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Plant & Demolition man strikes out on his own with Komatsu PC290-8

Digger Blog

Austin Wilkinson originally comes from a haulage background, with his grandfather owning his own haulage business. The business was later passed onto Austin’s father, who himself was a mechanic with a background of engineering and fabricating. It was at this time that Austin caught the digger bug!

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Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

BD+C

A public-private partnership between Austin Community College and Red Leaf Properties led to the redevelopment of the 81-acre former Highland Mall near a working-class and immigrant neighborhood in Austin, Texas into Highland ATX, an innovative learning center and new mixed-income, transit-oriented community.

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Best Value Construction Delivery Methods – Alliance Contracting, LEAN Construction, Integrated Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Austin 2016. Lean construction is concerned with the alignment and holistic pursuit of concurrent and continuous improvements in all dimensions of the built and natural environment: design, construction, activation, maintenance, salvaging and recycling.” via Four BT, LLC, www.4bt.us

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Greenbuild – The Target Rich Environment for Green People

Green Building Law Update

Greenbuild has become much more than only “green building” as sustainability has become woven into the fabric of business, the conference has evolved into the watering hole for leaders across the entire environmental industrial complex. more than food prep). I do not claim any particular knowledge or skill in business marketing.

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Acoustic panels reduce excessive barking noise in dog shelters keeping animals calmer

Construction Specifier

Among its many specialties, Quorum Architects (Fort Worth, Texas) has carved out a niche in designing animal shelters in the Dallas-Fort Worth/Austin area. Eckel Acoustic Panels can be fabricated in custom sizes up to 3.05 We plan to continue to specify Eckel panels in our future animal shelter projects.”.

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Phantom Payouts

Business Facilities

–While Samsung enjoys $112 million in property tax abatements for its Austin, TX semiconductor fabrication facility, the Times noted, school class sizes in the area are exploding as the state cuts school funding.

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Life of an Architect Podcast Ep. 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

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Introduction Kory Bieg is an Associate Professor of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin. Since 2013, he has served as Chair of the Texas Society of Architects Emerging Design + Technology conference and is co-Director of TEX-FAB Digital Fabrication Alliance.