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DBIA Delivers Design-Build Done Right to New York What do you get when you bring together over 200 of New York’s leading design and construction professionals plus the agency and project leaders who are blazing trails in New York?  You get the truly energizing design-build conversation we saw at the “Delivering a New New York” […]

In these days of tight budgets and growing infrastructure needs, state transportation leaders have increasingly turned to design-build to innovate and collaborate, delivering projects more efficiently to communities nationwide. Design-builders know first-hand the importance of cooperation and communication to delivering successful on-time and on-budget projects. DBIA is proud to honor some of the nation’s most […]

This article also appears in Issue 3 of Integration Quarterly. At DBIA, certification and education often go hand in hand. Becoming DBIA certified requires taking core courses and passing a comprehensive exam, and education is essential to any professional who wants to be in the know about the latest in design-build. We spoke with Managing […]

By Chris Hornbeck, AIA, AGC, MBA This article also appears in Issue 3 of DBIA’s magazine, Integration Quarterly. Chances are, if you’re in the design-build industry you’ve also encountered lean construction principles. The design-build and lean construction movements share many commonalities, going back to their roots in the Total Quality Management (TQM) revolution of the 1950s. […]

Dynamic presenters, unparalleled networking opportunities and a bevy of design-build education…the 2017 Design-Build Conference & Expo brought together some of the industry’s best and brightest in Philadelphia. More than two thousand attendees jammed the Pennsylvania Convention Center for three days of workshops, panel discussions and keynote speakers representing the best of the design-build industry. The week […]

  Competing in front of a live jury and audience at the Design-Build Conference & Expo in Philadelphia, the shortlisted teams from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, University of Oklahoma and Washington State University defended their design and construction plans for a student health and wellness facility on a liberal arts college campus in the […]