Michael Cadei

Michael Cadei is the vice president, large diameter water pipeline design leader for North America. His focus is on cultivating our capabilities to provide integrated delivery of large conveyance projects to our most significant clients in water. He provides technical leadership as a subject matter expert and is an integral part of our current large conveyance projects and future pursuits.

Michael has over 35 years of engineering and at-risk design-build experience in water, wastewater and water resources conveyance, pumping and treatment. He has been in leadership positions as a consultant, general contractor and utility owner. He joins us after recently completing assignments as a joint venture project manager for at-risk water and wastewater Progressive Design Build (PDB) projects at AECOM.

Prior to AECOM, Michael’s business leadership skills were developed and proven while successfully starting and leading an underground design-build division for over 20 years for a California general contractor, during which the PDB method evolved into the preferred collaborative delivery model by water/wastewater utility owners across North America. 

Michael is an actively registered civil engineer in CA, NV and FL and a designated Design Build Professional (DBIA^TM).