Tom Thompson - Northwest Regional Manager, Four Winds Group, Inc.
Operations and Maintenance
Tom Thompson provides various aspects of operations and maintenance (O&M) planning and system design for
projects of many types, including highways, tunnels, facilities and airports. He developed an extensive background in O&M during his career with the United
States Air Force. His primary expertise is in maintenance management, training and related functions.
Representative Accomplishments
County of Kauai, Department of Water; Implemented a subset of information for computerized maintenance tracking. Provided all preventive maintenance procedures
and developed an informational flow that supervisors use in day to day tracking of trouble calls. Tom continues to provide support to this on-going project.
Moveable Bridges, Washington DOT: This is a prototype project to determine the feasibility of utilizing a MMIS to track all maintenance activities being
performed by the State’s Bridge Maintenance Crews. Tom has been instrumental in working with these crews to populate the database with bridge assets and
other data necessary to maintain these bridges which includes preventive, corrective and emergency work. Tom is our on-site representative offering full-time
support to users of the M-PET® system.
Washington State Ferry (WSF) System, Washington DOT: Assisting in the development and implementation of a phased maintenance management system (MMS).
Tom is our on-site representative offering full-time support to users of the M-PET® system.
Southwest Florida Water Management District, Florida: assistant project manager responsible for providing a turn-key maintenance management system and
services. Services included the development of the system, inventory of all equipment items, development of maintenance requirements and codes for the
Brooksville, Tampa and Bartow site complexes.
Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel (Ted William’s Tunnel), Boston, Massachusetts: operations and maintenance (O&M) specialist responsible for planning
maintenance activities for the largest public works project in the nation. Primary tasks included development and quality review of all maintenance management
system database elements along with task and schedule requirements as well as O&M deliverables. Coordination in developing scope, schedule and budget
for future O&M project-specific activities.
H-3 Trans-Koolau Tunnels, Oahu, Hawaii: served as maintenance specialist for the development of all maintenance management system database elements along
with task and schedule requirements. Tom continues to provide support to this on-going project.
John Wayne Airport, Orange County, California: serving as maintenance systems development specialist to survey all airport equipment, develop maintenance
standards, intervals and durations for equipment and load the database into a maintenance management software. Tom was responsible for developing equipment,
location, status and failure codes, field reference manuals and operational work methods to integrate the maintenance system into airfield operations
and maintenance procedures.
I-70 Glenwood Canyon Hanging Lake Tunnel, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: O&M specialist assisting in the development and verification of the complete database,
including vehicles and safety equipment. Tom was responsible for the development and installation of over 500 barcodes. He was a key player during the
conversion of the MMIS from a DOS-based system to a Windows version. He also directed the development and upgrading of the field reference manuals delivered
to the client.
I-90 Tunnels and Lids, Phase II, Seattle, Washington: O&M specialist responsible to the project manager for identifying, quantifying, and categorizing
equipment, linking maintenance standards, and developing and installing barcodes throughout the facility. The project was performed for the Washington
State DOT District One. Tom continues to provide support to this on-going project.