In his position as Chief Engineer, Tom draws on experience gained throughout the transportation engineering field.  Having worked in both the public and the private sectors, he understands the critical issues associated with new projects and uses his experience in producing timely and cost-effective solutions for clients. Tom's experience also encompasses both transportation planning and civil engineering. He is involved from planning through mitigation of all projects. Tom currently serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Massachusetts, presenting a workshop on traffic impact studies to engineering students. In addition, Tom is the Engineer of Record for HSH and signs all plans.

SPECIALTIES

• Traffic Impact Studies
• City of Boston Article 80 and MEPA Permitting
• Roadway and Intersection Design
• MassHighway and Municipal Design
• Peer Reviews of Traffic Impact Studies
• Construction Management Plans
• Construction Document Preparation

EXPERIENCE
Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates, Inc.

• Tom has prepared transportation impact studies for a wide variety of office, residential, institutional, and mixed-use hotel and retail projects, including:
  • development of the Yard's End residential project (217 units) in Charlestown (2003).
  • redevelopment of a former nursing home to the Judge Baker Children's Center in Mission Hill, Boston (2003).
  • the White Building addition at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area (2001-02).
  • redevelopment of the former City of Boston Police Headquarters in the Back Bay to a hotel use (2001).
  • the mixed-use development of the Saltonstall Building (100 Cambridge Street) in Boston (2000-01).
• Tom has prepared numerous peer reviews of traffic impact studies for municipalities in the Commonwealth, including:
  • Fairfield Green, a 285-unit residential development in Dedham (2005).
  • Avalon Village, a 395-unit residential development in Danvers (2002).
  • Stoneham Executive Center, the reuse of an existing 250,000-square-foot hospital space as office space, the construction of new office space, and full use of the existing 110,000 square feet of medical office condominium (2001).
  • a mixed-use, transit-oriented development for the City of Melrose, which includes 575 apartment units, 21,250 square feet of project-oriented retail space, and 7,500 square feet of community amenities (2001-02).
• Tom prepares, designs, and oversees the implementation of construction management plans for numerous projects in the City of Boston. The work involves minimizing the impacts of construction vehicles on adjacent roadway traffic. Tom has prepared plans for:
  • O'Callaghan Hotel (One Court Street) in downtown Boston (2005).
  • 44 Prince Street in Boston's North End (2004). 
• Tom has provided roadway and intersection design for the following projects, assuring their conformity to Massachusetts Highway Department (MassHighway) standards:
  • managing the design of a 1.5-mile reconstruction of Paul X. Tivnan Drive in the towns of Boylston and West Boylston.  Design for this fast-track project was completed within the twelve-month schedule (2004-05).
  • designing the approach roadways and a traffic management scheme for reconstruction of Route 7 over Hemlock Brook in Williamstown, a $1.0 million bridge replacement project. The work included design of the roadway along a 300-meter radius roadway curve that is fully super-elevated. The traffic management design maintained two-way traffic throughout the construction phase by means of a temporary traffic signal. The work also included environmental permitting and a public hearing presentation (2000-03).
  • designing safety and capacity improvements at the currently unsignalized intersection of Route 1A (Main Street)/Winter Street/Jean Road in Walpole. This work included preparation of roadway design, land survey, traffic counts, traffic signal warrant analysis, collision diagrams, the functional design report, the safety study, layout design, drainage design, and right-of-way plans; public hearing representation; Environmental Notification Form (ENF) preparation; traffic signal system design; and preparation of construction documents. The objective of the project was to improve safety for all users and improve the operational efficiency of the intersection (2000-02).

Prior Experience

• As Principal of Stokes & Associates, Inc., Tom focused on site design and traffic engineering. He managed and designed the following projects
  • for Main Street, Walpole (Route 1A) at Winter Street and Jean Road, preliminary plans and the functional design report for safety improvements at the intersection. The work included capacity analysis and traffic signal system design (2000).
  • for EMC Corporation, an evaluation of the employee shuttle bus service and outlined recommendations that improved the efficiency of the operation (2000).
  • the functional design report and preliminary traffic signal design for two intersections along North Street (Route 114) in Salem, a heavily traveled arterial (1998).
  • roadway geometric improvements for Lancaster Route 117. Tom prepared the traffic management plan, including a temporary traffic signal system, and the bid package for this critical principal arterial in central Massachusetts (1998).
  • accessibility improvements in a historic section of the City of Newburyport. The project involved preparing construction documents in accordance with Newburyport Historical Commission and Architectural Access Board requirements (1998).
  • two pedestrian traffic signal systems for Marlborough Road in the City of Salem. Tom prepared the functional design report that included collision diagrams, traffic counts, accident analysis, and pedestrian traffic signal system design. He was responsible for test pit excavation and pavement design for this busy collector roadway (1997).
• As Project Manager for an environment and infrastructure firm, Tom designed and managed the following projects:
  • the Weymouth Main Street (Route 18) and Winter Street signalized intersection, designed a fully actuated traffic control system and associated safety improvements (1996).
  • relocation of Route 44 in Plymouth-Carver. Tom prepared plans, special provisions, and estimates for the final, $45-million section of this limited access roadway (1996).
  • a safety evaluation report for the Town of Acushnet on roadway realignment and bridge replacement for Hamlin Street over the Acushnet River (1997).
• As Project Manager for a civil and transportation engineering firm, Tom designed and managed the following projects:
  • bridge replacement for Lundberg Street in Lowell over MBTA and B&M Railroad tracks. Tom designed approach roadways and managed quality control on this $1.2 million project (1994).
  • the bid package for reconstruction of 1,760 linear feet of Broadway, an urban roadway in Methuen (1995).
  • design of 600 linear feet of roadway on Water Street (Route 43) at Green River in Williamstown. He prepared all environmental permits and ensured the quality of the retaining wall design (1995).
• As a Design Squad Leader for MassHighway, Tom designed approach roadways and prepared plans, special provisions, and estimates for bridge replacement for West Fifth Street over Haul Road and Conrail in Boston (1993).
• As a Project Manager for MassHighway, Tom managed the following projects in Engineering Expediting:
  • design of a bridge replacement on the Daniel Shays Highway over the B&M Railroad in Athol, which also involved relocation of side streets and realignment of the Daniel Shays Highway/Route 2A intersection (1991).
  • design of the $14 million bridge replacement on Northern Avenue over Fort Point Channel in a historic area of Boston (1990).
  • design and award of Commercial Street, a $2 million urban roadway reconstruction in Boston that included design of six signalized intersections (1990).

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

• With HSH: 10
• Other: 15

EDUCATION

• University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  Lowell, Massachusetts
  Master of Civil Engineering in Transportation Engineering, 1998
• University College
  Dublin, Ireland
  Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, 1985

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Professional Engineer, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, License No. 37505, Civil (expires 06/30/2010)
• Professional Engineer, State of New Jersey, License No. 24GE04586900 (expires 04/30/2008) 
• Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Nominated for Bertram Berger Award for Young Engineers by Boston Society of Civil Engineers, 1992.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Editor, New England Chronicle.  Publication of New England Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. 2006-07.
• Panel Member, "Understanding Traffic Reports."  Jiont MMEA/MAITE Meeting.  April 2006.
• Co-presenter with Anne L. McKinnon, AICP, "Traffic Calming: Planning and Institutional Context and Practical Applications."  Presented to students in Community Growth and Land Use Planning course, City Design and Development Division, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005.
• "Traffic Management for Urban Construction Sites."  Transportation System Management and Operations Action Kit: Intermediate Solutions for Transportation Operational Issues.  Institute of Transportation Engineers.  2005. 
• "Traffic Management for Urban Construction Sites."  Presented at Institute of Transportation Engineers Mobility Now! Technical Conference and Exhibit.  Las Vegas, NV.  March 2005.