Exploring Michigan's transportation infrastructure with Jason Gutting, newly named director of MDOT Field Services

Published: Aug. 24, 2023, 5 p.m.

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Jason Gutting joins the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast this week to talk about his new role as director of MDOT\\u2019s Bureau of Field Services. He talks about standards and specifications for paving materials and how MDOT engineers confer with counterparts from across the country; innovations in road building, winter maintenance and operations; and ongoing challenges because of inflation and supply chain pressures since the pandemic began.

Gutting was previously the administrator of the Construction Field Services (CFS) division. He also worked in operations and was the construction contracts engineer for CFS as well as the construction engineer and an assistant construction engineer at the MDOT Lansing Transportation Service Center (TSC).

Other references in the podcast:

Iowa State University\\u2019s National Concrete Pavement Technology Center
https://cptechcenter.org/

Inflation in road building
https://enotrans.org/article/highway-construction-costs-have-risen-50-in-two-years/\\xa0

MDOT winter road maintenance
https://www.Michigan.gov/MDOT/Travel/Safety/Road-Users/Winter-Safety\\xa0

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