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December 25 2016 Vol. II • No. 26
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USDA-NRCS Refurbishes Utah’s Tibble Fork Dam By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Tibble Fork Dam is a popular high mountain lake in Utah County, Utah, drawing innumerous kayakers, canoers and paddleboarders to its cool waters. But this year, the dam was dry, forcing recreational users to sit the summer out. But it’s all for a good cause and short term. “We helped the North Utah County Water Conservancy District build the dam back in the ’60s,” said Norm Evenstad, water resources coordinator with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service. “Congress has made funds available for us to go back in to upgrade these dams to meet the current technology and engineering criteria for hydrology and seismic upgrades because we know a lot more now about hydrology and earthquakes and those hazards. But we had to drain the water to work on the embankments. We don’t want a big wall of water above the workers so it has
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The most challenging part of the $7.3 million job is building a trench in the upstream side of the dam to guard against seepage under the foundation of the dam.
to be drained to refurbish it.” The dam was originally built in the 1950s for flood control and then upgraded in the 1960s for
water storage. The most challenging part of the $7.3 million job is building a trench in the upstream side of the
dam to guard against seepage under the foundation of the dam. “It’s going to be at its deepest point, 70 feet deep. We have to
have special equipment that can get down that deep. We have to go down seven stories deep into foundation of the dam and then place a grout curtain. After they have this trench excavated, they will have another machine that pours a soil cement mix and it provides an impermeable barrier to water seeping through the dam and foundation. “Right now there is a lot of seepage. All dams leak, but we don’t want the leaks to be formed in the dam embankment itself. We want that leakage to pop out farther down the valley. That’s really going to be the major unique part of this construction process. It gets the engineers excited, and the geologists.” The project, which began in June, also includes raising the dam 15 ft. (4.6 m), using thousands of cubic yards of soil materials. They also will build a new auxiliary spillway. “That’s the part of the structure, if water gets up high, we don’t see DAM page 8
Airport Terminal Construction Costs Increase $350M The Salt Lake City Department of Airports has announced that the budget for the Terminal Redevelopment Program (TRP) has increased by $350 million primarily because of rising construction and labor costs. Estimated construction costs for the entire redevelopment program, which now includes the North Concourse, are estimated at $2.9 billion as of Nov. 2016. Salt Lake City and Utah’s robust construction market has resulted in bids for labor and materials coming in higher than originally estimated in the spring of 2015.
Typically, construction activity for the Utah market averages $2.5 billion annually; however, in the current economic climate, construction activity is hovering around $5 billion annually — an all-time high. “Utah is enjoying a very strong economy, which is resulting in severe labor constraints and a substantial increase in the cost of materials,” said Airport Advisory Board Chair Igor Best-Devereux. “Because of the checks and balances that the Department of Airports has in place, the Airport staff was able to see AIRPORT page 10
The Salt Lake City Department of Airports has announced that the budget for the Terminal Redevelopment Program (TRP) has increased by $350 million.
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Rebuilding Atwood Lake Proves Anything But Routine Rebuilding the Atwood Lake reservoir in northeastern Utah was anything but a routine construction project. There were only two ways for workers, materials, supplies and equipment to reach the remote wilderness site: helicopter and horseback. Some of the crew was on the job for 72 consecutive days, working at an elevation of 11,000 ft. (3,352.8 m). However, not everything about the job was atypical. One element was very common to other construction projects — the performance of Bobcat compact equipment. “Our two T650 compact track loaders and two E55 excavators did an excellent job working in a very unusual, high-elevation situation,” said Randy Crozier, project superintendent. “I could not have asked the equipment to do any better than it did.” Dry Gulch Irrigation Company is a 111-year-old organization made up of farmers and ranchers that provides water to irrigate more than 39,063.75 acres of agricultural land in the Uintah Basin. Engineering work six years ago revealed that some seepage was taking place in the reservoir at Atwood Lake, one of the five lakes the irrigation company owns. The Utah Department of Dam Safety said the reservoir had to be rebuilt. “Without water, your ranch is not worth much,” said Crozier, who is also one of 450 Dry Gulch Irrigation Company’s stockholders and has a cow-calf operation, irrigating 400 acres. The stockholders of Dry Gulch Irrigation Company voted to provide the financing (around $1 million) and brought Crozier on board to manage the project. This was the largest of the eight reservoir jobs — either enlargement or stabilization — he completed. Transporting Equipment, Materials a Challenge With no roads available, equipment had to be airlifted 13 mi. (21 km) from the staging area to the job site. Columbia Helicopters Inc., an Oregon firm, provided a tandem rotor Boeing Model 234 commercial helicopter at a cost of $144,000, plus $15,000 per-hour flight time. Bringing in the 192,000 lbs.
(87,090 kg) of equipment, supplies, materials and people required 17 trips, a total of 4.7 hours of flight time. “Things really move when you are paying that kind of money,” said Crozier. Based on his previous positive experience with Bobcat equipment, Crozier rented the compact track loaders and excavators, along with buckets, pallet forks, hydraulic breaker and plate compactor. Among other jobs, the T650s and the E55s dug down 16 ft. (4.9 m) into the existing embankment so the crew of eight could place a
With no roads available, equipment had to be airlifted 13 mi. (21 km) from the staging area to the job site.
Based on his previous positive experience with Bobcat equipment, Crozier rented the compact track loaders and excavators, along with buckets, pallet forks, hydraulic breaker and plate compactor.
rubber liner, new piping, drains, riprap and other features. The four machines moved about 11,000 yds.
(10,058.4 m) of material, according to Crozier. “Even though it was summer,
Some of the crew was on the job for 72 consecutive days, working at an elevation of 11,000 ft. (3,352.8 m).
we had frost several mornings,” he said. “The Bobcat machines started right up. They did an outstanding job working in cold weather and high elevation.” Crozier put his mechanic skills to good use when he serviced the equipment. Parts were delivered by horseback. “Downtime would have been a disaster,” he said. “All we had were the machines that were delivered by helicopter. It would not have been economically feasible to
bring in replacements. But since they were the Bobcat brand I wasn’t too worried about how they would perform. They did a superior job.” This article originally appeared in the Spring, 2016 edition of WorkSaver. Reprinted with permission. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
The four machines moved about 11,000 yds. (10,058.4 m) of material, according to Crozier.
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Utah Highway Project Lettings DFCM Announces
Land Purchase in Salt Lake City The Utah Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects. Following is a list of some of the projects let. County: San Juan Project No.: F-0491(7)2 Project: Roadway preservation. Location: U.S.-491; MP 1.24 to 17.02. Engineers Estimate: $3,123,008 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Nielson Construction — $2,886,129 • W. W. Clyde & Company — $2,936,272 • Kilgore Companies, A Delaware LLC d/b/a Kilgore Contracting — $3,002,775 County: Millard Project No.: F-I15-4(63)144 Project: Minor roadway rehabilitation. Location: I-15; MP 143.82 to 158.52. Engineers Estimate: $13,639,546 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • W. W. Clyde & Company — $11,325,320 • Granite Construction Company — $11,970,480 • Knife River Corporation Northwest — $12,510,497 • Kilgore Companies, A Delaware LLC d/b/a Kilgore Contracting — $12,542,827 • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Nielson Construction — $12,822,156 County: Salt Lake Project No.: S-ST99(416) Project: Emergency repair - structure. Location: SR-48; MP 3.55 to 3.80. Engineers Estimate: $177,590 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Granite Construction Company — $196,150 • Ralph L Wadsworth Const. Co. LLC — $205,740 • Gerber Construction Inc. — $206,600
County: Davis Project No.: F-0067(27)5 Project: Roadway preservation. Location: SR-67; MP 4.82 to 11.50 and SR-67; MP 4.82 to 11.50. Engineers Estimate: $3,404,157 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Geneva Rock Products Inc. — $2,919,263
Engineers Estimate: $613,452 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Schmidt Construction Inc. — $480,404 • Whitaker Construction Company Inc. — $499,724 • Skyview Excavation And Grading Inc. — $617,500
• Granite Construction Company — $2,994,115 • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Staker Paving & Construction Company— $3,101,843 • Kilgore Companies, A Delaware LLC d/b/a Kilgore Contracting — $3,404,388
County: San Juan Project No.: F-0191(133)107 Project: Minor roadway rehabilitation. Location: U.S.-191; MP 107.00 to 111.05. Engineers Estimate: $2,740,269 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Nielson Construction — $2,939,159 • W. W. Clyde & Company — $3,105,824
County: Utah Project No.: F-0089(417)340 Project: Minor roadway rehabilitation. Location: U.S.-89; MP 339.76 to 340.71. Engineers Estimate: $275,242 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Geneva Rock Products Inc. — $260,382 • Intermountain Slurry Seal Inc. — $267,323 County: Cache Project No.: F-LC05(39) Project: New construction. Location: 200 East; 2200 NO to 2500 NO. Engineers Estimate: $5,959,318 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Jack B. Parson Companies — $4,954,608 • Whitaker Construction Company Inc. — $5,098,748 • Kilgore Companies, A Delaware LLC d/b/a Kilgore Contracting — $5,237,222 Counties: Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier and Wayne Project No.: F-R499(275) Project: Drainage. Location: Various locations in Region 4.
County: San Juan Project No.: S-0162(4)22 Project: Preservation - structure. Location: SR-162; MP 21.94 to 22.10. Engineers Estimate: $262,346 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Harward and Rees — $330,396 • Dennis Lierd II Construction Inc. — $425,786 • Skyview Excavation and Grading Inc. — $440,675 County: Rich Project No.: F-0016(8)6 Project: Minor roadway rehabilitation. Location: SR-16; MP 6.00 to 19.81 and SR-16; MP 6.00 to 19.81. Engineers Estimate: $5,705,027 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Kilgore Companies, A Delaware LLC d/b/a Kilgore Contracting — $4,667,571 • Geneva Rock Products Inc. — $5,786,079 • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Jack B. Parson Companies — $6,560,957
The Utah Division of Facilities Construction and Management (DFCM) announced on Nov. 4 the purchase of a 323-acre site to house the state’s new correctional facility in Salt Lake City. The site, which will eventually include both new correctional facilities and necessary infrastructure, was purchased for $12.4 million. The price tag was far lower than the state originally anticipated, as earlier estimates had put potential land costs as high as $30 million. “Since the first studies on a new correctional facility began more than 10 years ago, our priority has been to ensure the best use and return on every dollar spent,” Gov. Gary Herbert said in a statement. “The new facility will provide for the most modern, effective and efficient criminal justice system in the country; a prudent system that will keep our communities safe, reduce recidivism and respect the taxpayer.” The new prison site underwent thorough evaluation and was studied for potential environmental constraints, construction and infrastructure costs, and compatibility with adjacent land uses, according to a statement posted on the project’s website. The site assessments and careful study on how to protect wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas on the site resulted in the state being able to purchase far less land than anticipated. Eric Tholen, DCFM division director, noted in a statement that the site best meets the needs of Department of Corrections staff, volunteers and inmates, while at the same time addressing the interests of the community and environmental stakeholders. “The purchase is a significant milestone in the relocation process and we are looking forward to beginning work on site in the coming months,” said Tholen. The new correctional facility will allow the state to expand treatment and educational programs for inmates that will make the public safer by reducing the chance that people will commit new crimes after release. Construction is slated to begin before the end of the year and should take four years to complete. “This new correctional facility is part of an overall strategy to improve our criminal justice outcomes, enhance the safety and security of our corrections system, improve operations, and reduce recidivism,” said Rollin Cook, executive director of the Utah Department of Corrections, in a statement. “This strategy will help slow the growth in the number of offenders being incarcerated and the costs to provide additional prison beds.” For more information, visit correctionalnews.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Crews Face Challenges on Tibble Fork Dam Restoration DAM from page 1
want water to flow over the dam,” Evenstad said. “The auxiliary spillway for the water to go into safely routes water around the dam and into drainage below. That is going to be upgraded. It has to be bigger to handle these flood events. It has to be bigger and better.” And there is another important element to the project. The dam is roughly 5 mi. (8 km) from the Wasatch Fault, and while there hasn’t been a movement on the fault in recent years, there have been some large earthquakes on the fault in the past. “We are overdue for an earthquake,” said Evenstad. “We know
according to the design criteria. We can’t just get out there and plop a bunch of soil and pack it and leave. It has to be carefully designed according to the model.” The project is funded largely with federal money, which provides about $5 million of the total price tag. The North Utah County Water Conservancy District is responsible for about $2.3 million of the project, but will get about 90 percent of that cost from the state. “It’s very important,” Evenstad said. “A lot of these dam owners don’t have a lot of money. They set up funding back in the ’90s because of dam failure to make sure these dams meet safety criteNRCS photo
With environmental assessments and design, the project has been several years in the making.
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The project, which began in June, includes raising the dam 15 ft. (4.6 m), using thousands of cubic yards of soil materials. They also will build a new auxiliary spillway.
more now about the age of these events. We have to put in a stability berm, which is a big mass of soil on the downstream toe of the dam. That just adds mass to the dam for more seismic stability. If we get an earthquake, there is less chance of cracking, less chance of the earthquake creating a potential breach.” Equipment on the job includes the usual earthmoving equipment, such as a dozers and backhoes, he said. But they must also bring in a screening machine to separate the various sizes of rock and sizes of soil material. “Clay is very fine. Sand is the next size. Then you get into the gravel. With the screening equipment, we are able to screen out various sizes and replace it in the dam
ria.” With environmental assessments and design, the project has been several years in the making, but it won’t take nearly so long to complete. “That was the whole other thing with the construction process. We wanted it done in one season. So many people use that area, we wanted to make sure the bid process, the specification process allowed us to get this done in one season.” Surely music to the paddlers’ ears. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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The dam is roughly 5 mi. (8 km) from the Wasatch Fault, and while there hasn’t been a movement on the fault in recent years, there have been some large earthquakes on the fault in the past.
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The project is funded largely with federal money, which provides about $5 million of the total price tag.
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Airport Terminal Budget, TRP Increases Reflect Delay AIRPORT from page 1
identify and validate the cost increases early on in the process. This enabled them to take the measures necessary to move forward and seek the required budget approvals.” The Airport budget and TRP increases were reviewed by the Department of Airport’s Advisory Board at the September and October public meetings. According to the Airline Use Agreement, the added costs also required airline approval, which was received in September. The Salt Lake City Council will discuss the budget amendment during a work session and public hearing on Dec. 6. The City Council is expected to vote on the budget amendment Dec. 13. The Department of Airports currently has signed contracts for almost 80 percent of the first phase of the TRP, which means these costs are locked in for the duration of the construction. The TRP will be paid for by Airport revenues, including Airport surplus funds, passenger facility charges, rental car facility
charges, federal grants and revenue bonds. No local tax dollars will be used to fund the TRP. The TRP will replace the Airport’s aging passenger terminals, concourses and related facilities. The original cost of the first phase of the TRP — which includes the rental car service facilities, terminal, parking garage and South Concourse-West — was estimated at $1.8 billion. The TRP is on schedule to meet an opening date in late 2020 for the first phase of the program. Construction crews recently completed a major milestone with the installation of 7,640 underground stone columns. The first steel pile was driven into the ground in mid-November, which marks the start of above-ground construction. Future phases include the South Concourse-East and the North Concourse, which will go out for bid later in the program. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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