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Design-Build Delivers
Welcome to the 2024 Bronze and 2026 Silver Stevie® Award-winning Design-Build Delivers, the podcast dedicated to exploring design-build, the fastest-growing project delivery method in the nation. Presented by the Design-Build Institute of America, episodes feature stories and discussions with industry experts, Owners and successful design-build teams aimed at helping professionals achieve Design-Build Done Right®. With design-build projected to reach nearly half of all construction spending by 2028, listen in as we uncover the latest insights –– including best practices, resources, trends, timely issues, technology, case studies and more –– driving the future of construction.
The team behind the show:
- Host/Editor: Erin Looney
- Producers: Danielle Hall, Fred Yi, Erin Looney
- Additional Editing: Fred Yi
- Promotion/Additional Production: Kara Brown, Phillip Nguyen, Eden Binder
Thank you to our 2026 Design-Build Delivers partner, ARKANCE an Autodesk Platinum Partner.
Episodes
109 episodes
All Politics Is Local And So Are PLAs (Feb. 2026 Bonus Episode)
In this bonus episode of the Design-Build Delivers Podcast, Erin Looney highlights a key moment from the recent legislative update conversation to take a closer look at project labor agreements (PLAs) and why they remain one of the most complex...
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No Smoke and Mirrors Here: Inside the DBIA Awards Jury
Every year, the DBIA Project/Team Awards recognize the teams that demonstrate Design-Build Done Right®, but how does the jury actually evaluate submissions?In this episode, your host Erin Looney chats with four members of the DBIA Awards...
All Politics Is Local: The State-by-State Push for Design-Build Authority
State legislatures across the country are in session, and like every year, the decisions made now could directly affect how projects are delivered for years to come.In the latest episode of Design-Build Delivers, we hung out wit...
“It’s Still Painted the Wrong Color”: Lisa Washington and Virginia McAllister on Collaboration, Risk and 2026
Each year, the Design-Build Delivers Podcast chats with ED/CEO Lisa Washington, CAE, and DBIA’s new National Board Chair about what’s ahead for the industry.In this episode, Washington and host Erin Looney are joined by 2...
All In at the Design-Build Conference & Expo, Part 2: Leaders Who Move Design-Build Forward
In Part 2, we catch up with DBIA’s 2025 Distinguished Leadership Award recipients and the Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award winnerDBIA’s 2025 Design-Build Conference & Expo in Las Vegas celebrated more than awa...
All In at the Design-Build Conference & Expo: Teams that Won Big in Vegas
We’re back from Las Vegas and reliving the 2025 Design-Build Conference & Expo in Part 1 of this two-part recap. This episode focuses on the teams that won big in Vegas: the Project of the Year, the Chair’s Award and the top three finishers...
AI, Data and the Design-Build Owner: A Conversation with ARKANCE
Artificial intelligence is no longer an abstract idea for design-build teams. It’s already changing how projects are delivered, managed and maintained. In this episode of the Design-Build Delivers Podcast, DBIA’s Director of Virtual De...
Still Talking About Chickens and People: More on Human-Centered Design (Bonus Content Episode)
This bonus segment from the Design-Build Delivers Podcast, brought to you by ARKANCE, goes a little deeper into the human side of design. DBIA National Board Members Deb Sheehan of DPR Construction and Susan O’Con...
Need a Chicken. Got a Chicken: Why Human-Centered Design Is More Complex Than It Looks
How do you bring empathy, listening and iteration into projects built for real people? In this episode of the Design-Build Delivers Podcast, Erin Looney talks with Deb Sheehan and Susan O’Connell about the realities, challenges, and op...
Smarter, Faster, Still Human: How AI Agents are Changing Design-Build
People usually fall into one of two camps on AI: it’s either the most exciting tool since BIM or it’s a technology to fear. In this episode of the Design-Build Delivers Podcast, we look past the hype and into the jobsite, where AI...
Design-Build at 14,000 Feet: How a “Small” Federal Project Redefined Possibility on Pikes Peak
What does it take to deliver a mission-critical federal facility atop one of the most extreme environments in the U.S.? In this episode, we head to Colorado’s Pikes Peak to explore the award-winning High Altitude Research Lab, a 4,000-square-fo...
Inside the College of Fellows: Wisdom, Wit and What's Next
What do you get when you sit down with two DBIA Fellows who’ve seen it all and still want to make things better? A conversation that’s honest, insightful and just the right amount of blunt. Join host Erin Looney as she chats with Da...
“It Was Just a Conversation at a Table”: How Design-Build Mentorship Opens Doors for the Next Generation
There’s no official job description for a mentor and no script for how a single introduction can change a student’s life. But when Kent State senior Lola Preseren met DBIA Fellow and 2023 Brunelleschi Award winner Bill Hasbrook at a DBIA confer...
Lessons in Risk, Readiness and Speed: Revisiting UC Riverside's North District Phase Two (Bonus Content Episode)
In this bonus episode of Design-Build Delivers, we continue the conversation from April’s feature, Living Labs and Inclusive Housing: How Design-Build Serves Higher Education. Jason Dunster, Senior Integrated Design Director a...
Living Labs and Inclusive Housing: How Design-Build Serves Higher Education
In this episode of the Design-Build Delivers Podcast, we spotlight one of the fastest-growing sectors for design-build: higher education. From inclusive student housing to sustainable infrastructure, campuses across the country ...
BONUS CONTENT: Federal Shifts, Design-Build Impacts
In this bonus episode of Design-Build Delivers, we’re zooming out from state-level policy to explore the federal developments shaking up the AEC industry.From Project Labor Agreement (PLA) rulings to sweeping new tariffs and shi...
Advocating for Design-Build — Without Squeezing the Life Out of It
Design-build is on the rise, but keeping up with legislative changes is no small task. In this episode, we explore the latest policy updates, new bills shaping the industry and the challenges design-build faces across the country.DBIA’s ...
Trends, Takeaways and the Future of Design-Build: Unpacking the New FMI Study
In this episode of the Design-Build Delivers Podcast, we chat with Emily Beardall from FMI Corporation to explore what she and her team found in the 2024 Design-Build Utilization Study. The latest data highlights design-build’s continu...
Penguins, Power and the Final Frontier: A Look at Three Award-Winning Projects
Get excited for the 2025 DBIA Project/Team Awards by revisiting some of 2024’s biggest winners. In this Design-Build Delivers Podcast Bonus Content Episode, we shift the focus from process to the projects themselves — what makes them stand out,...
Bonus Content: Kicking Off 2025 with Lisa Washington and Tom Foley
DBIA is keeping the conversation going with a Bonus Content Episode of the Design-Build Delivers Podcast, expanding on the insights shared in our January episode, "Looking Back, Building Forward: Kicking Off 2025 with Lisa Washington and Tom Fo...
Looking Back, Building Forward: Kicking Off 2025 with Lisa Washington and Tom Foley
In this first episode of 2025, host Erin Looney kicks off the year with an inspiring conversation featuring DBIA’s Executive Director/CEO, Lisa Washington, CAE, and Thomas J. Foley, P.E., CCM, DBIA, Commissioner of NYC’s Department of Design an...
The Design-Build Delivers Podcast Countdown: Fresh Content from the Top 5 Episodes of 2024
TRL may have given us the Backstreet Boys v. NSYNC* showdown, but we’re bringing you the ultimate design-build throwdown: the Top 5 Design-Build Delivers Podcast episodes of 2024! This isn’t just any countdown –– we’re going into the vault to b...
Everything’s Bigger in Texas –– Even This Episode: A Texas-Sized Recap of the 2024 DBIA Conference (Part 2)
The 2024 DBIA Design-Build Conference & Expo in Dallas was so big –– you know what they say about Texas –– we had to break the November episode of the Design-Build Delivers Podcast into two parts.In this special episode, we’re bringi...
Everything’s Bigger in Texas –– Even This Episode: A Texas-Sized Recap of the 2024 DBIA Conference (Part 1)
The 2024 DBIA Design-Build Conference & Expo in Dallas was so big –– you know what they say about Texas –– we had to break the November episode of the Design-Build Delivers Podcast into two parts. In this special episode, we’re ...
From Legislation to Landmark Projects: How the New York City DDC is Doing Design-Build Right
In just 22 months, New York City delivered its first design-build project — during a global pandemic — and the impact is already being felt nationwide. In this episode of the Design-Build Delivers Podcast, we talk about the Queens Boroug...