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What a year it’s been! While DBIA planned for “hybrid” conferences in October, current local restrictions mandate we convert to a 100% virtual experience. Given the continued uncertainty of COVID, going virtual allows us to put the health and safety of our attendees first while also maximizing your opportunity to access everything a DBIA conference […]

The Design-Build Institute of America is proud to announce its winners in the national 2020 Design-Build Project/Team Awards competition. We received among the largest number of entries in many years and the diversity of projects was impressive. Jurors found that across all sectors and project types, there is a growing amount of design-build innovation redefining project success […]

“As our nation has experienced a level of civil unrest we likely never thought we would see in our lifetime, there is no better time to remind us that DBIA’s core values include “mutual respect for and appreciation of diversity.”  DBIA is proud to say that for us these are more than just words on […]

Iowa is one of only two states that prohibits the use of design-build. This week, design-builders are in the battle of their lives to finally pass authorizing legislation during a shortened Iowa legislative session. Unfortunately, legislation to allow design-build has taken the back seat to a bill promoted by well-financed special interests to not only […]

What a difference a couple of months makes. When DBIA first polled our community at the end of March, uncertainty reigned. It was early into pandemic mitigation efforts and no one knew what to expect. Here we are, two months later, and DBIA’s newest poll shows more projects have been postponed or canceled, more positive […]

DBIA’s Advocacy team spends a lot of its time bringing design-build to as many communities as possible. Just like everyone else, the Coronavirus has changed the infrastructure industry on a federal and local level, so we reached out to DBIA’s Vice President of Advocacy as well as our Director of State/Local Legislative Affairs, for the […]