Design-build could never have shifted from an alternative approach to the mainstream delivery method it is today without industry leaders dedicated to advancing Design-Build Done Right® and promoting it as a procurement approach of choice. Each year, DBIA honors individuals who have advocated for, promoted and engaged in standout design-build work with our Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award and Distinguished Leadership Awards.
We currently seek nominations for these prestigious awards and need your help recognizing outstanding individuals in your workplaces and communities:
The Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest individual honor DBIA bestows. It is presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to the design and construction industry through outstanding leadership and innovation in the advancement of design-build project delivery. Recipients of this award have exhibited originality, vision and breadth over the course of their professional lives, with 30 years or more of strong and well-documented commitment to design-build project delivery.
DBIA's Distinguished Leadership Awards are open to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the advancement of effective design-build best practices and in the promotion of design-build as a project delivery method of choice. Nominees will be considered in the following categories:
Owner (public or private sector)
Industry Professional
Student (undergraduate or graduate)
Faculty/Academia
Young Professional (35 or younger)
Before starting the online nomination process, please review the guidelines for each award to ensure you have gathered all of the appropriate information about your nominee. You will NOT be able to save the form and come back to complete it at a separate time.
All submissions for these awards must be received by Monday, August 19 by 5:00PM ET to be considered.
Please contact executive@dbia.org with any questions.