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Austin Commercial Permits

The last 60 days of $1M+ commercial building permits issued in Travis County, scored for heavy-equipment-purchase intent.
Last updated: 2026-09-28 · Refreshes every Monday at 7am Central

This is real data. It's also free. Pulled from the City of Austin Open Data Portal, scored by RigBrain's open-source permit puller, refreshed weekly.

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Permits
5
Total Value
$138.0M
Avg Project
$27.6M
Unique GCs
5
This week's top permits
#1 Score 95 $48.0M Issued 2026-08-27
OHT Construction LLC · Eric Taylor · (direct line in paid report)
2631 KRAMER LN UNIT FW2, 78758 · 7 floor(s) · 80,155 sqft
Expedited Review: New Construction of a Multi-Family Bldg - Above the Podium Fire Area B.
Why this scored: $20M+ value50K+ sqft7 floorsNew
Likely equipment: Tower CranesCranesBoom LiftsConcrete Equipment
View permit on AustinBuild
#2 Score 90 $51.1M Issued 2026-08-19
Joeris General Contractors · Burton Hackney · (direct line in paid report)
1412 NORSEMAN TER, 78758 · 3 floor(s) · 94,951 sqft
ePlan: Commercial Expedited Review - New Construction of an Elementary School on Existing Site. Building to include 1 story and 3 story Portions. (94951 SF)
Why this scored: $20M+ value50K+ sqft3 floorsNew
Likely equipment: ExcavatorsSkid SteersLoadersBoom LiftsConcrete Equipment
View permit on AustinBuild
#3 Score 90 $10.1M Issued 2026-09-06
DMJ Construction Services LLC · Charles Smoot · (direct line in paid report)
6620 ED BLUESTEIN BLVD SB BLDG 1, 78723 · 9 floor(s) · 77,967 sqft
New construction of multifamily - 3 story residences over 2 story parking - total 5 stories Bldgs A B and C [Bldg. A]
Why this scored: $10M+ value50K+ sqft9 floorsNew
Likely equipment: Tower CranesCranesBoom LiftsConcrete Equipment
View permit on AustinBuild
#4 Score 85 $12.3M Issued 2026-08-13
Kingham Dalton Wilson · Luke Kingham · (direct line in paid report)
12520 HARRIS BRANCH PKWY, 78754 · 2 floor(s) · 62,435 sqft
62435 SF ground up new light manufacturer. Project will be structural steel tilt wall construction with associated site work and interior finish out.
Why this scored: $10M+ value50K+ sqft2 floorsNew
Likely equipment: ExcavatorsSkid SteersLoadersBoom LiftsConcrete Equipment
View permit on AustinBuild
#5 Score 80 $16.5M Issued 2026-08-27
Embree Construction Group · Cory Delz · (direct line in paid report)
12221 N MOPAC EXPY SVRD NB, 78758 · 6 floor(s) · 10,300 sqft
ePlan: Commercial Expedited Review - Finish out for the 6th Floor Hospital Med Tower Areas. (10300 SF)
Why this scored: $10M+ value10K+ sqft6 floorsRemodel
Likely equipment: Tower CranesCranesBoom LiftsConcrete Equipment
View permit on AustinBuild

How the score works

Rules-based v1 starting at 50, capped 0–100. Higher score = stronger heavy-equipment-purchase signal.

Full source and equipment lexicon: github.com/rigbrain/austin-permit-puller

Why this exists. Heavy-equipment dealers want to know which contractors just pulled commercial permits in Austin, ranked by how likely they are to need new iron. The permit data is public; doing the curation, scoring, equipment tagging, and weekly delivery isn't. The version above is the raw weekly pull. Dealers get an equipment-line-filtered version with a curated brief.
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Source: City of Austin Open Data Portal, dataset 3syk-w9eu (public domain). Pulled and scored by the open-source austin-permit-puller. RigBrain handles weekly delivery, equipment-line filtering, and contractor enrichment so dealer sales teams don't have to. Built by Nick Kaufman.