Kirksey Architecture has released its latest Cost Construction Trends reports for Houston, Austin, and Dallas. With market conditions in the construction economy constantly changing, Kirksey provides the Trends report as a service to its clients, annually polling leading general contractors to give an update on current conditions.

The reports shed light on current cost data for office buildings, parking structures, and corporate interiors in each market compared to last year.

Click the links below to access the market-based reports:

AUSTIN – Kirksey Cost Construction Trends 2025

DALLAS – Kirksey Cost Construction Trends 2025

HOUSTON – Kirksey Cost Construction Trends 2025

 

As 2025 ends, construction costs are stabilizing, with a typical 3%-5% increase expected over the next year to account for inflation. Factors driving costs include skilled labor shortages (especially in the MEP trades), material costs and tariffs, financing availability, interest rates, and increased project starts in markets outside of corporate office and multifamily residential.

Corporate interiors continue to see larger cost increases in higher-end spaces, driven by more amenity-rich, high-quality spaces to attract employees.

Within the reports, the office building figures apply to the site and core and shell only, while the corporate interior costs reference a 25,000-square-foot floorplate. Kirksey has conducted this survey in Houston for over 20 years and expanded to the Austin market coverage in 2019. This is the third year the firm has reported on the Dallas market.

 

Kirksey has active commercial and corporate interior projects underway in all cities surveyed.

The statistics for these reports were provided by:

ANDRES Construction

Arch-Con Corporation

Birch Construction

Brookstone Construction

Burton Construction Co.

DPR Construction

E. E. Reed Construction, L.P.

Endurance Builders

Fransen Pittman Construction

Gallant Commercial

Harvey Cleary

Hoar Construction

K2 Construction

Linbeck Group, LLC

Novo Construction

O’Donnell/Snider Construction

Pacific Builders

rand* Construction

Rosenberger Construction LLC

Skanska USA Building

SpawGlass

StructureTone

Turner Construction Company

W.E. O’Neil Construction

White Construction Company