2013-2014 Bill 4114: John Walsh - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 H. 4114 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Clemmons, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, 10 Bannister, Barfield, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, G.A. Brown, 11 R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, H.A. Crawford, K.R. Crawford, Crosby, 12 Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, Gagnon, 13 Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, 14 Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Kennedy, 15 King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, M.S. McLeod, 16 W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, 17 Norman, H.L. Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Pope, Powers Norrell, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, 18 Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M. Smith, 19 G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, 20 Thayer, Toole, Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Wood 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\29737cm13.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on May 15, 2013 24 Introduced in the Senate on May 16, 2013 25 Adopted by the General Assembly on May 16, 2013 26 27 Summary: John Walsh 28 29 30 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 31 32 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 33 5/15/2013 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate ( House Journalpage 9) 34 5/16/2013 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence ( Senate Journalpage 3) 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 5/15/2013 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR JOHN WALSH, DEPUTY 12 SECRETARY FOR ENGINEERING FOR THE SOUTH 13 CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UPON 14 THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN 15 TWENTY YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE, AND TO 16 WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL 17 HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 18 19 Whereas, it is altogether fitting and proper that the South Carolina 20 General Assembly should pause in its deliberations to express 21 gratitude to John Walsh for his significant contributions to the 22 South Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT) as he begins 23 a welldeserved retirement in June of 2013; and 24 25 Whereas, after he earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering 26 from Clemson University, John Walsh began his engineering 27 career with South Carolina DOT in District One; and 28 29 Whereas, later he accepted a position in the preconstruction 30 division and was steadily promoted in the division, serving as the 31 project development engineer for the western part of the State until 32 2000; and 33 34 Whereas, in 2000, he was named director of CRM Operations and 35 managed DOT’s accelerated construction program; and 36 37 Whereas, Mr. Walsh served for seven years as the deputy state 38 highway engineer before he was appointed to be DOT’s deputy 39 secretary in 2010; and 40 41 Whereas, his many significant accomplishments as the deputy 42 secretary included the restructuring of the Preconstruction Division

[4114] 2 1 completed in 2007, which streamlined the decisionmaking process 2 and prioritization of resources handled by project teams; and 3 4 Whereas, when he created an objective project priority process, a 5 criteria was established consistent with sound engineering 6 principles and the actual condition of each highway or bridge 7 being considered for improvement. Mr. Walsh also had a major 8 role in coordinating, prioritizing, and delivering to construction 9 $463 million of projects funded by the American Recovery & 10 Reinvestment Act of 2009; and 11 12 Whereas, with innovative and frugal ideas and the support of the 13 engineering team, he led numerous successful undertakings during 14 his tenure as deputy secretary: the closure of one direction of I385 15 during construction that greatly shortened construction time and 16 saved taxpayers tens of millions of dollars; the purchase and use of 17 three moveable bridges; improvements in the design build process; 18 increased use of recycled asphalt products in pavements; and the 19 expansion of full depth reclamation as a viable and costeffective 20 roadway repair technique for pavements; and 21 22 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly 23 are grateful for the years of dedication that John Walsh has 24 devoted to the safety and usefulness of the State’s roadways for 25 our citizens through the South Carolina DOT and wish him many 26 years of enjoyment in his wellearned retirement. Now, therefore, 27 28 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 29 concurring: 30 31 That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South 32 Carolina, by this resolution, recognize and honor John Walsh, 33 Deputy Secretary for Engineering for the South Carolina 34 Department of Transportation, upon the occasion of his retirement 35 after more than twenty years of outstanding service, and wish him 36 continued success and happiness in all his future endeavors. 37 38 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 39 John Walsh. 40 XX 41

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