Tue August 29, 2017
Tin Cup Beaver Dam Restoration Benefits Wildlife, ITD
If Ruffles have ridges, what do riffles have? Beavers, it turns out. When a few beaver dams on Tin Cup Creek in southeast Idaho started backing up water last fall at a culvert on Idaho Highway 34 and threatening to undermine the road, the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) was faced with the complication of adding underwater bridge inspections for that remote site....
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 - Thu August 24, 2017
City Revokes Road Construction Funds to Pay for Public Safety Facility
At a meeting in Lawton, Okla., Aug. 22, the Lawton City Council approved moving $4.9 million from various projects to cover unexpected costs in building the city's Public Safety Facility, ABC 7 News reported....
Thu August 24, 2017
Bertha Says Goodbye: Seattle Tunneling Machine Removed
Disassembly of the world's largest tunneling machine is now complete. On Aug. 23 crews lifted the final pieces of the 8,000-ton giant out of the SR 99 tunnel's disassembly pit near Seattle Center....
Emily Buenzle - Thu August 24, 2017
Navy Awards Contracts Totaling Over $101M for Projects in Hawaii, Guam
The U.S. Navy recently awarded contracts to two construction companies totaling over $101 million for projects in Hawaii and Guam, according to a news release. Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. received a contract of over $60 million for the construction of two facilities at the Marine Corps base in Kaneohe, HI....
Wed August 16, 2017
ShakeCast Software Refines Bridge Inspection
State bridge inspectors will be able to provide a faster, more targeted response in ensuring public safety the next time an earthquake rolls across Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is now implementing the use of ShakeCast, a program created by the U.S....
