After nearly four years of construction, the Utah Transit Authority and Salt Lake City have officially opened the six-mile light rail line linking Salt Lake City International Airport to the existing 20 miles of light rail and wider mass transit system along the Wasatch Front. Photo by Brian Fryer The $209-million light-rail project was brought in under budget and two months ahead of schedule. The $209-million project was brought in under budget and two months ahead of schedule by the joint venture team of Stacy and Witbeck and Kiewit Western. The project included the light rail tracks to the airport
CEMEX Inc., which owns and operates a Portland cement-manufacturing facility in Lyons, Colo., has agreed to operate advanced pollution controls on its kiln and pay a $1-million civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA), according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Dept. of Justice. The settlement was reached on April 19. “This settlement will reduce harmful emissions of nitrogen oxides, which can have serious impacts on respiratory health for communities along Colorado’s Front Range,” said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. “Cutting these emissions will also help
The new $135-million Energy Systems Integration Facility includes 15 labs that will do cutting-edge energy research and explore how to add renewable resources to the power grid. ESIF, part of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory campus in Golden, Colo., will perform tasks ranging from fuel-cell development to smart-power testing. But the entire facility is also a sustainability laboratory. Related Links: NREL Facility Earns Perfect Green Marks Golden Road Upgrades Improve NREL Access Even its construction is an experiment in how far contractors could take green building practices. Instead of building concrete retaining walls outside, for example, general contractor JE Dunn
Transportation, medical facilities and university upgrades dominated this year's ranking of the biggest projects in the Mountain States, although a handful of commercial and office projects made the list, good news for an area in need of a private-sector boost. Related Links: Design-Build Team Selected for Phase 2 of U.S. 36 Project Denver Union Station to Become a New Regional Hub To be ranked, projects had to be located in any of five states that comprise the Mountain States region. They could be any type of construction, from energy, heavy-highway and infrastructure work to new buildings and renovations. The list
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
The new 5th Street Parking Structure project on the Auraria Higher Education Campus in Denver involves a 350,000-sq-ft garage that will hold more than 1,200 stalls, plus retail space on the ground level. Construction on the $17-million parking structure is expected to start in mid-May, with work continuing for about 12 months until July 2014. The garage, at 5th and Walnut streets, will be built north of the AHEC administration building and sited near the existing Elm Lot. Rendering by Pahl Architecture pc The five-story, 1,200-stall garage is one of the campus first projects planned for the 5th Street corridor.
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