No 2020 Event – But We’ve Got Other Plans for Our Students
With students off campus for most of the spring semester and so much uncertainty impacting events, DBIA was forced to cancel our 2020 Design-Build Student Competition. Since then we’ve been hard at work to create alternate events to help our next generation design-builders. Here are some of the events we’ve organized for AEC students — we hope you’ll make plans to join us!
The Design-Build Institute of America knows how difficult the past few months have been on students eager to get design-build training, and ultimately internships and jobs, in the AEC industry. That’s why we’ve create a free webinar series just for students. We hope you’ll join us at each session to expand your industry knowledge and leverage that training for a successful internship or job.
View WebinarsDBIA’s annual Design-Build Conference & Expo is always a terrific event for students hoping to make connections with industry leaders who are looking for new talent. This year we’ve beefed up our student events because we know the challenges they now face making connections during this pandemic. Whether it's our career fair, networking opportunities or mentoring program, DBIA is committed to providing opportunities for students to connect with firms and design-build leaders in a save environment that respects all social distancing guidelines. Students get a special discount on registration!
Learn MoreDBIA is already looking forward to next year’s Design-Build Student Competition. We hope our student teams will look to our previous events and winners for guidance and inspiration in advance of the 2021 Design-Build Student Competition. Here are details from previous competitions to help you plan for next year.
"As a student, you don't get a lot of chances to talk to the higher-ups within an organization. If you do well, they seek you out and want to get to know you. I think being in the top three allows you the reverse of normal students. Rather than you trying to seek out a job, people seek you out to offer you a job. We had at least one person say, ‘If you want a job, you have one with Company X.’"
"DBIA's Student Competition was a learning experience of a lifetime—it provided 'real world' challenges that made us stronger and prepared for future success."
"This is a national professional organization that supports students in the competition; it’s as real-life as they can get and we can’t wait to enter next year!"
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.
Each year a unique project is chosen to challenge our student design-build competitors. This year’s project is a Performing Arts Center on a college campus in the United States.
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