Austin

Emily Buenzle - Thu January 18, 2018

Amazon Unveils Top 20 List for HQ2 Location—Did Your Hometown Make the Cut?

Amazon announced Jan. 18 that it has chosen 20 potential locations for its new headquarters. In 2017, more than 230 cities stepped up to the plate with proposal packages including tax incentives and more to vie for the retail giant to choose them for its HQ2....

Ben Wear - Tue October 31, 2017

State's Highway Overhaul to Involve More Tolls, Double-Decker Roads

Texas officials are doubling down — way down — on their plans to add toll lanes to Interstate 35 through Austin. A couple of years after pitching the idea of adding one toll lane in each direction, highway officials are now talking about adding two lanes with MoPac-style variable tolls to each side of I-35 from Round Rock to Buda and channeling those lanes well below ground level through much of Central Austin....

Calily Bien and Chris Davis - Thu August 10, 2017

Texas Construction Worker Crushed to Death Under 30,000-lb. Concrete Slab

Even though emergency crews tried to remove a construction worker who was pinned underneath a concrete slab in Austin, TX, the man was pronounced dead about 45 minutes after the slab fell. The Austin Fire Department received the call around 9:15 a.m....

Thu August 03, 2017

2017 Construction Starts Reveal Mixed Pattern Across Top Metro Areas

During the first half of 2017, eight of the top ten metropolitan markets for commercial and multifamily construction starts ranked by dollar volume registered decreased activity compared to a year ago, according to Dodge Data & Analytics....