No Smoke and Mirrors Here: Inside the DBIA Awards Jury

About this episode

This episode features a discussion with DBIA Awards jury members about the evaluation process for award submissions.

Have thoughts? Text us! Every year, the DBIA Project/Team Awards recognize the teams that demonstrate Design-Build Done Right®, but how does the jury actually evaluate submissions? In this episode, your host Erin Looney chats with four members of the DBIA Awards jury to explain what they look for when reviewing projects and what makes a submission stand out. The discussion covers: How collaboration and leadership influence award-winning projectsWhy documentation and storytelling matter in su...

People in this episode

Host: Erin Looney

Topics covered

• DBIA Awards
• Design-Build
• project evaluation
• collaboration
• leadership
• documentation
• storytelling

Keywords

• DBIA
• awards
• evaluation
• collaboration
• leadership
• documentation
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DBIA, DBIA Awards, Design-Build Institute of America

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