About Us

 

The Tait Group (TTG), founded in 2005 by David Tait, specializes in

 

•  project advocacy and management
•  implementation
•  facilitation
•  strategy
•  general consulting
•  funding strategy and planning
•  research and due diligence 

     

The services relate to the planning, environmental, preliminary  engineering, design and pre-construction phases of transportation   infrastructure improvements throughout California. Working for a  variety of public and private clients, The Tait Group's efforts involve  locally sponsored projects on the state (Caltrans) or federal  (FHWA) highway/freeway system. TTG also assists land developers and  businesses implement their transportation projects on the local (city or  county) street and road systems. TTG projects include, for example: 

•  large scale, multi-million dollar corridor or interchange improvements
•  road widening and all related improvements, 
•  new signals
•  excess of land de-certifications
•  right-of-way issue resolutions

 

 3rd Party Facilitator 

        Transportation project delivery usually gets bogged down in  technical "details" and thus TTG focuses on   solving those detailed  issues as soon as possibly. TTG acts as a project delivery advocate,  representing the local (public or private) entities goals and  expectations by facilitating and "driving" the process with all  necessary coordination with  the public and private stakeholders involved and with special focus on  Caltrans District and Caltrans Headquarters management and even the state Director if necessary. TTG works to eliminate or reduce the  unnecessary "process steps" and bureaucratic obstacles that often  prevent or delay a project's progression.

David Tait Background 

       David Tait has not only a Bachelor of Science Degree in  Civil/Transportation engineering with extensive experience in planning,  engineering, and implementation, but he also has technical sales and  marketing experience. As such, he brings a unique set of skills to the  project advocacy role. Much of this role involves "selling" to address  the project delivery challenges and David Tait shines in this capacity.  Mr. Tait previously worked for a consulting and lobbying firm in    Sacramento supporting Will Kempton, then partner at the firm and  previous Director of Caltrans, for almost five years on numerous  transportation issues and projects.

 
Budget and Schedules Really Matter

       TTG helps clients maintain or reduce their project timing and  budget risks by driving the implementation process so construction can  start ahead of or as close to the original target dates as possible.  Because time is money, The Tait Group works to ensure that every project  issue is being addressed in a timely manner so as to meet the clients  implementation goals. 

Relationships at all levels

        Building and maintaining working relationships with all the  stakeholders involved, at the staff and management levels, is an  important aspect of TTG’s consulting/advocacy services and one of the  reasons the firm is unique and successful at delivering transportation  projects and solving complicated  issues.