Don G. Warren, FDBIA, has been named the recipient of Design-Build Institute of America’s 2024 Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award. Warren, a founding father of DBIA and an instrumental figure in shaping Design-Build Done Right, has made a profound and lasting impact on the construction industry over his nearly five decades of service.
Warren began his career at the age of 15, working on construction sites during the summers. His passion for construction and leadership led him through roles as an estimator, project manager and eventually president and CEO at Suitt Construction, where he grew the company to over $500 million in annual revenue by 2000. It was at Suitt Construction’s Special Projects Group that Warren first recognized the potential of design-build delivery, becoming a trailblazer for promoting collaboration, teamwork and partnership in the industry.
In 1993, Warren co-founded DBIA and has remained deeply engaged in advancing the organization’s mission and best practices. He served on the DBIA Board for seven years, including his tenure as chair in 1998, where his leadership was crucial to the development of DBIA’s early Best Practices and contract documents.
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