DBIA Student Competition

Student chapter teams show-off their 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 is closed for 2021 but come back here for details on this year's winners and details on how to register for next year.

2021 Regional Winners

Congratulations to the 2021 regional champions! Three of these winners will be short-listed to compete before an industry panel at the Design-Build Conference & Expo in November.

Central Northeast: University of Cincinnati – Seven Hills Design-Build

Northeast: Roger Williams University – Seamless Design Build

Northwest: University of Washington – Huskies Design Build

Rocky Mountain: University of Colorado Boulder – DBIA Buffs

Southeast: University of Florida – Cypress Construction

Southwest: University of Oklahoma – Rose Rock Solutions

Western Pacific: University of California Berkeley – Cal Construction

Western Pacific: University of Arizona – White Pine Design-Build

Design-Build Student Competition

Project Details for the 2021 National Student Competition

Each year a unique project is chosen to challenge our student design-build competitors. This year’s project is a student health facility on a college campus in the United States. See the full project details here.

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Free Design-Build Webinars

Making the Grade: Design-Build for University Students Webinars

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.

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Design-Build Conference & Expo

Student Career Fair

DBIA’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!

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University of Colorado Boulder,

"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.’"

Washington State University,

"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."

Sacramento State,

"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!"

Design-Build Students Impress

Student Competition at Design-Build Conference & Expo in Philadelphia

Student Competition at Design-Build Conference & Expo in Las Vegas

Student Competition at Design-Build Conference & Expo in Denver

Previous National Winners

2019 National Winner

Seminole State College of Florida

2018 National Winner

Iowa State University

2017 National Winner

Washington State University

2016 National Winner

University of Colorado, Boulder

2015 National Winner

University of New Mexico

2014 National Winner

Milwaukee School of Engineering

2013 National Winner

California State Sacremento

DBIA Membership

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