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Washington’s 22-year tenure helped transform DBIA’s reach, influence and role in the design-build industry WASHINGTON — Lisa Washington, CAE, Executive Director/CEO of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), has announced that she will retire in 2027, concluding more than 22 years with DBIA, including 17 years as its chief executive. Washington will continue to lead the organization while the National Board conducts a search for her successor, with a transition anticipated by mid-2027. Prominently displayed in Washington’s office is a reminder of the first three organizational goals she set when she arrived at DBIA in 2004. She achieved all three, and she has been setting new ones ever since. When Washington joined DBIA, design-build was still widely considered an alternative project delivery method, and the organization was largely focused on building understanding and acceptance of its use. Today, design-build is mainstream, and DBIA has evolved to define and advan...

ST. LOUIS – KAI recently joined the community in celebrating the official completion of  Urban Sprouts Child Development Center’s  new retail café, support office building and outdoor learning space in University City, Missouri. KAI served as construction manager at risk (CMAR) and provided MEP design-build management on the $2.3 million adaptive reuse project. Located at 6757 Olive Boulevard, Urban Sprouts currently serves 120 children ages 6 weeks to 6 years and is one of the only childcare operators in the St. Louis area to utilize the Reggio Emilia educational approach, which emphasizes child-guided learning and exploration. The growing nonprofit organization was founded in 2009 by educator and advocate Ellicia Lanier, who wanted to bring quality, affordable childcare to an underserved community. With a waiting list of more than 450 families, Urban Sprouts responded to community demand for childcare in 2024 by renovating its existing 14,200-square-foot building an...

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering, science and design firm, has opened a new office in Phoenix, Arizona. The move strengthens the firm’s presence in one of the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan markets and provides clients with enhanced local support. The firm has taken 1,712 square feet at 21410 North 19th Street in the Deer Valley area of North Phoenix for a term of five years. The new office will manage Thornton Tomasetti’s growing project portfolio in Arizona, including several industrial and advanced manufacturing facilities. Its initial focus will be on delivering structural engineering and construction engineering services to clients in a wide range of sectors. The local team will draw on Thornton Tomasetti’s multidisciplinary expertise across the organization to provide integrated, full-service solutions. “Phoenix is one of the most dynamic and rapidly expanding markets in the country,” Associate Principal Gregory Litterick, who will be leading ...

ElevateAEC 2026 will be upon us in just a few short weeks, but before the doors open in Park City, we’re opening the doors to the archive. Conference agendas. Keynote memories. Photo booth strips. Celebrations captured just moments before the room erupted. On their own, they’re snapshots of conferences past. Together, they tell a much bigger story.  Over the years, ElevateAEC has moved from city to city and moment to moment, following an industry that has been changing right alongside it. The conversations have evolved. New ideas have taken the stage. New leaders have emerged, but every year has added something to what comes next.  Consider this our walk through the years at ElevateAEC. One year, one moment, and one step closer to 2026 at a time.  2021: Denver, CO  Hyatt Regency Denver | November 3-5, 2021  2022 Conference Agenda  Eighteen months after the world shut down, this agenda represented a return to something that had once see...

As aging infrastructure, rising costs and more demanding operating conditions put greater pressure on critical systems, Xylem marks 125 years of Flygt engineering heritage and the breakthroughs that have helped make pumping more reliable, efficient and intelligent. Moving water is one of those basic functions modern life depends on but rarely notices. Water pumps keep wastewater moving to treatment plants, construction sites and mines dry, cities protected from flooding and essential infrastructure operating. Around the world, Flygt pumps are part of that largely invisible infrastructure. Their reliability can be easy to take for granted. But dependable pumping is the product of generations of engineering, solving problems that once made moving water more difficult, labor intensive and unpredictable. Flygt’s part in that story has surprisingly modest beginnings. In 1901, blacksmith and mould maker Per Alfred Stenberg established a small foundry in Emmaboda, Sweden, initial...

Modular steel structure will mitigate traffic impacts during the M28 Cork to Ringaskiddy Road Project Lydney, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom –  Acrow Bridge , a leading international bridge design and engineering firm, is pleased to announce one of its modular steel bridges has been installed to provide a temporary detour route during the nationally significant M28 Cork to Ringaskiddy Road Project. Funded by the Department of Transport through Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the project will replace part of the existing N28 with a high-quality motorway connection to Ringaskiddy, improving road safety, reducing congestion, and providing a faster, more reliable route for commuters and commercial traffic. The upgraded corridor will also strengthen access to one of Ireland’s key deep-water ports, supporting Cork’s growing role in European trade and logistics while improving conditions for pedestrians and cyclists. The temporary detour bridge has been installed on Mar...

Peter Pappas, P.E., an industry leader with more than 30 years of experience across a wide range of markets, has joined HDR to serve as New York/New Jersey transportation manager.  Based in the firm’s Manhattan, New York, office, Pappas will provide operational leadership while also supporting business development and overall program growth. He will oversee projects in delivery and support all transportation markets in the area, including work on roadways, transit, railroads, shipping ports and airports. “Peter’s decades of experience serving transportation clients, leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering critical infrastructure projects make him an outstanding addition to our New York and New Jersey operations,” said HDR Northeast Region Transportation Director Mike Estes. “Just as important, he is passionate about developing talented professionals and fostering strong partnerships. Those qualities will help us continue delivering lasting value for our clients and ...