As Summer Begins, Major Activity is Happening on Phase II of the Capital Complex Project
Interior work in the 1501 Lavaca State Office Building (Photo courtesy of JE Dunn.) June is officially a month of change with spring breezes turning to warmer temperatures, school vacations beginning, and people taking to the road and sky for summer travels. Therefore, in this month of change, it seems fitting that we celebrate the […]
Project Statistics | June 2026
Team Spotlight – K&M Elevator, LLC
Project Role – Elevator Trade Partner Our Team Spotlight series highlights the contributions of the project team members completing the historic Capitol Complex Project Phase II. Pictured Above: Tumlinson Electric team on Phase II of the Capitol Complex Project. Photo courtesy of Tumlinson Electric, LLC Elevators keep multi-story buildings moving, connecting people to every floor. […]
Practice Makes Perfect: The Capitol Complex Project Phase II team uses sophisticated mock-ups to aid the curtain wall installation.
Left: Two-story, visual curtain wall mock-up. Right: Performance curtain wallmock-up at material testing facility. The design of the new State office buildings on 15th Street in downtown Austin includes an intricately patterned curtain wall system that combines Sunset Red granite, Mesabi Black granite, metal, and glass curtain wall. The merging of these materials will visually connect the […]
Project Statistics | March 2026
Construction Progress Report – 2025 Year in Review
As we close out 2026, we reflect on the amazing construction effort happening on 15th Street in the Capitol Complex. Please enjoy the photo gallery of progress made by the Capitol Complex Project Phase II Team over the past year. Thank you to everyone working on this project. March 2025 – Deck pours on the 1500 […]
Project Statistics | December 2025
Phase II of the Capitol Complex Project Tops Out
Phase II of the Capitol Complex Project Tops Out Phase II of the Capitol Complex Project looking southwest. All photos in this article are courtesy of the Texas Facilities Commission. On Friday, August 22, the last steel beam was placed at the highest point on the 1501 Lavaca State Office Building construction. Both the 1500 […]
Capitol Complex Phase II Achieves Temporary Power
Pictured above: Overview of Phase II of the Capitol Complex Project looking east. Photo courtesy of the Texas Facilities Commission. Bringing power to a construction site as large as Phase II of the Capitol Complex Project is not as easy as flipping a switch. There are three phases to powering the project‒generator power, temporary power, […]
Construction Progress Report | May 2025
As we head into the summer months, the Phase II Capitol Complex team is focused on completing each successive level of the two state office buildings and the elevator shafts for the underground parking below the Texas Capitol Mall Extension. Temperatures are starting to rise, so the team has activated heat exhaustion prevention and monitoring […]