DBIA Advocacy Team Highlights Legislative News
October 2022 Podcast
Each year, design-build advocates across the nation and in the halls of Congress work to ensure that states and federal agencies have full access to design-build to deliver their projects. That authority has never been more important as we rebuild in the post-Covid environment and launch a new infrastructure reinvestment era. DBIA’s advocacy team continues to lead that effort to educate lawmakers and advocate for expansive design-build authority.
In this episode, DBIA’s Vice President of Advocacy and Industry Engagement, Louis Jenny, and Richard Thomas, Director of State/Local Legislative Affairs give us details on why 2022 was a record-breaker for the passage of design-build legislation.
Guests
Louis Jenny – Vice President, Advocacy and Industry Engagement, DBIA
Richard Thomas – Director, State/Local Legislative Affairs, DBIA
Episode Topics
Topic 1: Why expanding design-build authority in states is critical. (1:42)
Topic 2: How the FAR guides design-build in the federal sector. (2:38)
Topic 3: A day in the life of DBIA’s advocacy team. (4:38)
Topic 4: How the Covid era impacted design-build nationwide. (7:49)
Topic 5: 2022 was DBIA’s most successful legislative year in history. (10:08)
Topic 6: How Washington’s changed political climate impacts legislative action. (12:03)
Topic 7: DBIA’s Federal Symposium provided a unique look into how agencies will use design-build for infrastructure investment programs. (13:30)
Topic 8: Owners need design-build to deliver IIJA projects successfully. (15:22)
Topic 9: Important design-build legislation passed in New York and Illinois in 2022. (16:30)
Topic 10: Seeing continued growth in Progressive Design-Build nationwide. (17:04)
Topic 11: What’s ahead for design-build legislatively? (18:27)
Topic 12: Design-build’s project success speaks for itself and is driving national growth. (24:43)
Topic 13: 2023 legislative predictions for design-build. (23:35)
Resources:
Design-Build Federal Resources
Design-Build Market and Performance Research
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