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August 16 2020
The Final Stretch of U.S. 191 Project
Vol. III • No. 17
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Phase three of the project will widen U.S. 191 in north Moab, adding new travel lanes in both directions along with a center turning lane, new sidewalk, a new storm water collection system and an extended multi-use pathway from the Colorado River to the south end of town.
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Work on a Moab, Utah, project that’s been on the table in some form or another since 1993 is in the final stretch, with completion set for next year. The $31 million phase three will widen U.S. 191 in north Moab, adding new travel lanes in both directions along with a center turning lane, new sidewalk, a new storm water collection system and an extended multi-use pathway from the Colorado River to the south end of town. “The need for this project is capacity,” said Ryan Anderson, Utah Department of Transportation project manager. “We have basically two lanes of travel in each direction coming in and out of town. But in the town of Moab, there is only one lane in each direction. It creates a bottleneck. Busy weekends and tourism season build up the congestion.
Moab is growing and also, more influential, is the growth of the tourist population. Moab is known for its red rocks, the Colorado River, biking, hiking and river rafting.” The $20.5 million construction contract (an additional $10.5 million was for engineering and right-of-way costs) was awarded to Kilgore Companies of Magna, Utah. The local subsidiary is LeGrand Johnson Construction with multiple subcontractors also on site, including electrical, pipe, traffic control, paving and earthwork subs. Heavy equipment on-site includes the usual: small bulldozers, backhoes, excavators and graders with one trackhoe featuring a vibratory compactor arm. Most of Kilgore’s equipment is owned, while the subcontractors generally rent from dealers in Grand Junction or Salt Lake City who deliver on private carriers. “We have to pick a location to drop the equipment and it’s see MOAB page 6
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Contractor Gets $97M of Aviation Projects at Int’l. Airport Sterling Construction Company Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction LLC, was awarded three separate alternative delivery construction contracts by the Salt Lake City Corporation’s Department of Airports. The Salt Lake City International Airport projects total $97 million and are part of the airport’s Terminal Redevelopment Program. The projects consist of foundation work, dewatering and earth retention work and civil and airfield work for the South Concourse East. The foundation project will include pouring more than 70,000 linear ft. of concrete filled steel pipe piles and 98,000 linear ft. of driven H-piles. The dewatering and earth-retention project consists of the design and construction of an earth retention system for excavation and tunnel work that will connect the new North and South Concourses. The airfield project includes all of the airfield and civil work for the new South Concourse East, including: the demolition of
The Salt Lake City International Airport projects total $97 million and are part of the airport’s Terminal Redevelopment Program.
existing taxi ways and aprons, removal and reinstallation of approximately 128,000 ft. of utilities and 200,000 sq. yds. of new concrete pavement. The projects will commence in September 2020 and work will continue for three years. “We are extremely excited to
continue to work with the SLCDA on its major airport restoration program,” said Joe Cutillo, Sterling’s CEO. “This group of awards is representative of our strategy to pursue alternative delivery aviation contracts and enable us to add value using our specialized engi-
neering and construction capabilities. This work helps to strengthen our already significant backlog, and given that the SLCDA’s TRP is planned for 10 years at a total cost of over $4 billion, we believe there will be additional opportunities at Salt Lake International in the years to come.” Cutillo added, “We are also very pleased to see continued strength in our end markets, particularly in the aviation space, despite the uncertainty caused by the COVID19 crisis. We view this as a sign of the resilience of the U.S. economy, along with the intention of our transportation authorities to address the nation’s significant requirements for infrastructure improvement regardless of temporary economic and social disruptions.” Sterling Names General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer Sterling Construction Company, Inc. announced that Mark D. Wolf
has been named general counsel, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer effective Aug. 5, 2020. “Mr. Wolf brings over 25 years of legal experience to Sterling, most recently with US Well Services, Inc. where he served as vice president, general counsel & corporate secretary. Prior to joining U.S. Well Services, Inc., Mark served in many roles of legal responsibility for TechnipFMC and formerly FMC Technologies, Inc. Mark holds a BBA in Accounting from Penn State University and holds a CPA certificate. He earned his JD at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock School of Law. “We are very excited to have Mark join our organization,” stated Joe Cutillo, Sterling’s chief executive officer. “We are confident that Mark’s hands on and practical approach, coupled with his ability to design a legal strategy that is comprehensive yet agile, will drive us to become an even stronger organization.”
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Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center Construction Progresses Utah business and government leaders recently got a small taste of what will soon become a theater hub for Salt Lake County’s growing ensemble of aspiring performers and expectant audiences. Economic development officials, performing arts experts and city and business figures from around the state were treated to (socially distanced) tours of the Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center construction site as part of Taylorsville City’s second annual Summer Summit. What they saw was a nearly completed venue that has been designed and built to reflect its anticipated status as a cultural crown jewel of Taylorsville and the theater community in the Salt Lake Valley. “The Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center will be a great addition to Taylorsville and surrounding communities,” said Val Hale, executive director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development. “This facility will further enhance Utah’s arts and culture community. We are excited to see this beautiful facility once it’s completed and ready to open its doors.” The 72,000 sq.-ft. Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center is being built to handle increasing demand for high-quality performing arts productions in the fast-growing middle and
southwest Salt Lake Valley. It will have a 440-seat proscenium theater with an orchestra pit, a 200-seat studio theater and ample rehearsal space. The construction project is expected to finish this fall. “There is a strong demand in our community for high-quality performing arts space. This venue will enrich people’s quality of life for many decades to come,” said Doug Carley, Jacobsen Construction’s project manager overseeing the work at the site. Performers will have access to a host of services offered by Salt Lake County’s Arts & Culture Division and their professional theater staff — including ticket and event management, as well as technical support. “The Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center is already an important regional asset and it’s not even open yet. This highly anticipated venue has strong support from arts organizations and the surrounding community,” said Salt Lake County Community Services Department Director Holly Yocom. “The project team, from the beginning, has shown its commitment to create a beautiful building and a top-notch performance facility.” Yocom said she was blown away by what she saw during the jobsite tour. “Walking through the construction site was a thrill,” Yocom said. “It is exciting to
see the beautiful façade taking shape and the performing areas coming together. You find yourself picturing performances in each space and the excitement just keeps building. I am impressed with the quality of the design and the workmanship. This project has been in the works for about eight years, so to see a physical structure rising up from the ground is fantastic.” Wayne Harper, economic and community development director for Taylorsville, agreed that seeing the construction site up close is an extraordinary experience that reinforces the quality and importance of the venue being built. “Each time I visit (it), I am impressed with the quality of the work and the vision for the future,” Harper said. “It will be a beautiful asset and landmark for the city and for the county. I am grateful for the dedicated construction team and for the partnership with the county on this facility and on the arts.” Public art will adorn the Mid-Valley
Performing Arts Center and complete its community-focused aesthetic. “The public art pieces that are part of this building are quite striking,” said Yocom. “They will add to the beauty of the glass façade and planned landscaping and will make it a destination venue. The performances will bring people in and the beautiful setting will bring them back.” A love of theater runs deep in Taylorsville, Harper said, and the new venue will be both a monument to, and hub for, that aspect of the local culture. “The arts are an important element of Taylorsville’s heritage,” Harper said. “The city’s performing arts groups and the Taylorsville Art’s Council routinely entertain the community at a variety of locations throughout the city. Having a home for them and other performers and performing groups will enhance their membership, outreach and future.”
Utah Valley University Buys Land for New Payson Campus Utah Valley University (UVU) announced the acquisition of 38.7 acres of land on the northeast side of the I-15 Payson Main Street interchange for a future satellite campus. The site is located northeast of the Payson power plant adjoining south Bamberger Road, and the construction timeline of the campus is still to be determined. UVU will work with local business and community leaders to establish the best educational programming to serve the residents of south Utah County. “It is no secret that the south end of Utah County is growing,” said Astrid S. Tuminez, president of UVU. “The acquisition of the Payson land demonstrates UVU’s ongoing commitment to providing exceptional education in affordable and innovative ways in our service area. The campus will incentivize sustainable development, facilitate business and government partnerships, and serve our Utah citizens. Payson is an ideal campus site for many reasons according to UVU, including its proximity to a future FrontRunner station. UVU’s master plan places its Utah County satellite campuses near current and future public transportation hubs, making access easier and reducing traffic. It also will benefit from the Utah Department of Transportation’s planned freeway interchange on the north end of Payson.
The location was chosen because of its proximity to a future FrontRunner station. UVU’s master plan places its Utah County satellite campuses near current and future public transportation hubs.
“I am extremely excited that UVU is building a campus in Payson,” said Payson Mayor Bill Wright. “I attended UVU’s forerunner trade tech, where I studied aircraft instrument repair, welding and computer science, and later received my emergency medical technician designation there. I have watched it grow from a small technical school to a first-rate college and eventually to a full-scale university. UVU has a stellar reputation, and we welcome it with open arms in Payson.”
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Magna-Based Kilgore Companies Nears End of Moab Job MOAB from page 1
pretty tight,” said Kris Blanchard, UDOT resident engineer. “We’ve got a decent amount of earth work and backhoes being moved from one location to the other with 10 wheelers. We also have a little bit of hauling. The main roadway excavation is just 63,000 cubic yards. Basically we pick up the material and move it from one place to another. Half has to be exported as we ran into a layer of gypsum and it is questionable how suitable that is for backfill. Most exports will be placed within one mile of the project boundaries as waste to a pit.” Blanchard described the job as “pretty straightforward,” but it is not without its challenges. There are numerous utilities to be moved, and working around multiple means of transportation calls for serious coordination and planning. Plus, there are two large hotel developments being constructed along the corridor of the project and more in some phase of approval. “We’ve got to get the infrastructure in the street up to the standards needed to support all this,” Blanchard said. “It’s not that we are doing anything that special, just coming up
with ways to keep traffic flowing and give the contractor real windows of opportunity to get the work completed.” UDOT worked closely with the Moab community — gateway to the Arches National Park and home to the Dead
Horse Point State Park — to ensure tourism would be as lightly impacted as possible. It got an unexpected assist in that effort through an unwelcome visitor — COVID-19. In the beginning of 2020, traffic was running above 100 percent of the annual average, Blanchard said. “When the pandemic hit, that dropped us down to the 40 percent range,” he said. “As we got this project off the ground, there was a huge reduction in tourism travel. U.S. 191 is a fairly major route. It’s not a freeway, but we see a lot of commercial truck traffic. We did see a very heavy truck presence. Right now, it’s up in the 90 percent range of normal traffic.” Along with truck traffic, crews must work around cyclists, pedestrians, recreation vehicles and private vehicles delivering guests to trails, the river and rock climbing locales. The pandemic also has heightened sensitivity, making what would normally be minor hiccups into more serious issues. “With the pandemic, any incidents that arrive, we already have people on edge,” Blanchard said. “It’s A Hitachi 470 excavator performs work on the project. hard to keep our contractor within contract so we don’t have additional impacts. In more of a basic commercial Work on a Moab, Utah, project that’s been setting, it’s easier to come in and say these businesses are on the table in some form or another shut down from 10 p.m. to early morning. In a hotel district, since 1993 is in the final stretch, with completion set for next year. it is harder to make those arrangements. Obviously, the hotels are wanting to be in operation all day with guests coming and going morning and evening, and housekeeping operations during off times. I’ve had a couple of times where we had to relocate water lines. Any time we’ve had something unforeseen or ran into utilities not known about, those types of things are very difficult for these businesses to handle. There is not a good time for someone to have their water shut off.” Earlier phases of the project included building the Colorado River Bridge, widening the road north of the river, including the Courthouse Wash Bridge. This final phase south of the river is slated for completion in 2021. CEG
Kris Blanchard, UDOT resident engineer, described the job as “pretty straightforward,” but it’s not without its challenges.
Kilgore Companies is serving as the general contractor for the $31 million project to upgrade U.S. 191 in Moab.
With only one lane in each direction on U.S. 191, a bottleneck is created, which spurred the need for upgrades.
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