Design-Build Institute of America Western Pacific Region

Date: September 24, 2026

Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm

Location: Farmer and The Seahorse, San Diego, CA

Description: DBIA-WPR San Diego Chapter Lunch #3, Navigating Capital Delivery: Pipeline Opportunities and Method Lessons Across San Diego’s Community Colleges.

As San Diego County’s higher education infrastructure accelerates into a new era of expansion and modernization, public owners are expanding their use of collaborative design-build delivery tools. Across the region, community college districts are actively procuring, designing, and constructing billions of dollars in facilities investments. However, navigating shifting market dynamics, trade labor capacity, budget pressures, and evolving procurement models requires continuous alignment between owners, design-builders, architects, engineers, specialty trade partners, and construction managers.

Join DBIA-WPR San Diego for a candid panel discussion featuring senior facility leaders from four major local community college districts. This session will dive directly into the operational realities of project execution and Design-Build Done Right® in practice.

Speakers:

• Joel L. A. Peterson - Vice Chancellor, Facilities Management | San Diego Community College District
• Elba G. Gomez - Vice President of Administrative Services | MiraCosta College
• Angelo Pellegrini - Director of Facilities Planning, Design & Construction | Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District
• Michael Obermiller, PE - Director of Facilities | Palomar College
• David Dunn, PE, CCM, DBIA, LEED AP - Executive Director / Vice President | Kitchell CM

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