Past Events › Kansas

Join us on Monday, July 15th at 7:30 a.m. for an educational breakfast event at UCI. Tim Sylvester, the CEO and CTO of Integrated Roadways will be giving a presentation on Horizontal Smart Infrastructure Development and specifically the use of Smart Pavement Technology. Bring a friend and join your fellow Owners, Engineers, Architects, Contractors, Subcontractors, and all other Design-Build enthusiasts for this breakfast meeting! A breakfast buffet will be available! QUESTIONS: Ty McGown, Chapter President 316.616.0521 tmcgown@burnsmcd.com

DBIA KS will again be sponsoring the Tacky Sweater Crawl with the Wichita Design Community. Join your fellow design community members for a night of drinks, door prizes, and plenty of tacky holiday sweaters. The Crawl will start on December 6th at 6:00 pm at GLMV and will make stops at two other locations. Get those tacky sweaters ready!        

We trust this message finds you well and not personally impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is an uncertain and anxiety-inducing time as we all work to make the best decisions for our members, attendees, and communities.  DBIA is monitoring COVID-19 advisories daily to inform all our decisions impacting DBIA meetings, classes, conferences and other events.  DBIA-MAR will be canceling all scheduled programs through April 30, 2020. This decision has been made in the best interest of public health…

In 14 calendar days, an existing shell space at CoxHealth’s main campus in Springfield, MO was converted into a temporary 51-bed COVID ICU unit, for immediate extra capacity to help alleviate existing PPE, resources and beds. Learn how the team utilized a Design-Build approach with all stakeholders in order to make this emergency project a success. Location: Virtual Meeting (Invitation with login details will be sent to you upon registration via Eventbrite) Moderator:  Laura Terrebonne, McClure Kansas City Chapter President…

The City of Wichita provides water for nearly 500,000 customers, 1 out of every 6 Kansas residents. Aging infrastructure has necessitated the design and construction of a new 120 MGD firm capacity water treatment facility, the Northwest Water Facility (NWWF). The facility will be the second largest water treatment project in the country during construction and Wichita’s largest ever capital project. The City has chosen to use the progressive design build delivery method and will fund the project through Kansas…

Federal Infrastructure Bill and PPP Update by Kyle Gilster Hush Blackwell, LLP Kyle’s Practice involves governmental affairs, regulatory work, campaign finance, government contracts and election law He also advises industry representatives from groups, companies and associations with legal services across the public policy spectrum Kyle grew up in Lincoln and is the managing partner of the firm’s Washington, DC office. OSHA Regulations and Worksite Safety Impacts of COVID 19 by Pam Bourne, Woods Aitken Pam is the chair of the…