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The team from Iowa State University felt confident after making their presentation during the 2018 National Design-Build Student Competition. That confidence was well-placed, as the Cyclones took home the top prize in this year’s design-build competition, which takes place every year at the Design-Build Conference & Expo. Iowa State was one of three shortlisted teams […]

CII/Pankow Study Says Design-Build is Faster, With More Reliable Performance and Less Cost and Schedule Growth New research shows that America’s design-build projects continue to deliver faster, and with greater reliability in cost and schedule performance, than other delivery methods. It’s been 20 years since the seminal CII/Penn State research showed that design-build projects consistently […]

DBIA is proud to announce the three finalists in the 2018 National Design-Build Student Competition. Student teams from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Seminole State College of Florida and Iowa State University will advance to the final round of the competition. The three student finalist teams will compete in front of a live jury and audience at DBIA’s […]

DBIA is pleased to share the nine Regional Finalists in the 2018 Design-Build Student Competition. This year, 36 teams from 27 universities entered this competition to exhibit design-build best practices by proposing a delivery solution to design and construct a 2–3 floor student resident hall on an American college campus. The Regional winners will move […]

When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him lies on the paths of men.   …Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  DBIA and the design-build community mourns the loss of one of our nation’s most passionate design-build advocates. As the Assistant Director of LA County’s DPW, Jacob Williams has left an incredible legacy in […]

The labor shortage in the construction industry continues to impact companies large and small. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the construction sector has added 308,000 jobs over the year. US News reports: “The labor shortage is so acute that 91 percent of more than 2,700 contractors, construction managers, builders and trade contractors surveyed […]