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Austin creates innovative plan to boost affordable housing

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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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Bridges Inspire Solution At Austin FC’s Stadium

ENR Construction

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

Austin 78
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The World's Largest Community of 3D-Printed Homes Is Coming to Austin

Pro Builder

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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100 years of aircraft manufacturing facility innovation from The Austin Company

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One hundred years ago, in 1916, The Austin Company began design and construction on its first of many aircraft assembly plants – the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company plant in Buffalo, N.Y.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

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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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Technology shares the spotlight with music and film at the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX. Technology innovation is happening across the country, but there is no better place to witness the revolution other than Austin, TX, home to a rapidly expanding technology industry. By Jenny Vickers. TEXAS FAST FACTS.

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3D-Printed Homes Aren't the Future—They're the Now

Pro Builder

Two entirely 3D-printed communities are in the works, and the off-site construction companies are calling demand “off the charts.” The first publicly available 3D-printed home hit the market last month, created by New York-based SQ4D and 3D home pioneer ICON just wrapped up four homes in East Austin. Off-Site Construction.

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