2020 Design-Build Conference & Expo

2019 Design-Build Conference & Expo

We have all experienced unprecedented times this year, and DBIA is no different. Hear insight from the DBIA National Board as it relates to the impact of COVID-19 on the organization and industry, and our path forward.

No Credit (CEU) for this complimentary resource As one of DBIA’s most popular presenters, DeWayne Ables, brings decades of industry and management experience to organizations looking to maximize their productivity, develop leaders and build their business. DeWayne’s work at Pioneer IQ has evolved a unique growth process for design and construction firms that uncovers their unique purpose, empowers leaders and teams to deliver it, and explores the market to find owners who need and desire it. Today, more than ever, strong leadership is needed to help our industry navigate difficult times. This is part one of a two-part webinar focused on how to prioritize and lead teams through uncertainty.

Dr. Jackson is one of America's design-build pioneers, an author, educator and widely recognized expert on making the mental shift. Design-Build Done RightA requires far more than just winning a design-build competition or signing a design-build contract a" it takes a whole new mindset. Dr. Jackson will address the challenges in shifting from a segregated services mentality and the skills necessary to be a successful design-build team member, and what it takes to manage and lead multi-disciplined teams to achieve optimized results under the Design-Build Done RightA approach.

Being a manager or an executive in the design and construction industry is more difficult than any other. Like other industries, we too have stringent deadlines, customers with high expectations and aggressive competitors. However, our customers don't come to us to purchase pots and pans, cars, insurance or other products that are simple transactions. We practically live with our clients for months or longer.

The session will examine how team dynamics changed from planning through preconstruction on a donor-funded target price design-build project at Colorado State University. Use of two step, best value procurement with a target price created a challenge for the facilities management team to balance the donor's desire for iconic architecture with the end user's need for functional programmatic space. Use of a large review team and proactively managing the changing team dynamics facilitated project success.

2019 Design-Build for Transportation/Aviation Conference

Alternative Technical Concepts are a valuable tool to encourage innovation by the Design-Builder. Members of the construction community have lauded WSDOT's ATC process as an effective tool of the procurement process. This segment will discuss the use of the ATC and provide best practices in evaluation of an ATC, including the roles and responsibilities of the evaluation team, and the importance of confidentiality.

Whether trying to influence the marketplace and your clients or impact the culture of your organization, storytelling is actually one of the most effective tools to drive change. Great leaders are able to tell great stories. Getting people on board with your ideas and solutions doesn’t happen by chance. Having great ideas isn’t enough if all you can convey about them are the facts, figures and good logic that support them. In this session, we will discuss how to frame your intentions and ideas in such a way that they educate, inform, motivate and inspire to achieve the results that you are seeking.