UDOT staff say regional "Mountain View" design team eases delivery of a project spanning four cities

Speaker 1, a Utah Department of Transportation staff member, said the project is based in Region 2 but "crosses 4 different cities," noting that no single region had enough designers to handle a large project alone. "We don't have a ton of designers necessarily to go work on a huge massive project," Speaker 1 said, describing the staffing shortfall and the need for a pooled approach.

Speaker 1 said designers from Regions 2 and 3 have been combined and that consultant partners have been helping the agency. The combined group is being referred to internally as the "Mountain View team," which Speaker 1 described as "one big... mountain view team," intended to coordinate work across jurisdictions and share expertise.

"We all learn from one another," Speaker 1 added, framing the team as an opportunity for knowledge exchange and workforce development. "Really our most valuable asset is the people that we have here at UDOT. Being able to develop them has to be our number 1 priority," Speaker 1 said, calling the approach "a very valuable innovation."

Speaker 2, also a Utah Department of Transportation staff member, said the model has improved efficiency and project delivery. "We're more efficient in how we work with each other and therefore the product, how well we deliver the project in a timely manner," Speaker 2 said, and summarized the culture aim as "one team, and one product, one vision," adding that staff take pride in the arrangement.

No formal votes, motions, or policy decisions were recorded in the transcript excerpt. The speakers presented the Mountain View team as a staffing and development approach intended to address design capacity constraints on a multi-city project and to improve coordination and product quality.