ADDED EXPERIENCE IN AUSTIN

SCOTT STATON

New operations manager enhancing Austin projects

TDINDUSTRIES WELCOMED NEW Project Manager Scott Staton to the company’s Austin Construction division in 2019. As TD increases its design-build foothold, Scott and his decadeplus of related design-build experience will be a valuable addition to the company.

Scott has spent his career on both the East Coast and West Coast, where he was responsible for overseeing complex design-build projects for Amazon, Gilead Sciences, Genentech, and the Pac-12 Network; as well as higher education work at UC Berkeley and federal work at the Pentagon renovation. He estimates 98 percent of targeted work was design-build, including around 50 or so projects he worked on.

Seeing the design-build benefits first hand, Scott predicts this kind of work will become more familiar in his new region.

“Design-build increases the speed of construction, it increases everyone’s understanding of the job, and it removes most of the conflicts between parties,” Scott said. “You offer much more value to owners and you tend to find more mutually beneficial projects for everyone involved.”

A proponent of modular construction, Scott encourages others to think outside the box and find creative solutions to common and uncommon issues. He recalls the Pac-12 Network TV studio project included renovating two floors of an existing building, requiring strict detail on how the duct and water were built, to keep the sound at a minimum. A large amount of equipment needed to be temporarily relocated to the roof, which an existing station was already using. Scott’s team found a solution through prefabrication and shared utility racks.

Looking to the future, Scott has sights on increasing TD’s position in Central Texas through the design-build method.

“I look forward to helping grow our presence in the Austin market and making TD the contractor of choice for any mechanical or plumbing needs,” Scott said. “My goal is to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective to Austin.