The project includes makeovers of the lobbies, restrooms andother public spaces at the 12-story Galleria Financial Center and25-story 2700 Post Oak Tower. Houston-based architecture firmKirksey & Partners is the designer; general contractorTellepsen is providing pre-construction services. TechSource ismanaging the project on behalf of owner Walton Street Capital andplans to begin construction in the first half of 2001.

TechSource is a facility consulting, construction management andtechnical assessment firm. It has serviced more than 500 million sfof real estate valued at more than $13 billion. Its client listincludes Lucent Technologies, AT&T and JMB Properties.To helpit renovate the Houston Galleria properties, TechSource is turningto a specialized Web platform for the real estate and constructionindustries. The online tool by Struxicon Inc. is being used to aidcollaboration, project bidding and materials procurement.

"The Struxicon system enables a fast turnaround on changes anddecisions and drastically reduces the amount of paper typicallyinvolved in managing a construction project by hosting thesedocuments online," says TechSource president Jack Althoff. "Weanticipate a more efficient and better-controlled process as aresult."