Congratulations to Nate Hillard, Director of Collaborative Delivery. He completed the Design-Build Institute of America’s comprehensive education and certification testing program and achieved the highest designation as a nationally certified Design-Build Professional!

Endorsed by the Design-Build Certification Board, the program is the accepted educational standard for experienced practitioners with a qualified and quantified level of expertise in design-build. Two to six years of substantial documented direct project experiences in design-build project delivery is an additional prerequisite for this certification. Maintaining the credential requires 24 hours of continuing education credit every two years.

“This is the first time I’ve studied for anything in 16 years!” Nate said. “But in all seriousness, we are seeing more and more requirements for this certification in our design-build pursuits and if it helps Wharton-Smith win work then it was time well spent.”