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New Podcast Episode – No Smoke and Mirrors Here: Inside the DBIA Awards Jury
Every year, the DBIA Project/Team Awards recognize the teams that demonstrate Design-Build Done Right®, but how does the jury actually evaluate submissions? Host Erin Looney chats with four members of the DBIA Awards jury to explain what they look for when reviewing projects and what makes a submission stand out. -
March Design-Build Delivers Webinar: Progressive Design-Build Best Practices
This March 25 webinar provides a high-level introduction to the new best practices document and the framework behind Progressive Design-Build Done Right®. Explore how the primer builds upon the Universal Best Practices while clearly distinguishing PDB-specific guidance. -
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DBIA seeks candidates who understand and support our mission and goals and who are committed to advancing design-build project delivery across all sectors and markets. Of particular interest are leaders representing subcontractors and/or specialty trades as DBIA advances efforts to ensure the perspectives of these key players are heard.
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COLLABORATIVE DELIVERY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Elevating Leaders — Optimizing Outcomes. DBIA’s Academy is tailored to equip AEC professionals with the leadership skills needed for integrated project delivery. With six modules focusing on the Design-Build Done Right® Leadership model, the Academy prepares individuals from any position or discipline for effective leadership in design-build projects. 2025 schedule available now with new Bootcamp formats.
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Every year, the DBIA Project/Team Awards recognize the teams that demonstrate Design-Build Done Right®, but how does the jury actually evaluate submissions? In this Design-Build Delivers Podcast episode, your host Erin Looney chats with Rich Formella, Barbara Jackson, Praful Kulkarni and Brian Skripac from the DBIA Awards jury to explain what they look for when reviewing projects. Listen now for tips on making your project stand out!
1 day ago
Our #ProgressiveDesignBuild (#PDB) Best Practices primer is now available for free in the DBIA Bookstore!
Want to understand what’s in it for Owners and practitioners? Join Brian Aske, Sian Roberts and Robynne Thaxton on March 25 for a Design-Build Delivers Webinar introducing the new best practices document and the framework behind Progressive Design-Build Done Right®.
Registration is FREE for DBIA members and only $25 for non-members.
2 days ago
DBIA tracks #designbuild legislative activity nationwide so you don’t have to! From coast to coast, state and local bills aim to protect and expand design-build and progressive design-build (#PDB) authority. Read about bills in #NewYork #Arizona #Missouri #California and #Illinois in a new Design-Build Delivers Blog post.
https://dbia.org/blog/design-build-legislation-watch-updates-from-the-states/
3 days ago
Employers cut 92,000 jobs in February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Learn how these job numbers impact the construction industry in this latest #DesignBuildDelivers Blog post. Link in bio.
1 week ago
DBIA has released its Progressive Design-Build Done Right®: Progressive Design-Build Best Practices primer, providing specific guidance for Owners and practitioners using #PDB. This new publication builds on DBIA’s Design-Build Done Right® Universal Best Practices to respond to PDB’s accelerating adoption. #designbuild
2 weeks ago
Throughout this four-part series, we’ve traced how design-build first emerged as a virtual emergency recovery tool, looked at today’s most complex recoveries and explored how #designbuild enables rapid response across sectors when critical systems fail.
In this final installment, we look at the future of design-build in crisis response, as Owners, teams and agencies reshape delivery to strengthen national resilience in the face of growing risk. Learn about the DBIA resources and guidance that help make this level of performance routine.
2 weeks ago
The #DesignBuildDelivers podcast has a new episode coming out tomorrow with guests DBIA’s Richard Thomas, Director, State/Local Legislative Affairs, and Vince Campanella, Vice President at Lydig Construction, Inc. Listen as they discuss the push for design-build authority across states. You won’t want to miss this!
3 weeks ago
Most people define project success by whether it finishes on time or on budget. But what really determines success is how we get there: do you wait and hope problems resolve themselves or eat the frog early? In this contributor piece, Eric Meisgeier from Stacy Witbeck reframes how to approach project delivery success.
1 month ago
This #DesignBuildDelivers blog post provides the latest jobs number report showing the U.S. economy added a higher than expected 130,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%.
Learn what this means for the construction industry by reading our post today.
1 month ago
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