Tue August 29, 2017
State Officials Break Ground on New Correctional Facility
The Department of Corrections reached a historic milestone Aug. 16 as state officials conducted the ceremonial groundbreaking at the site of the new Utah State Correctional Facility. The groundbreaking event marked both a celebration of the collaborative effort of government and private organizations to build a new facility, as well as a milestone for paving the way for the future of corrections in the state of Utah....
Tue August 29, 2017
Phaze Concrete Helps Employees On, Off the Work Site
From pouring driveways for small residential projects in the states of Nevada and Utah, to completing hundreds of projects featuring large box stores, warehouses, distribution centers, parking garages, hotels and airports, Phaze Concrete has been delivering quality concrete to the construction industry....
Tue August 29, 2017
Dixie State Awards Building Contract to Layton Construction
Dixie State University has selected Layton Construction to build the university's 155,000-sq.-ft. Human Performance Center. Using a value-based model, Dixie State looked at builders' qualifications, management plans and construction costs and awarded the bid to the company that performed best overall....
Tue August 29, 2017
St. John Properties Breaks Ground on $250M Valley Grove
St. John Properties hosted Gov. Herbert, company founder Edward St. John and more than 200 VIPs to the official groundbreaking ceremony of the master planned development known as Valley Grove. Construction activities began on the Grove office tower in April....
Giles Lambertson - Tue August 29, 2017
Maintaining Utah's Rio Tinto Mine
Productive mines are hard on machinery, which are constantly pummeled and stressed by the ore and overburden they process, hour after hour, day after day. The constant flow of rock through the machinery stresses high-tensile steel, induces friction in bearings, warps static components in smelting heat and otherwise tests the integrity of engineered equipment....
Emily Buenzle - Mon August 14, 2017
Workers Rescue Kittens From Inside a Cat Skid Steer
A crew of Utah landscapers rescued seven kittens from inside a Caterpillar skid steer. Green Forest Landscaping workers we at the Fieldstone Homes construction site in Spanish Fork, UT, when they heard meows coming from beneath their equipment, Aug....
Wed August 02, 2017
After Fire, Massachusetts City Votes for Safer Building Codes
Waltham, Mass., city councilors voted unanimously July 31, to call on the state of Massachusetts to implement tighter restrictions on the size of wood-frame residential buildings after a massive ten-alarm fire destroyed a wooden apartment complex under construction in late July....
Tue August 01, 2017
UTA Hosts Annual Transit Academy for Local, State Leaders
Recently, UTA hosted its annual Transit Academy workshop. Transit Academy is designed for local and state elected officials and other community leaders to learn more about regional transit and transportation....
Tue August 01, 2017
UDOT Releases West Davis Corridor Final Environmental Impact Statement
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a potential transportation corridor in western Davis and Weber counties....
Tue August 01, 2017
Utah's 50-Year Water Management Program Marks New Beginning
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) It took more than four years, but Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's Water Strategy Advisory Team has completed the state's new 50-year water management plan. Herbert accepted the “Recommended Water Strategy” report that maps out a plan for using water over the coming decades in Utah, the nation's second-driest state....
