In honor of Bill Quatman’s dedication to get the DBIA Mid-America Region started, at the DBIA-MAR 2022 Awards Celebration, the organization announced its intent to name the Region’s annual Leadership Award, the Bill Quatman Leadership Award — and the award’s namesake was the first recipient of this important award. Congratulations, Bill and thank you for […]

July 25, 2022 DBIA Executive Director/CEO, Lisa Washington, had a freewheeling conversation with ENR Editors on the Critical Path podcast about design-build’s impressive growth and its impact on projects nationwide. We urge you to take a few minutes and listen to the entire conversation, but click here to read highlights.

December 8, 2020 Congratulations to G. William Quatman, Esq., FAIA, FDBIA ,General Counsel & Senior Vice President at Burns & McDonnell for being honored at DBIA National’s Virutal Conference with the Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award, which is the highest individual honor DBIA bestows. It is presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to the design […]

Brittany Jobker September 2, 2020 The final session of the Regional DBIA Virtual Conference Week wrapped up last week, featuring a panel of local leaders who shared lessons learned over their careers. Panelists included Maria Maffry, principal with BNIM; Andy Heitmann, vice president & operations manager with Turner Construction; Robert D. Regnier, executive chairman and […]

It’s no surprise — design-build qualifications help drive our industry’s most successful teams. As the use of design-build continues to grow nationwide, so has the competition and that means teams must demonstrate in quantifiable ways their design-build expertise. DBIA Certification has become a vital part of how successful design-build teams win projects. In this month’s […]