VDOT was named DBIA Transportation Owner of the Year. Seated (l-r): Chief Engineer Garrett Moore, PE, Commissioner Charlie Kilpatrick, PE, Deputy Chief Engineer Mohammad Mirshahi, PE. Standing: members of VDOT’s Alternate Project Delivery Team, Stephen Kindy, PE, Suril Shah, EIT, Bryan Stevenson, PE, Jeffrey Roby, PE, DBIA, Shailendra Patel, PE, DBIA, John Daoulas, PE, Jeff Hetzer, Joseph Clarke, PE, DBIAThe Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) named the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) as 2016 Transportation Owner of the Year during the association’s recent Design-Build in Transportation Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The award recognizes “transportation industry organizations that have made significant contributions in advancing the awareness, understanding and use of the design-build project delivery method.”
Design-build projects are touted for the speed at which projects can be completed due to the nature of a “single point of responsibility” in the contractor-designer team assigned for such projects.
VDOT started using the design-build method in 2004, and has 29 in progress with a collective value of $1.17 billion. This is more than have of the agency’s total current contract value of $2.16 billion.
“VDOT is a leader in design-build and strives to continue its commitment to the program,” VDOT Commissioner Charles Kilpatrick says. “The design-build process is a means to deliver transportation projects faster and more efficiently than traditional methods, while also contributing to economic growth and development in the commonwealth.”
