The $1.725-billion Interstate-15 CORE project in Utah County – the largest and most expensive highway job in the Beehive State’s history – officially kicked off at the end of March at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. The mammoth design-build project is being built by a four-firm consortium called Provo River Constructors and could not have come about at a better time for the local construction industry, which has been struggling for nearly two years. Photo: Don Green Photography Photo: Don Green Photography The Interstate 15 CORE project will expand freeway capacity from Lehi’s Main Street to Spanish Fork’s Main Street by

The St. Luke’s Health System hospital currently under construction in Twin Falls is the most recent of the system’s more than a dozen large and small projects in southwest and south-central Idaho.

Riverton Hospital Riverton, Utah $162 million Architect: Anshen & Allen Architects, San Francisco Contractor: Jacobsen Construction, Salt Lake City Opened: Nov. 2 Completion of Proposed 30-Bed Pediatric Unit: October 2010 Related Links: Utah Owner of the Year The Riverton Hospital has 58 hospital beds, 24-hour emergency room services and 75,000 sq ft of physician office space. A connected 79,000-sq-ft ambulatory center for Primary Children’s Medical Center provides space for pediatric surgery, imaging and other specialty clinics. In addition, a shelled fourth floor is being converted into a 30-bed pediatric unit that will be completed in October. Primary Children’s will provide

After more than seven years in the planning phase, construction on the Mountain View Corridor is underway. Earthwork on the project, one of the biggest-ever road projects in Utah, began this spring. The Mountain View Corridor is a planned freeway, transit and trail system that will service 13 municipalities in western Salt Lake and northern Utah counties. Completion is scheduled for 2013 and will result in a roadway that extends 35 miles from Interstate 80 in Salt Lake County to Interstate 15 in Lehi in Utah County. The project manager, Copper Hills Constructors, is a partnership between Granite Construction of

The Idaho State Capitol in Boise has been returned to state government and the public after a three-year, $120-million renovation and expansion. The project was led by Utah-based construction and engineering firm Jacobson-Hunt Joint Venture. McAlvain Group of Cos. of Boise was the design-build manager for the underground wings portion of the project, which included design work, excavation, concrete, flatwork, structural concrete, steel erection, waterproofing, rough carpentry, mechanical/electrical, fire sprinkler, some interior framing, drywall and stairway work. McAlvain Project Manager Penny Dennis says the job was “pretty much a business-as-usual construction project for us.” It also provided a lot of

He may be best known for his airport designs, but Curt Fentress doesn’t readily accept that designation – or any other. Photo by Ellen Jaskol Denver International Airport Photo by Nick Merrick The firm�s portfolio includes the Jefferson County Government Center. He waters down the often-heard “airport architect” moniker with, “We are a firm that is good at many building types in the public realm.” Fentress and his firm, Denver-based Fentress Architects, have been honored as a 2010 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award, the American Institute of Architects’ highest award for public architecture. The firm’s portfolio includes an impressive

When an architecture firm remodels its office, the project has the potential to be much more than just new carpet and workspaces. MHTN Architects Inc., Salt Lake City, recognized that potential and made the most of it with its recent $1.3-million corporate office remodel. Photo courtesy of MHTN Architects The firm uses its office as a showcase of green materials and creative design solutions within the LEED framework for clients and the public. Photo courtesy of MHTN Archtiects A lot of the existing casework and cabinets for the original office were reused or refaced while new ones were built out

Related Links: Innovation and Dedication Joseph Maierle, founder Three generations of Morrisons and two generations of Maierles have led the employee-owned firm: John Sr., John Jr. and Robert Morrison, and Joe and Jim Maierle. In 1991 John Sr.’s grandson, current president and CEO Robert Morrison, returned to Montana from CH2M Hill in Boise. He is the third and most recent Morrison to lead the firm. John Morrison Jr. John Morrison Sr., founder “When I came back to Montana and joined the firm, I started doing some wastewater work in Cut Bank,” Robert says. “We were replacing two of their sewer

Like the rest of America, post-World War II Montana was poised for growth and prosperity after years of sacrifice and worry. Mining and ranching had been the predominant industries in the state, but after the war, returning veterans needed work – and the state’s infrastructure needed improvement. Photo courtesy of Morrison-Maierle Morrison-Maierle staff have been working on The Mni Wiconi Rural Water System in southwestern South Dakota for approximately 20 years. Photo by Linda Donaldson Photography Morrison-Maierle opened an office in Bozeman, Mont., in 1967. It�s new Bozeman office was awarded LEED Gold certification from the USGBC in 2008. Photo

Capella at Telluride Telluride $110.1 million Owner: RAL Co. General Contractors: Shaw Construction, McHugh Construction JV Architect: Ivins Design Group Engineers:CTL Thompson Inc., Martin/Martin Inc., Hadji and Associates, McGlamery Structural Group Start: Sept. 2006 Finish: June 2009 This 148-unit, five-star luxury hotel and residential project includes a spa, pool, fitness center and retail facilities. Capella at Telluride Edgemont � Building A Crystal Peak Lodge Breckenridge Owner: Vail Resorts Development Co. General Contractors:Hyder Construction Architect: O’Bryan Partnership Engineers: Monroe & Newell Engineers, Tetra Tech ISG Inc., MKK Consulting Engineers, F.D. Electrical Construction Co. Start: May 2007 Finish: Aug. 2008 This 115,000-sq-ft