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Missouri Public Agencies Now Have Option for a Faster, Less Expensive, Quality Construction Process Thanks to New Design-Build Legislation

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August 29, 2016 For two decades, countless lawmakers, municipal and county officials, and engineering and construction professionals have worked behind the scenes to enact legislation that would allow local Missouri public agencies to use the design-build construction process for everything from roads and bridges to water and wastewater infrastructure. This week, the long-awaited Missouri House … Continued

Building a Party Platform that Builds Roads

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Andrew Ausel | August 15, 2016 Hillary Clinton vowed during the Democratic National Convention on July 28 to “work with both parties to pass the biggest investment in new, good paying jobs since World War II.” She went on to clarify that the key component of this investment will be infrastructure spending, but the key … Continued

DOT Opens the Build America Bureau

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Louis J. Jenny | July 27, 2016 Last week I attended the opening of Build America Bureau at the U.S. Department of Transportation. This new bureau, a merging of several existing programs plus some new charges that grew out of last year’s FAST Act is intended to streamline DOT credit opportunities and grants, with a … Continued

A Lesson in Sausage Making and Persistence

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By G. William Quatman, DBIA, Esq.[1]  |  June 20, 2016 It has been said that you should never watch sausage or legislation being made.  President Calvin Coolidge also once said, “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.” These observations have been particularly true in recent years with regard to design-build legislation in … Continued

2016: A Landmark Year for Design-Build Legislation

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by Andrew Ausel | June 14, 2015 It is in no way an overstatement to claim that 2016 has been a landmark year for design-build and DBIA. Across geographic regions, and regardless of state political affiliation, 2016 was a year when legislators recognized the need for time and cost saving project delivery methods, which also … Continued

Developments in Federal Design-Build Legislation and Regulation

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by Louis J. Jenny  |  June 1, 2016 We’ve had some movement on a few fronts with DBIA’s efforts to improve design-build procedures in federal projects.  Since our successes in 2014 and 2015 on encouraging better use of two-step design-build selection procedures (more on that later), we’ve shifted our focus in Congress to putting a … Continued

Design-Build in Transportation Includes Ports and Rail

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Andrew Ausel | May 18, 2016 One of the topics most-discussed by attendees of this year’s Design-Build in Transportation Conference was the need for more coverage of transit projects other than highways. Well, last December, for the first time in ten years, long-term funding for surface transportation was achieved when President Obama signed the Fixing … Continued

Design-Build Coming to Missouri’s Local Public Agencies

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The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) played a key role in crafting the legislation, providing supporting testimony, and working with Representative Lincoln Hough and Senator Jay Wasson to get this legislation passed. Governor Jay Nixon signed the legislation on July 1. May 13, 2016 Jefferson City, Mo.  – The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), the … Continued

Design-Build Comes to Alabama DOT, but Prison Bill Fails

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Alabama joins 35 other states where design-build is authorized for use by their State Departments of Transportation. The Governor has signed the legislation into law and is effective immediately. April 28, 2016 Montgomery, Ala.  – The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), the only organization that defines, teaches and promotes best practices in design-build, celebrated the passage … Continued

The P3 Map is Changing in 2016: Could Your State Be Next?

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By Andrew Ausel | April 15, 2016 It’s hard to say that Public-Private-Partnerships (P3s) have only become a trend in 2016. According to our P3 map based on state statutes, P3s are widely permitted in 10 states and are authorized for one primary sector in 15 others. However, legislation expanding or granting P3 authorization is … Continued