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Burton ConstructionProbable gap

A $47.0M permit against a $10.0M median — 4.7x their normal job.

Burton Construction · Austin, TX · NAICS General Contractor · triggered 2025-05-29

Grounding

1 rules fired
T-CON-1Job value jumps a tierProbable gapfired 2025-05-29

Austin issued them a commercial permit declaring $47.0M. Their median across 9 permits in the prior twelve months is $10.0M — this job is 4.7 times their normal size.

SourceRecordObservedValueDate
Austin Issued Construction Permits
Building Permit
2024-055007 BP ↗Declared job value$47,000,0002025-05-29
Austin Issued Construction Permits
Permit history
contractor-of-record rollup, 9 permitsMedian declared value, T12M$10,000,0002025-05-29
Confidence high — Both figures are computed from the city's own issued-permit records.Wrong if — They pulled the permit as agent for the owner rather than as constructing contractor.

Enrichment

Every value names its source, or says it isn't public
Permit2024-055007 BPAustin Issued Construction Permits
ClassC- 320 Industrial BldgsAustin Issued Construction Permits
Work classNewAustin Issued Construction Permits
Median job value$10.0MAustin Issued Construction Permits
This job$47.0MAustin Issued Construction Permits
Site11801 Decker Lake Rd Bldg 6Austin Issued Construction Permits
Trade of recordGeneral ContractorAustin Issued Construction Permits
CarrierNot publicnot public
SizeNot public — permit volume is the only size signal we haveestimate

Suggested outreach

One insight, one channel
ChannelEmail No shared connection, and an owner at this size reads their own email.
ToOwner or operations principal
SubjectYour 11801 Decker Lake Rd Bldg 6 permit
Lead insightTheir largest job of the year is several times their normal size, and the limits were sized to the normal one.
draft · email

Austin issued your $47.0M permit at 11801 Decker Lake Rd Bldg 6 on 2025-05-29.

Across your recent commercial permits the median declared value is $10.0M, so this one is a real step up. The owner's contract on a job this size normally demands limits above what a book of $10.0M jobs carries, and the increase has to be in place before the first subcontract is signed rather than at renewal.

I read the permit file before writing, so I am not guessing at what you carry — I genuinely do not know. If it is handled, ignore me.

Do not sayAnything about what they currently carry. We can see the permit; we cannot see the policy, and the difference is the whole credibility of the message.