Tom Badger Senior Staff Consultant |
Tom Badger
Senior Staff Consultant Tom joined CCI-LT in 2021 as a senior staff consultant. He is a dually licensed as a Professional Engineer and Engineering Geologist in the State of Washington. For 32 years, Tom served in roles of increasing responsibility within the Washington State Department of transportation (WSDOT) Geotechnical Office, the last four years serving as the Chief Engineering Geologist. During this time, Tom responded to or managed the geotechnical evaluation, characterization, and remediation of numerous emergent slope failures that damaged Washington State highways and threatened public safety. His work at WSDOT also involved geotechnical design and construction support for many complex projects involving major earthwork, bridges, retaining walls, and tunnels. Since retiring from WSDOT, Tom has continued providing engineering geology expertise after joining CCI-LT. Tom has extensive experience with geotechnical exploration, instrumentation and remote sensing, laboratory testing of soil and rock, analytical methods, and risk management. He also possesses a broad knowledge of Washington State geology and its specific relevance to its highway systems. Tom has lectured and published extensively on slope hazards and risk, and coauthored national design guidance on horizontal drains for slope stabilization, rock masscharacterization, TRB rockfall manual, WSDOT’s Geotechnical Design Manual and other agency manuals, and Washington’s Forest Practices Board Manual. Tom is the past chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Engineering Geology Committee, and serves as a technicalreviewer for numerous scientific journals. |
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