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DBIA Hosting 2025 Design-Build for Transportation/Aviation & Water/Wastewater Conferences in National Harbor

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WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, March 7, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) is excited to host the 2025 Design-Build for Transportation/Aviation and Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conferences from March 17 – 21 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. These specialty conferences bring together the nation’s top design-build Owners and practitioners to tackle the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities in transportation, aviation and water and wastewater infrastructure.

What: 2025 Design-Build for Transportation/Aviation Conference
2025 Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference

When: Transportation/Aviation March 17 – 19, 2025
Water/Wastewater March 19 – 21, 2025

Where: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
National Harbor, MD

Why: With infrastructure demands surging and design-build leading the way, these conferences offer cutting-edge insights from industry experts, lessons from award-winning projects and real-world strategies to navigate risk, innovation and evolving project delivery trends.

Key highlights include:

🔹 Driving the Future: How Emerging Technologies Are Shaping Tomorrow’s World (Opening Keynote – March 17)
Alex Salkever, former BusinessWeek editor and award-winning author, explores how AI, automation and emerging technologies are transforming the built environment and what design-build teams need to know to stay ahead.

🔹 Planes, Trains and Transformations: Elevating Infrastructure Through Design-Build (March 18)
Industry leaders from Amtrak and the award-winning Nashville International Airport project will discuss how design-build is revolutionizing transportation infrastructure, addressing speed of delivery, sustainability and passenger experience.

🔹 Navigating the Evolving Landscape (March 19)
This joint general session brings together industry experts to explore key economic trends, design-build market shifts and emerging risk management strategies in progressive design-build. Attendees will gain critical insights into the forces shaping the future of infrastructure project delivery.

🔹 Economic Briefing with Andy Busch (Opening Keynote – March 20)
Economic futurist Andy Busch, former Chief Market Intelligence Officer for the U.S. government, will break down the financial trends impacting infrastructure and what design-build teams need to prepare for in the years ahead.

🔹 Balancing Growth: Managing Municipal Water Resources Amidst Competing Demands (March 21)
With industrial expansion straining water resources — especially in high-tech and semiconductor manufacturing — this session explores how municipalities can use design-build solutions to navigate competing public and private demands while maintaining service reliability.

Both events offer multiple educational tracks, networking opportunities and insights from award-winning design-build projects across the country.

Attendees: Advance registration is available for both conferences until Friday, Mar. 14 at 5:00 p.m. ET. After that time, you may register on site starting Monday, Mar. 17 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Media Access: Members of the media must complete the press pass registration form to attend either or both conferences. Contact Erin Looney, elooney@dbia.org, (850) 443-0455, for questions or additional information.

Erin Looney
Design-Build Institute of America
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