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Inside Transportation With Tom Warne
Inside Transportation With Tom Warne is a special service of The Tom Warne Report.
Each session is hosted by Tom Warne and features a guest who is a leader in the
transportation industry in the United States. Selected topics for discussion on
Inside Transportation With Tom Warne include issues of funding, project and program management,
public private ventures, transportation planning, project delivery including
design-build, and organizational change. Each guest on Inside Transportation With Tom Warne
provides insights into important topics and current issues facing the transportation
industry. It is a "real time" show that offers our listeners up to date information
relevant to their roles as transportation professionals. At about 30 minutes in
length, the interviews bring our listeners concise information geared towards the
life of a busy professional.
John F. Conrad, “Investing in Washington’s Future”
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(April 5, 2006) John Conrad, the Assistant Secretary for Engineering & Regional Operations with the Washington State Department of Transportation, joins Inside Transportation with Tom Warne to discuss his state’s massive investment in transportation. John highlights how the state DOT is managing the projects generated from both the nickel and the 9.5 cent programs. Listeners will get a sense of what it takes to manage such a program and meet their customer’s expectations. |
David S. Ekern, "Building the Next Generation"
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(February 21, 2006) Dave Ekern, the Director of the Idaho Transportation Department, joins Inside Transportation with Tom Warne to discuss the recently launched $1.6 billion Connecting Idaho Initiative. Representing Idaho's largest public works venture in the history of the state it promises to forever change Idaho's transportation system in the 21st Century. Dave also talks about the culmination of their Forum on Transportation Investment which charts a future for the state that includes $20 billion in project needs. |
Steve DeWitt, "Current and Future Practice of Design-Build"
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(February, 2006) Steve DeWitt is the Director of Construction for the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the Chairman of AASHTO’s Task Force on Design-Build. In this show he reflects on past and future uses of design-build for highway projects including performance measures, cost and time savings, QC/QA practices used on design-build projects, organizing project management teams and state DOT structure changes, and lessons learned and their influence on the future of design-build. |
Mary E. Peters, "Looking Back, Looking Forward."
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(January, 2006) Former FHWA Administrator, Mary E. Peters offers her insights into the achievements of the last four years, the path to SAFETEA:LU, innovations in transportation funding including P3 initiatives, and accelerated project delivery methods. From her unique vantage point, she also looks to the future of transportation further exploring innovative finance, changing state DOT and federal roles, policy issues facing the transportation industry and yes, reauthorization of SAFETEA:LU. |
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