At our Regional Annual Meeting and Awards Event, the New England Region of the Design-Build Institute of America will recognize outstanding Design-Build projects completed within the New England Region. If you wish to submit a project within the Region (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) for consideration please review and complete the following Project Award Entry Form and return the application to NE DBIA by December 12, 2022 5:00 PM. Projects may be submitted from any sector of the construction industry completed between the dates of December 1, 2020 and November 30, 2022 Previously submitted non-winning entries may also be resubmitted if they fall within the timeline. An application fee of $50 payable to “DBIA New England Region” should be sent to DBIA NE c/o Diane Pruente, P.O. Box 610228, Newton Highlands, MA 02461. The application fee shall be waived for Owners, Government Entities, and Municipalities wishing to submit projects for consideration.

Entries will be evaluated by the New England Region Awards Committee and winning applicants shall be notified during the first week of January, 2023. Submittals shall be evaluated in two separate categories: Highway/Infrastructure Projects and Building Construction Projects. In each category a Gold and Silver Award shall be presented. Winning entrants will be invited to make a brief presentation about their project at the Awards Event, and the project will be featured on our website.

By submitting an entry, you are providing consent to DBIA New England to use your project descriptions and images on our website for promotional and informational purposes. 

A. Project Information

Project Name *

Owner *

Contractor *

Lead Designer *

Contract Amount ($) *

Major Participants *

Contact Name *

Contact Phone Number *

Contact Email Address *

Email

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B. Project Overview

Provide a narrative description of your project that addresses, at a minimum, the following: Scope of work; description of project challenges and goals and how they were met by the team; and additional value to the owner over and above what was included in the contract. *

C. Teaming Performance

1. Describe how and why you selected your teaming partners on the project and at what point they were brought on board. *

2. What methods or approaches were employed to engage and interact “as one team” collaboratively throughout the design AND construction phases of the project? *

3. Describe how the owner, various client stakeholders and end users were engaged as part of the team throughout the design and decision making process. *

D. Schedule and Cost Performance

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Contracted Start Date *

Contracted Completion Date *

Contracted Project Cost ($) *

Actual Start Date *

Actual Completion Date *

Actual Project Cost ($) *

Describe any special or unusual challenges involved in meeting the schedule. Explain any scope changes required. *

Describe the approach and methods that were employed to facilitate and manage the “design to budget” throughout the design phase of the project. *

Describe the methods that were employed to establish and maintain alignment between the design schedule and the construction schedule throughout the design and construction process. *

E. Design and Quality Approach

How did you provide the owner with “best value for dollar spent”? Provide specific examples of “value adding” elements or factors that you/your team brought to the project. These may be quantitative or qualitative in nature. *

Describe the quality assurance/quality control process used on the project and how it was implemented across the design and construction phases. *

F. Safety

Total hours worked on project *

Duration of Construction (in months) *

Fatalities *

Cases with Days Away from Work *

Cases with Job Transfer or Restriction *

Other Recordable Cases *

Describe your safety program, including any regular safety meetings held, innovative elements, special incentives, etc. Was this a standard safety program or was it developed specifically for this project? *

Was safety “designed” into the project, either from a construction operations perspective or from an end user perspective? *

• Yes
• No

If yes, please describe how: *

G. Photographs

Please include or attach four color photographs of the submitted project. Photographs should be submitted at a minimum size of 5”x8”.

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H. Payment

Award Entry *

Price: $ 50.00

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