Pierce Named DBIA Vice Chair

Brad Pierce, architecture director, of Ross & Baruzzini has accepted the position as Chapter Vice President & Program Chair for the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) Midwest Region - St. Louis Chapter. Beginning in October 2011, he will serve in this position for two years and will then move on to become the President of the Midwest Region - St. Louis Chapter.

Pierce is also an active member of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Founded in 1993, the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) is an organization of leaders in the design and construction industry that aim to achieve high performance projects by using a design-build project delivery method. The association is made up of a collaborative group of professionals that meet to display their knowledge, skills and similar interests in the industry.

Pierce stated that his involvement with DBIA is working towards integrating the design and construction efforts in a way that yields high value to owners of projects. The collaborative design build approach allows for alignment of the project team with rapid project delivery. Construction market conditions can be addressed to provide project solutions that are economical while meeting the growing need for projects to be sustainable. Mr. Pierce is working with others within DBIA to present the Design Build method of project delivery as a way to streamline project cost while providing owners with projects that exceed their expectations.

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