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DBIA’s contract documents have been the go-to resource for America’s design-build teams for years. Now, with important 2022 updates available, these timely and customizable documents are ready to help teams face the challenges of today’s marketplace. In today’s Design-Build Delivers podcast, we talk to two design-build Contracts Committee Chairs (current and past) about this impressive suite of design-build contract documents and how they will help teams deliver the nation’s most cost and time-efficient projects in the nation.

Providing a reliable and resilient energy flow to America’s communities has been increasingly challenging. Climate change has tasked many systems while usage also continues to rise. In today’s episode of Design-Build Delivers, we talk to two green building experts, Kevin Hydes and Sam Brooks, about the imperative to rebuild our power grid for the future, making it more resilient to the impacts of climate change while increasing access to affordable and reliable clean energy.

As we move into the second half of 2022, implementation of historic federal infrastructure investment is underway. Agencies and industry alike are getting new information almost daily on how the roughly $1.2 trillion will be distributed nationwide. In this episode we talk to long-time federal market pros, Laura Stagner and Thom Kurmel about how design-build teams will play a vital role in helping agencies manage workforce, supply chain and cost certainty challenges.

Resilient design and construction is all about finding solutions to deliver longevity, innovation, and adaptability in our projects. Successful resiliency programs can be as unique as the projects they’ll deliver; however, good resiliency programs have some essential elements. In this episode of Design-Build Delivers, DBIA’s VDC Director Brian Skripac talks to USCAD’s Troy Gates and Ryan Colker from the International Code Council about a wide range of resiliency topics to help your team deliver projects that stand the test of time.

It’s that time of the year when university students in design and construction programs nationwide prepare to compete in DBIA’s annual Design-Build Student Competition. This event provides an unparalleled opportunity for students to show off their skills while meeting design-build industry leaders one-on-one. So, what makes a championship design-build student team? In this episode of Design-Build Delivers, the impressive competitors from the University of Colorado Boulder talk about the process, collaborating as a team and the incredible payoff once it was all over.

Whether you’re back in the office, working remotely, or both, organizations continue to rethink how they manage a constantly changing COVID environment. For design-build teams tasked to create efficient, sustainable and flexible office space – innovation is more important than ever. In this episode of Design-Build Delivers, we talk to one design-build team who successfully met that challenge to rethink the office space and deliver a workplace that really “works” during COVID and beyond.

The passage of historic infrastructure investment brings tremendous opportunities for the design-build industry, communities, and the entire nation as we make once-in-a-generation improvements to America’s aging infrastructure. What is the state of infrastructure investment implementation and how can the design-build team prepare for what’s ahead? Those issues and so much more will fuel next month’s Design-Build for Water/Wastewater and Transportation/Aviation Conferences. In this episode, we talk to DBIA Water/Wastewater Markets Committee Chairman, John Giachino and Transportation/Aviation Chairman, Jim Avitable, about both events and why they’re especially important this year.

The digital transformation now underway in our industry will transform the way we work and deliver design-build projects. But the successful use of virtual design and construction is about far more than just software and tech tools. In this episode, VDC Directors, Brian Skripac with DBIA and Alex Belkofer with McCarthy, talk about the importance of having the right people and processes in place to capture the full value of virtual design and construction on design-build projects.

They say information is power and that’s why DBIA is committed to bringing design-build teams the latest research and data to help drive your business decisions. As we begin 2022, with historic infrastructure investment on the way, it’s especially important that our design-build industry and Owners understand the marketplace today and into the future. In this episode of “Design-Build Delivers” we get a detailed look at design-build market data through 2025. FMI’s Paul Trombitas talks about market analysis by sector, region, and so much more.