CALL FOR ENTRIES:
DBIA invites you to submit your successful design-build project(s) for our 2007 National Design-Build Project Awards, the twelfth year of the competition. Entries must arrive to DBIA National no later than May 31, 2007.
To be considered for a design-build award, projects must demonstrate successful application of design-build principles including collaboration in the early stages of the project and the acceptance of single-entity risk. The project must be completed both on-time and on-budget and without litigation. Winning projects are honored for their advanced and innovative application of total integrated project delivery and finding unique solutions for project challenges.
Project submissions may be awarded a National Design-Build, Design-Build Excellence, or Merit Award in one of 13 categories. To be eligible, projects must have been completed between March 31, 2004 and March 31, 2007.
The 2007 entry fee is $345* for DBIA Members and $645 for Non-Members. Payment must be submitted with the entry and payable to the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA).
* To receive the DBIA Member rate, you must be an industry partner (organizational member). Individual Memberships do not qualify your firm for the Member rate.
Judging will take place at DBIA National in June 2007 by a jury of industry experts including DBIA Members, Owners, and Design-Builders.
Presentation of the awards will take place during DBIA’s Annual Conference in Grapevine (Dallas), Texas, October 31 - November 2, 2007. You must select ONE person on your design-build team who will accept the award on the team’s behalf – you will be asked to submit this person’s contact information in an online form at a later date. The physical award will be engraved with the project name, category, and the design-builder’s company name ONLY. Additional awards for the Owner, Engineer, Architect, and other members of the team may be purchased after the award ceremony through DBIA.
AWARD CATEGORIES:
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Public Sector Building
• Over $15 Million
• Under $15 Million |
Private Sector Building
• Over $15 Million
• Under $15 Million |
Industrial/Process Sector
• Over $25 Million
• Under $25 Million |
Transportation
• Over $50 Million
• Under $50 Million |
Other - General Design-Build
• Under $5 Million |
Water/Wastewater
• Over $15 Million
• Under $15 Million |
Rehabilitation/Renovation/Restoration
• Includes existing projects that utilized design-build to rehabilitate, renovate, or restore a structure to its previous state or into a new and improved condition. |
Developer
• Includes design-build projects designed and constructed for the design-builder’s own portfolio, build-to-suit situations, or developed on a speculative basis for later sale. |
ELIGIBILITY:
All design-build projects submitted must have been completed between March 31, 2004 and March 31, 2007.
You may resubmit a project that did not win previously, but projects may be submitted no more than twice.
Projects must be delivered under a single-source contract between the owner/user and the design-builder.
Eligible design-build entities include:
• Design-build firm with at least in-house general construction and A&E.
• Design-build joint venture between at least the general contractor and the A&E.
• An A&E firm which holds at least a direct subcontract with the project’s general contractor.
• A general contractor who holds at least a direct subcontract with the project’s principal design professional.
The design-build team must have been at risk for both the project’s cost and the project’s schedule.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
All entries should be submitted by the design-build entity - and if an award is presented, it will be presented to the design-build entity during DBIA’s Annual Conference.
All entries and payment must arrive to DBIA National no later than May 31, 2007.
Please ship to:
Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)
Attn: 2007 National D-B Awards Competition
1100 H Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
Ph: 202-682-0110
All entries must be submitted with a completed entry form, an entry fee check in the amount of $345* for DBIA Members and $645 for Non-Members made payable to Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), a signed release form, and one master submission (binder with tabs) and three additional copies (no binder or tabs, copies on 3-hole punched paper) as indicated below.
* To receive the DBIA Member rate, you must be an industry partner (organizational member). Individual Memberships do not qualify your firm for the Member rate.
QUESTIONS:
To ensure a fair process for judging and review, DBIA Staff can only answer questions directly related to the award submission process, eligibility, and rules. You may send these types of questions to Jennifer Whitener, Director of Information, at jwhitener@dbia.org, but we ask that you first closely review the Award guidelines.