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Austin Dam Failure: One of the Biggest Disasters in US History

The Constructor

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Austin Dam, also known as Bayless dam, was designed as a gravity dam but failed catastrophically on 30th September 1911, within two years of its.

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Austin US Design Resource

Austin, Texas, program requires contractors, developers to pay for employee parking

Construction Dive

JANUARY 23, 2020

A new pilot program designed to curb parking shortages caused by construction workers in downtown Austin follows similar efforts by cities in Florida, California, Utah and Colorado.?

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Apple is building a 192-room hotel on its billion-dollar Austin Campus

BD+C

MAY 26, 2020

Announced in a revised site plan approved by the City of Austin on April 29, Apple is adding a 75,500-sf, six-story hotel to its billion-dollar corporate campus that is currently under construction in Northwest Austin.

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Austin Plans Site Construction

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Breaking Ground on Better Payment Processes: Strategies for Construction Pros

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Kaylie Austin

Pro Builder

APRIL 3, 2022

Kaylie Austin. Kaylie Austin grew up around home building; her mother worked for a local home builder. In college, Austin took a different tack, earning a BS in Science of Psychology, then went into B2B sales. In 2016, Delaware-based Schell Brothers asked Austin to be involved in starting a new division in Richmond, Va. “I

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Austin Delaware Management

Austin FC’s Q2 Stadium completes

BD+C

AUGUST 5, 2021

Q2 Stadium, a new 20,000-seat stadium for Austin FC, has completed construction. The Gensler-designed project capitalizes on its natural landscape, the city’s cultural heritage, and its tech-forward growth.

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Austin Design Construction

The Importance of Inspections & Fleet Maintenance

Construction Business Owner

MARCH 15, 2018

Recently, a crew working a “tilt-up” job in Austin, Texas, got a frightening reminder of how important regular crane maintenance and equipment inspections can be after an accident on the jobsite. You can watch live video of the accident at youtube.com/watch?v=Mn6PYOG6sWw.). v=Mn6PYOG6sWw.).

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New multifamily complex completes in Austin

BD+C

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Rhythm Apartments, a 327,145-sf multifamily complex located in northwest Austin, has recently completed construction. The 262-unit community features multiple public areas and amenities spread across its sprawling grounds.

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Austin Leases Maine Modeling

Austin Commercial to manage construction of $240M soccer stadium in Austin, Texas

Construction Dive

MARCH 28, 2019

Gensler will be the lead architect and CAA Icon the project manager for Precourt Sports Ventures' privately financed mixed-used project for Austin FC.

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‘Infrastructure academy’ coming to Austin

Construction Dive

MARCH 21, 2024

The initiative will seek to reduce barriers to entry for potential workers and provide career services designed to staff the booming civil sector in Texas.

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Austin Infrastructure Texas Design

Austin United Alliance’s proposal selected for redevelopment of Chicago’s Austin-Laramie State Bank site

BD+C

MARCH 24, 2021

The City of Chicago has selected Austin United Alliance’s proposal for the redevelopment of the Austin-Laramie State Bank site, which includes the historic Art Deco Laramie State Bank. The building has sat vacant for nearly a decade. . .

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Austin, Texas, greenlights $1B in wastewater updates

Construction Dive

JUNE 6, 2024

Construction industry news, trends and jobs for building professionals who want mobile-friendly content.

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Austin Texas Mobility News

Austin creates innovative plan to boost affordable housing

BD+C

MAY 23, 2019

City leaders in Austin, Texas are backing an innovative policy to increase the amount of affordable housing. The plan relaxes zoning restrictions and provides incentives for higher density construction in affordable and mixed-income developments.

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Austin Innovation Housing Plans

Apple starts construction on $1B Austin, Texas, campus

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The tech giant's push to house 15,000 employees near one of its facilities is the latest example of tech-related construction in the booming but still affordable city.

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Austin Texas Construction Housing

First phase of Presidium Waterford breaks ground in Austin, Texas

BD+C

MARCH 15, 2021

A new five- and six-story luxury apartment complex, dubbed Presidium Waterford, has broken ground on its first phase in Austin, Texas. The 281,533-sf residential community will include 283-units in an open building design with plenty of natural light.

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Austin Texas Residential Design

Hensel Phelps starts $164M Austin airport gate expansion

Construction Dive

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The 84,500-square-foot upgrade is one of 61 planned projects worth a total of $6.5 billion at the Texas travel hub.

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Austin Airports Travel Texas

[SCENE VIDEO] Crane Collision at Austin Site

Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Two cranes collided on an Austin, Texas, construction site, causing dozens of people beneath them to flee the scene. “It It sounded like pipes falling. It was a loud crash; it made me turn,” Said Diane Stewart, who lives in an apartment near the worksite. According to a report by Statesman News…

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Austin Site Texas News

Digging Deep to Boost Austin-Area Water Supplies

ENR Construction

JULY 17, 2024

Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority’s $450-million water treatment and raw water intake project will serve fast-growing cities near Austin.

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Students aren’t the only ones who have returned to Austin College in Texas

BD+C

AUGUST 26, 2020

A decade after completing two student housing projects for Austin College in Sherman, Texas, KWA Construction, which specializes in multifamily developments throughout the Lone Star State, reconnected with the college recently to build North Flats, a three-story 43,613-sf residence hall that added 38 units to the campus’s housing stock.

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Season 2 – Episode 1: Data Security in a Dangerous World

Viewpoint Construction Technology

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Bryce Austin, a cybersecurity expert and principal with TCE Strategy breaks down the threats that have permeated the world of business and leisure conducted via the internet. Bryce Austin, a cybersecurity […] Season 2 of A Viewpoint on Construction kicks off with an insightful discussion about cybersecurity. In 2018, $1.5

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Bridges Inspire Solution At Austin FC’s Stadium

ENR Construction

MARCH 22, 2021

Time and budget constraints drive innovation on the $260-million Q2 Stadium, the future home of Austin’s new Major League Soccer team.

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Austin Budgeting Budget Innovation

$1B Tesla Gigafactory Headed For Austin

Business Facilities

JULY 23, 2020

Read: $1B Tesla Gigafactory Headed For Austin at BusinessFacilities.com. Tesla's newest Gigafactory will generate $1 billion in capital investment and bring at least 5,000 new jobs to Travis County, TX. .

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Austin Texas News

Apple plans $1B Austin, Texas, campus

Construction Dive

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The tech giant will build 3 million square feet of office space on a 133-acre plot about one mile from its existing site, to support up to 15,000 employees.

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Austin Texas Plans Office

Metal mesh lends 'natural, chill vibe' to South Austin rental complex

BD+C

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The in-house design team at PSW Homes, Austin, Texas, had already used a leaf motif on murals in the first two buildings of the 104-unit Thornton Flats luxury apartments, in South Austin. But the architects wanted a graphic treatment with a lot more pop for the third building in the complex.

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Austin Texas Housing Design

Swinerton breaks ground on Texas mass timber office

Construction Dive

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Austin building, which will be occupied by the contractor, features a different mechanical system on each floor.

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Austin Office Texas Contractors

Turner, JE Dunn JV wins $1.2B Austin Convention Center job

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The new structure will nearly double the 376,000 square feet of rentable space available in the existing building.

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Tesla data center delay highlights industrywide challenges

Construction Dive

MAY 23, 2024

Elon Musk reportedly fired the director of infrastructure for the firm’s facility in Austin, Texas. Finding a replacement could prove tough, even as more firms enter the space.

Austin

Austin Texas Infrastructure

$606M I-35 North project in Austin, Texas, breaks ground

Construction Dive

APRIL 6, 2023

Local groups are pushing for an alternative to reduce congestion in the area that doesn't involve highway widening.

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Austin Texas

Study confirms construction during pandemic puts workers, community at risk

Construction Dive

APRIL 16, 2020

New modeling quantifying the outbreak's effect on the Austin, Texas, market highlights the importance of mitigating the danger from construction work, as the activity could elevate the area's hospitalizations from 10,000 to 30,000.

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Austin Risk Texas Modeling

16 Hospitalized After Crane Collision in Austin, Texas

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Despite a number of injuries, no fatalities or life-threatening injuries have been reported after two cranes collided above an Austin job site on Wednesday morning.

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Austin Injury Texas Site

Austin Clarifies Which Construction Considered ‘Essential’

Construction Equipment

APRIL 1, 2020

An article in the Austin Monitor clarifies rules for the construction industry, answering the question of which… During the Covid-19 pandemic, governments local and federal have asked nonessential businesses to close or suspend operations. Many states are considering construction essential.

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Austin Construction Industrial

Balfour Beatty snares $746M I-35 rebuild in Texas

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

miles of the highway through downtown Austin and build a link to the future light rail line. The London-based contractor will reconstruct 2.5

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Austin Texas Contractors

How to Achieve 25%-30%+ average construction Savings

Job Order Contracting

MAY 4, 2021

Guidelines for implementing total quality management in the engineering and construction industry”, CII Source Document 74, report to the Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX, 1992. Walker, D.H.T., “An via 4bt.us – making construction simpler.

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Texas wins $1.1B Tesla Cybertruck factory

Construction Dive

JULY 23, 2020

Austin beat out Tulsa, Oklahoma for construction of the second U.S. production facility for Tesla’s new vehicles.

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Green Project Award of Merit DPR Austin Office at the Foundry

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In constructing its Austin office, DPR Construction set out to focus on energy efficiency and promote healthy living.

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Austin Office Green Construction

Jay-Reese Wins Phase 2 of $265M Austin, Texas, Greenway Project

ENR Construction

JANUARY 24, 2023

mile, 35-acre park along Waller Creek in downtown Austin. Once completed, the Waterloo Greenway would be a 1.5-mile,

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Austin Texas

6 Austin Sites with Covid-19 Cases Prompt Change

Construction Equipment

JULY 22, 2020

The City of Austin can now take workplaces to court if they have multiple violations of the city’s emergency rules designed to minimize the spread of Covid-19. Austin-Travis County Interim Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott issued those emergency orders Tuesday evening. They allow the city to issue a…

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Austin Site Design

4 major Texas airport projects advance

Construction Dive

JULY 11, 2023

Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston are expanding their airports with work by Hensel Phelps, Whiting-Turner, JE Dunn and others.

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San Antonio Airports Houston Dallas

US DOT and Austin, Texas, launch first-of-its-kind $22B transportation partnership

Construction Dive

MARCH 14, 2023

It’s the first time the Transportation Department has entered an emerging projects agreement with a city to fast-track networks of related projects rather than using a piecemeal approach.

Transportation

Transportation Austin DOT Agreement

Jacobs wins $517M award to modernize Texas schools

Construction Dive

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Austin Independent School District’s overall $2.4 billion capital improvement program is its largest investment ever.

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Austin Texas

An Athletics Hall of Fame opens on the Austin campus of the University of Texas

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Last Friday, the University of Texas at Austin held a grand opening ceremony for the Frank Denius Family Athletics Hall of Fame, a 24,713-sf space that is located at the north endzone of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

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Austin Texas Visualization Conference

Austin is first major Texas city to adopt wildfire code

BD+C

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Responding to an increased risk of wildfire, Austin became the first major city in Texas to adopt a code aimed at curbing wildfires. The action came after an internal audit suggested the action could reduce the risk of wildfires, particularly in areas outside the urban core.

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Austin Texas Risk

Emerson Expands In Round Rock, CyberLandr Moves To Austin

Business Facilities

MARCH 4, 2022

Emerson will invest $9 million, create at least 50 new jobs; CyberLandr’s new R&D facility will support prototype development of RV/camper designed for Tesla's Cybertruck.

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Austin Design Texas Office

Texas DOT proposes $8B highway plan, overhaul of I-35 through Austin

Construction Dive

MAY 10, 2019

The city's local planning organization has already committed $400,000 to the project in the hopes of moving it along.

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Austin Plans DOT Texas

Greystar named in wrongful death suit involving construction accident

Construction Dive

JUNE 30, 2023

Michael Delgado’s family alleges that the company ignored a weather advisory and didn’t properly secure materials at its Austin jobsite before his death.

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Austin Dam Failure: One of the Biggest Disasters in US History

Austin, Texas, program requires contractors, developers to pay for employee parking

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Apple is building a 192-room hotel on its billion-dollar Austin Campus

Webinars

Kaylie Austin

Austin FC’s Q2 Stadium completes

The Importance of Inspections & Fleet Maintenance

New multifamily complex completes in Austin

Austin Commercial to manage construction of $240M soccer stadium in Austin, Texas

‘Infrastructure academy’ coming to Austin

Austin United Alliance’s proposal selected for redevelopment of Chicago’s Austin-Laramie State Bank site

Austin, Texas, greenlights $1B in wastewater updates

Austin creates innovative plan to boost affordable housing

Apple starts construction on $1B Austin, Texas, campus

First phase of Presidium Waterford breaks ground in Austin, Texas

Hensel Phelps starts $164M Austin airport gate expansion

[SCENE VIDEO] Crane Collision at Austin Site

Digging Deep to Boost Austin-Area Water Supplies

Students aren’t the only ones who have returned to Austin College in Texas

Season 2 – Episode 1: Data Security in a Dangerous World

Bridges Inspire Solution At Austin FC’s Stadium

$1B Tesla Gigafactory Headed For Austin

Apple plans $1B Austin, Texas, campus

Metal mesh lends 'natural, chill vibe' to South Austin rental complex

Swinerton breaks ground on Texas mass timber office

Turner, JE Dunn JV wins $1.2B Austin Convention Center job

Tesla data center delay highlights industrywide challenges

$606M I-35 North project in Austin, Texas, breaks ground

Study confirms construction during pandemic puts workers, community at risk

16 Hospitalized After Crane Collision in Austin, Texas

Austin Clarifies Which Construction Considered ‘Essential’

Balfour Beatty snares $746M I-35 rebuild in Texas

How to Achieve 25%-30%+ average construction Savings

Texas wins $1.1B Tesla Cybertruck factory

Green Project Award of Merit DPR Austin Office at the Foundry

Jay-Reese Wins Phase 2 of $265M Austin, Texas, Greenway Project

6 Austin Sites with Covid-19 Cases Prompt Change

4 major Texas airport projects advance

US DOT and Austin, Texas, launch first-of-its-kind $22B transportation partnership

Jacobs wins $517M award to modernize Texas schools

An Athletics Hall of Fame opens on the Austin campus of the University of Texas

Austin is first major Texas city to adopt wildfire code

Emerson Expands In Round Rock, CyberLandr Moves To Austin

Texas DOT proposes $8B highway plan, overhaul of I-35 through Austin

Greystar named in wrongful death suit involving construction accident

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