Call for Entries
2011 National Design-Build Project Awards
(the 2011 Awards Competition is closed, but the information below could be useful if you wish to enter the 2012 Competition)
Overview
The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) invites project team members to submit successful design-build project(s) for the 2011 National Design-Build Project Awards competition. Completed entries and entry fee payments must arrive at the DBIA National office in Washington, D.C., no later than May 16, 2011.
To be considered for a National Design-Build Award, projects must demonstrate successful application of design-build best practices as defined by the DBIA Design-Build Manual of Practice. These include: early integration of key team members during the proposal process via a proposal charrette or other collaborative outreach effort and close coordination between design and construction team members from the design development stage through field construction.
The acceptance of single-entity risk is a defining feature of design-build project delivery and winning submissions must be carried out under a DBIA or other single-responsibility contract. Only projects completed on time, on budget and without litigation will be considered for an award. Projects are honored for design and construction that meets or exceeds owner expectations.
Judging will take place at DBIA headquarters in June 2011 by a jury of industry experts that includes owners, design-builders, architects and engineers.
Awards will be presented during the 2011 Design-Build Conference & Expo in Orlando , FL, October 19-21, 2011. Please provide contact information for one to three design-build team members who will accept the single award on the team’s behalf at the award ceremony. This award will be engraved with the project name, category and team name. Additional awards specifying the owner, engineer, architect or other team members may be purchased after the award ceremony through DBIA.
Award Categories - Project awards may be presented in the following 11 categories:
The 2011 DBIA National Award Categories are:
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Civic: Federal, state and municipal building (except those that fall within specific awards categories), including:
- courthouses
- fire and police stations
- museums, theaters
- sports, recreational and etc., including those (Note: can be publically or privately funded or PPP.)
Commercial: (private or 3P funded)
- retail
- mixed-use
- multi-family
Correctional Facilities:
Educational Facilities:
- schools K-12
- dormitories
- classroom buildings
- training facilities of all kinds
- sports facilities, secondary and post-secondary
Healthcare Facilities:
- hospitals
- clinics
- treatment centers, etc.
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Industrial/Process/Research Facilities:
- factories
- production and processing facilities
- laboratories, etc.
Office Buildings:
Rehabilitation/Renovation/Restoration:
Existing facilities that are modified, improved or restored using the design-build delivery method, including historic restorations, interior design and build-out, etc.
Transportation:
- roads, highways
- bridges, tunnels
- airfields, runways, hangars
Water/Wastewater:
- storage and treatment facilities
Excellence in Design: Honors projects that achieve an owner’s overall aesthetic vision through outstanding design. |
Best Overall Project
The jury will present a “Best Overall” Project Award to one entry. All submissions that receive a top award in one of the above categories will automatically be eligible to participate in the Best Overall competition. It is at the discretion of the jury to decide which project(s) receive final consideration.
Eligibility
To be eligible for an award, projects must have been completed and owner occupied after March 31, 2008. All submissions must be submitted in one of the 11 categories. You may submit a single project for an award under both Design Excellence and another category and you may resubmit a project that did not win previously. However, projects may not be submitted more than twice in a single category.
Again, projects must be delivered under a single-source contract between the owner/user and the design-builder or the design-build team that was considered “at risk” for both cost and schedule. Eligibility is not based on the use of a DBIA contract document; any single-source contracted project meets this criterion.
More information is available:
Details regarding the 2011 award program, submission requirements, judging criteria, etc. (HTML)
Details regarding the 2011 award program,, submission requirements, judging criteria, etc. (PDF)
Award entry checklist (PDF)
Project Award History: