Don't FOG it up this holiday season by sending Fats, Oils, Grease down the drain.
The results would be bleak. Like Uncle Frank's hot takes on current events.

For over 400 years, Chelsea, MA has served as a gateway community to Boston. In 2024, the city launched "Chelsea Pa'lante", its first comprehensive master plan. This plan reflects the city's commitment to moving forward & improving conditions for all residents. @apwa.org #PWX25 youtu.be/CI0ZiO7eK1g

If you haven't joined us at the best show in public works, what's stopping you? Catch up on all the action from #PWX2025 in Chicago here!

Here are some fun facts about our public works crews:
➡️Horticulture staff installed 400 flower planters & 350 hanging baskets
➡️Parks staff maintained 98 sports fields
➡️Forestry staff pruned 10,867 street trees
➡️Roads & Works staff resurfaced 12km of roadway

#NPWW

National Public Works Week celebrates the hardworking professionals that focus on infrastructure, facilities, and services that are of vital importance to sustainable communities and to the public health, quality of life, and well-being of the public. #ThankYou #NPWW

It's #NationalPublicWorksWeek. A county with some 500 miles of water mains means repairs must take place at any time, in any temperature and in almost any location hundreds of times a year. Saluting #TheOtherFirstResponders. #NPWW buff.ly/3WHigCe

This week is National Public Works Week! #NPWW is a time for the public works departments that keep your community running smoothly to show off. Public works are the unsung heroes of daily life, ensuring that you have roads to drive on, clean water to drink, & electricity to light your homes.

What Gustafson is most proud of is knowing that his work is designed to improve and enrich the lives of others.

“It’s kind of rewarding, you’re not just doing stuff for yourself,” he said. “It’s like a gift.”

Public Works’ electricians, plumbers, painters, locksmiths & stationary engineers conduct their annual maintenance operation at Lotta’s Fountain in advance of the yearly April 18 pre-dawn event marking the anniversary of the Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire. History: www.foundsf.org/index.php?ti...

Some more of our favorite photos from last weekend's Arbor Day festivities in District 5. 📸💚🙌

Ever wondered what the little flags public works crews plant in your yard every spring mean? Confused by blue spray paint across the road? It means something important is lurking underground, and you can actually identify what it is if you know the ~secret code~
(it's not a secret, it's right here)

our members spend every day showing their communities how much they care, so today we're sharing that love right back 💕

All grown up, San Francisco needed a dedicated body to construct and maintain its streets, design its buildings and engineer its pipes and sewers.

Born was the Board of Public Works.

A lot has happened in 125 years.

This is our story.

🔗 www.sfpublicworkstv.org/125years

january can be a month where you lose all sense of time. but rest assured we are here to serve you 31 hours a day, 9 days a week, 572 days a year.

hey there 👋 we're the american public works association! we're an association for public works professionals worldwide. don't know what public works is? you're not alone! we've got you covered 👇