Although the Texas Facilities Commission (TFC) routinely juggles statewide projects collectively valued in the hundreds of million dollars, including dozens of new and renovated office buildings, it is anything but business as usual for the Austin-based agency these days as it moves to transform Austin’s Texas State Capitol Complex.

In an effort to consolidate state agencies and wean them off escalating lease costs, TFC is undertaking a transformation so massive that it dwarfs any project the state has undertaken since construction of the 132-year-old Capitol itself, says Mike Novak, executive director of TFC. “It’s like building the pyramids,” he says.