RS&H Associate Earns National Design-Build Certification
[CHARLOTTE, NC] RS&H’s Chelsie Bush, an aviation architect from the North Carolina office, has successfully completed the Design-Build Institute of America’s (DBIA) comprehensive education and certification testing program to achieve the design-build industry’s highest designation as a nationally certified Design-Build Professional®. A prerequisite for the certification includes two to six years of substantial, documented project experience in design-build delivery.
The DBIA certification is the nation’s only measurable standard of an individual’s knowledge of the Design-Build Done Right® principles vital to successful project delivery. By completing these requirements, which touch on all aspects of design-build, candidates earn the right to display “DBIA” after their names, identifying them as experienced design-build professionals.
Maintaining the credential requires at least 24 hours of continuing education credit every two years.
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