Posts for Author: Danielle Hall

Longtime DBIA leader, Keith Molenaar, has been named Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. His design-build expertise and research over the decades have produced some of the nation’s most important data demonstrating design-build’s performance and industry impact. His teaching focuses on project delivery, construction engineering, cost […]

July 2022 What are the key opportunities and challenges facing design-build teams as IIJA implementation begins? What can Owners and industry do to maximize this historic opportunity? In this episode of DBIA’s Design-Build Delivers podcast, we talk to two experienced pros in the federal market about the implementation of historic federal infrastructure investment and its […]

  Ongoing supply chain issues and rising material costs continue to put pressure on project teams nationwide. In addition, as the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law continues, provisions intended to maximize the use of American-made products in all federally funded infrastructure projects are even more challenging because of the uncertainty in the marketplace. Last […]

  This historic infrastructure era provides not only incredible opportunities for America’s design-build teams but also challenges. Whether navigating workforce shortages or kinks in the supply chain, industry and Owners are using design-build innovation to help mitigate today’s pressures on project costs and schedules. The timing couldn’t be better for this year’s Federal Design-Build Symposium. […]

Forty billion dollars in federal infrastructure bridge protection funds are now available in all 50 states. The Bridge Investment Program was created as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) opened a call for applications this week. The grant program provides $12.5 billion over five years with $2.4 billion available this […]

  Photo courtesy: University of Colorado Denver’s College of Architecture and Planning Twenty-two University of Colorado Denver graduate students, working with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries), Bespoke Project Solutions, and OZ Architecture, have completed phase one of a two-year design-build project. The Cape Shirreff design-build project will provide eco-friendly […]

June 2022 We’ve seen how natural and manmade events can impose devastating costs upon our projects, infrastructure, and society. Whether it’s pandemics, climate change or other challenges facing communities, the costs of these events can be staggering. More than ever, it’s vital that project teams make resiliency an integral part of their design and build […]

It’s that time of the year when university students in architecture, engineering and construction programs nationwide start their journey as design-build competitors in DBIA’s National Design-Build Student Competition. The competition is as rigorous as the rewards are meaningful for students hoping to begin a career in the AEC industry. Each year DBIA chooses a unique […]

Your team has secured a contract or a grant for a large project and your team is ready to get to work on preliminary planning. Both you and the Owner have a vision of the desired outcome, but what does a highly effective design-build project look like? On Time. While unanticipated setbacks can impact deadlines, […]

Gray, Inc., one of the nation’s leading design-build firms, and the Gray family, including DBIA Founding Father and Kentucky Department of Transportation Secretary, Jim Gray, have donated a transformative $5.2 million to build a new home for the University of Kentucky’s College of Design. In addition to bringing together the university’s five design programs into […]