DBIA Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference 2027 | Denver, Colorado
April 28–30, 2027 | Colorado Convention Center | Denver, Colorado
Design-build project delivery has become one of the dominant procurement and execution models for water and wastewater infrastructure — and the DBIA Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference is the only national event built exclusively around that intersection. The 2027 conference takes place April 28–30 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, bringing together owners, engineers, contractors, and equipment suppliers who are actively working in or evaluating the design-build model.
Organized by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), this is not a general water industry conference. It is a focused, practitioner-level event built specifically for the people making project delivery decisions on water and wastewater capital programs.
What Design-Build Means for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
The shift toward design-build in the municipal water and wastewater space has accelerated significantly as communities face the dual pressure of aging infrastructure and constrained timelines for regulatory compliance. Design-build allows owners to compress project schedules, establish guaranteed maximum prices earlier in the process, and transfer a meaningful portion of design and construction risk to a single responsible party.
Who Attends
- Municipal and utility owners planning or executing design-build capital programs
- Consulting engineers and design-build lead designers
- General contractors and construction managers working in the water/wastewater space
- Equipment manufacturers and suppliers navigating design-build procurement
- Legal, financial, and risk management professionals supporting design-build teams
Conference Programming
- Design-build project case studies — treatment plants, pump stations, distribution and collection systems
- Risk allocation and contract structure in water/wastewater design-build
- Equipment and systems integration in accelerated design-build schedules
- Design-build for smaller municipalities and rural utilities
- Federal infrastructure funding programs — IIJA, SRF, USDA Rural Development
- Dates: April 28–30, 2027
- Location: Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado
- Organized by: Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)