{"192251":{"#nid":"192251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Baabak Ashuri Attains National Design-Build Certification","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Baabak Ashuri of the Georgia Tech School of Building Construction has successfully completed the requirements for the nationally recognized Designated Design-Build Professional\u2122 certification. The Design-Build Institute of America (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dbia.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDBIA\u003C\/a\u003E) awarded designated status to Dr. Ashuri upon his successful completion of coursework and formal examination in all aspects of design-build project delivery. By completing these requirements, candidates earn the right to display \u201cDBIA\u201d after their names, identifying them to design-build end-users and the industry at large as professionals experienced in this form of project delivery.\u0026nbsp; DBIA certification demonstrates commitment to design-build done right. These design and construction professionals have mastered the best practices associated with the entire design-build process\u2014from project procurement through post-award. Both A\/E\/C firms and public agencies train personnel from a variety of disciplines and departments in the best-practices developed by DBIA.\u0026nbsp; Three years substantial design-build work experience is an additional prerequisite for Designated Design-Build Professional\u2122 certification.\u0026nbsp; Maintaining the credential requires a minimum of 24 hours of continuing education credit every two years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1993, the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) is the only organization that defines, teaches and promotes best practices in design-build project. Design-build is an integrated approach that delivers design and construction under one contract with a single point of responsibility. Owners select design-build to achieve best value while meeting schedule, coast and quality goals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bc.gatech.edu\/people\/baabak-ashuri\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDr. Baabak Ashuri \u003C\/a\u003Eis director of the Georgia Tech Economics of the Sustainable Built Environment (ESBE) Lab in the School of Building Construction. He specializes in Economic Decision Analysis, Strategic Risk Management, Investment Analysis under Uncertainty (e.g., the Real Option Methodology), Capital Budgeting, and Project Finance. He is an assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Building Construction \u003C\/a\u003Eat the Georgia Institute of Technology where he teaches Decision Analysis and Risk Management, Building Economics and Value Engineering, and Real Option Analysis for Life Cycle Costing of Flexible Infrastructure Assets.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Baabak Ashuri of the Georgia Tech School of Building Construction has successfully completed the requirements for the nationally recognized Designated Design-Build Professional\u2122 certification. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27709","created_gmt":"2013-02-14 16:29:16","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Rachel Von Ins","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"199421":{"id":"199421","type":"image","title":"Ashuri 2013","body":null,"created":"1449179934","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:54","changed":"1475894851","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:31","alt":"Ashuri 2013","file":{"fid":"196525","name":"ashuri_2012.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ashuri_2012_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ashuri_2012_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":290437,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ashuri_2012_0.jpg?itok=y-ic9ezC"}}},"media_ids":["199421"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"18651","name":"featured"},{"id":"167100","name":"school of building construction"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERachel Von Ins\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rachel.vonins@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}