Trainings and Workshops


The Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE) program offers a variety of trainings, workshops, and roundtables for businesses to learn more about the DBE program. For convenience and accessibility, many of these trainings are recorded. This page contains videos of past trainings and workshops. For information about upcoming trainings, visit our events page.

Presented at the DBE Annual Workshop and Networking Summit:

  • WisDOT Life of a Project Scoping and Consultant Resourcing
    • In this session WisDOT staff provide an overview of how a project is developed from its concept to scoping to project design delivery resourcing.
  • Alternative Contracting Method: Design-Build Process Opportunity and Risks
    • This workshop is about the WisDOT Design- Build program that rolled out in 2021. Design-build is a method to deliver a project in which the design-engineering and construction services are contracted by a single entity or team known as the design–builder or design–build contractor.
  • Basic Plan Reading
    • This session describes a step-by-step procedure to read, interpret and relate to a standard set of roadway plans. The session also discusses identifying and interpreting symbols used in a standard set of plans.
  • Deconstructing implicit bias in construction
    • Tim McMurtry II of the National Association of Minority Contractors - Wisconsin Chapter moderates a panel that includes Daniel Webster of Walbec Group, Brian Mitchell of Michels Corporation, Willie Smith of Northwest Side Community Development Corporation, Quinn Long of Clearcut Solutions and Joshua Johnson of the National Hub for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility in Registered Apprenticeship.
  • Challenges, successes and best practices as a DBE firm​
    • Joseph Davis Sr. of the Construction Business Group moderates a panel of speakers that includes: Bruce Spann of Spann & Associates; Rick Rivera of RGE (Reach Grow Exceed) Engineering; Micky Day of DK Contractors; Craig Clements of Pro Electric; Harvind Singh of Singh & Associates and Shannon Jefferson of Gibralter Industries. After giving introductions, panelists field an array of questions from Davis.

View all workshops from the 2022 and 2023 Annual Workshop and Networking Summit