Robert Mitchell, CRX, CDP

Robert Mitchell, CRX, CDP began his career in construction in 1978.  After graduating from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, he immediately joined Whiting-Turner.

During his thirty-six years with Whiting-Turner, he has been responsible for the successful execution of a wide variety of projects including retail, theme park, entertainment, hospitality, industrial, university, institutional, pharmaceutical, senior living and healthcare, which were delivered utilizing methods such as traditional General Contracting, CM at Risk and Design Build arrangements.

After beginning his career in Baltimore, Maryland, he spent ten years in Richmond, Virginia and relocated to Fort Lauderdale in 1991 to manage the Florida office.  At that time, there were only 15 employees located in South Florida.  He has since assisted in opening two additional offices in the State - Orlando and Tampa - and there are now more than 100 employees in Florida performing work throughout the State.

Mr. Mitchell holds the General Contractor license in Florida for Whiting-Turner.  He served on the Board of the Construction Association of South Florida (CASF) for twelve years and as its President in 2000.  He served on the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Program Committee for the CenterBuild Conference for nine years and was the committee chairman in 2012 and is now a member of the Advisory Committee.  In addition, he served on the faculty at the ICSC University of Shopping Centers at the Wharton School of Business for three years and held a teaching position at the RECON Academy which takes place during the annual ICSC RECON Convention.

Robert H. Mitchell CRX,CDP 
Division Vice President
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. (Construction)
1901 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 101
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Phone: (954) 776-0800
Fax: (954) 776-0797
Email: rob.mitchell@whiting-turner.com