
Partnering Workshop with Rope Strategies, LLC – NYC Housing Authority – St. Nicholas Housing - August 14, 2024
- Registration Closed
Partnering workshop with Rope Strategies, LLC – NYC Housing Authority – St. Nicholas Housing
Format: In Person
Location: New York, NY
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Education@dbia.org.

James (Jim) Ropelewski, JD, DBIA, PIPI
Principal
ROPE Strategies, LLC
ROPE Strategies, LLC, provides advisory and ADR services for design and construction projects. He is a former member of the Senior Executive Service with broad experience leading Federal organizations as a Deputy General Counsel, Senior Procurement Executive, Deputy CFO and Assistant Inspector General. He is a Certified Partnering Facilitator by the International Partnering Institute, an instructor for DBIA and a Certified DBIA Professional.
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What is the Credential?
The Designated Design-Build Professional© certification program is the premier credential for design-build professionals.
Through a combination of education, experience and testing, the DBIA certification program sets a recognized standard for design-build knowledge and expertise.
DBIA offers 2 types of certification
• DBIA©
The DBIA© certification requires from two to six years of hands-on experience of pre and post-award design-build.
• Assoc. DBIA©
The Assoc. DBIA© certification does not require hands-on field experience, however it requires a different type of experience: Pre-award professionals (business development and acquisition/procurement) Seasoned professionals new to design-build project delivery; and Emerging professionals (AEC industry college graduates)
What are the Requirements?
Associate DBIA©
• Approved application
• Bachelor’s Degree in an approved field of study.
Degree not in an approved field of study? No degree? Candidates may qualify through additional experience.
• Three to six years of experience in design and construction industry.
• Completion of DBIA core courses
• Pass certification examination.
DBIA©
• Approved application
• Bachelor’s Degree in an approved field of study.
Degree not in an approved field of study? No degree? Candidates may qualify through additional experience.
• Three to six years of experience in integrated project delivery (67% must be design-build experience).
• Completion of DBIA core courses and Code of Conduct Webinar
• 18 hours of approved elective credit
• Three references (one must be an owner)
• Pass certification examination.