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Dick Cowan is a veteran construction manager from a family of craftsmen and contractors. He holds degrees from Cornell University and the University of California, Berkeley. After college, Dick entered the U.S. Navy and was commissioned in the Civil Engineer Corps. His active duty took him to Vietnam and Germany, and he held a commission […]

Dan Rawlins is a Principal and Project Manager with InterDesign, and architectural and planning firm located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The firm specializes in educational facilities, long-term healthcare and public libraries.  Dan, an architect with over three decades of experience in planning educational facilities, has developed an expertise as Owner’s representative and Design Criteria Developer for […]

Craig Unger is Principal and CEO of Unger Security Solutions, LLC, providing consulting services for acquisition management, project delivery and advisory services for the security and detention environment. Mr. Unger founded the business upon his retirement from the federal government in 2003. Mr. Unger was appointed by the Attorney General of the United States in […]

Dr. Dubler is a Virtual Facilities Engineer for the Office of Physical Plant as well as an Affiliate Assistant Professor within the Architectural Engineering Department at Penn State. His current focus is the implementation of BIM into facility operations and is responsible for information management within the Office of Physical Plant at Penn State.

Brett Mitchell is the Director of Facilities for the San Juan Unified School District. As the Director, Brett manages a $2.4 billion dollar capital improvement effort with current bond authorization of $1.2 billion. Brett has an undergraduate degree in Construction Management. After several successful years in the construction industry, he left to teach math and […]

Bill Reifsteck has over 35 years of construction industry experience. He has run projects in the Industrial, Healthcare, Higher Education and Public Sectors. He has managed projects of every size including estimating, scheduling, cost control and safety management, including running the industrial business unit of a multi-national design-build contractor. Mr. Reifsteck has been nationally and […]

Bill Kent is a Construction Executive with Mortenson Construction in Seattle and is currently the Vice President of the DBIA-Northwest Region. During his 25 years with Mortenson, Mr. Kent has been involved in many design-build projects, including two which have received national recognition for excellence in design-build delivery. He received his Designated Design-Build Professional certification […]

Bill Godwin is a Partner and Senior Project Manager with BACAR Constructors, Inc., located in Nashville, Tennessee. He was first exposed to the design-build method of project delivery as a student in Auburn University’s Cooperative Education program. A 1983 graduate of Auburn University with a degree in Building Science, Mr. Godwin has been with BACAR […]

Baabak Ashuri is Associate Professor at Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) and Fellow in the School of Building Construction and the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech where he directs Construction Research Center (CRC). Dr. Ashuri’s educational, research, and consulting activities focus on Project Analytics, Construction Engineering & Project Management, […]

Mr. Shannon Sweitzer is the Director of Transportation for S&ME and a senior engineer. He offers an extensive background in major transportation projects where he has been active in all aspects of the project delivery process from planning to construction oversight. His focus at S&ME is to consolidate the firm’s extensive engineering capabilities and technical […]