With roughly 6,800 employee-owners, Austin Industries and the three operating companies it owns—Austin Commercial, Austin Bridge and Road and Austin Industrial—provide nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction service. The firm reported $1.14 billion in regional revenue in 2014, up nearly $300 million over the previous year, lifting it three spots to sixth place in this year’s Top Contractors ranking.
“Timing and a construction economy that continues to improve is the short answer for what was behind our growth in 2014,” says David Walls, president and CEO of Austin Industries. “A sizable portion of Austin’s work in 2012 reached completion in the early part of 2013. Much of the work Austin was blessed to win in 2013 impacted our revenue more in 2014 than in 2013. The company also had some ongoing work in its industrial sector increase in scope last year.”