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March 1 2020 Vol. III • No. 5
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Kilgore Companies Earns Top Contractor of Year Award By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Honesty, teamwork and customer service paid off nicely for one Utah County contractor, earning the company the 2019 Utah Department of Transportation Contractor of the Year award. The award was presented last month to Kilgore Companies Southern Utah Construction Group at the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Utah’s annual banquet. Kilgore was nominated by UDOT. Nominating the group, UDOT wrote,
“EVERY
PROJECT STARTS WITH A
TEAM OF RELATIVE STRANGERS HOLDING A FLAWED SET OF DRAWINGS, AN OVER-SIMPLISTIC PLAN OF EXECUTION, AND
INFLATED
EXPECTATIONS.
TO
THAT WE FOLD IN A MEASURE OF UNCOOPERATIVE WEATHER, A SPOONFUL OF BURIED SURPRISES, A DASH OF DESIGN CHANGES, AND A SMIDGE OF IMPATIENT
MOTORISTS,
ANXIOUS
RESIDENTS, BREAKDOWNS, SHORTAGES AND OTHER INGREDIENTS ON HAND.
THAT
CAN MAKE FOR A VERY TRICKY
RECIPE. TODAY, WE RECOGNIZE A TEAM THAT
WAS
ABLE
TO
MIX
THOSE
INGREDIENTS INTO A SUCCESSFUL AND ENJOYABLE PROJECT.”
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Members of the Kilgore Companies Southern Utah Construction Group are presented the Contractor of the Year award at the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Utah’s annual banquet.
Kilgore Companies was founded by Jason Kilgore in 2000 with a focus on paving maintenance, said Justin Nelson, director of human resources. Kilgore expanded the business to include contracting, Ready Mix and aggregates. Less than a decade ago, Kilgore had about 350 to 400 employees. Today, the company is in five western states
— Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming— with about 1,600 employees. They are an acquisitions company, Nelson said, inheriting a variety of equipment as they acquire new businesses. That gives them a varied inventory of heavy equipment. “We buy equipment and there is some we’ll lease,” Nelson said. “Some people pre-
fer one brand over another in different markets and different operators. We’re not dedicated to one. We have all of them, Cat, John Deere, Komatsu, Bobcat.” Nelson said nominations are determined by UDOT through feedback from state engineers, the motoring public and residents, as see KILGORE page 6
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Utah Highway Project Lettings
Companies — $7,076,913
The Utah Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects. Following is a list of some of the projects let.
County: Tooele Project No.: S-R299(259) Description of Construction: New capacity. Location: SR 138; MP 14.50 - 14.50 and I-80; MP 95.20 95.20 and Midvalley Highway. Engineers Estimate: $59,924,323 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Ames Construction Inc. — $52,352,905 • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Staker Paving & Construction — $53,836,083 • W. W. Clyde & Company — $54,073,396 • Granite Construction Company — $54,191,219 • Ralph L Wadsworth Construction Company LLC — $60,620,543 • Sundt Construction Inc. — $61,848,940
County: Salt Lake Project No.: F-LC35(249) Description of Construction: New capacity. Location: Porter Rockwell Blvd. (4th Segment); East Jordan Canal. Engineers Estimate: $7,975,753 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Geneva Rock Products Inc. — $7,114,306 • Whitaker Construction Company Inc. — $11,162,501 • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Staker Paving & Construction — $11,636,581 • Landmark Excavating Inc. — $13,518,902 County: Washington Project No.: F-0007(22)7 Description of Construction: Preservation high volume. Location: SR 7; MP .26 - 5.94 and SR 7; MP .00 - 7.12. Engineers Estimate: $1,235,696 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Geneva Rock Products Inc. — $1,264,538 • Intermountain Slurry Seal Inc. — $1,552,910
Counties: Utah and Wasatch Project No.: S-0189(71)13 Description of Construction: Other-roadway project. Location: U.S. 189; MP 12.85 - 14.58. Engineers Estimate: $1,891,750 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Dry Creek Structures LLC — $1,447,500 • Geostabilization International — $2,239,059
County: Davis Project No.: F-R199(261) Description of Construction: Rehabilitation high volume. Location: SR 225; MP .55 - .75 and SR 227; MP .00 - .70. Engineers Estimate: $2,511,020 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Granite Construction Company — $2,536,119 • Kilgore Companies, a Delaware LLC d/b/a Kilgore Contracting — $2,945,275 • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Staker Paving & Construction — $2,946,091
County: Carbon Project No.: F-0122(2)0 Description of Construction: Rehabilitation low volume. Location: SR 122; MP .00 - 8.75. Engineers Estimate: $2,424,035 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Geneva Rock Products Inc. — $2,459,391 • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Nielson Construction — $2,601,000
County: Uintah Project No.: F-0040(165)123 Description of Construction: Passing lane. Location: U.S. 40; MP 122.34 - 125.36. Engineers Estimate: $9,760,164 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Burdick Materials — $10,000,662 • R Chapman Construction Inc. — $10,128,340 • W. W. Clyde & Company — $11,030,980
County: Weber Project No.: F-LC57(30) Description of Construction: Trails. Location: West Haven; D&RGW Rail to Ogden River Trail. Engineers Estimate: $1,016,320 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Geneva Rock Products Inc. — $1,089,478 • Post Construction — $1,126,845 • Acme Construction Inc. — $1,282,875
County: Morgan Project No.: F-R199(262) Description of Construction: Rehabilitation low volume. Location: SR 66; MP .00 - 8.74 and SR 65; MP 8.43 21.77. Engineers Estimate: $6,290,088 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Granite Construction Company — $6,855,442 • Geneva Rock Products Inc. — $6,989,375 • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Jack B. Parson
County: Morgan Project No.: F-LC29(10) Description of Construction: Non-urban. Location: MP .00 - 3.90 and MP .92 - 8.87 and Morgan Valley Drive, Engineers Estimate: $1,920,089 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Jack B. Parson Companies — $1,703,759 • Granite Construction Company — $1,867,920
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Utah Will Receive $9.4M to Upgrade 11 of Its Airports Utah Airports Receiving Funding
One of the smaller projects for renovations, St. George Regional Airport will receive $150,000 to fund snow removal equipment purchase.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao recently Milford Municipal/Ben and Judy Briscoe Field Airport announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will ($2.0M), Ogden-Hinckley Airport (1.6M) and Wendover award $520.5 million in airport infrastructure grants to 287 air- Airport ($1M) carry the heftiest revamping costs. ports in 41 states. With this announcement, the Trump FAA statistics show U.S. civil aviation supports $1.6 trillion Administration has invested a historic $11.4 billion to more in economic activity and nearly 11 million jobs. than 2,000 airports across the “America’s airports proUnited States for safety and vide a gateway to the infrastructure improvements world for our citizens since January 2017. while at the same time Of the $520.5 million, Utah delivering first impreswill receive around $9.4 million sions of the United States to upgrade 11 airports in the to visitors from abroad,” state, according to Chao. She said FAA Administrator said in a press release that the Steve Dickson in a news funds will “help to keep our release. “It’s in our nationnation’s airports in good shape al interest to make them and make air travel a better the crown jewel in our experience for passengers.” transportation system. The Among the 11 airports to Improvement Washington County Historical Society photo Airport undergo renovations, Wayne Ogden-Hinckley Airport will receive $1.6 million to fund Program allows us to do Wonderland Airport ($2.4M), apron repairs. just that.”
• Duchesne Municipal Airport: $300,000 to fund updating the airport master plan or study • Hanksville Airport: $208,116 to fund sealing the runway pavement surface and joints • Kanab Municipal Airport: $161,291 to fund building, repairing and expanding a snow removal equipment building • Wayne Wonderland Airport: $2.4 million to fund runway repairs • Milford Municipal/Ben and Judy Briscoe Field Airport: $2 million to fund runway repairs • Monticello Airport: $213,776 to fund updating the airport master plan or study • Ogden-Hinckley Airport: $1.6 million to fund apron repairs • Spanish Fork Airport SpringvilleWoodhouse Field: $300,936 to fund taxiway construction • St. George Regional Airport: $150,000 to fund snow removal equipment purchase • Vernal Regional Airport: Vernal received two different grants. The first is a $300,000 grant to fund improvements to the airport’s drainage and erosion control system and the second is $620,197 to fund installation of perimeter fencing • Wendover Airport: $1 million to fund the installation of perimeter fencing
Honesty, Teamwork, Customer Service Paying Dividends KILGORE from page 1
well as the quality of the work, the timeliness and the contractor’s ability to meet job specifications. “All that is what the DOT will consider and then they send in nominations to the AGC and so from that that’s where they pick,” Nelson said. “Let’s say there’s 1,000 jobs that are done and 10 nominations go into the AGC and then the AGC reads the submittals and that’s how they’re collected. It is an AGC award, but UDOT provides the nomination write up.” The benefits to winning the award include peer recognition and, of course, great public relations, he said. “You’re in a very competitive group in the industry,” Nelson said. “It is the top award: Contactor of the Year. If I need a driveway paved, I’m going to select someone who is going to do me a good job. It’s nice to know the professionalism and proficiency that comes with that.” The nominating letter noted: “To start, the team was very open in discussing risks, pos-
“UDOT, Kilgore, subcontractors and cities all came together with a common goal of making this a successful project for all involved. We were able to work through issues as a team and find solutions that kept the project on time and within budget.” Winn Lindsey Kilgore Companies
sible outcomes and expected solutions. They were honest in recognizing past failures and committed to making this a different experience. Actions have shown that commitment to be beyond 100 percent. The contractor was not just aware of residents, but concerned with residents. They met personally with all the stakeholders. When problems
arose, it was never ‘your’ problem or ‘my’ problem, but always ‘our’ problem, and they were always discussed with solutions already laid on the table. Design changes were never used as a chance to boost profits or pad pockets — they were always fair and never in excess. They got permission for their ideas before starting work, even though
they were within specification. They were forward thinking in proposing alternatives that would meet design intent, but save time, money or improve functionality. They simply wanted the customer to be happy—and they frequently asked if there was anything that we needed. And notably, this was not a team of independent contractors and subs. The prime did an excellent job of scheduling, managing, and working their subs in one united front.” Winn Lindsey, Kilgore’s area manager, also emphasized the importance of teamwork in completing the projects. “UDOT, Kilgore, subcontractors and cities all came together with a common goal of making this a successful project for all involved,” he said. “We were able to work through issues as a team and find solutions that kept the project on time and within budget. Also, I can say that along the way we were able to make some new friends. I look forward to working with this team again in the future and having another successful project.” CEG
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Olympic Cauldron Taken Down for Improvements As part of the Ken Garff Performance Zone expansion at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah, the 2002 Olympic cauldron was temporarily moved on Feb. 13 to a secure location where it will be refurbished. Once the refurbishment is complete, the cauldron will be installed just outside Rice-Eccles Stadium, just north of the ticket office. The project is expected to take about a year to complete. Workers with Layton Construction and Mountain University of Utah photo Crane began dismantling the The cauldron has stood for the last 19 years, but 2002 Winter Olympic cauldron, will be re-installed on the grounds in about one but after workers discovered that year. the estimated weight of the structure was off by 2,400 lbs., crews had to Construction, in an interview with the Salt suspend the operation and bring in another Lake Tribune. “As part of the stadium’s expansion project, the 19-year old cauldron crane to get the job done. “Obviously, this is a treasure for this area will be restored to its former brilliance and and we want to keep it that way,” said Joshua re-installed on the grounds of the stadium, Haines, vice president of Layton north of the ticket office, in 2021.”
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