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A 92,000 Job Loss in February, 11,000 for Construction Jobs

Employers cut 92,000 jobs in February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a reversal of January’s job gains. Economists had predicted a stronger showing, with some forecasting that January’s growth would continue and add 59,000 jobs to the economy.  Revisions also softened the previous two months’ numbers. January jobs numbers were revised down slightly […]

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Public-Private Partnerships and DBIA

Issue 1 of 2015 by Jim Whitaker According to several industry sources, the pent-up demand for infrastructure in the U.S. is measured in hundreds of billions of dollars. Roads, bridges, schools, courthouses, jails, utility systems, the list goes on and on. Public-private partnership (P3) enabling legislation is beginning to take hold in many state houses […]

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Milwaukee School of Engineering Wins DBIA National Design-Build Student Competition

Issue 4 of 2014   On the last day of the 2014 Design-Build Conference & Expo, DBIA’s Executive Director/CEO, Lisa Washington, CAE, took the stage to announce the winner of DBIA’s National Design-Build Student Competition. Flanked by the three finalist student teams – from the University of Oklahoma, the University of Washington and the Milwaukee […]

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Explaining DBIA’s Position on LPTA

by Louis J. Jenny and Geoff Corey  |  January 13, 2015 Federal regulations lay out a number of ways the government can negotiate and contract with the private sector to provide services or goods. One of these methods is known as Lowest Price Technically Acceptable, or LPTA. While there are situations when LPTA makes sense, […]

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DBIA Elects Peter M. Kinsley 2015 National Board Chair

Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2014 DBIA Announces 2015 Board of Directors; Peter M. Kinsley, President of Haskell’s Government & Public Services Group will serve as DBIA’s National Chairman of the Board The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), the only organization that defines, teaches, and promotes best practices in design-build, has announced that Peter M. Kinsley […]

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Public-Private Partnerships: Design-Build Revolution or Evolution?

By William T. Eliopoulos (right), Co-Chair Construction Practice Group, Rutan & Tucker, LLP and a member of DBIA’s Legislative and Legal Committee The 21st century has ushered in a revolution in construction delivery methods in the United States away from the separatist traditional design-bid-build method and toward a more integrated approach of which design-build is […]

  • Industry

DBIA Announces 2014 Project of the Year and National Award of Excellence Winners

Washington, D.C., October 8, 2014 Denver Union Station Honored as DBIA Design-Build Project of the Year The Design Build Institute of America (DBIA), the only organization that defines, teaches and promotes design-build best practices, has announced the 2014 Project of the Year and National Award of Excellence winners. The Denver Union Station Transit Improvement Project […]

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