{"id":6737,"date":"2023-01-17T09:34:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost:10018\/?p=6737"},"modified":"2024-03-21T10:24:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T15:24:26","slug":"neel-schaffers-chris-rubens-jeff-walters-earn-dbia-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neel-schaffer.com\/2023\/01\/17\/neel-schaffers-chris-rubens-jeff-walters-earn-dbia-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Neel-Schaffer\u2019s Chris Rubens, Jeff Walters earn DBIA Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON, Miss. (January 17, 2023) \u2013 As Neel-Schaffer continues to expand Alternative Delivery services for our clients, we are pleased to announce that Chris Rubens, PE, DBIA, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neel-schaffer.com\/who-we-are\/staff-directory\/jeff-walters-pe-se\/\">Jeff Walters<\/a>, PE, Assoc. DBIA, have earned certification from the Design-Build Institute of America\u2019s Certification Board.<\/p>\n<p>DBIA Certification is the design-build industry\u2019s highest designation. It signifies that Rubens and Walters have completed the DBIA\u2019s comprehensive education and certification testing program and that they have at least two years of substantial, documented direct project experience in design-build project delivery. Additionally, DBIA Certification is the nation\u2019s only measurable standard of an individual\u2019s knowledge of the Design-Build Done Right principles vital to successful project delivery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6738 size-full\" style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neel-schaffer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DBIA-Graphic-For-Website-e1673556023189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"1893\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rubens is a Transportation Design Engineer based in the firm\u2019s Columbia, South Carolina, office. He joined Neel-Schaffer in 2019 and has 11 years of experience.<\/p>\n<p>Walters serves as the Alternative Delivery Lead for the firm\u2019s East Region. Based in the firm\u2019s Tallahassee, Florida, office, Walters joined Neel-Schaffer in 2020 and has more than 37 years of experience.<\/p>\n<p>Rubens is the seventh Neel-Schaffer employee to ea<span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">rn DBIA certification, joining Matt Lifsey, Graham Legate, Philip Sandel, Randy Roberts, Jennifer Peace, and Justin Wood. Walters is the second to hold Associate DBIA certification, joining Richard Sullivan, who manages the firm\u2019s Tennessee Operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesign-Build continues to gain momentum as a way to lower costs and expedite delivery time for large transportation projects and Neel-Schaffer is excited to be part of this emerging process,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neel-schaffer.com\/who-we-are\/staff-directory\/chris-sellers-pe\/\">Chris Sellers<\/a>, PE, Assistant Manager for the firm\u2019s East Region. \u201cThe firm is committed to growing our alternative delivery resources and knowledge, and I congratulate Chris and Jeff on taking t<span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">his step. It is great for their careers as well as for the company and how it aligns with our strategic plan to expand our alternative delivery project involvement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Contact Information<\/u>:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Rusty Hampton, Marketing Editor | <a href=\"mailto:rusty.hampton@Neel-Schaffer.com\">rusty.hampton@Neel-Schaffer.com<\/a> | 601-351-2727<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON, Miss. 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