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....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 08, 2018
Golden Spike Celebrates 149th Anniversary, Track Repair
Last summer, park rangers at the Golden Spike National Historic Site in northern Utah noticed that the replica steam locomotives used for demonstration runs were dipping at a certain point on the two miles of park railroad track....
Tue May 08, 2018
Landfill Withdraws Permit Request for Industrial Waste
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Developers behind a landfill under construction near the shore of the Great Salt Lake have withdrawn an application for a permit that would have allowed the company to bring in out-of-state industrial waste....
Tue May 08, 2018
$430M Project to Add More Lanes to I-15 Under Way
PROVO, UTAH (AP) Utah leaders said a project to add more lanes to I-15 and improve east-west connectivity has taken a big step forward. The Daily Herald reports that state and local leaders met April 25 as construction of the $430 million project to add more lanes officially began....
Thu April 26, 2018
Wheeler Machinery Co. Announces New Leadership
Wheeler Machinery Co. has appointed Bryan Campbell as president and Jonathan Campbell as executive vice president, effective April 16, 2018. Rob Campbell, former president, and Paul Campbell, former executive vice president, will assume the roles of chairman of the board and vice chairman of the board, respectively....
Mon April 23, 2018
110RT Works in Wasatch Mountains in Utah
Big-D Construction of Salt Lake City, Utah, recently took ownership of a new 110-ton (100-t) 110RT rough terrain crane for a project in northern Utah. In order to accommodate the requirements of the 30-acre job site in a ravine in the Wasatch Mountains, Big-D Construction needed a crane with a small footprint with excellent reach to place more than 280,000 sq....
Tue April 10, 2018
UDOT Begins Construction Work on New I-80 Truck Lane
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) began construction on I-80 west of Park City on April 2. Crews are building a new westbound truck lane between the Jeremy Ranch and Parleys Summit interchange, installing additional wildlife fencing and building a wildlife crossing over I-80 just west of Parleys Summit....
