Design-Build Institute of America Western Pacific Region held the 2018 Design-Build Awards Banquet in San Diego on May 17, 2018. The Ford Research and Innovation Center (RIC) won the 2018 DBIA Merit Award. With its opening, the newly expanded RIC provides space to over-double Ford’s Palo Alto workforce, and created more than five times the square footage of the original campus. The completed project compliments the growth of the company’s global research team and accelerates its innovation in mobility.