On a wet, overcast day last December, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert stood on the deck of the new Sam White Bridge over Interstate 15 and announced the completion of the I-15 Corridor Expansion, or CORE.
The Regional Transportation District's (RTD) FasTracks program—the largest transit expansion in the country—has stimulated the Denver metro area's economy ever since construction began in January 2005.
A leading national MRO commodity management and procurement services company, supplyFORCE, has named Utah's Industrial Supply Co. the 2012 Owner-Member of the Year, Industrial Supply Division, at the firm’s annual Commitment to Excellence Awards ceremony. John Eggleton, president and CEO of supplyFORCE, presented the award to Industrial Supply Co. on February 6 in Phoenix at the 2012 Commitment to Excellence Awards Ceremony held in conjunction with the 2013 supplyFORCE national meeting. The Commitment to Excellence Awards recognize industry leadership, extraordinary contributions to the success of supplyFORCE agreements and excellent overall performance across their membership. Three specific categories were presented: Excellence in
Kilgore Cos., a division of Summit Materials has acquired Westroc Inc., one of the premiere aggregate and ready-mix concrete companies in Utah. Westroc, based in Pleasant Grove, operates two aggregates sites and seven ready-mix concrete plants along the Wasatch Front. Westroc was established in 1987 and serves Utah, Salt Lake, Juab, Sanpete and Sevier counties with consistently high-quality ready-mix concrete and aggregate products. Westroc’s existing management team will remain in place and continue to grow the business as part of the Kilgore group.Summit CEO Tom Hill said, “We are delighted to welcome Westroc and its employees to Summit. The addition
Ritchie Bros., the world’s largest seller of used industrial equipment, has launched Ritchie Bros. EquipmentOne, with new features and functionality for both buyers and sellers. EquipmentOne is a secure online marketplace for the private sale of equipment and materials, where buyers and sellers can negotiate, complete and settle their transactions in a single transparent environment.Qualified members from anywhere in the world can buy on Ritchie Bros. EquipmentOne. Membership is free. Members can create personal equipment watchlists, save searches and access the Ritchie Bros.’ “Orange Book,” a market reference tool that shows recent pricing for equipment of a similar type, age
In this era of post-recession cost cutting, many construction companies remain committed to the communities where they live and work. Instead of pulling back on their charitable funding, firms have amped up community-service programs and refocused their giving strategies to maximize dollars.
A team led by Denver’s H+L Architecture has been selected as a winner of the 2013 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards presented by Uptime Institute. The GEIT Awards showcase organizations that are pioneering projects and innovations that significantly improve energy productivity and resource use in information technology. Photo courtesy of Saunders Construction limate change, severe weather, air quality and other atmospheric science and geoscience topics. The 153,000-sq-ft facility hosts one of the worlds most powerful supercomputers. H+L Architecture, along with National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and The RMH Group, Lakewood, will be honored at the eighth annual Uptime Institute Symposium
Vestas, which has multiple locations in Colorado, has secured a firm and unconditional order for the delivery of 166 V100-1.8-MW wind turbines, along with a 20-year service and maintenance agreement, for the 299-MW Blackspring Ridge Wind Project. It is a joint venture of EDF EN Canada Inc. and Enbridge and marks the largest order for Vestas wind turbines in Canada. Photo courtesy of Vestas It will become the largest wind power plant in Western Canada with the capacity to provide electricity to nearly 140,000 households. Vestas’ U.S. factories in Colorado will manufacture components for Blackspring Ridge, which will become Canada’s
Toyo Ito, a 71-year-old architect whose practice is based in Tokyo will be the recipient of the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Ito is the sixth Japanese architect to become a Pritzker Laureate—the first five being the late Kenzo Tange in 1987, Fumihiko Maki in 1993, Tadao Ando in 1995, and the team of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa in 2010. Ito began working in the firm of Kiyonori Kikutake & Associates after he graduated from Tokyo University in 1965. In 1971 he founded his own studio in Tokyo and named it Urban Robot (Urbot). In 1979 he changed the name
Associated Builders and Contractors recently presented Aurora’s Adolfson & Peterson Construction with a national award for its work on the Garden City High School and District Stadium in Garden City, Kan. The project earned the contractor a Pyramid Award in the Institutional ($25 - $100 million) category of ABC’s National Excellence in Construction Awards. A&P representatives accepted the award on February 20 during the 23rd annual Excellence in Construction Awards celebration at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Photo courtesy of Adolfson Peterson The $90-million Garden City High School, Garden City, Kan., which is more like a