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Proposed Texas Emergency HQ Gets Funding Bump
The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) has plans for a $423 million headquarters and emergency operations center in Austin.
The Austin Business Journal reports that TDEM is overseen by the Texas A&M University System. The system’s Board of Regents first approved the project last November with a $360 million budget. In February, the board approved a more extensive—and expensive—plan totaling $423 million.
The extra funding will add a 38,000-square-foot sixth floor to the office building, as well as expand the overall property with a 15,400-square-foot warehouse, a 900-space parking garage and a 1,200-square-foot secure facility for the processing of sensitive compartmented information.
The new emergency operations center will be 90,068 square feet and designed to withstand 200 mph windstorms. The building is set to include meeting rooms and spaces for a joint information center, press conference room and GIS workroom. The project reportedly will combine steel-framed and mass timber construction. Work is expected to begin next month.
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