Below is a listing of the stories in this month's DATELINE, organized by categories. The full text is available to DBIA members through the mail and on this site.
This issue also contained the roster of the 2008 Board of Directors.
Featured Stories
Cover Story: J.S. Bach Meets Design-Build 
By Christopher Prawdzik
From about 1717 to 1723, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was in the “Cöthen” period of his life, where he served as Kapellmeister – the highest musicianfs rank for the period – for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen in Germany. During this period he composed most of his sonatas, including “Sonata No. 3 in E Major” for violin and keyboard.
Down Under Water
By Christopher Prawdzik
The Australian government was a bit more at ease at the end of November. The eastern half of the country had above-average rainfall for the month - quite a departure from months before, where some sections of the country set drought records.
Haste Avoids Waste
By Jim Williams
It was a daunting task. The complex and showy Charlotte, N.C., mixed-use development would be a $125 million project with 417,000 square feet of office buildings, two seven-story precast concrete parking decks, 180 condominium units and nearly 100,000 square feet of retail space, with various other roads, additional on-street parking and utilities.
Paths to Success
By Neil Callahan
In 1996, Florida’s West Coast Regional Water Supply Authority (which became Tampa Bay Water in 1998) wanted to develop a desalination facility as a new drinking water source for the region. In order to reduce risks and costs, they originally selected the design-build-own-operate-transfer (DBOOT) project delivery method.
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DBIA News
On the Air
DBIA recently entered a partnership with New Construction Strategies (NCS) to create the DBIA Radio Network. The Internet tool will allow DBIA to provide one month of the audio newsletter to members free of charge.
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Departments
Contributors
Letter from the Editor
The January-February issue of Design-Build DATELINE serves two purposes. First, it is an opportunity for us to explore a variety of water/wastewater issues and projects through the following pages. But it is also gives us the opportunity to highlight issues and events at the 2008 Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference in Atlanta Feb. 13-15.
Board Reflections
By Tom Sorley, DBIA Chairman
I know … I know. When I joined DBIA, everyone told me the same things you heard — all that talk about membership diversity. I must have been told a hundred times about how this organization is different: “At DBIA everyone matters.”
Best Practices
By Phil Sudol
Most municipalities can point to at least one chronic problem area within their sewer system — frustrating mazes of cracked or broken pipes, root intrusions, leaking laterals and illegal connections that consistently require repair. Typically, it can take several years to achieve significant infiltration and inflow (I/I) reductions in a problem-plagued system. But what happens when these problems need repair?
Legislative Update
By Christopher Prawdzik
Design-build lost out in Congress last month as design-build provisions were not included in the giant $516 billion omnibus spending bill passed before the holidays. In an excruciatingly slow process, Congress decided to roll 11 different appropriations bills into one and pass it after being unable to pass separate appropriations bills earlier in the year.
DBIA Book Club - Book Tackles Worldwide Water Crisis
This month’s DBIA Book Club brings you Reinventing Water and Wastewater Systems, an insightful look at the past, present and future state of water and wastewater services.
Members in the News
Projects to Watch
New Members
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