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DBIA’s Brian Skripac Breaks Down What Truly Sets Design-Build Apart on Autodesk’s Digital Builder Podcast

Brian Skripac talks design-build on Autodesk's Digital Builder podcast.

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Precast Concrete Meets Today’s Student Housing Demands

Twenty million students are currently enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States. While enrollment continues to be flat, the availability of campus housing still lags behind. Housing shortages afflict campuses nationwide. Undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty and staff, often base their decision to attend colleges and universities on housing availability […]

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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 […]

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Design-Build Comes to New York City…(Finally)

After years of being left behind in legislative efforts to expand the use of design-build in the State of New York, the legislature has now granted design-build authority to the City of New York. “This is the dawn of a new era in the City of New York –one that will allow agencies to deliver […]

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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 […]

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Recapping the 2019 Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference

The 2019 Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference ended on Friday, and it’s hard to believe it’s over after the incredible week we had in Cincinnati. From inspiring keynote speakers to education sessions on the hottest topics in design-build, this was another memorable year at #DBIAWater. We recapped the 2019 Design-Build for Transportation/Aviation Conference last week, but […]

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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, […]

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