Meet MDOT’s first director of new Office of Major Projects

Ryan Mitchell, recently named director of the newly established Office of Major Projects at the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), joins the podcast.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) categorizes major projects as those with a price tag of $500 million or more.

Mitchell helped establish and refine the alternative delivery and critical project delivery programs of numerous U.S. transportation agencies, including the state transportation departments of Nevada, Texas, Alaska, and Michigan.

He explains the various types of alternative delivery of projects and the benefits. 

Other links and references:

Innovative contracting at MDOT
https://www.Michigan.gov/MDOT/Business/Contractors/InnovativeContracting   

MDOT’s Modernize 75 project
https://www.Modernize75.com/