Mon July 02, 2018
New Freestanding ER Under Way in West Valley City
MountainStar Healthcare and St. Mark's Hospital are constructing Utah's newest freestanding emergency room in West Valley City. After an evaluation of unmet needs in several communities that St....
Utah Department of Transportation - Mon July 02, 2018
Gov. Appoints Zeenati to State Transportation Commission
Gov. Gary R. Herbert has appointed St. George realtor Naghi Zeenati as chairman of the Utah State Transportation Commission. A member of the Commission since 2013, Zeenati replaces J. Kent Millington, whose term of service as Commission chair has expired....
Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 05, 2018
Utilities 101: UDOT Digs Deep in St. George
Bluff Street (SR 18) in St. George, Utah, is a highly-traveled roadway tasked with carrying an increasing load as the population in the area continues to grow. More than 44,000 cars per day travel the route and this number is expected to grow to 65,000 by 2040....
Economic Development Corporation of Utah - Tue June 05, 2018
Facebook to Build Data Center in Eagle Mountain City
Eagle Mountain City, together with the Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) and the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) announced on May 30 that Facebook will begin construction of a 970,000 sq....
Associated Press - Tue June 05, 2018
Judge Scraps Ban on Coal Shipments
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A federal judge in California has struck down the city of Oakland's ban on coal shipments through its port. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria on May 15 sided with a developer who wants to use a proposed marine terminal to transport coal from Utah to Asia....
Central Utah Water Conservancy District - Tue June 05, 2018
Federal Funding Boost to Accelerate Completion of Water Resource Project
Utah's largest and most comprehensive water resource development program is one step closer to completion, due to $15 million in construction funding championed by Rep. Chris Stewart and approved by the U.S....
Utah Department of Transportation - Tue June 05, 2018
UDOT Names Teri Newell as Additional Deputy Director of the Department
UDOT Executive Director Carlos Braceras announced he has named Teri Newell as an additional deputy director of the department. The additional deputy director will help guide the department as it moves to address issues relating to Utah's growing population, advances in technology and the evolution of the transportation industry....
Department of the Interior - Tue June 05, 2018
Interior Awards $17.68M for Steinaker Dam Modification
On April 19, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $17.68 million contract to Weeminuche Construction Authority of Towaoc, Colo., owned by the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, for modification work at Steinaker Dam near Vernal, Utah....
The Associated Press - Fri June 01, 2018
Utility Seeks Bids for Alternative Energy Projects in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — A utility company is seeking proposals for the construction of new alternative energy projects in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Rocky Mountain Power said May 29, it is looking for bids for projects generating a total of 308,000 megawatt hours of power — enough for about 34,000 average homes in Utah — drawing on solar, wind and geothermal energy....
Brady McCombs – Associated Press - Tue May 08, 2018
Utah's Rapid Bridge Construction
More than 200 bridges in Utah were built with the same rapid construction technique used in the Florida bridge that collapsed last month and killed six people, officials said. Carmen Swanwick, chief structural engineer for the Utah Department of Transportation, said the Miami collapse doesn't sway her confidence in the method or stability of Utah's bridges, which are inspected once every two years....
