AUSTIN, TEXAS — Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors have reached a significant construction milestone for their new office tower in Austin, and they’ve made history in the process. To lay the foundation for 500 W. 2nd Street, the 29-story, 500,000-square-foot office tower located at San Antonio and 2nd streets, construction manager The Beck Group coordinated downtown Austin’s largest-ever continuous concrete foundation pour, placing more than 10,680 cubic yards of concrete in just over 24 hours. The foundation slab is over nine feet deep and holds more than 1,200 tons of rebar support. The office tower will soon begin vertical construction, with two tower cranes to erect on-site within the next two weeks. Owners Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors are co-developing the project. Gensler is the project architect and The Beck Group is the construction manager.
The Beck Group coordinated downtown Austin’s largest-ever continuous concrete foundation pour, placing more than 10,680 cubic yards of concrete in just over 24 hours.
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