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 […]
Lavaca Perimeter Pier Dilling
Beaird Drilling, a JE Dunn team member providing self-performing concrete services, drills perimeter piers around the foundation perimeter of the Lavaca Street office building. The piers will support structural members. The photo shows an A250 drill rig, used to drill each of the six piers to a depth of 120 feet.
Temporary Lane Closures Through August 19, 2024
Click here to download a copy of the map. 15th Street Lane Closures – From 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 16, through 12:01 a.m. Monday, August 19, the three westbound lanes of 15th Street from San Jacinto Ave. to Lavaca Street will be closed. Large transport vehicles will be delivering the Texas Capitol Mall Tower Crane […]
Temporary Lane Closures Through August 5, 2024
Click here to download a copy of the map. Nightly Intersection Closure Through August 2 – The intersection of Lavaca Street and 16th Street will be closed nightly from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. through Friday, August 2, 2024. 15th Street Lane Closures – From 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 2, through 12:01 a.m. Monday, August […]
Equipment Round-up | April 2024
A wide variety of equipment is needed to build Phase II of the Capitol Complex Project. Below is a gallery of some of the equipment used on the project to date. D11 Bulldozer Hydraulic Rock Breaker Excavator Prism Telehandler Forklift Laser and Prism D11 Bulldozer and Rock Breaker Crawler Loader