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September 2018
ST. LOUIS | Breakfast Program
HORIZONTAL DESIGN-BUILD: MODOT The Road to Saving Lives Design Build Project Please join the Design-Build Institute of America St. Louis Chapter (DBIA- STL) for our breakfast program welcoming Stephen Georges with MoDOT, James Ritter with Jacobs Engineering and Jarrett Jasper with Horner + Shifrin for a presentation and discussion on the MODOT The Road to Saving Lives Safety Design Build project. Learn how MODOT has earned national attention for this unique Design-Build project that combined 31 different focal areas procured…
Find out more »KANSAS CITY | Clay and Trap Shoot
Plan for a day of great shooting at one of the premier ranges in the area – Powder Creek. Registration begins at 8 a.m. – donuts and coffee provided. Shoot starts at 9 a.m. Same “Iron Man” format as last year! All participants will shoot 50 sporting clays and 25 trap targets as a team. Trophies will be awarded for team scores, individual sporting clays scores and individual trap scores. BBQ luncheon will be catered by Hy-Vee. Registration is first…
Find out more »NEBRASKA | Alvine HQ Mixed-use Building Tour & Happy Hour
Come join the Nebraska Chapter of DBIA-Mid-America Region for a tour of this new mixed-use facility offering residential, retail and parking. Design challenges were inherent on the site and included underground district energy systems, overhead high voltage distribution lines and a railroad transit line. Alvine embraced the WELL Building Standard by designing this new corporate headquarters to be one of two Nebraska facilities that are seeking WELL-certification for the tenant improvement space of 1207 Cass Street. PROGRAM SPONSORS: AOI Aksarben…
Find out more »October 2018
Oktoberfest BBQ Competition
Join DBIA-MAR for an early evening of fun, BBQ and refreshments at the River Market Event Place. This popular annual social event is traditionally a “Who’s Who” in the A/E/C market with great networking and marketing potential for any firm trying to reach socially active development and construction leaders.
Find out more »KANSAS CITY | October Program: K-12 Construction Projects Panel
With states and school districts continually trying to figure out budget shortfalls, the case for design-build continues to grow stronger with its money and time-saving abilities. However, in states like Missouri, where design-build is now a legal delivery method, few, if any districts have looked that direction. Join us on October 10 as our panel of education experts discusses trends they’re seeing with construction projects in their districts and how the Missouri legislation is impacting the use of design-build for…
Find out more »Iowa | A Deeper Look into the Prefabrication Process
Please join The Design-Build Institute of America, Iowa Chapter (DBIA-Iowa) for a discussion of using prefabricated components to save money and speed up construction. Ryan Tousley Business Development Manager at The Weitz Company will talk about their experience using prefabricated bathrooms at the new Des Moines Hilton Hotel. Here is an interesting article in ENR Midwest talking about the other prefab processes, modeling, and design-build contracting used in the project. We look forward to learning more!
Find out more »NEBRASKA | Dodge Data Analytics 2019 Construction Outlook
The economic environment is complicated by political, global and business uncertainty. Will the economy continue to maintain steady growth, or is expanded growth possible? Should the industry anticipate additional funding for infrastructure, or will there be cuts? What are the implications of the skilled labor shortage? Is single family construction expanding or struggling with fundamental problems of demographics and funding? What can we expect of apartments, schools, retail, and public works? What is expected nationally and locally? Join Jonathan Betcher,…
Find out more »KANSAS | Listen Like Negotiator – Dan Oblinger
Join the KS Chapter of DBIA-MAR for the October educational event featuring hostage negotiator Dan Obllinger. Hostage negotiators must master the art of listening to build trust and save lives. Dan will be sharing 3 Criticial Life Lessons. Come learn how these same principles of authentic listening can make you a better engineer, contractor, architect, business person and friend. This is a lively guided tour and discussion featuring true stories of life or death listening opportunities told with humor and…
Find out more »OZARKS | Education Program
The Ozarks Chapter of DBIA’s Mid-America Region invites you to attend a joint education meeting - DBIA and the Water Design-Build Council joint effort. Sponsored by Crossland Heavy Contractors and Garver. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Course Information: Education Program Topics include Making the Decision to Pursue Collaborative Delivery: Influencing factors - Use of an Owners Advisor - Project priorities/drivers Principles of Collaborative Delivery Methods: Method-by-method discussion of each option and their attributes Apportioning Risk: Guiding principles: definitions, risk…
Find out more »ST. LOUIS | Industrial Design-Build – Future of Construction Industry
The face of our industry is changing, and it's time we address it. We cannot deliver projects the way we did 50 years ago. We need to be creative, innovative and cutting edge. We need to deliver projects faster with fewer people. The only way to accomplish this is through team collaboration beginning on day ONE of a project. Typically, people in our field don't consider industrial projects design-build---those days are over. Through collaboration, prefabrication, modularization and off-site construction, the…
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