Posts for Author: Danielle Hall
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Celebrating DBIA’s Newly Certified Professionals – August 26, 2019
Every year, hundreds of people undertake the training and education necessary to become a Designated Design-Build Professional.™ As the industry grows, so does the need for qualified professionals who practice Design-Build Done Right®. Each week we will feature just a few of the many industry professionals that are becoming DBIA certified. Congratulations to all! Brandon […] -
Design-Build Delivers in the San Juan Unified School District
Design-build in education has seen significant growth in recent years, as schools of all shapes and sizes need the innovation and efficiencies a successful design-build project can provide. One terrific example of this is the recently completed Dyer-Kelly Elementary School in the San Juan Unified School District in California. The two-story building is the first […] -
2019 Design-Build Award Winners Announced
There’s a Better Way to Build – And These National Design-Build Award Winning Teams Prove It Each July, many of the nation’s leading design-build pros converge on Washington for two full days of scoring, deliberating and debating the merits of that year’s Design-Build Project/Team Award submissions. From the Aviation to Water/Wastewater sectors, and everything in […] -
Design-Build Authority Granted in Wisconsin
The state of Wisconsin has made a giant leap in expanding design-build with the passage of its biennial budget bill, Assembly Bill 56, and signed by Governor Tony Evers. Governor Evers’ partial veto of some portions of the transportation budget bill was also good news for design-build by rejecting proposed limits on the number of […] -
Celebrating DBIA’s Newly Certified Professionals – June 30, 2019
Every year, hundreds of people undertake the training and education necessary to become a Designated Design-Build Professional.™ As the industry grows, so does the need for qualified professionals who practice Design-Build Done Right®. Each week we will feature just a few of the many industry professionals that are becoming DBIA certified. Congratulations to all! Brian […] -
Washington State Embraces Progressive Design-Build
Washington Governor Jay Inslee has signed legislation authorizing the use of progressive design-build (PDB) in all agencies already using design-build. Washington is the first state to specifically address the use of progressive in legislative language, building a model that could help inform the use of progressive in other states nationwide. DBIA enthusiastically supported HB 1295 […] -
Looking Back at the 2019 Design-Build for Transportation and Aviation Conference
It’s springtime which means one thing at DBIA – conferences! We’re in Cincinnati this week for two conferences in one location. The Design-Build for Transportation and Aviation Conference (aka #DBIATranspo) started things off on Monday while the Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference (#DBIAWater) takes over the second half of the week. Wednesday is the crossover day, […] -
My Misconceptions about DBIA Certification – and Why I was Wrong
By Robert R. Smedley, AIA, DBIA Note: This article also appears in the first 2019 issue of Integration Quarterly magazine. You can read the full issue here. To be honest I didn’t expect to learn much from the DBIA certification process. In my 35 years in the industry, I’d seen design-build done right, I’d seen it […] -
Top Five Reasons to Attend a DBIA Conference
DBIA’s sector-specific conferences for Transportation/Aviation and Water/Wastewater offer incredible opportunities to learn and grow as a design-build professional. Here are our top five reasons we think you should attend! DBIA delivers what you need. DBIA’s sector-specific conferences provide the best design-build information, education and networking for the Transportation/Aviation and Water/Wastewater sectors. Convenience. With two conferences in […] -
Design-Build Myths and Facts
Though design-build has grown from an alternative project delivery method into a mainstream delivery method, there are still those who believe myths about what design-build is and what the process looks like. We’ve broken it down for you with five of the most common myths about design-build and the real facts behind them. MYTH: Design-Build […]