decades of TPW Diana Alarcon is Nashville’s new Director for the Department
of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure.
TPW Magazine Turns 40 this year! TCAPWA leaders and
members share fond memories associated with the statewide 20 Call for Nominations for Murphy Snoderly Award
bimonthly publication. We hear from Judy Keller, remember Take this opportunity to recognize an employee who you
“the Frankster,” and recall how the magazine helped our believe is doing an outstanding job.
chapters during COVID.
22 West Branch Hosts Statewide Lunch and Learn
10 City of Pigeon Forge has Second Largest The West Branch hosted a statewide virtual Lunch and Learn
Paver Project in U.S. for TCAPWA chapter members. Attendees learned about ways
A new Pigeon Forge 14-acre permeable paver parking lot to combat the challenges of expensive asphalt, and played
is the largest of its kind east of the Mississippi River, and the Prize Wheel for gift cards.
the second largest paver project in the U.S, according to 22 Contributors to the Issue
Gresham Smith.

12 Stringfellow – Growing to the Future 24 World’s Largest Network of Electric Litter
Stringfellow, founded in 1934, is recognized as one of the Skimmers in Tennessee River
most service-oriented companies in Tennessee. A full-line The Tennessee River and some of its tributaries will become
manufacturer and distributor of truck equipment, it also home to the largest network of electric litter skimmer devices
handles a variety of equipment to meet the needs of the on any river system in the world. Keep the Tennessee
environmental industry. River Beautiful (KTNRB) is working in the Tennessee River
watershed to install 18 Seabin skimmer devices.
14 Barge Design Solutions, Inc.: Innovation,
Inspiration, and Growth 26 Commercial Driver’s Licenses:
With more than 420 employees across 16 offices in Entry-Level Driver Training, Drugs and More
Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Ohio, Barge Earlier this year, new federal regulations went into effect
has become an engineering and architectural leader in the to improve highway safety by ensuring that entry-level
industries it represents. commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers complete required
training.
16 (Almost) 40 Years of ‘Call Before You Dig’
Tennessee 811, the statewide “Call Before You Dig” service, 30 Local Government Buyers’ Guide
traces its history back to the Underground Utility Damage Cover: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee met with TCAPWA
Prevention Act of 1978, Tennessee One-Call, and how it representatives at the Capitol in Nashville to proclaim
became Tennessee 811 in 2005. May 15-21, 2022 Public Works Week in Tennessee.

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