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Education is our mission. So it’s no surprise that Mihisha spends her days ensuring our fastest growing department continues to deliver the nation’s best courses and training for design-builders. One part cat-wrangler, two parts logistician and many parts sooth-sayer, Mihisha works to keep DBIA education on the leading edge of our industry. In her youth, […]

Organizing DBIA’s many education courses and workshops requires a logistical powerhouse with the patience of Job, even in a good year. And, as we all know, the COVID years certainly can’t qualify as “good years.” In spite of it all, Education Program Coordinator, Paige Hawkins, keeps our top-notch instructors, eager design-build students and our many […]

At DBIA we always say, “We love our members!” And we really do. Mia has been on the front lines of our member engagement since 2014 and says the favorite part of her job is meeting so many of our members at DBIA conferences. Mia is into animation/anime, comedies, action and foreign films, sci-fi, and […]

Being a good webmaster involves far more than just the technical side of working code and CMS; the magic comes in the creativity and artistry. Here at DBIA, Fred plays his computer like a Stradivarius. He got an art degree from the University of Maryland after studying graphic design, printmaking and animation. At DBIA you […]

Chris Gaskins is a true champion and innovator for design-build in the state of South Carolina. As Preconstruction Design- Build Engineer for the South Carolina Department of Transportation, Gaskins leads a dynamic 12-engineer group that oversees the delivery of statewide design-build projects. He also facilitated the development and implementation of the Design-Build Procurement Manual and, […]

Jim Avitabile has worked on projects from California to Maine, and everywhere in between, working on roadways, limited- access highways, bridges, toll roads, interchanges, rail and transit facilities, and more. Jim leads RS&H’s Strategic Initiatives related to its Transportation Practice and has assisted public agencies such as TxDOT, FDOT, MDOT, CDOT, and LYNX refine their […]

Adrian Price is the Design-Build Coordinator at Flatiron Construction and for nearly a decade has worked on a variety of design-build projects. Adrian is currently working on the one hundred and forty-five million-dollar N.C. 12 Rodanthe Bridge project for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. As an engineer and young professional, Adrian represents the future […]

It’s impossible to talk about design-build in New York without talking about its biggest champion, Governor Andrew Cuomo. Thanks to his leadership, there are many high-profile design-build projects across the state of New York demonstrating to the entire nation the cost and time efficiencies that come with design-build. Whether it’s the former Tappan Zee (now […]

The Port Authority of New Jersey and New York is tasked with maintaining some of the nation’s most recognizable infrastructure located in the one of the nation’s most densely populated areas. Despite being one of only a handful of states with limited authority, the Port Authority is none-the-less reshaping the landscape in New York and […]

As Program Administrator for the Washington State Department of Transportation’s SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Program, Julie Meredith has been instrumental in the development of multiple design-build projects that are reconstructing a vulnerable and vital urban highway connecting Seattle and the growing cities east of Lake Washington. The Program’s ongoing progress is owed in […]