Rich Rantala

Rich is a principal in FMI Consulting’s strategy practice helping clients effectively position themselves to win qualification-based alternative procurement opportunities in the heavy civil infrastructure space. He focuses on transportation, aviation, water and wastewater markets.

With more than 30 years of experience in qualification-based alternative procurement, Rich has exclusively focused on the U.S. heavy civil infrastructure market since 2015. His clients have won more than $4 billion in qualification-based projects, a hit rate of 52%, utilizing his methods to diversify their work processes.

Rich has held diverse roles from project management to president in strategy development, business development and process improvement for international and U.S.-based construction firms throughout his career.