DBIA New England Design-Build Awards 2023 Submissions Due Dec 8th

By Michael Wilson | October 19, 2023

Awards Submissions Due Friday, December 8, 2023 by 5:00 PM

It’s EASY… Just complete the attached form and return it with a check for $50.00.

Gold and Silver Awards will be presented at our Annual Awards event on January 25, 2024 at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel, Framingham MA.

Projects may be submitted from any sector of the construction industry completed between the dates of December 1, 2021 and November 30, 2023.

Previously submitted non-winning entries may be resubmitted provided they fall within the timeline.

Entries will be evaluated by the New England Region Awards Committee and winning applicants will be notified in late December. Submittals shall be evaluated in two separate categories: Highway/Infrastructure (horizontal) projects and Building Construction (vertical) projects

Download as .Docx to submit via mail

A. Project Information

Project Name *

Owner *

Contractor *

Lead Designer *

Contract Amount ($) *

Major Participants *

Contact Name *

Contact Phone Number *

Contact Email Address *

Confirm Email

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

Layout

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? *

G. Photographs

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

File Upload

Click or drag files to this area to upload. You can upload up to 4 files.

H. Payment

Award Entry *

Price: $ 50.00

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