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Reports: Books
Partnering for Sucess
$25.00 (Hard Copy)
Partnering For Success was written by Tom Warne as a handbook on how to implement partnering on any given project. In it he describes the process, how to implement each of the partnering tools and details how partnering changes the nature and outcomes on projects.
Reports: Project Delivery
back to topTechniques for Effective Highway Construction Projects
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Techniques for Effective Highway Construction Projects in Congested Urban Areas (NCHRP 20-05/Topic 41-09)
Tom Warne was the researcher and author of this landmark report on the strategies and techniques used by transportation agencies to address the impacts of construction in highly congested urban areas. Best practices from across the country are highlighted and include such areas as utility relocation, right of way acquisition, public relations, and traffic management. In addition, five insightful case studies offer useful ideas for those charged with delivering projects in urban areas.
Best Practices in Project Delivery Management
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Tom Warne served as the subject matter expert for this first ever FHWA / AASHTO Domestic Scan looking at how five state DOTs (Virginia, Florida, Missouri, Washington, Arizona and Utah) and the City of Phoenix are using innovative project delivery strategies to advance their capital programs. This report highlights some of the very best applications found in the US.
Design-Build Assessment
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Tom Warne and Associates conducted research on behalf of the California Design-Build Coalition to assess the performance of 21 design-build projects from around the country. Factors analyzed included quality, cost, cost growth, schedule, and overall satisfaction. The results are compelling.
National Assessment of Project Delivery Strategies
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On behalf of the Infrastructure Delivery Council of California and the California Taxpayers’ Association, Tom Warne and Associates conducted the research and prepared this report outlining how state DOTs had responded to large infusions of funding to advance their capital programs.
Cross Cutting Issues in Project Delivery
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Tom Warne conducted research among the state DOTs regarding those issues that were most significant in their impact on their project delivery practices. The final report was presented to the AASHTO Standing Committee on Highways.
Accelerating Utah's Transportation Investment
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In conjunction with HNTB, Tom Warne authored major portions of this very informative study on how Utah could advance their transportation programs to meet the ever growing mobility needs of the state.
Reports: Transportation Policy
back to topTraining Needs of State DOTs
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Tom Warne assessed the training needs of state DOT employees as they endeavor to deliver on an increasingly difficult capital program and meet substantial operational demand. This report documents important trends such as changes in core skills, the use of more para-professionals, how the agencies are managing their training activities, and the challenges to making the case for more training.
Developing Transportation Leaders
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This study conducted on behalf of the NCHRP assessed the critical needs existing in state DOTs for training current and future leaders. This research found a wide variety of activities being utilized by state DOTs for developing their leaders including original recruiting efforts and specific leadership training. Succession management efforts in the DOTs were analyzed and contrasted with what the private sector is doing in this regard.
Outsourcing and Private Sector Utilization at DOTs
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Tom Warne assessed how state DOTs are using private sector resources to augment their own in-house staff to meet the demands of their transportation programs. Many typical state activities are analyzed and trends among the states are documented. In addition, the research included indications of how well DOTs were satisfied with the services they were receiving from the private sector.
Recruiting and Retaining State DOT Employees
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The NCHRP synthesis documents what state DOTs are doing to recruit and retain their employees in an increasingly difficult employment market. Findings include those attributes that attract employees to a state DOT as well as those which either keep them at the DOT or cause them to return. The findings documented show surprising results and interesting consistency between recruiting and retaining strategies.
21st Century Operations Performance
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Tom Warne participated in and was ultimately asked to complete the report for this FHWA/AASHTO Scan that took the team to Germany, France, the Netherlands and England to assess how these countries were improving the operational performance of their systems.
2010 and Beyond: A Vision of Transportation's Future
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Tom Warne was the project manager for the Hudson Institutes’ effort to document transportation needs into the future for the United States. This effort was privately and public funded and represents thoughtful contributions from many companies and consultants as they sought to describe the future and how agencies, contractors and other industry member might respond.
Forum on Transportation Investment-Idaho
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Tom Warne and Dwight Bower (HW Lochner) teamed to provide consultation and expert assistance to the Forum’s efforts over an 18 month period. Through this process Idaho’s needs were documented, possible revenue options identified and specific policy recommendations made.
Safety Applications of ITS
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Tom Warne served as the subject matter expert for this FHWA/AASTHO International Scan to assess how other countries were using ITS applications to improve the safety of their transportation systems. The team was able to observe many cutting edge practices in Japan and Europe. Included were public agencies in these countries as well as automobile manufacturers who opened the doors to their research facilities to the team.
Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force-Nevada
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Tom Warne teamed with Dwight Bower to provide expert analysis for the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on transportation needs for the State of Nevada. This study assessed the Nevada DOT’s capital program needs, their cost estimates, and their pavement preservation program.
Reports: Expert Panels
back to topWoodrow Wilson Bridge Expert Panel Report
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Tom Warne chaired the Independent Review Committee that advised the Maryland State Highway Administration on how to proceed in 2002 when their bids for the main bridge came in 75% over the engineer’s estimate. This practice of establishing expert panels to resolve problems from an independent view has now become well established in the industry. The recommendations of the IRP returned the project to its original budget and schedule.
SFOBB East Span Independent Review Report
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Tom Warne chaired this Independent Review Committee that analyzed several difficult issues relating to the contracting and construction of the new east span of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge.
Review Panel for the Columbia River Crossing Project
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Tom Warne recently chaired the sixteen member Bridge Review Panel for the Columbia River Crossing Project. The panel was charged with reviewing the current open-web box design and assessing other alternatives more suitable for the new I-5 crossing. The panel published their report on February 3, 2011 with recommendations to discontinue any further design on the open-web and for the states to consider a composite deck truss, tied arch or cable-stayed design. Each of these new options would meet the project’s purpose, cost less, and result in less design and construction risks.
Other members of the panel were:
Scott A. Ashford, PhD, PE, Oregon State University
Benjamin Beerman, PE, Federal Highway Administration
John A Buchheit, PE, DBIA, Federal Highway Administration
David Goodyear, PE, SE, PEng, Chief Bridge Engineer, T.Y. Lin International
Siegfried Hopf, Dipl. –Ing., Chief Bridge Engineer, Leonhardt, Adra and Partners
Bruce Johnson, PE, SE, Oregon Department of Transportation
Jugesh Kapur, PE, SE, Washington State Department of Transportation
Wesley King, High Capacity Transit Project Manager, Clark County Transit Authority (C-TRAN)
Calvin Lee, PE, TriMet
John McAvoy, PE, Major Project Manager, FHWA Oregon Division
Mary Lou Ralls, PE, Ralls Newman, LLC
Joe Showers, PE, Business Group Technical Manager/Bridge Design and Construction, CH2M Hill
Steve Stroh, PE, Deputy Director of Surface Transportation, Major Bridges, URS Corporation
Steve Thoman, PE, SE, Stephen J. Thoman Consulting, Inc.
Theodore P. Zoli, III, PE, HNTB
Reports: State Capital Program Forecast
The State Capital Program Forecast - 2008
$100
The State Capital Program Forecast - 2008 offers users the value of Tom Warne's nearly 30 years of deep involvement in the transportation industry at the state and national levels and his unique insights into the factors that influence state capital programs.
Each report is divided into three sections: (1) First, the prospects of federal funding and how the state might fare in the next few years and over the long-term. (2) The second section will examine the state of the stateâs budget and other factors at the local level that might influence future revenues and, ultimately, the size of their capital program. State performance is compared to national trends and comparisons offered where appropriate. (3) Finally, a bottom-line prediction on the future of the stateâs capital program will be offered based on the combination of all factors considered.
Free sample report for Hawaii
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The State Capital Program Forecast - 2008, published by The Tom Warne Report, offers our best insights into how each state will fare in the coming years.