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® February 23 2025 Vol. XXVI • No. 4
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Austin Airport Launches $4B ‘Journey With AUS’ By Keri White
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) in Austin, Texas, has operated beyond capacity for some time so, in September 2024, the city took action: The Austin City Council approved more than $2 billion in construction contracts to expand the airport. The project is part of the multi-phase “Journey With AUS” plan, whose full investment projections total $4 billion. Construction is just beginning. A key feature will be the 375,500-sq.-ft. extension of the Barbara Jordan Terminal. The new structure, called the Arrivals and Departures Hall, is expected to be mostly completed by December 2029. Along with that hall, AUS will receive a new concourse with 20 more gates. The new concourse, “Concourse B,” will directly connect to the hall via a tunnel; its anticipated completion date is 2030. The City Council’s September vote authorized the airport to sign a contract with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for the design and Austin Commercial LP for the construction of the Arrivals and Departures Hall project.
Crews move dirt for the West Infill Project, one of the early steps in the multi-phase Journey With AUS expansion program.
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see AUSTIN page 46
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-45
Caltrans Starts Repairs to Road Infrastructure Ravaged By Wildfires By Irwin Rapoport
Excavators & Attachments Section . . . . . .49-74 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-87 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
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While news coverage of the January wildfires in Los Angeles County focused primarily on the casualties and thousands of homes and other buildings destroyed, it also took a toll on the local infrastructure. Those fires ravaged areas in the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 7 (Los Angeles and Ventura counties). As the greater Los Angeles area is no stranger to destructive fires, the agency was prepared to act, its officials said. see WILDFIRES page 48
Crews repair a power line in a fire-ravaged area.