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Self Promotion
November 01, 2006
Needless to say, life in OKC is pretty darn good. Now, if only the kittens and the house would cooperate!
I’m in the midst of CIP and Bond Issue planning at work, along with my normal construction projects. Getting ahead ain’t easy, but it’s worth it.
This morning, lying awake in bed at 5:30 am, I realized that our GIS at work has a long way to go. I want to analyze all of the data, but, since most of it isn’t complete, I’m stuck trying to finish entering the data. It’s tough being both the data generator and the data user. It was so much easier when I was in GIS class… I either had all the data to analyze, or, if I was generating it, I had step by step directions.
Funny thing is, my bosses really have no clue where we can go from here. I do, but, since I have so many other duties, I can’t take it as far as I’d like.
The Planning Department is so far ahead of us, but we don’t even realize it. They are talking of adding a Transportation Planner or two, even though Public Works has a Transportation Planning group in the Transportation Management Line of Business. Why would Planning do such a thing? Because Traffic in Public Works is completely reactive, never proactive. At least for now.
Posted by paul at November 1, 2006 05:57 AM
Comments
jamie cargal said on November 8, 2006 11:19 AMso cool to read about you!! there were a lot of things i didn't know, mainly specifics about what you do. i loved the part where it says "paul and his wife christa." : ), glad things are going well.