DBIA has charged through the middle of the year. Highlights of the second and third quarters include DBIA Executive Director/CEO Lisa Washington, CAE, announcing her retirement, our communications team leadership taking home some hardware at the Stevie Awards, our record-breaking Federal Design-Build Symposium and more.
DBIA Staff, Leadership, Board of Directors
Lisa Washington, CAE
Executive Director/CEO, DBIA
Lisa Washington Will Retire from DBIA; Organization Seeks Successor, Retrofit Magazine, Sept. 21, 2026.
Danielle Hall
Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Communications, DBIA
Erin Looney
Director of Content and Strategic Communications, DBIA
Fred Yi
Associate Director of Web and Digital Media, DBIA
DBIA Earns Multiple Stevie® Awards for Communications Excellence, Airport Improvement Magazine, April 25, 2026.
More About DBIA Leadership, Staff and Members
Generation Toolbelt: Gen Z Builders Know Tech. They’re Ready to Teach — and Learn, Construction Dive, Aug. 31, 2026.
From Office to Life: The Impact of Progressive Design-Build on Mentorship and Personal Growth, Building Design+Construction, Sept. 23, 2026.
Danny Walker: 30 Years in Law Enforcement, Applied to Design, Clark Nexsen, Sept 24, 2026.
More DBIA News
DBIA Bolsters Building Team Agreement Guidance with Updated Document, Building Design+Construction, June 8, 2026.
DBIA Releases New Federal QBS Blueprint for Design-Build Projects, SMB in Action, June 9, 2026.
Federal Design-Build Symposium Draws Record-Breaking Crowd and Agency Leaders, Virginia Industry Chronicle, August 21, 2026.
Progressive Design-Build Takes Hold in Missouri, Construction Dive, Aug. 24, 2026.
ENR West Announces 2026 Project of the Year Finalists for California, Engineer News-Record, Sept. 16, 2026.
DBIA Launches Free Online Tutorial to Put Federal QBS Guidance Into Practice, Bomb Report, Sept. 16, 2026.
Insights Moving the Industry Forward: ACEC Research Institute Releases 2025–2026 Achievement Report, Engineering Inc., Sept. 30, 2026.
National Project/Team and Leadership Awards
DBIA Names 32 National Design-Build Project/Team Award Merit Winners, Retrofit Magazine, Sept. 3, 2026.
Gibsonton Desalination Pump Station Wins National Design Award, Zero Safety Incidents, Hoodline, Sept. 9, 2026.
Hensel Phelps to Showcase Five Design-Build Projects at 2026 DBIA Conference, Construction Owners, Sept. 23, 2026.
Fayetteville Outer Loop I-295 Wins National Design-Build Award, WKML, Sept. 28, 2026.
DBIA Names Geoffrey Neumayr its 2026 Brunelleschi Award Winner, California Culture Today, Sept. 29, 2026.
More Highlights
Progressive Design-Build Recommendations for Owners and PDB Teams on Effective Project Delivery, ACEC, April 27, 2026.
Design That Disappears, Strength That Endures, Structure, May 1, 2026.
A New Era of Justice in an Existing Footprint, Correctional News, May 28, 2026.
Beyond the Bid: Why Design-Build Is a Strategic Imperative, Brief Glance, June 17, 2026.
The K-12 Master Plan: A Tool for Navigating Change, School Construction News, July 14, 2026.
AI is in the Building, Seattle Magazine, Aug. 25, 2026.
Governments Promise Infrastructure. Communities Keep Waiting, Newsweek, Sept. 25, 2026.
Progressive Design-Build Has Reached the Center of the Industry: Now Comes the Hard Part, Engineering Inc, June 1, 2026
