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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 in DBIA’s National Design-Build Student Competition.
Host Erin Looney brings you conversations from the competition and the awards show floor (yes, with plenty of background noise), starting with:
Project of the Year
Kansas City International Airport New Single Terminal and Garage
Guests: Mark Goodwin, Clark Construction
Awards: Aviation | Best in Process – Progressive Design-Build | Trailblazer in Inclusive Growth | National Award of Excellence | National Award of Merit | Project of the Year
Chair’s Award
Hurricane Ian Sanibel Island Access
Guests: Toby Mazzoni (Superior Construction), Paul Suellentrop (DeMoya Infrastructure)
2025 National Design-Build Student Competition
1st Place — D&T Construction (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
Students: Alyson Buchholz, Sergio Gonzalez, Coulter Langmaid, Casey Lavin, Jacquelyn Lomano (Captain)
Faculty Advisor: Tom Kommer
2nd Place — Cypress (University of Florida)
Students: Elijah John, Aidan Newsom, Asa Richards (Captain), Nicholas Soler, Lucas Wicks
Faculty Advisor: Russell Walters
Special Recognition: Asa Richards – Best Individual Presenter Award
3rd Place — Pioneer Design-Build (Alfred State College)
Students: Jessica Budd, Fernanda Ceja, Selena Fullone, Owen Lantiegne (Captain), Connor Welsh
Faculty Advisor: William Dean
Learn more about the National Design-Build Student Competition
Discover more of the 2025 award-winning design-build projects and teams.
Get ready for future DBIA conferences.
Coming in Part 2:
Interviews with the 2025 Distinguished Leadership Award winners — Janice Zahn, Britt Sanford, David Shadpour, Jennifer Macks — and Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Bill Reifsteck.
Access all our free design-build resources and learn more about Design-Build Done Right® at dbia.org.
DBIA members are shaping the future, one successful collaboration at a time.
Chapters
1. Welcome to (Back From) Las Vegas (00:00:00)
2. Airport Royalty: KCI is Project of the Year (00:02:03)
3. The Project You Hope You Never Have to Do: Sanibel Island Access Wins Chair's Award (00:14:48)
4. Cal Poly Hates to Lose: 2025 Student Competition Winner (00:37:41)
5. Once a Gator, Always a Gator: Second Place with UF (00:37:52)
6. There is No I in Team, but There is One in Individual: Best Individual Presenter Asa Richards (00:43:06)
7. Creating a Legacy: Alfred State Shows Up Again (00:45:03)
8. Before We Pass the Mic: Part 2 Coming in December (00:50:43)
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