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The new facility is located at 2229 South 1070 West, adjacent to AGC of Utah headquarters.

The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Utah, along with several local construction crews and officials, celebrated the completion of a new AGC training center in Salt Lake City with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in November 2021.

The project — a 16,000-sq.-ft., $5 million endeavor — was completed through donations of time, personnel and materials by various contractors and suppliers in Utah. The

newly constructed facility is being described as a “construction campus.”

“We celebrated the ribbon cutting of our member-owned training center,” AGC of Utah said in a statement. “It was a culmination of a vision led by the AGC’s board of directors to address one of our industry’s most pressing challenges, a qualified workforce.

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Temple Square Construction Renovations Continue in SLC Construction on the north addition of the Salt Lake Temple continues. Crews have laid concrete over more than half of the area.

This provides a clean and level working surface for the foundation of the new floors.

Upcoming work includes the largest concrete pour to date, which will form the first quarter of the bottom 42-in.-thick floor of the temple addition. Some 1,800 cu. yds. will be poured over a period of approximately 8 to 10 hours. Three concrete pump machines will be used simultaneously for this continuous pour.

Workers recently began vertical drilling inside the temple’s tower and wall columns.

The first drilling commenced in the north wall near the northwest tower. Once the drilling reaches through the entire structure, post tension cables will be inserted, tensioned into the cavity and anchored into the foundation (approximately 80 ft.)

The demolition of the North Visitors’ Center, which was first announced in June 2021, is on track for completion by January 2022. Debris, such as concrete and steel, is carefully sorted for recycling purposes. The replica of the Christus statue was carefully removed from the facility this summer for preservation. The statue will be reinstalled on Temple Square at the end of the renovation.

The area where the North Visitors’ Center previously stood will become a contemplative garden space with clear views of the temple. It also will include additional restrooms to support events in the Tabernacle and Assembly Hall. At the start of the Temple Square renovation project in January 2020, the main arrival center and primary venue for guests shifted to the conference center.

The jack and bore process continues. To seismically strengthen the temple, large pipes are inserted under the existing footings

The process of removing and cataloging stone for repair and restoration from the eastern towers and walls of the temple is viewed from the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

One of two drills positioned on the roof of the Salt Lake Temple used to drill inside the tower and wall columns where post-tension cables are inserted and anchored into the foundation (80 ft.).

Progress of the demolition of the North Visitors’ Center on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.

Crew members move large pipes through the seismic strengthening process of jack and bore under the existing footings of the Salt Lake Temple during the Temple Square renovation project.

of the building. These pipes are heavily reinforced with steel and filled with structural concrete to act as supporting beams beneath the existing foundation. The soil inside the pipes is initially removed by hand to ensure the pipes are precisely installed.

Approximately half of the pipes will be dug by hand and half will be drilled with a machine using large green augers.

Workers on the Church Office Building plaza project are preparing for the future placement of flags to represent the nations of

the world. Styrofoam blocks are used as spacers to reduce the weight of the soil on the repaired deck. The Styrofoam blocks will be covered with topsoil for landscaping.

The meticulous process of removing and cataloging stone for repair and restoration on the eastern towers and walls of the temple can be seen from the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

The First Presidency has released a statement on the new estimated completion date for the Temple renovation project: “The seismic strengthening of the Salt Lake Temple and the extensive remodel of the Temple and surrounding area are sacred and significant undertakings. As the project has progressed, we have learned a great deal about the condition of the temple and its surroundings. The work is truly remarkable and is being guided by the First Presidency.

Inspired modifications and additions to the project and scope have been made so the temple and Temple Square can serve many generations yet to come. It is anticipated that the temple and its surroundings will be completed in 2025. We look forward to welcoming the world at that time to visit, tour and learn about this sacred temple and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” 

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Crews Build New Training Center With Donated Materials, Time TRAINING from page 1 “This will be a home for Department of Laborauditorium to seat 100, four classrooms, a con- recognized apprenticeship programs as well as our struction lab with 30-foot-high ceilings, four weld- safety training, continuing education and pre-coning booths, a fall protection tower, a confined tractor licensing classes,” he added “Members will space vessel and an entire complement of con- be able to use this space for their individual comstruction tools, forming systems and safety equip- pany training and meetings too. It will increase our training capacity by almost three-fold. We are forment.”

The new facility is located at 2229 South 1070 ever grateful to see how this thing came together.

This is something that will be here for a long West, adjacent to AGC of Utah headquarters.

Speakers on hand at the ceremony included see TRAINING page 6 Scott Okelberry, Gov. Spencer Cox, Mayor Ron Bigelow, Sen. Karen Utah officials and Mayne, Clay Christensen, attendees, local construction supporters and members and donors crews celebrated the that have invested in the industry’s completion of the new future.

Associated General Contractors of Utah AGC of Utah President Rich training center.

Thorn is pleased with the results.

“This is an old-fashioned barn raising-type effort,” Thorn said. “Our members and friends of the construction industry are really making this happen. There are other facilities like this operated by AGC chapters, but we think this is unique in that it [was] built entirely with donated labor, materials and in-kind donations from our member firms and friends of Utah construction who support what the association does.

The 16,000-sq.-ft. facility features an auditorium to seat 100, four classrooms, a construction lab with 30-ft.-high ceilings, four welding booths, a fall protection tower, a confined space vessel, and an entire complement of construction tools, forming systems and safety equipment.

The project began with a groundbreaking ceremony in June 2020.

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‘Construction Campus’ Will Hone Contractor’s Skillsets TRAINING from page 4

time.”

General contractor Jacobsen Construction, based in Salt Lake City, played a role in the construction of the new training center.

“We were glad to join AGC of Utah at the ribbon cutting of their new Training Center,” Jacobsen said in a statement. “This superb facility will strengthen the development of Utah’s proud construction workforce, providing the latest resources for apprenticeship programs, licensing education and other training opportunities.

Darin Zqik, president and CEO of Zwick Construction, who was on-hand at the original groundbreaking in June 2020, added, “The AGC hopes that this new facility will provide training to new entrants to the field, as well as specialized training to more experienced workers. They plan to use AI, virtual reality, BIM and more … This will become a new home for the future workers in the construction industry and a great asset for those who will continue to build our industry and our state.”

The two-acre site in a West Valley City office park is bordered by the Jordan River and the river trail on one side, faces the street on the west and includes parking for both the training facility and the AGC of Utah building.

Salt Lake City-based Archiplex Group designed both buildings, which are similar in appearance and materials. “This building is really the vison of the members. We just put the lines on paper, but it will be a great, complementary building to the headquarters and make this a cohesive campus,” said Archiplex Group’s Preston Croxford.  CEG The two-acre site in a West Valley City office park is bordered by the Jordan River and the river trail on one side, faces the street on the west and includes parking for both the training facility and the AGC of Utah building.

The facility will be used to provide training to new entrants to the field, as well as specialized training to more experienced workers.

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Officials, Crews Come Out to Celebrate Provo’s Milestone The Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine reached a construction milestone as the final steel beam was placed on the structure.

Board members, founders, students, medical partners, construction teams and architects watched as a crane moved the beam into place. The beam was signed by hundreds of individuals involved in the project, including the 90 students enrolled in the college’s inaugural class.

“As I look at the steel frame of this building, it is symbolic of the strength and determination of so many who believe passionately in the impact the Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine will have — not only for the medical school and our students, but for this community and state,” said Norm Wright, interim president of the college.

The beam held an American flag on one end and an evergreen tree on the other. The tree traditionally represents that the building was made safely, without any fatalities and with hopes for good fortune through the life of the building. The four-story building sits on a 30-acre campus at the south end of

Provo, with a planned opening in Summer 2023.

John Dougherty, the college’s founding dean and chief academic officer, said that the building was designed to be a home for medical students for generations.

“In this building, we will transform medical education and provide our student doctors with the tools and resources needed for them to become empathetic and compassionate caregivers,” Dougherty said.

Former Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said that he and a group of people at Utah Valley University started working on a project to bring a medical school to the area in the late 1990s because of the growing population and medical need. He said he is excited to see the vision he had come to fruition now, with the Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine.

“Utah is known for having good quality health care at very comparably affordable prices, in fact we’re probably the best in the nation in that ratio of cost benefit,” Herbert said, adding that this new medical school will help continue that tradition. 

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