The “DBIA Buff Builders” design-build team from the University of Colorado Boulder captured the nation’s top student design-build prize after competing before a jury of industry professionals at the 2021 Design-Build Conference & Expo in Denver. The University of Colorado Boulder was one of three finalists in the 2021 National Design-Build Student Competition, which presented its design and construction plans for a student health facility on an American college campus. The University of Florida placed second, and the team from the University of Arizona finished third in the national competition.
The competition began with 16 Student Teams from 14 Universities competing at the regional level. Student teams from leading design, construction and engineering universities across the country entered the competition to demonstrate design-build best practices by proposing their unique delivery solution for this year’s project. Eight regional winners were selected to compete in the second phase of the competition by responding to an RFP. Those teams were:
Regional Winners
Roger Williams University
University of Arizona
University of California Berkeley
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Florida
University of Oklahoma
University of Washington
The top three finalists were then selected to present live in Denver.
Finalists
University of Arizona
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Florida
The winning University of Colorado Boulder team included students:
Evan Dicks, Civil Engineering
Liam Atkinson, Civil Engineering
Spencer Chuck, Architectural Engineering
Kai Reimers, Architectural Engineering
Hayley Hansen, Civil Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Matthew Morris, University of Colorado Boulder