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Thomas M. Westover

Tom Westover, P.E.
Registration
Civil Engineer - OR, WA, AK, ID

Career
2007 - present
Associate Engineer
Cornforth Consultants, Portland, OR

Education
2017 Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
Willamette University, Portland, OR

2007 M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN

2005 B.S. in Civil Engineering
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN

​Honors/Societies
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Member, American Society of Civil Engineers,
​Oregon Section
CFO, Senior Associate Engineer
Mr. Westover has over 12 years of geotechnical engineering experience in the Pacific Northwest. His expertise includes design and testing of high-capacity ground anchors, soil-structure interactions, anchored shear pile design, geotechnical engineering for transportation applications, landslide evaluations, rockfall mitigation and design, 3D modeling and visualization, in-situ stress determination, construction sequencing on landslides, and constructability.

Representative projects include the following:
  • Klondike Highway, Captain William Henry Moore Bridge Replacement, Skagway, Alaska
  • Sellwood Bridge Landslide Mitigation, Portland, Oregon
  • Washington Park Reservoir Replacement, Portland, Oregon
  • The Dalles Dam Spillwall, The Dalles, Oregon
  • Soda Springs Dam Fish Passage, Toketee Falls, Oregon
  • Hwy 20 Pioneer Mountain to Eddyville, Eddyville, Oregon
  • Iowa Street Viaduct Replacement, Portland, Oregon
  • Alaska Unstable Slopes Management Program, Statewide, Alaska
  • Going-to-the-Sun Road Rockfall Mitigation, Columbia Falls, Montana
  • Lemolo 2 Canal Distress, Toketee Falls, Oregon
  • Moran Junction to Dubois Landslide, Wyoming
  • South Santiam Highway Landslides, Sweet Home, Oregon
  • Dworshak Dam Instrumentation, Orofino, Idaho
  • Yale Powerhouse Rock Block Mitigation, Cougar, Washington
  • Lookout Point Dam Seismic Evaluation, Lowell, Oregon
  • Willamette Falls Flow Control Structure, West Linn, Oregon
  • Tanana River Bridge, Tok, Alaska
  • Swift Dam Powerhouse Debris Flow, Cougar, Washington
  • Oakridge Water System Improvements, Oakridge, Oregon
  • Faraday Fish Pipeline Investigation, Estacada, Oregon
  • Moorehaven Slide Shear Pile Design, La Center, Washington
  • Historic Columbia River Highway Trail, Cascade Locks, Oregon​​​

Selection of technical presentations and lectures:
  • Anchored Shear Piles for Landslide Mitigation: Design Approach and Instrumented Performance, Young Author Award Winner, Highway Geology Symposium, Laramie, Wyoming
  • Sellwood Bridge Replacement: Landslide Mitigation, 2017 Western Bridge Engineers’ Seminar, Portland, Oregon
  • Landslide Stabilization using Anchored Shear Piles, ACEC SW Washington Group, Vancouver, Washington
  • Sellwood Landslide, ​ASCE Capital Branch, Salem, Oregon

​Mike Meyer - Gerry Heslin - George Machan - ​Charlie Hammond - Brent Black - Darren Beckstrand - Chris Carpenter - Ben George
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Wade Osborne -  Tom Westover - Greg Landau - Aine Mines - Logan Allender - Andy Kost - Adam Koslofsky - Sebastian Dirringer
Rachel Hunt -Justin McCarley - Aleyna Link - Michael Bunn - Andy Vessely - Larry Pierson - John Sager
  • Home
  • Services
    • Earth & Rockfill Dams
    • Reservoirs, Canals, and Levees
    • Spillway Safety Inspections
    • Landslides and Rockfall
    • Earthquake Engineering
    • Geologic Hazards
    • Geotechnical Site Characterization
    • Hydrogeology
    • Expert Witness
    • Concrete Dams and Locks
    • Geotechnical Instrumentation
    • Deep and Shallow Foundations
    • Geotechnical Manuals
  • Industries
    • Water Resources
    • Energy
    • Natural Resources
    • Industrial
    • Transportation
    • Ports and Airports
    • Expert Witness
  • Projects
    • Earth and Rockfill Dams >
      • Barney Reservoir
      • Frog Lake Reservoir
      • Iron Gate Dam Raise
      • McGuire Dam Raise
      • Bonneville Cofferdam
      • Bull Run No. 2 Seismic Stability Analysis
    • Levees and Canals >
      • Libby Dike Rehab.
      • St. Johns Dike Stabilization
      • Cowlitz River Levees
      • Swift Canal Failure
    • Earthquake Engineering >
      • Barney Dam Seismic Analysis
      • Fern Hill WTP Liquefacation Study
      • Bull Run No. 2 Seismic Stability Analysis
      • Mt. Tabor Seismic Stability Analysis
      • Port Westward Power Plant Seismic Design
    • Rock Slopes and Tunnels >
      • Libby Rockfall Mitigation
      • Sandy River Pipeline Tunnels
      • Ketchikan Third Avenue Extension
      • Sain Creek Water Supply Tunnel
      • Montana Rockfall Hazard Rating System
    • Foundations >
      • Port Westward Power Plant
      • Cascade Locks Casino
      • Air National Guard Hangar
      • Biglow Canyon Windfarm
      • Oakridge Water System Improvements
    • Concrete Dams and Locks >
      • John Day Lock & Dam
      • Marmot Dam Removal
      • The Dalles Dam
      • Willamette Falls Dam
      • Bonneville Dam
    • Transportation >
      • OTIA Cracked Bridge Geotechnical Baselines
      • Newburg Dundee Bypass Design DEIS
      • I-84 Sandy River Bridge Investigation
      • Tanana River Bridge Foundation, Tok, Alaska
      • Montana RHRS Implementation
      • Ketchikan Third Avenue Extension
    • Ports and Airports >
      • Navy CVN Drydock
      • Depoe Bay Seawall Distress
      • Willamette Falls Flow Control Structure
      • Air National Guard Hangar
    • Water and Wastewater >
      • Fern Hill Water Treatment Plant
      • Tualatin Valley North Transmission Line
      • Evaluation of 28 Water Storage Facilities
      • City of Sandy Water Treatment Plant
      • Mt. Tabor Reservoir No. 5 Cap Study
      • Oakridge Water System Improvements
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