Capital project coordination
Bring agencies, consultants, project teams, and community partners into a shared plan—with clear actions, accountable owners, and visible progress.
Relay Development Group
Clear paths through complex projects.
Practical project leadership for public infrastructure and development—connecting people, decisions, and delivery so important work keeps moving.
Seattle-based · Public infrastructure · Development coordination
How Relay helps
Move the work forward.
Complex projects need clear ownership, sound sequencing, and steady coordination across organizations. Relay brings those pieces together.
Permitting & agency coordination
Map approval pathways, align stakeholders, surface risks early, and keep regulatory commitments connected to project milestones.
Schedule & program support
Build useful schedules, coordinate dependencies, and turn project information into concise reporting that helps teams make decisions.
A steady partner
Make the next step clear.
Relay Development Group supports the connective work behind successful projects: aligning public agencies and delivery teams, anticipating approval needs, and translating complexity into a practical path forward.
From early planning through active delivery, the focus stays on people, commitments, and decisions that keep the project moving.
“Good coordination makes the hard parts visible early—and gives every partner a way to move forward.”Relay Development Group
Who you'll work with
Mike Smith, Principal
Relay is led by Mike Smith, a Seattle-based capital program and land use professional with considerable experience moving complex public and private projects through permitting, approvals, and delivery.
Most recently, Mike built the permitting program for Sound Transit's West Seattle Link Extension. Before that, he spent fifteen years as Planning Director and a partner at LSA Engineering, followed by senior development roles with Toll Brothers, Merit Homes, and Thomas James Homes.
- $4.5B light rail programBuilt the permitting and scheduling program from scratch
- 280 to 150 permitsLed a restructuring that nearly halved the permit load
- About 230 public hearingsBefore councils, commissions, and hearing examiners
- 15 years, 40-person practiceBuilt and led a planning practice as a partner
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