Indeed Office Tower
Indeed Office Tower | Austin, Texas
The Indeed Office Tower is a 39-story, 674,192-sq.-ft. Class A office tower located in the heart of Austin’s Central Business District. The ground floor features an office lobby accessible from 6th street, 7,080-sq.-ft. retail space, fitness, and conference center. Office space is located on Levels 16 – 36 (21 Levels) with exterior terraces on approximately half the office floors.
U.S. Green Building Council
LEED v4 Core & Shell (CS) Platinum Certification
Project
Details
The project includes a 17-level parking garage that consists of five levels with an “L” shaped sub-grade parking accessible from Colorado Street and 12 levels of above-grade parking located directly beneath the office floors accessible from 7th Street. The subterranean loading dock is accessible from Colorado Street and an urban park is included above the “L” portion of the garage. The office building and garage consist of a cast-in-place concrete structure with a full curtainwall exterior.
The scope of work on the project includes demolition and implosion of the existing eight-story building and parking deck on 3/4 of City Block 71, as well as the historic restoration of the former Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall building connecting the office building's commercial environment with the cultural, recreational and retail activities as an open-air market space.
A spectacular lobby welcomes tenants and visitors alike.
Clean, crisp and spacious entryway makes quite the first impression.
Confident design and quality construction of workspaces lend to productivity.
Even when it's empty at night, Indeed Tower still shines.
Austin's Business District welcomes the newest gem to the neighborhood.
Tenants get fresh air and scenic views in the adjacent courtyard.
Elevators convey bold detail, as well as transportation.
Self-Perform Work
Where Concrete Meets Steel
The last (highest) concrete slab included large anchor rods to support a structural steel crown. When reviewing the sequence visualization for the overall project, the SPW team highlighted the crown connection as a high-risk condition to coordinate in a virtual mock-up. By modeling every structural element including reinforcement, the team identified multiple conflicts with the anchor rods that would connect the steel crown with the slab; several beams needed to be widened to fit the anchor rods within the concrete, and the anchor rod layout needed to be adjusted to allow rebar to pass through.
With this discovery, the team was able to adjust the beams and anchor rod spacing to avoid conflicts prior to erecting the concrete form work. The team gave the rebar fabricator the layout for the columns to accommodate the spacing requirements.
Without the sequence visualization revealing the need for additional structural modeling and coordination, the team likely wouldn’t have discovered the structural issues until they were near pouring the last slab and preparing the anchor rods. Not only did this save thousands in rework and prevent risky field modifications, but model-based planning also improves the safety, reliability, predictability and quality of the work being put in place.
Ultimately, the team met their original pour dates and had a successful top out.
A View From Above
Drone Photography Courtesy of DPR Construction
A View From Above
Drone Photography Courtesy of DPR Construction
A View From Above
Drone Photography Courtesy of DPR Construction
A View From Above
Drone Photography Courtesy of DPR Construction
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