A recovery is underway in Utah and, however slow it may seem, the construction industry is beginning to see new ambitious developments. Take a look at some of the significant projects across the state, ranging from commercial, to residential, to government, to highway construction.
Northern
Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College Health Technology Building
Ogden - The Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College is building a state-of-the-art, 88,000-square-foot Health Technology Building that will double the college’s capacity for training and job placement.
Developer: State of Utah, Division of Facilities Construction and Management
Architect: GSBS Architects
General Contractor: Okland Construction
Engineer(s): Envision Engineering PC; Colvin Engineering Associates; Reaveley Engineers; and Great Basin Engineering
Estimated Completion: May 2011
Estimated Cost: $21.9 million
Ogden High School Renovation, Remodel and Addition
Ogden - Project includes comprehensive programming, master planning and design service to both restore this landmark building and at the same time transform it into a state-of-the-art learning environment.
Developer: N/A
Architect: EDA Architects
General Contractor: Hughes Construction
Engineer(s): CRSA; Reaveley Engineers; Colvin; Spectrum Engineers; CCC
Estimated Completion: Summer 2011
Estimated Cost: $58 Million
Weber-Morgan Health Department Annex
Ogden - This two-story building is a much-needed expansion to serve the health needs of Weber and Morgan County residents.
Architect: Architectural Nexus, Inc.
General Contractor: Wadman Corporation
Engineer(s): LP Davis Engineering, ARW Engineers, Great Basin Engineering
Estimated Completion: September 2011
Estimated Cost: $2.5 million
Wal-Mart Supercenter #3789
Ogden - A new Wal-Mart Supercenter is being completed by R&O on Wall Avenue in Ogden. The design is an upscale prototype that complements the site and area where it is located.
Developer: Wal-Mart
Architect: B/R/R Architecture
General Contractor: R&O Construction
Engineer(s): N/A
Estimated Completion: May 2011
Estimated Cost: $8 million
Ogden Driver License Building Replacement
South Ogden - Wadman Corporation is working with the State of Utah - Division of Facilities Construction and Management to build a new, 10,500-square-foot Driver License Building to replace the existing building.
Architect: JRCA Architects
General Contractor: Wadman Corporation
Projected Completion: November 2011
Estimated Cost: $1.9 million
Falcon Hill
Hill Air Force Base - The first phase of Falcon Hill is underway with construction of a 38,000-square-foot Security Forces Squadron (SFS)/Office Special Investigation (OSI) office building on three acres; a second 5-story, 153,000-square-foot building on 16 acres to be occupied by Northrop Grumman; and a new west gate of 2,000 square feet on a 35,000-square-foot site.
Developer: Sunset Ridge Development Partners
Architect: Architectural Nexus
General Contractor: R&O Construction
Estimated Completion: December 2011
Estimated Cost: $20 million
Davis County Administration Building, Library and Children’s Justice Center Complex
Farmington – The project consists of two new public buildings housing three general uses, together with the demolition of four existing buildings and the construction of associated parking fa-cilities and landscaping.
Developer: Davis County
Architect: Blalock & Partners
General Contractor: Wadman Corporation
Engineer(s): BHB Consulting Engineers
Estimated Completion: October 2012
Harmon’s Grocery Store
Farmington - R&O Construction is currently completing the new 73,031-square-foot Harmons Grocery Store, the anchor of the new Station Park.
Developer: Harmon City Inc.
Architect: Prescott Muir Architects
General Contractor: R&O Construction
Estimated Completion: May 2011
Estimated Cost: $5 million
Salt Lake Area
Tooele County Detention Center
Tooele - State-of-the-art, 72,000-square-foot jail facility with 264 inmate beds.
Developer: TCJ Projects LLC
Architect: GSBS Architects
General Contractor: Sahara, Inc.
Engineer(s): Dunn Associates, Inc., Ward Engineering Group, Cache Valley Electric, United Team Mechanical
Estimated Completion: December 2011
Estimated Cost: $22 million
Renovate I-80
Salt Lake City to the Wyoming state line - Renovate I-80 is a proactive initiative to extend the life of I-80 and help prevent more extensive reconstruction by improving and reinforcing the existing infrastructure and enhancing safety. Work is commencing on three bridge projects, two maintenance and resurfacing projects and two safety projects.
Developer: Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT)
General Contractors: B. Jackson Construction, Ralph Wadsworth, Flatiron Construction
Estimated Completion: Fall 2011
Estimated Cost: $29.6 million
John W. Gallivan Utah Center Ice Rink and Support Facility
Salt Lake City - To better meet the evolving purpose of the Gallivan Plaza, EDA is revisiting the master plan and designing a new amphitheater and a stage to accommodate a larger number of people and events.
Architect: EDA Architects
General Contractor: Big-D Construction
Engineer(s): Reaveley Engineers (structural); VBFA; EELD; Spectrum; Thomas Engineering Co.; Landmark Design
Estimated Completion: Summer 2011
Estimated Cost: $5 Million
SLCC Center for New Media
Salt Lake City - The Center for New Media will prepare students to make immediate contributions in the fields of digital design, communication technology, broadcasting, entertainment arts, film, web design, animation and music innovation.
Architect: GSBS Architects
General Contractor: Big-D Construction
Engineer(s): Great Basin Engineering North; Reaveley Engineers; Spectrum Engineers, Inc.; Colvin Engineering
Estimated Completion: October 2012
Estimated Cost: $32.9 million
The James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building – A USTAR Innovation Center – at the University of Utah
Salt Lake City - The 208,000-square-foot USTAR facility at the University of Utah will contain laboratory space, core facilities, faculty office space, symposium and conference space, and public areas designed to encourage maximum interaction of faculty from diverse disciplines. The facility is seeking a LEED Gold certification.
Developer: State of Utah Division of Facilities Construction & Management
Architect: Lord Aeck Sargent Architecture; Prescott Muir Architects
General Contractor: Layton Construction
Engineer(s):Van Boerum & Frank Associates; Ken Garner Engineering, Inc.; Van Boerum & Frank Associates/M+W; Reaveley Engineers
Estimated Completion: December 2011
Estimated Cost: $127 million
Utah Museum of Natural History at the Rio Tinto Center, University of Utah
Salt Lake City - The new 161,000-square-foot facility embodies the museum’s educational and scientific mission to inspire wonder and discovery of the natural world and the place of humans in it. The new museum will be the “trailhead” for the state of Utah. The architecture, together with the collections housed within, will create an inspirational visitor experience and encourage curiosity and inquiry.
Architect: GSBS Architects, Ennead Architects
General Contractor: Big-D Construction
Engineer(s): Dunn Associates; Colvin Engineering; Spectrum Engineers; Affiliated Engineers; Stantec Consulting
Estimated Completion: October 2012
Estimated Cost: $64.6 million
L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Research Building, University of Utah
Salt Lake City - The registered LEED Gold facility will stand as a gateway to the University’s Health Sciences corridor and address the College of Pharmacy’s needs for additional research laboratory space.
Architect: EDA Architects / NBBJ
General Contractor: Jacobsen Construction
Engineer(s): Dunn & Associates; VBFA; Psomas; ArcSitio; Colin Gordon; Gale Bate; CCP; Spectrum; Atelier Ten; CCC
Estimated Completion: Summer 2012
Estimated Cost: $50 Million
Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts
and Education Complex,
University of Utah
Salt Lake City - This facility will become a notable part of the University’s program integrating arts in education. The project will consolidate the dispersed outreach centers and integrate the Tanner Dance programs.
Architect: EDA Architects / LBL
General Contractor: Okland Construction
Engineer(s): Diamond Philips; Dunn & Associates; Colvin Engineering; Auerbach Pollock Friedlander; Spectrum; Nolte; Fehr & Peers; Atelier Ten
Estimated Completion: Summer 2014
Estimated Cost: $18 Million
Harmons Emigration Store – Renovation
Salt Lake City - Harmons Emigration Market will feature all the great fresh fare as other Harmons stores as well as traditional grocery items, just on a smaller scale.
Developer: Harmon City Inc.
Architect: Prescott Muir Architects
General Contractor: R&O Construction
Estimated Completion: May 2011
Estimated Cost: $1.4 million
Tracy Aviary Phase II
Salt Lake City - Big-D, in conjunction with ajc architects, is currently completing Phase 2B of Tracy Aviary’s master plan. This project includes new education and guest services spaces, plazas, amenities and extensive site work.
Architect: AJC Architects
General Contractor: Big-D Construction
Engineer(s): Stantec; Dunn Associates; Colvin Engineering; Envision Engineering
Estimated Completion: September 2011
Estimated Cost: $2.7 million
YWCA Center for Families
Salt Lake City - The new YWCA Center for Families will be a centrally located resource for strengthening the safety, health and wellbeing of Utah women and their families.
Developer: YWCA Salt Lake City
Architect: ajc architects
General Contractor: Hughes General Contractors
Engineer(s): Bowen Collins & Associates; Landmark Design Inc.; Ken Garner Engineering, Inc.; Reaveley Engineers & Associates; Colvin Engineering Associates, Inc.
Estimated Completion: Spring 2012
Estimated Cost: $5 million
Fashion Place Mall - Expansion
Murray - This expansion phase included the demolition of 70,000 square feet of Nordstrom and construction of a new mall corridor with in-line tenant spaces, and construction of new shells for a restaurant and future out-pad tenants.
Developer: General Growth Properties, Inc.
Architect: Field Paoli Architects
General Contractor: R&O Construction
Estimated Completion: November 2011
Estimated Cost: $3.8 million
I-215 and I-15 Jct.
(Choke Point Project)
Murray/Midvale - The Choke Point Project will add a lane to help alleviate congestion as traffic from I-215 merges onto southbound I-15. It will also increase pavement life and improve the road surface.
Developer: Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT)
General Contractor: Ralph L. Wadsworth
Engineer: Parsons Transportation Group
Estimated Completion: November 2011
Estimated Cost: $7 million
University of Utah Specialty Care Center at Daybreak
South Jordan - The new 210,000-square-foot, three-story University of Utah Specialty Care Center at Daybreak features outpatient examination rooms, a surgical center with four operating suites, pharmacy, 24-hour-a-day ER, AirMed services and specialty services.
Developer/Owner: Kennecott Land Company/Rio Tinto
Architect: Dixon & Associates
General Contractor: Layton Construction
Engineer(s): Nolte Engineering, Inc.;
Van Boerum & Frank Associates;
BHB Consulting
Estimated Completion: November 2011
Estimated Cost: $55 million
Pheasant Hollow Business Park
South Jordan - The building is a 30,000-square-foot flex office/warehouse building. Pheasant Hollow contains over 650,000 square feet of class A office/warehouse space. The park is currently 98 percent leased.
Developer: Roderick Enterprises
Architect: GA Architects
Contractor: Eckman and Mitchell Construction
Estimated Completion: October 2011
Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine
South Jordan - Layton is constructing a 125,000-square-foot, 5-story building for Roseman University of Health Sciences’ College of Dental Medicine. The College of Dental Medicine’s planned Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) program will be the first and only pre-doctoral dental program in Utah.
Developer/Owner: Roseman University of Health Sciences (tenant)/RiverPark Eleven LLC
Architect: MHTN Architects
General Contractor: Layton Construction Co., Inc.
Engineer(s): Great Basin Engineering;
CCI Mechanical; Taylor Electric ;
Dunn Engineering
Estimated Completion: October 2011
Estimated Cost: $21 million
Ivory Crossing
South Jordan - This beautiful neighborhood has been master-planned with extraordinary community facilities to enhance your family’s lifestyle. Enjoy the Club Ivory amenities that include a clubhouse, an adult and kiddy pool, a centrally located city park, and jogging trails. (Pricing from the $320s.)
Developer: Ivory Homes
Cinemark XD 12
Draper - Wadman Corporation is building a 12-screen theater for Cinemark USA Inc. in Draper. The theater will be the first in the Salt Lake City area that is 100 percent digital featuring Cinemark’s XD concept including digital pro-jection and 3D.
Developer: Cinemark
Architect: Beck Architecture, LLC
General Contractor: Wadman Corporation
Engineer(s): L.A. Fuess Partners; EnviroDesign
Estimated Completion: June 2012
Estimated Cost: $5 million
Springhill Suites Marriott
Draper - A new Marriott Suite four-story hotel with 124 rooms at 12105 S. Factory Outlet Drive in Draper is under construction by R&O.
Developer: Woodbury Corporation
Architect: Woodbury Corporation
General Contractor: R&O Construction
Estimated Completion: December 2011
Estimated Cost: $6 million
Head Start School
Magna - Head Start provides education, healthcare and nutritious meals for children ages 3 to 5 who live in poverty, and provides family services such as parent education, health screenings and community referrals. The three classrooms in the new school will serve approximately 150 children per year and create a safe, welcoming environment for families.
Developer: Salt Lake CAP Head Start
Architect: Tony Armer, MHTN Architects
General Contractor: Hogan Construction
Estimated Completion: September 4, 2011
Estimated Cost: $1.4 million
Utah Valley
Utah Data Center
Lehi - The $1.2 billion project includes 100,000 square feet of a Tier III data center and 900,000 square feet of technical support and administrative space.
Architect(s): KlingStubbins; Architectural Nexus
General Contractor: A Balfour Beatty | DPR | Big-D Joint Venture
Engineer(s): AGEC; Redcon; CMT Laboratories; Parsons Brinkerhoff; RK Mechanical; J&S Mechanical; ACCO; Ludvik Electric; Truland Electric; Fire Engineering; Aero Fire Protection; Quality Fire Protection; Rapid Fire Protection; Automated Logic Chicago; Psomas; Martin & Martin
Estimated Completion: October 2013
Estimated Cost: $1.2 billion
UDOT I-15 CORE
Lehi - The Utah County I-15 Corridor Expansion (I-15 CORE) is UDOT’s largest road project in state history. It includes reconstructing 24 miles of I-15 from Lehi to Spanish Fork with new concrete pavement, adding two new lanes in both directions, and rebuilding or modifying 63 bridges and 10 interchanges.
Developer (Owner): Utah Department of Transportation
General Contractor: Provo River Constructors—joint venture of Fluor; Ames Construction; Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction; Wadsworth Brothers Construction
Engineer(s): HDR; Baker; Jacobs; HNTB; Horrocks
Estimated Completion: December 2012
Estimated Cost: $1.725 billion
Thanksgiving Park Phase II
Lehi - Thanksgiving Park is Utah’s first ever Class A Office Park with a LEED rating. Phase 2 is a mirror image of the adjacent Phase 1, 150,000-square-foot, five-story office complex, and will be constructed to LEED Silver standards.
Architect: Beecher Walker
General Contractor: Big-D Construction
Engineer(s):Trane Engineering; Dunn Associates; CCI Mechanical; Hunt Electric
Estimated Completion: October 2011
Estimated Cost: $11 million
CWP - North Shore Aqueduct,
West & North Segments
Sarasota Springs - This project includes furnishing and installing approximately five miles of 60-inch and 48-inch welded steel pipelines, including three flow control turnout valve vaults and tunneled crossings of Redwood Road and SR-73.
Owner: Central Utah Water Conservancy District
General Contractor: Whitaker Construction Company
Engineer(s): CH2MHill, Salt Lake City
Estimated Completion: March 2012
Estimated Cost: $18.8 million
Utah Valley University Science Building
Orem - Construction is currently underway for a new 160,000-square-foot, three-story academic building. The facility will bring together several departments including general biology, boton, microscopy, physics, zoology, microbiology, anatomy, physiology and earth science.
Architect: GSBS Architects
General Contractor: Big-D Construction
Engineer(s): Great Basin North Engineers; Reaveley Engineers; Colvin Engineering; Spectrum Design; Research Facilities Design
Estimated Completion: September 2011
Estimated Cost: $30.6 million
Blendtec Manufacturing Facility
Orem - Construction began April 7, 2011 on a 100,000-square-foot addition to the Blendtec manufacturing facility and remodel of the current structure.
Developer: Blendtec
Architect: Pasker Gould Ames & Weaver
General Contractor: Layton Construction
Engineer(s): BHB Consulting Engineers; Olsen & Peterson Consulting Engineers; BNA Consulting; Jedrziewski Designs
Estimated Completion: October 25, 2011
Estimated Cost: $5.7 million
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Orem - After celebrating mass in a gymnasium for years, this Catholic congregation was filled with anticipation at the groundbreaking of their new church that would hold them all. The 20,300-square-foot church will have the ability to seat 1,000 worshipers.
Developer: Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City
Architect: Sparano + Mooney
General Contractor: R&O Construction
Estimated Completion: November 2011
Estimated Cost: $4.4 million
Rock Canyon
Provo - Located in a mature neighborhood on Provo’s east bench, Rock Canyon Estates offers 19 beautiful home sites with incredible mountain views. It’s just a few blocks north of LaVell Edwards Stadium, and minutes from shopping, skiing, lakes, and trails. (Pricing starts from the $330s.)
Developer: Ivory Homes
Summit/Wasatch
I-80, East Bound Structure #F-801 at Atkinson Canyon
Summit County - Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company (RLW), a national leading pioneer in Accelerated Bridge Construction, will replace the east bound I-80 bridge over Atkinson Canyon with a new 2.4-million-pound bridge by ‘sliding’ it into place using hydraulic jacks. The new bridge will be constructed beside the old bridge on towers and the installation will take place over two days.
Developer: UDOT Region 2
General Contractor: Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company, LLC
Engineer(s): Michael Baker, Jr. and
UDOT Design
Estimated Completion: August 2011
Estimated Cost: $3.2 million
I-80 Summit Park Bridge
Summit Park - The Utah Department of Transportation has selected Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company to reconstruct the eastbound and westbound I-80 bridges at the Summit Park interchange and add an eastbound auxiliary lane under a Construction Manager General Contractor contracting method. The bridges will be constructed utilizing Accelerated Bridge Construction process by building each structure parallel to the existing bridge on towers.
Developer: UDOT
General Contractor: Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company, LLC
Engineer(s): UDOT Design and Michael Baker
Estimated Completion: October 2011
Estimated Cost: $6 million
Red Ledges Fitness Center and Pool
Heber - The Fitness Center and Pool will offer high-end amenities to the residents of Red Ledges in Heber.
Developer: Red Ledges LLC
Architect: Z Design
General Contractor: Wadman Corporation
Engineer(s): ARW;, Wilding Engineering
Estimated Completion: July 2012
Estimated Cost: $950,000
Southern
SUU Science Center
Cedar City - The new $11.5 million building, approximately 50,000 square feet in size, is currently being constructed to the east of Southern Utah University’s existing Science Center. The four-story building will include spaces for the departments of biology, nursing and physical science, classrooms, supply areas, labs, vivarium, museum and a green house. Numerous sustainable elements, such as energy efficient mechanical systems and lighting controls, as well as recycled materials have been incorporated into the building’s design.
Developer: Southern Utah University
Architect: MHTN Architects
General Contractor: Big-D Construction
Engineer(s): InSite Engineering, Reaveley Engineers, Colvin Engineering Associates, Ken Garner Engineering
Estimated Completion: June 2011
Estimated Cost: $11.7 million
