Posts for Archives: Leadership Award Winner

In addition to his notable achievements as an architect, Brett Tullis has pursued a busy second career as an educational volunteer, bringing the concept of design-build to people and students that have limited knowledge or experience of the profession. Mr. Tullis played a vital role in establishing the only DBIA Student Chapter in Southern California […]

Rep. Lincoln Hough successfully sponsored and passed HB 2376, authorizing political subdivisions such as cities, counties and school districts throughout the state of Missouri to use design-build. Rep. Hough’s tireless work on the issue began in 2015, when he first sponsored the legislation, and continued in 2016 because he understood the importance of this issue […]

Amanda established Windward Project Solutions, LLC — a project management firm serving Owners, contractors and engineers in the Transportation and Maritime Sectors — to support integrated project delivery throughout Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Amanda recently earned her DBIA™ accreditation and serves as an owner’s advocate to help foster design-build in Alaska. She has helped […]

Danny Dawood, as the Director of Business Development and Engineering with the Transtec Group, has worked on the pavement design portion of many design-build projects throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada. In fact, in just the past three years his work has led to over $250 million of construction cost savings. From the Presidio Parkway […]

Carlos Braceras is Executive Director of the Utah Department of Transportation. Carlos has helped to shape UDOT’s strategic direction and its mission of innovating transportation solutions making it one of the most respected and influential DOT’s in the nation. Under Carlos’ leadership, the agency has fully adopted design-build as the delivery method that keeps it […]

Benjamin Dzioba has been a quality manager, design manager and project manager on over $1.4 billion dollars worth of design build projects. Ben has worked on over 17 design-build projects with experience on roadway design, critical path method scheduling, change documentation, environmental compliance, public information coordination and construction management. Ben is also a true design-build […]

Once the Maryland Department of Transportation received legislative authority in 2013 to proceed with P3 projects, it wasted no time in implementing regulations and beginning the process that has now led to the largest design-build-finance-operate-maintain transit agreement in the United States. The $2.4 billion Purple Line Light Rail System will run 16 miles between the […]

As Program Administrator for the Washington State Department of Transportation’s SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Program, Julie Meredith has been instrumental in the development of multiple design-build projects that are reconstructing a vulnerable and vital urban highway connecting Seattle and the growing cities east of Lake Washington. The Program’s ongoing progress is owed in […]

Student leadership is important to foster the growth of future design-build professionals, and Hunter Brown is a prime example of what that student leadership can do. Hunter has been a champion of design-build in many ways during his undergraduate career. He helped found the DBIA Student Chapter at the University of Arizona and was a […]

A consummate, pragmatic professional, Monica promotes the tenets of the design-build project delivery model with an unwavering commitment to open, honest communication; transparency; and finding a better way. Representing the “build” side of design-build, Monica quickly rose to a leadership role at Manson Construction, serving as project manager and supervisor on design-build projects across the […]