RedVector RV-10177

Green Infrastructure 5: Best Practices for Utilities

Green Infrastructure 5: Best Practices for Utilities

1 hr. Online Course

Level: Intermediate

Item#: RV-10177

SME: Andrew Manzini

USD$39.95 InStock 2029-01-01
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This course has been discontinued.

 
 
This course is one of an eight course series on Green Infrastructure that provides a template for design and implementation of Green Building concepts applicable to cities and municipalities.

This interactive online course gives you the information and action items for assessing sites and identifying opportunities to implement Best Management Practices (BMPs) in “Green” planning, design and construction. You'll get:
  • Mechanisms to affect right-of-way construction by private utilities
  • Technology to minimize pavement damage and degradation
  • Upgrades to utility installation and maintenance

The other courses included in the "Green Building for Infrastructure" series are:

  • Green Infrastructure 1: Introduction to High Performance Guidelines
  • Green Infrastructure 2: Best Practices for Site Assessment
  • Green Infrastructure 3: Best Practices for Streetscape
  • Green Infrastructure 4: Best Practices for Pavement
  • Green Infrastructure 6: Best Practices for Stormwater Management
  • Green Infrastructure 7: Best Practices for Landscape
  • Green Infrastructure 8: Best Practices for Construction Practices

It is recommended that you take the Introduction course before taking the Best Practices courses.


Vector Solutions has a long history of providing industry-specific content for its customers. While this course and its content remain accurate and functional within our systems, the look and feel may not match our more modern offerings.
Objectives SME Course Applies to
Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe Green Building Best Practices as they apply to Utility work
  • Explain administrative, regulatory and financial mechanisms to reduce the frequency and impact of right-of-way construction by private utilities, minimize delays and work stoppages, improve coordination, and reduce pavement deterioration
  • Define restoring utility cuts with the best available technology to minimize pavement damage and lifecycle degradation
  • Describe placement of public and private utilities using common trenching and utility ducts to minimize the environmental impact of installation and maintenance
  • Use the material to develop your own checklists to improve existing policies and procedure
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Andrew Manzini
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Andrew Manzini is Vice President, National Green Building, Inc. He is also a Florida Certified General Contractor, NAHB Certified Green Professional, and NAHB National Green Building Standard Verifier. Andy’s previous experience includes executive positions at Architect/Engineering firms in the fossil and nuclear power industry. He is also a management consultant, instructional designer and published author of three management books and dozens of articles. His education includes a BA and MA from Boston University and post-graduate work at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Management. He is skilled in improving productivity, achieving significant operational improvement through effective teamwork, planning and management.
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