Select Community and Property

• Operating Cost Analysis: Evaluating annual costs for transportation, labor, fringe benefits, electricity, natural gas, water, waste water and local property taxes in selected trial locations to determine the optimal location that will have the overall lowest variable operating costs.
• Transportation Assessment: Proximity to interstate highway, airports, rail access and water ports. Evaluating service characteristics to customer demand points. Analyzing load bearing capacity of roads and bridges, and identifying traffic congestion areas. 
• Community Screening: Community attitudes toward the development of a facility may be more favorable in certain areas than in others. Austin analyzes factors such as the availability of employee amenities, political stability, development trends and industrial mix as part of the assessment of a community’s climate. 
• Site / Building Evaluation: Austin analyzes each site or building relative to the client’s needs, including: size configuration, expansion opportunities, soil conditions, development costs, compatibility of neighboring land use, adherence to image requirements and security features. 
• Utility Service Assessment: The cost and quality of electric power, natural gas, water and wastewater services can vary from community to community and from site to site. Austin identifies utility sources and evaluate annual cost, one-time connection and impact fees, quality and reliability.
• Labor Market & Workforce Assessment: A market’s labor force is one of the most critical factors to consider when qualifying a candidate site. Austin carefully analyzes labor-related variables that can affect your profitability, including:  labor / management relations, wage and fringe benefit structure, productivity, labor costs, availability of skilled or specialized workers and availability of training resources.