b'We proudly continued our tradition of building centers ofGreat ideas need worship in 2020 with the delivery of a 9,400-square-foot expansion to the St. Clare of Assisi parish in nearbychampions. For Design-OFallon, Illinois. Build, that champion is We know the congregation well, having constructed theirDennis Calvert.28,678-square-foot church in 2007.Ralph Korte saw it early on. Dennis had an open mind. He sought input from contractors, owners and users. He wanted everyone on the same page. For pure architects, thats rare.There was something else Ralph saw, too. Dennis could solve big problems. And he could win big jobs. When Ralph ordered Dennis and his team to win the contract to build a Stella Doro biscuit facility, Dennis built a scale model to accompany his drawings. The model satDENNIS CALVERTon his lap on a plane ride to New York. The owners were stunned at what they saw. We got the job.KORTE|YEAR IN REVIEW DENNIS CALVERTConvinced that The Korte Company couldContractors had previously avoidedoutdo bigger, more familiar competitors,Design-Build; local authorities had Dennis redesigned a proposed Walgreenslegislated against it. But by thedistribution center over a weekend andmid-1990s, things had changed.hand-delivered the plans early the followingDennis became the consummate booster. Monday. We got that job, tooand 87 moreHe helped found the Design-Build Institute from Walgreens over the next 30 years.of America and saw the legitimacy of And when NASA chose The Korte CompanyDesign-Build written into federal law.to build an engineering building at theThe once-novel delivery method wasMarshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, ithere to stay.was Dennis doodle on the back of an airline napkin that solved a design challenge thatRalph had known it all along. Dennis sawhad stumped the rest of the team.it and believed. That had been The Korte Companys And when Dennis believes in something,first major public Design-Build project.its as good as done.P_39 P_40'