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We Teach How

DBIA continues our "we teach how" philosophy to education and training with the 2008 Education Tour. Choose from more than 70 offerings of DBIA's most popular courses including "core courses" required for DBIA designation, the "owners series" -- three courses with each focusing on one key, synergistic element to effective design-build project delivery, and other important topics such as conceptual estimating.

In addition, DBIA has teamed with three of the nation's leading universities to offer designation "boot camps" to help you fast track the designation process by completing the course courses, exam prep course and exam administration in one intensive week of training. These "Designation Boot Camps" will be held in conjunction with CalPoly, George Mason University and Penn State to provide you with choices while guaranteeing consistent quality across the nation.  Click here for additional details.

Wastewater Proposals
Due Aug. 25

Design-Build Essentials

• Getting a first design-build project off the ground.
• The right procurement strategy.
• Effective development of performance-based specs.
• Building the right team – source selection strategies.
• Utilizing design-build to achieve sustainability goals.

Conquering Legal Hurdles/Mitigating Risk

• Legislative update – design-build laws and what is the outlook for the future.
• How industry can increase design-build utilization.
• Innovative strategies for determining allocation of risk.
• Managing risk between prime and specialty contractors.
• Understanding and managing sub-surface/geo-technical risk.
• Strategies to prepare for, manage and share cost escalation.

Emerging Issues/Industry Trends

• Innovative water supply financing.
• Public-Private Partnership (PPP) case studies.
• Understanding and managing life cycle costs.
• Operations and finance.
• Climate change impacts.
• Design-build and performance-based solutions for energy recovery/optimization and greenhouse gas emissions.

Don’t miss the Aug. 25 due date! DBIA will notify selected presenters at the end of September.

If selected, presenters must agree to submit a draft presentation by Oct. 6. Final presentation papers, PowerPoint presentations or substantive binder content (text, graphs, charts, illustrations) are due Jan. 16, 2009.

To submit, please go to www.designbuildwaterww.com/call.cfm. Please follow detailed submission instructions. Incomplete submissions or those not entered online will not be accepted.

Please direct questions to DBIA Director of Education Logistics Mihisha Henderson at mhenderson@dbia.org.

 
Top Names On Tap for 2008 Design-Build Conference and Expo

Register now by downloading this form or via our on-line* registration system.

Nov. 3-5, 2008
(pre-con activities on Nov. 2)
Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
Click here for a full schedule

With most components of this year’s conference in place, it’s now up to you to register for the 2008 Design-Build Conference & Expo. In addition to the four DBIA education tracks offered this year: The Owner Perspective, Legal Issues, Specialty Contractor Integration and Integrated Processes, you will also hear from some of the top names in the industry and others who should make this year’s conference the best ever.

Headlining the conference are Don Shula, NFL Hall of Fame coach; Anthony A. Marnell II, CEO and chairman of the board of Marnell Corrao Associates Inc.; and Norbert W. Young, FAIA, president of McGraw Hill Construction.

There’s also still time to become an exhibitor, but space is filling up fast. Don’t miss out on the biggest design-build event of the year.

*DBIA's new online registration system requires that all users be registered with our site.  If you experience any difficulty, please contact DBIA directly at 202-682-0110.