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New Jersey lawmakers have passed sweeping new legislation the allows the use of design-build for all state and local governments. The bill passed both the House and Senate by overwhelming margins and now awaits the governor’s signature. New Jersey bill A1285 allows that any independent state transportation authority with an established prequalification, project rating, or […]

America’s Infrastructure Barely Makes the Grade ASCE has painted an in-depth portrait of America’s imperiled infrastructure systems. While government investment has made some improvements in recent years, the sobering fact that 45% of Americans still have no access to transit, or that there is a water main break every two minutes in the United States […]

Sure, we’re all living and working online for what feels like 24-7 these days but that doesn’t always make it easy. We get it – keeping track of all your education courses, transcripts, CEU totals, certification renewal can be a challenge. That’s why DBIA is so excited to roll out our new Learning Center. It’s […]

With Challenges Come Opportunities America’s Design-Build Teams Will Help Rebuild Our Economy This year’s virtual Design-Build for Water/Wastewater and Transportation/Aviation Conferences are coming at a critical time for design-build teams. For many months, we have faced unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Design-build teams have played a vital role in helping our communities by […]

A new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) details the damage inadequate infrastructure investment over decades has done – and continues to do – to our nation. Failure to Act: Economic Impacts of Status Quo Investment Across Infrastructure System finds that a continued failure to invest in America’s infrastructure will hurt America […]

The Design-Build Institute of America is proud to introduce the 2020 Class of DBIA Fellows. Elevation to Designated Design-Build Professional™ Fellow status is the highest level of DBIA Certification and acknowledges the achievements of the nation’s most accomplished design-build professionals. This year’s Fellows class includes five distinguished design-build leaders who have made invaluable contributions to […]