01.19.10 -
Tom Warne was recently invited to provide partnering facilitation services for the on-going work on the Center Hill Dam in Smithville, Tennessee. The owner is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District and the contractor is a Kiewit/ACT, a joint venture. The project has a value of $90 million and includes constructing an 800-foot long grout curtain wall.
01.12.10 -
Tom Warne presented at the 2010 Transportation Research Board’s Annual Meeting in Washington, DC during the session entitled, “Significant Milestones in SHRP 2 Renewal Program and Implementation Plans.” His remarks focused on some of the challenges and barriers to fully utilizing the broad and important products coming out of the SHRP 2 program. In the end, he noted that everyone present (state and federal employees, academia, and the private sector) each had a role in the roll out and implementation of these new and significant products.
12.17.09 -
Tom Warne is now working with Earthwork Solutions, LLC (ESOL) to assist in advancing an engineering breakthrough which greatly reduces construction time, costs & risk for owners, contractors & engineers in the transportation industry. ESOL’s long-sought advance solves a significant problem in the compaction control of earthen fills, which translates into significant economic benefits during construction and after, and remedies the core source of our infrastructure problems in transportation. ESOL’s services are self-verifying in real-time during construction, and enable full engineering & construction control, without changing the objectives or practice of all parties in engineering & construction. See more at www.esol.net.
12.02.09 -
On December 2, 2009 Tom Warne addressed the members of the Idaho Governor’s Task Force on Modernizing Transportation Funding as part of their efforts to assess how best to finance the state’s growing transportation needs. The nearly two-hour presentation included federal funding patterns and prospects, state strategies and a case study on Utah’s transportation finance program.