2025 National Student Competition Winners
Congratulations to the D&T Construction team from California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo for winning the 2025 Design-Build Student Competition. Team members included Alyson Buchholz, Sergio Gonzalez, Coulter Langmaid, Casey Lavin and Jacquelyn Lomano (team captain) with faculty advisor Tom Kommer.
2nd place was awarded to Cypress from the University of Florida. Team members included Elijah John, Aidan Newsom, Asa Richards (team captain), Nicholas Soler and Lucas Wicks with faculty advisor Russell Walters. UF’s Asa Richards also won the Best Individual Presenter Award recognizing the student who demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity and presentation skills during the competition.
3rd place was awarded to Pioneer Design-Build from Alfred State College. Team members included Jessica Budd, Fernanda Ceja, Selena Fullone, Owen Lantiegne (team captain) and Connor Welsh with faculty advisor William Dean.
The students competed in the final round of the competition and were presented with their award in Las Vegas during the 2025 Design-Build Conference & Expo.
Each year a unique project is created to challenge our student design-build competitors. The three-phase competition gives teams from colleges and universities the chance to respond to a Request for Qualifications (the first phase) and a Request for Proposals (the second phase). In phase three, the top three teams after the RFP phase presented their proposals to a panel of industry leaders at the DBIA Annual Conference. The competition is impressive and provides an incredible opportunity for young design-builders.
Showcase Your Design-Build Skills to Industry Leaders
The National Design-Build Student Competition provides young design-builders the opportunity to create a project as a team, present it to some of the industry’s leading pros and earn national recognition for their good work. DBIA’s student competition provides an unparalleled opportunity for students to meet and impress design-build industry leaders one-on-one.
Registration for this year’s competition is closed.
Schedule and DetailsPast Winners
2025
1st Place: D & T Construction from
Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
2nd Place: Cyprus Construction from University of Florida
3rd Place: Pioneer Design-Build from Alfred State College
Best Individual Presenter Award:
2024
1st Place: Cardinal Design-Build from the University of Arizona
Second Place: Rocky Mountain Design-Build from the University of Colorado Boulder
Third Place: Altitude Design Development from the NewSchool of Architecture and Design
Best Individual Presenter Award: Lauren Johnson from Cardinal Design-Build, University of Arizona