All In at the Design-Build Conference & Expo: Teams that Won Big in Vegas

About this episode

This episode relives the highlights from the 2025 Design-Build Conference & Expo, focusing on award-winning teams and competitions.

Have thoughts? Text us! 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 Cit...

People in this episode

Host: Erin Looney

Topics covered

• Design-Build Conference
• Awards
• Student Competition
• Las Vegas
• Project of the Year

Keywords

• Design-Build
• Conference
• Awards
• Las Vegas
• Student Competition
• Project of the Year

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DBIA

Books & works: Project of the Year, Chair’s Award

Places: Las Vegas, Kansas City

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