Criteria for Entries The annual �Best of� is a competition to determine the best projects completed by firms in Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Firms involved in any aspect of the project could submit entries, and there is no charge for submissions. Related Links: Best Architectural Design Outstanding Project Management Best Civil/Public Works Project Civil/Public Works Project Merit Award Best Government/Public Project Government/Public Project Merit Award Best Green Building Project Green Building Project Merit Award Best Healthcare Project Healthcare Project Merit Award (tie) Healthcare Project Merit Award (tie) Best Higher Education/Research Project Higher Education/Research Project Merit Award Best Industrial Project

If you want to find a 7-11 store in Salt Lake City, just ask John Cameron. Cameron, the CEO of Salt Lake’s Cameron Construction Co., knows most of the city’s 7-11’s inside and out. He built 55 of them in only four years as his small contracting business grew from a small $600K - $1 million operation into one of the city’s most-respected midsize general contractors doing a thriving $23 million-$26 million a year. Photo: Cameron Construction Cameron Construction built the Temple Har Shalom church in Park City, a 30,000-sq-ft, two-story Jewish community center and synagogue. Related Links: Intermountain Best

Submitted by Jacobsen Construction The five-story LDS Church History Library houses and preserves the church’s expansive archives, including records, manuscripts, publications, photographs and audiovisual items. Photo: Preston Norris/Zone VII Photography Photo: Preston Norris/Zone VII Photography Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 Located on the northeast corner of North Temple and Main Streets in Salt Lake City, the facility contains 13 storage vaults spanning three floors. The library also features two public reading rooms, conference rooms, 120 staff offices and a digital image processing center, as well as a conservation lab and an audio/video preservation facility. Project Team: Salt Lake City

Submitted by Hogan & Associates Construction This 160,000-sq-ft school on Layton’s west side is the latest generation of the award-winning Davis Middle School prototype. Originally designed to create a state-of-the-art learning environment that buffers middle school students from the stress and fragmentation associated with the typical large junior high school experience, the new school has been revamped to achieve a number of additional goals. Photo: Paul Richer/Richer Images Photo: Paul Richer/Richer Images Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 The energy demand of the building has been drastically reduced through the use of energy-efficient lighting and improved daylighting, and the mechanical

Submitted by Big-D Construction Newpark Town Center is a live, work, play community located six miles from Old Town Park City, a half-mile from the Olympic Village, four miles from the Canyons and seven miles from Deer Valley. The Town Center is on the western edge of the 1,100-acre Swanner Nature Preserve. Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 The project consists of four separate buildings with two parking structures, as well as a new South Center Drive roadway, complete with utilities and infrastructure to support the new buildings. Project Team: Park City, Utah, $24.2 million Owner: Newpark Town Center Associates

Submitted by Okland Construction Co. The new Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple is built on a bluff on the edge of the Daybreak development in South Jordan, Utah. The edifice features a single stone-clad spire soaring to a height of 171 ft, topped by a 13.5-ft statue of the angel Moroni. Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 Located on an 11-acre site, the temple sits at the foot of the Oquirrh Mountains that form the western edge of the Salt Lake Valley and face east toward a panoramic view of the Wasatch Mountains. From the site, temple visitors are able to

Submitted by VCBO Architecture The new Park City High School is a combination of renovation, addition and new construction. The school was designed to meet the growing needs of the district and to replace an aging, inefficient, outdated facility built in the early 1970s. Photo: Dana Sohm/Sohm Photographx Photo: Dana Sohm/Sohm Photographx Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 Project planning began in 2002 and construction was completed in fall 2008. The outcome of the extensive planning process was a design centered on an improved level of flexibility, energy efficiency and current and future pedagogical shifts that will ensure the building

Submitted by Okland Construction Co. This new healthcare facility consists of a 97,000-sq-ft wellness center and at 152,000-sq-ft medical office building wing. The medical center contains 25 beds, surgery rooms, an intensive care unit with advanced emergency/trauma services, a new helipad, administrative offices, dining area and office space for doctors. Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 Differing from other medical designs, the SCMC has pitched roofs and multiple window systems. Construction included use of local stone for the extensive exterior cladding and a showcase of natural materials and colors schemes in the interior to enhance its Western design. The site

Submitted by Big-D Construction This project consisted of new construction of a concrete, steel-framed receiving and processing plant that increased Idaho Milk Products processing to more than 3 million lb of milk per day. Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 The new building holds not only the processing and receiving areas but also houses warehouse space and an administrative support facility. Interior finishes include office finishes, dairy tile, insulated metal panel ceilings and walls in process areas, sealed concrete walls, galvanized structural steel in the dryer towers, and epoxy-coated steel in other wet-process areas. Project Team: Idaho Falls, Idaho, $49.3

Submitted by Jacobsen Construction and Spectrum Engineers The Riverton Hospital medical campus comprises 350,000 sq ft among four connected buildings. One is a 200,000-sq-ft inpatient hospital housing six operating rooms, diagnostics, imaging, an emergency department, labor and delivery and acute care beds. There is also a four-level patient tower, which includes patient rooms and education, dining and administration spaces. Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 Next door is an 80,000-sq-ft medical group building for physicians’ offices and clinics and the outpatient facility for Primary Children’s Medical Center, a specialty pediatric center with clinics, physicians’ offices, four operating rooms and a