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The White House has released new proposals designed to boost current “Buy American” provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). President Biden announced the new guidance in this week’s state of the union address. “Tonight, I’m also announcing new standards to require all construction materials used in federal infrastructure projects to be made […]

  Charles Pankow Foundation Project to Fuel Design Excellence in Design-Build February 2023 As a long-time supporter of the Charles Pankow Foundation, DBIA is excited to share the news about new design-build tools they’ll release in 2023. First is the Project Delivery Assessment Tool, which is an online tool that allows owners to assess their […]

The Design-Build for Transportation/Aviation Conference is the perfect event at the perfect time for design-build teams working to deliver historic infrastructure investment projects nationwide. Whether you’re new to design-build or an old pro, there will be impressive networking, resources and sessions explicitly geared to teams in the transportation/aviation sectors. DBIA’s Transportation/Aviation Conference committee chair, Jolena […]

  Nowhere else can you find such a detailed and diverse collection of design-build project descriptions than in DBIA’s Design-Build Projects Database. We’re excited to report that we’ve hit the 500-project mark! Use this powerful tool to search among our 500 design-build projects across all sectors, regions and sizes.  Join the design-build teams using this […]

February 8th Webinar: Selecting a Project Delivery Method: New Digital Tool to Guide Owners Design-build is all about collaboration, and of course, DBIA is, too. That’s why we’re excited to give you a preview of work happening now led by The University of Washington’s College of Built Environments for the Charles Pankow Foundation to create […]

I’ve always been intrigued by Tom Kelley, a partner at the renowned design firm IDEO and best-selling author. In his book, “The Ten Faces of Innovation,” Kelley recognizes that innovation is one of the most important ingredients to the modern economy, and he presents 10 different personas as examples of roles people can adopt to […]