Centennial Works to Grow Design-Build with DBIA

On March 15th, Lisa Washington the executive director of the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) met with key Centennial people. After a tour of the new offices in Reston, Virginia we sat down to talk about the industry. First, she thanked Centennial for the years of ongoing support and also for our recent agreement to be the first Diamond Level sponsor of the national meeting.

At the core of the conversation was the fact that design-build and the approaches and processes it uses needs to grow beyond just large and new construction, and can really help in renovation, repair and rehabilitation. We talked about the fact that Job Order Contracting is a form of design-build (we call it design-build light). We also discussed the need to grow the understanding and awareness of design-build within the subcontracting community as well. We agreed that Centennial, DBIA and the underlying values of design-build support the growth of performance-based construction, quality results and sustainable practices.