{"id":65372,"date":"2008-02-05T21:39:16","date_gmt":"2008-02-05T21:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/article\/do-it-yourself-purchasing_o"},"modified":"2008-02-05T21:39:16","modified_gmt":"2008-02-05T21:39:16","slug":"do-it-yourself-purchasing_o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/products\/do-it-yourself-purchasing_o\/","title":{"rendered":"Do-it-Yourself Purchasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone who says government stifles innovation hasn&#8217;t met Windell Mitchell.<\/p>\r <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitchell oversees the care and feeding of the 2,700 vehicles owned by the King County (Wash.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrokc.gov\/kcdot\/fleet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Transportation<\/a>. In the environmentally sensitive city of Seattle, his unenviable challenge is to reduce the fleet&#8217;s greenhouse gas emissions without spending taxpayer dollars on premium-priced alternatively fueled vehicles.<\/p>\r <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several years ago, undaunted by IRS rules that prevent government agencies from using tax credits to buy hybrid cars, he formed a purchasing consortium open to any government agency in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Ultimately, his department sold more cars and SUVs than many of the manufacturers&#8217; dealers in those states.<\/p>\r <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When hybrid utility trucks came on the market, he formed a similar consortium just for government agencies in Washington State. He applied for and received $250,000 through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/smartway\/\" target=\"_blank\">EPA&#8217;s SmartWay program<\/a> and $150,000 through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fhwa.dot.gov\/environment\/cmaqpgs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Highway Administration&#8217;s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program<\/a> to help members buy and try out the technology.<\/p>\r <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He then challenged Kenworth\u2014a manufacturer in his own backyard\u2014to develop a hybrid utility truck. When the company came through, Mitchell&#8217;s agency became the nation&#8217;s first to place the Class 7 truck into service. (The department uses the vehicle, which has a 50-foot boom, to maintain traffic lights.)<\/p>\r <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using a blend of 20% biodiesel and 80% ultra low sulfur diesel, the truck used 25% less fuel in the 5,000 miles it logged during its first year of operation. Winchell&#8217;s got five more on order, and may replace all conventionally fueled bucket trucks with hybrids.<\/p>\r <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may think Winchell&#8217;s story is unique, that applying for grants takes time, and that he&#8217;s enjoyed the benefit of the resources that come with serving the nation&#8217;s 13th-largest city. But in addition to being able to market its proactive response to air pollution, the department was charged with hosting the first national <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrokc.gov\/exec\/cleanvehiclesnow\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;clean vehicles&#8221; conference<\/a>.<\/p>\r <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think about the PR mileage <em>that<\/em> public works department is getting out of just one employee&#8217;s unique approach to financing.<\/p>\r <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Stephanie Johnston<\/b><br>Editor in Chief, PUBLIC WORKS Magazine,<br><a href=\"mailto:sjohnston@hanleywood.com\" target=\"_blank\">sjohnston@hanleywood.com<\/a><\/p>\r<\/div> \r","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who says government stifles innovation hasn&#8217;t met Windell Mitchell. Mitchell oversees the care and feeding of the 2,700 vehicles owned by the King County (Wash.) Department of Transportation. 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