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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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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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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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Austin Luxury Homes Are Lingering on the Market as a Buying Frenzy Slows. Luxury home builders in Austin, TX couldn't finish new projects fast enough throughout a pandemic-induced homebuying boom, but as a market correction takes effect, home sales are stalling and supply is stacking up. Fri, 10/28/2022 - 10:18.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 4, 2021

If you are wondering how to How to Achieve 25%-30%+ average construction savings, it’s really simple. Competing Construction Management Paradigms. Proceedings of the 2003 ASCE Construction Research Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii. Competing Construction Management Paradigms. Lean Construction Journal, 1(1), Koskela, L.,

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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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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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ENR Construction

MARCH 31, 2022

Site and utility challenges, critical backstage requirements and bringing the owner’s vision to life complicated the design and construction of this $$338-million P3 project for the University of Texas at Austin.

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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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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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ENR Construction

MARCH 28, 2023

Dodge offers data on projected 2023 construction starts in the Austin, Texas area.

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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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ENR Construction

APRIL 9, 2024

“Sustainability is at the forefront of Austin’s engineering and construction practices,” Roohms says. The industry has also been adopting digital plan delivery, which leverages shared technology among the entire project team to enhance visualization and eliminate silos.”

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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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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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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Austin Implements Stricter Codes for Wildfire Protection. Austin, Texas, became the first major city in the state to enact a stricter code for wildfire protection. Resilient Construction. cbroderick. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 10:26. The code also requires the safe storage of combustible materials like liquefied petroleum gas.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The World's Largest Community of 3D-Printed Homes Is Coming to Austin. ICON, Lennar, and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group are unveiling the future of construction technology. ICON, a construction technologies company based in Austin, is teaming up with home builder Lennar to construct the world’s largest neighborhood of 3D-printed homes. .

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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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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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Construction Junkie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Well, I didn’t really intend for Construction Junkie to be filled with a bunch of articles to bum you out , but when dozens of people are injured from a jobsite incident, it’s important for us all to learn from it in order to avoid similar circumstances in the future. via KVUE on YouTube.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The authors used data from Austin, Texas they claim shows the higher peril to Latino workers.

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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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ENR Construction

MARCH 22, 2021

Dodge offers data on projected 2021 construction starts in the Austin area.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 30, 2020

Dodge offers data on projected 2020 construction starts in the Austin area.

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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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Construction Superintendent Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

Construction employment increased in 231 or 65 percent of 358 metro areas between January 2023 and January 2024, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data.

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Construction Equipment

AUGUST 10, 2017

A construction worker was crushed Wednesday morning when a concrete slab weighing 30,000 to 40,000 pounds fell off a flatbed truck and onto him at a construction site for a parking garage, part of an apartment complex being built in southeast Austin.

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Navigating unexpected karst formations and other challenges, crews are upgrading two critical intersections in Austin.

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ENR Construction

APRIL 10, 2019

Dodge offers data on projected 2019 construction starts in the Austin area.

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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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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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ENR Construction

JUNE 10, 2022

The project is the first of three aimed at improving mobility and safety on I-35 through Austin.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 7, 2019

Austin is a permanent piece of the Blanton Museum of Art’s collection and is the only building designed by artist Ellsworth Kelly, who gifted the design concept to the museum in January 2015. It was Kelly’s final project before his death in December 2015.

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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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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 30, 2022

The characteristics of strategic collaboration and efficient construction project delivery are discussed below. Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery. Shorter construction schedules than planned. Partnering: a team building approach to quality construction. Abudayyeh, O.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2015

AUSTIN, Texas -- DPR Construction has been selected by Charles Schwab to build the company’s new corporate campus, located on a 50-acre site in Austin, Texas. The new Charles Schwab Austin Campus will be built in two phases.

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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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