Infrastructure Trends, with Michael Burns from the Design-Build Institute of America

• When: 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15
• Presenter: Michael Burns PE PgMP DBIA
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This session will broadly explores infrastructure delivery trends, including: Public Private Partnerships (P3), Design Build and Progressive Design Build.  The American Society of Civil Engineers scorecard provides a deep analysis of our existing infrastructure deficit.  As we move from stabilizing our economic decline to economic recovery and growth, we expect government investments in infrastructure to play a critical role.  Infrastructure investments are inherently complex, requiring broad stakeholder inputs from our communities coupled with a wide range of expert inputs necessary to mature solutions.  Architects, Engineers and Construction Managers with Design-Build backgrounds are critical communicators as we integrated complicated Design, Build, Finance and Operational demands into complex infrastructure programs.

Presenter: Michael Burns' career has included planning, design, construction and finance roles across a broad set of public and private infrastructure development programs. His empathetic leadership style and program management experiences honed his understanding of complex governance and economic models, deepening his enthusiasm for leading teams delivering sustainable infrastructure for our communities. He is currently an Executive Director at Vanir, an ENR Top 25 PMCM firm, headquartered in Sacramento, CA.  He lives in Lafayette, Colorado with his wife Barbie. They have two daughters; Whitney who is studying Psychology and Economics at Humboldt State University and Madison who lives and works in San Francisco. Their son Taylor is studying Environmental Engineering at San Diego State University.   Mike’s previous work experiences included; eight years at AECOM as a program director and corporate executive & nine years at CDG - a domestic real estate development company.  Mike received his BSCE from Montana State University - Bozeman and his MSCE – Construction Engineering & Management from the University of Colorado Boulder.