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There’s no way I can cover all the insights gleaned from the three days I spent at the 2023 National DBIA Conference in a single post. However, as the chair of the 2023 National Design-Build Institute of America Conference, I...

Leveraged successfully, design-build delivery can increase collaboration, ignite innovation and improve project outcomes. The Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) has created a list of best practices, called Design-Build Done Right®, to guide project teams through their design-build journey. When...

Effective teaming, collaboration and integration techniques are crucial to the success of any design-build project. By integrating trade partners early into the design-build process, your team can leverage each trade’s unique technical expertise and cost understanding. This enhances design development...

In recent years, mass timber as a structural approach has become more common in the United States. This trend, emerging from overseas, has become a new consideration in building state-of-the-art facilities, particularly high-rise structures. Gilbane recently completed preconstruction including an...

I’ve spent the last two years working with Falls Church City Public Schools and our design-build partner Stantec to design a new 21st century learning environment. Throughout this process I’ve learned that it’s more than just one secret ingredient that...

I am excited to be intimately involved in our latest construction project in Washington, DC – the city’s first modular hospitality project, a new citizenM hotel. We are in the middle of evaluating manufacturers at their facilities where we observe...