DBIA is proud to present our organization’s highest individual honor to our 2021 Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Mark Shambaugh. We’ve also honored four incredible design-build leaders for their commitment to innovation and collaboration with a 2021 Distinguished Leadership Award while inducting five new members to the esteemed DBIA College of Fellows.  All were recognized at the 2021 Design-Build Conference & Expo November 1-3. You can learn more about each of our 2021 Leadership Award winners here.

“As design-build continues to revolutionize the way America builds, it’s important to recognize the industry leaders driving that change. Each of these winners is among the best of the best in our industry. Their contributions have helped design-build’s evolution as the nation’s most flexible and fastest growing delivery method delivering consistently superior projects of all types.”…Lisa Washington, CAE, DBIA Executive Director/CEO

2021 Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award

DBIA’s Highest Individual Honor

Mark Shambaugh, FDBIA, PE, CEM
Chief Executive Officer, Retired
Shambaugh & Son

2021 Distinguished Leadership Award Winners

Owner – Jason Kenney
Deputy Director
California Department of General Services

Industry Professional – Robynne Thaxton J.D., FDBIA
Managing Member
Thaxton Parkinson, PLLC and Progressive Design-Build Consulting LLC

Faculty – Dean Papajohn, PE, Ph.D., DBIA Associate, ENV SP
Professor of Practice
University of Arizona

Student – Zachary Hansen, ENV SP
President, DBIA Student Chapter
University of Arizona

DBIA also inducted a new class of Designated Design-Build Professional Fellows™. Fellow status recognizes the achievements of our most accomplished Designated Design-Build Professionals. These five industry leaders will also be honored during the Design-Build Conference & Expo.

2021 Designated Design-Build Professional Fellows™

David D. Burton, FDBIA

Business Development for Detention Services

Layton Construction

Mark Deaton, FDBIA, R.A., LEED AP

Associate V.P. | Director of Operations – Architecture

HNTB Corporation

Brian T. King, FDBIA

President

A M King

Peter M. Kinsley, FDBIA

President – Infrastructure & Transportation

Haskell

Rodney Lee Pope, PE, FDBIA

Vice President

Brown and Caldwell

Design-build continues to change the way America builds its projects, and DBIA is proud to honor these leaders for their contributions to the industry.