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  • DBIA Certification Application

  • General Requirements

    Please review carefully prior to beginning your application for certification.
  • Before submitting your application, please read the complete Certification Guidelines here.

  • *Please note applying for the DBIA certification requires hand-on project delivery experience and references. Refer to Guidelines above for details, references are required.

    *note: Design-Bid-Build projects are not accepted*

    • STEP 1: PERSONAL INFORMATION 
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    • STEP 2: COURSEWORK 
    • Required CORE Courses (via Certification Workshop):

      DBIA® — DBIA® Code of Conduct Webinar

      Setting the Stage for Design-Build Success (Day One)
      Collaborating for Exceptional Outcomes (Day Two)
      Contracts and Risk Management (Day Three)

       

    • You can access and review our upcoming Certification Workshops by clicking here. 

    • If you hold a degree in an "approved field of study" proof of your degree is required.  Please upload below.

    • STEP 3: EDUCATION 
    • Click here for listing of DBCB approved field of study

    • Please note the required experience below for applicants not holding a degree or not holding a degree in an approved filed of study:

      • DBIA® Applicants: Six (6) years of design-build experience required. 
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    • If you hold a degree in an "approved field of study" proof of your degree is required.  Please upload below.

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    • STEP 4: EMPLOYMENT  
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    • STEP 5: CERTIFICATION EXAM 
    • STEP 6: ELECTIVES/CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS (CEHs) 
      • 18 Continuing Education Hours Required (Courses, Seminars, DBIA® Conferences, Online Learning)
      • Thirty percent (30%) of continuing education hours should be directly related to successful design-build project delivery, tools and practices.
      • Electives hours do not need to be completed before taking exam or core courses. However, all requirements, including elective hours must be met in order to receive DBIA certification.

      The required core courses do not qualify for elective credit.

      The sessions below are pre-approved activities and can count towards the 18 hours elective requirement.

      • DBIA Code of Ethics (required)- qualifies for 1 hour of elective credit
      • DBIA Exam Prep webinar (optional) - qualifies for 4 hours of elective credits

       

      Sample

      Program Title Provider Dates(s) #Credit Hours
      DBIA Code of Ethics  DBIA Jan 31, 2023 1
      Exam Prep Course  DBIA Feb 2, 2023 4 
      Design-Build Conference & Expo DBIA Nov 1-3, 2023 13

       

      DBIA will partner with applicants to document the completion of any in-progress coursework completed after the submission of your application. For questions about in-progress coursework or how to document completed courses, please email Certification@dbia.org. 

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    • DBIA reserves the right to audit all applicants. Should your application be randomly selected for the audit, you will be required to provide certificates of completion for the CEHs noted above. 
      As a best practice, DBIA encourages all applicants to maintain detailed and accurate records of their certification activities, including maintaining your certificates of attendance. 
    • STEP 7: EXPERIENCE 
    • Candidates must demonstrate relevant experience in one or more (combination) of the following categories:

      • Industry Professionals with Design-Build experience.
      • Academia
      • Executive/C-Level

       

    • In the pages that follow, all experience types are available for you to complete. You may leave fields blank, but should review your provided experience carefully to ensure the experience provided aligns with the requirements.

    • Project Experience 
    • Industry professionals demonstrating design-build project experience must provide:

      • A minimum of 3 relevant project experiences. Please note:
        • Two of these projects must be design-build
        • Additional projects may represent other delivery methods
      • Demonstrated experience must total 2-4 years (depending on education requirement).
    • Design-Build Project #1: 
    • Design-Build Project #1

      Required
    • Calculation of Qualifying Experience:

      Please complete the fields below with the specific details relevant to your experience on the project. This information is intended to assess the number of qualified months of experience you earned on each project that count towards your certification application. 

    • Design-Build (Project 1):

      The questions below are specific to the project's procurement phase.
    • Please enter the Start and End Date of your personal involvement on the project

    • Start Date

    • End Date:

    • Design-Build Project 1: Narrative Responses 
    • The size of the response boxes below should not limit your ability to sufficiently respond to each question. Applicant must provide sufficient detailed responses to the questions below.  If sufficient detail is not provided, an Applicant will be  asked to provide additional detail to demonstrate the required  experience.

    • Please do not respond to Q2 or Q3 with the same response or the same responses for each project submitted. These types of responses will not be accepted.


      Please provide sufficient detail when using phrases such as “I coordinated/I managed/I attended/I facilitated/I supported/I organized/etc.” as there are very general in nature and lack sufficient detail as to  what for example coordinated really means as it relates to your hands-on experience.

    • Applicant Role

    • Design-Build Project #2: 
    • Design-Build Project #2

      Required
    • Calculation of Qualifying Experience:

      Please complete the fields below with the specific details relevant to your experience on the project. This information is intended to assess the number of qualified months of experience you earned on each project that count towards your certification application. 

    • Design-Build (Project 2):

      The questions below are specific to the project's procurement phase.
    • Please enter the Start and End Date of your personal involvement on the project

    • Start Date

    • End Date:

    • Design-Build Project 2: Narrative Responses 
    • The size of the response boxes below should not limit your ability to sufficiently respond to each question. Applicant must provide sufficient detailed responses to the questions below.  If sufficient detail is not provided, an Applicant will be  asked to provide additional detail to demonstrate the required  experience.

    • Please do not respond to Q2 or Q3 with the same response or the same responses for each project submitted. These types of responses will not be accepted.


      Please provide sufficient detail when using phrases such as “I coordinated/I managed/I attended/I facilitated/I supported/I organized/etc.” as there are very general in nature and lack sufficient detail as to  what for example coordinated really means as it relates to your hands-on experience.

    • Applicant Role

    • Integrated Project Delivery Project 3: 
    • Integrated Project Delivery Project #3

      Required
    • Calculation of Qualifying Experience:

      Please complete the fields below with the specific details relevant to your experience on the project. This information is intended to assess the number of qualified months of experience you earned on each project that count towards your certification application. 

    • Integrated Project Delivery (Project 3)

      The questions below are specific to the project's procurement phase.
    • Please enter the Start and End Date of your personal involvement on the project

    • Start Date

    • End Date:

    • Integrated Project Delivery Project 3: Narrative Responses 
    • The size of the response boxes below should not limit your ability to sufficiently respond to each question. Applicant must provide sufficient detailed responses to the questions below.  If sufficient detail is not provided, an Applicant will be  asked to provide additional detail to demonstrate the required  experience.

    • Please do not respond to Q2 or Q3 with the same response or the same responses for each project submitted. These types of responses will not be accepted.


      Please provide sufficient detail when using phrases such as “I coordinated/I managed/I attended/I facilitated/I supported/I organized/etc.” as there are very general in nature and lack sufficient detail as to  what for example coordinated really means as it relates to your hands-on experience.

    • Applicant Role

    • REMINDER - 3 projects are REQUIRED if you selected under Step 7 Experience

       Industry Professional/Project Experience

    • Integrated Project Delivery Project 4 (OPTIONAL): 
    • Integrated Project Delivery Project 4 (optional)

    • Calculation of Qualifying Experience:

      Please complete the fields below with the specific details relevant to your experience on the project. This information is intended to assess the number of qualified months of experience you earned on each project that count towards your certification application. 

    • Integrated Project Delivery (Project 4)

      The questions below are specific to the project's procurement phase.
    • Please enter the Start and End Date of your personal involvement on the project

    • Start Date

    • End Date:

    • Integrated Project Delivery Project 4: Narrative Responses 
    • The size of the response boxes below should not limit your ability to sufficiently respond to each question. Applicant must provide sufficient detailed responses to the questions below.  If sufficient detail is not provided, an Applicant will be  asked to provide additional detail to demonstrate the required  experience.

    • Please do not respond to Q2 or Q3 with the same response or the same responses for each project submitted. These types of responses will not be accepted.


      Please provide sufficient detail when using phrases such as “I coordinated/I managed/I attended/I facilitated/I supported/I organized/etc.” as there are very general in nature and lack sufficient detail as to  what for example coordinated really means as it relates to your hands-on experience.

    • Applicant Role

    • Academia Experience 
    • Required only for candidates submitting Academia

    • In combination or in lieu of hands-on design-build experience, academia candidates may demonstrate experience through the following:

      • Evidence of active research in design-build project delivery such as peer-reviewed published work on the topic of integrated delivery or supporting skills such as conceptual estimating, etc. Work must have been published within the past three (3) years.
      • Evidence of active teaching of at least one unversity-level course where a minimum of 50 percent of the syllabus is devoted to project delivery lessons.
      • Hold a doctoral degree recognized as the terminal degree for your field by your university.
      • Have attained the rank of tenured Associate Professor.
      • References may include evidence of active services in the area of integrated delivery via involvement in local or national organization engaged in advancing integrated project delivery.
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    • Executive/C-Level Experience 
    • Required only for candidates submitting Executive Experience

    • In combination or in lieu of hands-on design-build experience, executive level candidates may demonstrate experience through the following:

      • Demonstrate experience by having developed business strategies and governance that delivered 3 design-build projects /programs/portfolios
      • Demonstrate experience of allocating resources for staff training offered by DBIA and promote D-B delivery within internal and external stakeholders
      • Demonstrate role as leader, enabler, sponsor, and facilitator for design-build delivery for their organizations.
      • Demonstrate organization governance experience that requires/employs sound processes/procedures that follows Design-Build DONE RIGHT® best practices.
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    • STEP 8: REFERENCES 
    • Please list the names of three professional references. All references must be from projects listed in this application.  Failure to provide 3 references below may result in an error/incomplete.

      • If a Practitioner, one reference must be an owner/ client reference from a listed Project.
      • If applicant is an owner, the owner/client reference can be provided by a member of the design-build team.
      • References may include an Applicant’s supervisor, provided that supervisor has knowledge of Applicant’s involvement and performance in the project being used for Design-build experience.
      • ACADEMIA/EXECUTIVE/C-Suite APPLICANTS (owner reference is optional) — References may include evidence of active services in the area of design-build delivery via involvement in local or national organizations engaged in advancing design-build project delivery.

       

    • Please provide this REFERENCE link (https://dbia.org/certification/give-a-reference) to your reference to submit on your behalf. It remains the applicant's responsibility to track, monitor and ensure timely completion of references. Applicants cannot advance in the certification process without completed references. Failure to provide completed references in a timely manner may delay the processing of your application. If you have questions or concerns about your references, please email us at certification@dbia.org. 

       

       

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    • Application Summary: 
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    • Payment 
    • An estimate of your application fee is noted below. Please note, this amount is subject to change based on DBIA's review and verification of your application materials. Once your application has been processed, DBIA will provide an email confirmation which includes the application fee and an invoice for payment. Applicants with not be eligible to receive their certification until eligibility has been met, the certification exam completed and passed and application invoice paid. If you have any questions or concerns about your application payment, please email Certification@dbia.org. 

    • SIGNATURE and ATTESTATION: 
    • ATTESTATION

      By signing this application, I represent and acknowledge that all of the statements made on this document and on subsequent support documentation are truthful and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I understand that completion of this application and submission of the required fee do not guarantee a certification as a DBIA® or Assoc. DBIA®. If I receive a Certification for DBIA® or Assoc. DBIA®, I understand that this Certification is subject to the rules and guidelines, including adherence to the DBIA® Code of Professional Conduct and renewal of the certification program. I also understand that the Certification can be revoked by decision of the Design-Build Certification Board. If I receive a certification, I accept license of the proper use of the acronym DBIA® or Assoc. DBIA® after my name and/or professional Certification.

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