New Two-Part Episode of Design-Build Delivers Podcast Spotlights DBIA Award Winners

November 2024

The 2024 DBIA Design-Build Conference & Expo in Dallas was so big –– you know what they say about Texas –– we had to break the November episode of the Design-Build Delivers Podcast into two parts.

In this special episode, we’re bringing you the highlights from the 2024 Design-Build Conference & Expo in Dallas, held Nov. 6-8.

Part 1 kicks off with interviews featuring the Project/Team Award winners, including team members from the Holt Watters Field Camp, NREL Research and Innovation Laboratory and the Project of the Year winning Applied Research Building at the University of Arizona. Plus, hear from the Student Competition finalist teams from the University of Colorado Boulder and NewSchool of Architecture and Design as well as the winning team from the University of Arizona.

In Part 2, we sit down with Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award winner Don Warren, FDBIA, and Distinguished Leadership Award winners Emily Galliers, MCIOB, DBIA, and Rod Pope, PE, FDBIA. This super-sized episode is packed with interviews, award highlights and a whole lot more. Don’t miss a minute!

Guests:

PART 1

University of Arizona Applied Research Building
Brian Brandis, University of Arizona
Andrew Gillett, McCarthy Building Companies
Katie Stachler, SmithGroup
Dana Sylvester, University of Arizona

Holt Watters Field Camp
Ellie Mango, Bespoke Project Solutions
Brandon “Shaggy” Neahusan, Bespoke Project Solutions

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Research and Innovation Laboratory (RAIL)
Bret Cummock, NREL

Cardinal Design-Build (University of Arizona)
Macie Balkan
Kenadee Carruthers
Reuel Florendo
Lauren Johnson
Lily Trenkamp

Rocky Mountain Design-Build (University of Colorado Boulder)
Benjamin Hewitt
Katie Irvin
Julian Kotara
Mary Grace Lehmkuhl
Dana Majer

Altitude Design Development (NewSchool of Architecture and Design)
James Armendariz
Jade Giron
Boston McCullough
Henry Vergil

Amanda Ayles
Portfolio Project Manager, Estimating, HCSS

PART 2

Don Warren, FDBIA
Executive Vice President – Upstate Division, Omega Construction

Emily Galliers, MCIOB, DBIA
Design Manager, BuildGroup

Rod Pope, PE, FDBIA
Vice President, Brown and Caldwell

PART 1:

Chapters:

00:00:09 Reliving the DBIA 2024 Design-Build Conference & Expo

00:01:53 Celebrating the Project of the Year: University of Arizona Applied Research Building

00:09:06 Design-Build Done in the Cold: Holt Watters Field Camp

00:18:32 Flexible Lab Spaces for the Future: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Research and Innovation Laboratory (RAIL)

00:23:48 An All-Women Winning Team: Cardinal Design-Build

00:33:04 Graduating from Excel: Rocky Mountain Design-Build

00:38:33 A Balancing Act: Altitude Design Development

00:44:36 HeavyBid Brings Realism to Student Projects

PART 2:

Chapters:

00:00:09 DBIA Awards Highlights – Part 2 Intro

00:02:17 Don Warren on Winning the Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award

00:15:45 Emily Galliers: Young Professional and Distinguished Leader

00:26:04: Rod Pope: Distinguished Leader and Water/Wastewater Legend

Resources

2024 DBIA Project/Team Award Winners
Learn more about the Project/Team Award Winners featured in this episode as well as the other 2024 winners, past winners and how to enter your project for 2025.
DBIA National Design-Build Student Competition
Get to know the ins and outs of the student competition.
University of Arizona’s National Design-Build Student Competition Win Highlights Growing Role of Women in AEC
Celebrate the student teams in this recent Design-Build Delivers blog post.
2025 DBIA Design-Build Conference & Expo
It’s never too early to start thinking about joining us in Las Vegas next year!
Donald G. Warren, FDBIA, Named 2024 Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Celebrate Don Warren’s influential career.
From a Renaissance Architect to Today’s Design-Build Innovators: How the Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award Honors the History and Future of Design-Build
Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?
Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
See who else has won the Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award.
Meet the 2024 Distinguished Leadership Award Winners
Get to know Emily Galliers and Rod Pope a little better and meet Tony Parrott.
Distinguished Leadership Award Winners
Find out who else has won the Distinguished Leadership Award from DBIA.

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