Design-Build Delivers Webinar: Introduction to P3 for Design-Build Practitioners (September 24, 2025)
Includes a Live Web Event on 09/24/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)
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This webinar provides an introduction to Public Private Partnerships (P3s), it's similarities and differences from Desig- Build projects and helps Design-Build professionals succeed in this contract form.
This course is focused on Public-Private Partnerships (P3) for the Design-Builder. It is designed for both public and private sector Design-Build knowledgeable professionals with a slant toward private sector Design-Build Practitioners. Included within the course design are modules that highlight the key differences between P3 and more traditional Design-Build procurement, project execution and risk considerations, and how the private sector financing and long-term operations and maintenance obligations change the technical considerations of a project.
Learning Objectives:
- Create understanding of what a Public Private Partnership (P3) is (and is not).
- Understand the two main P3 models used in North American construction projects
- Discuss key similarities and differences between P3s and Design-Build projects
- What roles do local and small contractors and consultants play in a P3 project?
- Introduction of P3s in preparation of the full day P3 for Design-Builders class that DBIA organizes on November 4th, as part of the Annual Conference
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Steven DeWitt, PE, DBIA
Senior Vice President for Business Development
ACS Infrastructure Development, Inc.
Steve leads ACS Infrastructure's US business development efforts as well as helping provide leadership throughout the procurement and implementation process of P3’s in the U.S. for ACS. He also serves on various project co. boards and is the CEO of the operating company for the Angels Flight Railway (a historic funicular in downtown Los Angeles).
He has over 40 years of experience in both the public and private sectors having served for 30 years in various leadership capacities at the North Carolina Department of Transportation including the NC Turnpike Authority.
He has over 30 years of experience in alternate delivery including leading the development of NCDOT’s design-build program, leading NCDOT’s first P3 procurement, serving on a wide variety of industry and public sector advocacy group committee’s and boards, and assisting with design-build and P3 related research for FHWA, AASHTO, and NCHRP.
Matt Girard, DBIA
COO - Plenary Concessions
Plenary Americas USA Ltd
Matt serves as Group Head for Plenary Group’s Civil Division. In this capacity, Matt is responsible for project development, delivery, and asset management, teaming and business development for all of Plenary’s civil projects in North America.
Matt has 30 years of hands-on experience in the heavy-civil construction industry and has been involved with the pursuit and delivery of P3 projects in both the U.S. and Canada over the last 15 years.
Matt also has been involved with design-build projects for over 25 years, including pursuit and on-site management of projects as a contractor on over $2 billion worth of design-build projects. Prior to joining Plenary, Matt was a senior executive leading all business development efforts for one of North America’s largest heavy-civil contractors (Flatiron Constructors).
Matt serves the industry as a board member and/or committee member to multiple engineering and construction advocacy groups.
Matt has a Bachelors and Masters in CE from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and is a registered design-build professional with DBIA.
