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Rodney Pope’s 44-year Water and Wastewater career has been focused on design-build delivering over $1.4 billion in design-build projects over the years. He’s been an early adopter of design-build at Brown and Caldwell, promoting the importance of Design-Build Done Right®. Rod serves on DBIA’s Water/Wastewater Committee and as Co-Chair of the Program Committee for DBIA’s […]

Mark Deaton is a registered architect in both Missouri and Texas. He’s LEED-accredited, a designated Design-Build Professional and a certified DBIA instructor. For the past 15 years, Mark has been active in the DBIA Kansas City Chapter, the Mid-America region and the national organization. He has been a Mid-America Region (MAR) committee member, Secretary, Vice […]

Jeff Gagne is a long-time advocate for design-build in the transportation industry who has worked hard to promote Design-Build Done Right® both locally and nationally. A Vice President at HNTB Corporation, Gagne has worked diligently to expand design-build delivery in the state of North Carolina throughout his career. He’s also been a force in design-build […]

An early adopter of design-build, Mark Alpert has worked tirelessly for decades in bringing design-build to the water/wastewater sector. His work at CH2M Hill, where he focused on design-build in the public and private sector water market, helped turn the company into one of the leading water Engineering, Construction and Operations firms using design-build in […]

Four decades in the design-build industry is an incredible achievement in and of itself, and the work that Mark Shambaugh accomplished during that time is something special. An advocate for design-build even before DBIA was founded in 1994, Shambaugh led his company to exponential growth first as a project manager and then executive in his […]

With over a decade as a Designated Design-Build Professional, Marty Hedlund has championed the values of Design-Build Done Right education and certification nationwide. A force at Sundt Construction for 36 years, Marty practices what he preaches and has helped built a strong design-build community at Sundt with more than 100 employees with Design-Build Done Right […]

Design-build delivers, and so does Phillip Sheridan! In the past 25 years, Sheridan has successfully delivered nearly three billion dollars’ worth of design-build projects, and has received numerous honors for his achievements, including receiving a DBIA Practitioners Award in 2009. He is also heavily involved in advocating for design-build. A long-time DBIA presenter, Sheridan is […]

Bill Kent started his career with Mortenson in 1987 and he currently serves as a Construction Executive with Mortenson’s operations in the Pacific Northwest. During his tenure with Mortenson, Mr. Kent has served in the roles of estimator, field engineer, project manager, and senior project manager on a variety of projects including education, justice and […]

Gary is the Director of Structures & Bridges as well as the Director of Transportation Design Build at the Timmons Group. Focusing his career on bridges, he has designed complex structures in multiple states and has experience with nearly every aspect of bridge analysis, inspection, and design. His extensive experience with design-build projects gives him […]

By his estimation, Rich Benton has taught more than a thousand students in his twelve-plus years as an DBIA Certification instructor. In addition to his teaching duties, Rich is a member of the Design-Build Certification Board and has advanced design-build certification by helping revise DBIA’s course and exam content to align with ‘Design-Build Done Right’ […]