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SME Steel Unveils New Fabrication Shop
35,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art high bay facility will significantly increase firm's capacity.
State and local dignitaries, including Utah Governor Jon
M. Huntsman Jr., were on hand Nov. 8 at a ribbon cutting for
SME Steel's new 35,000 sq. ft. high bay steel fabrication
facility in West Jordan, Utah.
The $4.5 million project, built by SME, also contains more
than $3.5 million of high-tech, automated steel fabrication
equipment, including two 25-ton overhead cranes and 21 two-ton
jib cranes. Additionally, the facility features a unique drill
saw combination machine that Moyes said is the fastest and
most accurate production machine of its kind in the world,
the only one in the United States and one of only eight in
the world.
"This the kind of building I've always wanted, but never
could quite afford," said Moyes. "This building
gives us a lot of capacity and capability, and makes us quite
competitive."
Moyes said the new shop is considered a heavy fabrication
shop that can handle large, complex pieces of steel.
"We can (fabricate) large trusses and girders - big,
heavy, awkward stuff," said Moyes as he stood next to
massive curved pieces of steel that were being fabricated
for the California Academy of Sciences project in San Francisco.
"(Our existing facility) is a volume shop, but when you
put (large steel pieces) in that shop, it bogs it down. Our
new shop can get out all the big, gnarly stuff.
It lets us bid more work and bid different kinds of work.
Craig recalled a conversation he had with his brother, Jerry
Moyes, asked him in the past why SME didn't bid on the $455
million Arizona Cardinals stadium in Phoenix that was completed
in summer 2006. "It was because we didn't have the kind
of facilities to fabrication that kind of steel," Craig
Moyes said.
"Now we do."
"You help to build products that make lives better,"
Governor Huntsman said to Moyes. "It's a legacy of goodness,
it's a legacy of entrepreneurship. You're making a product,
without which by the way, the fifth fastest growing state
in America can't grow. What you're making here fuels our growth."
Jack Johnson Co. Designing Mapleton Village
Jack Johnson Company of Park City, Utah, in conjunction with
Presidio Capital LLC, recently announced Mapleton Village
as one of Utah County's new neighborhood additions, another
example of the increasing popularity of traditional neighborhood
design in the United States.
Mapleton Village is a unique 672-acre development nestled
among scrub oak at the base of the Wasatch Mountains. Designed
with traditional neighborhood principles, such as large front
porches, walkable streets, classic architecture, and multiple
common open space areas, Mapleton Village seeks to become
the premier destination for families in Utah County.
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"We appreciate Mapleton's City Council and Planning Commission
embracing this project to approve the first traditional neighborhood
design for Utah County," said Jack Johnson, president
of Jack Johnson Company. "This development will be an
excellent and unique addition to our state."
A significant portion of the Mapleton Village site will be
preserved as usable open space including Crowd Canyon and
Maple Mountain, as well as acres of natural habitat. Additionally,
ponds, play fields, common gardens, and miles of integrated
trails will be key features of the project. Formal gardens,
playgrounds, pocket parks and a village green will complement
the Mapleton Village open space.
Mapleton Village will offer a wide variety of unit types,
including town homes, village homes and large estate homes
with panoramic views of Utah County.
Additionally, Mapleton Village promises to be a healthy and
environment-friendly community using sustainable development
practices, Energy Star rated homes, recycled irrigation water,
and native vegetation and landscaping.
Intermodal Hub Earns LEED Certification
Less than one year after Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson
directed all City buildings to be LEED (Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design) certified from the U.S. Green Building
Council (USGBC), the Intermodal Hub became the City's first
project to receive LEED certification.
"The Intermodal Hub embodies many of the Mayor's clean
air and energy efficiency objectives," says principal
architect Jill A. Jones of ajc architects. "It will bring
convenient and attractive alternative transportation to Utah's
most densely populated urban area. Traffic congestion will
be decreased, toxic emissions from automobile pollution will
be reduced, and the urban population of these areas will enjoy
the health benefits of cleaner air."
Several other aspects of the Hub project were compatible with
the LEED standard of sustainable design, most notably, being
built within a successfully revitalized brownfield site, and
the adaptive reuse of an existing building, originally built
as a railroad yard warehouse in the 1860s, to create the new
Greyhound Terminal.
Jones credits the accomplishment of LEED certification to
a collaborative effort among the Salt Lake-based architectural
firms of IBI Group and ajc architects, as well as Ascent Construction
of Centerville, Utah.
The Hub's sustainable building features include:
Seventy percent of non-roof impervious surfaces have
been paved with highly reflective materials.
Roofing materials are Energy Star rated with an emissivity
of .92.
Landscape and irrigation systems reduce potable water
consumption by 50% from a calculated baseline case.
Energy consumption performs 36.3% better than the ASHRAE
90.1-1999 standard.
The HVAC system contains no HCFC based refrigerants
of halons.
A measurement and verification plan has been implemented
for the project.
One thousand tons of generated construction waste was
diverted from the landfill.
Eighteen percent of the total building materials, by
dollar value, were manufactured using recycled materials.
A CO2 monitoring system was installed.
The building's indoor environment was flushed out for
a two-week period prior to occupancy.
All adhesive and sealant products comply with low VOC
limits.
All indoor paints comply with VOC limits of Green Seal
GS-11.
All installed carpet systems comply with VOC limits of
the CRI Green Label testing program.
Franklin Interchange Project Breaks Ground
Representatives from the City of Caldwell, Canyon County,
Albertson College of Idaho, the Idaho Legislature and Idaho
Transportation Department gathered Dec. 1 for the groundbreaking
of Franklin Interchange project in northern Caldwell, Idaho.
Ground was broken Dec. 1 in Caldwell, Idaho, on the $25
million Franklin Interchange project, which will be constructed
by Concrete Placing Co. of Boise. Speakers at the groundbreaking
ceremony included Caldwell Mayor Garret Nancolas and Idaho
State Sen. John McGee.
The reconstruction project will nearly double the capacity
of the Franklin Interchange to 29,500 vehicles per day.
The old overpass will be replaced with a new six-lane bridge
over the interstate, including dual left turn lanes. All
four interchange ramps will be improved and widened, and
Franklin Road will be widened to five lanes between the
overpass and Specht Avenue. The project will also widen
and add a traffic light to Aviation Way.
Work is expected to be completed in the fall of 2008. I-84
will remain open and accessible during construction, except
for occasional night closures for safety.
AMT Labs Project Underway
An addition to an existing AMT Labs, Inc. processing plant
is underway in North Salt Lake by Interior Construction
Specialists (ICS) of Sandy, Utah.
AMT Labs, a manufacturer of bulk vitamin and mineral supplements,
has been located in its current facility in North Salt Lake
since 1990. A new process building a block to the north
was constructed in 1999 by Layton Construction Company,
a sister company to ICS. Since then, AMT has experienced
rapid growth and is expanding their company with a new ground-up
addition.
The new 75,000 sq. ft. building will be built just to the
north of the process building and will include offices as
well as a warehouse and production area.
The production area will house raw materials for supplements.
Construction will consist of tilt-up concrete panels with
reveal strips to match the existing processing building
as well as standing seam roofing, masonry, plaster, glazing,
sun shades and landscape planters to create an aesthetically
pleasing entrance into the main offices.
ICS will work closely with the Utah Department of Health
to ensure efficiency and cleanliness requirements are met
while the building is under construction. The addition is
expected to be complete in the spring of 2007.
Big-D Awarded Contracts for Hospital, Manufacturing Projects
Big-D Construction of Salt Lake City has been awarded a
$39 million contract with Intermountain Healthcare to build
the Utah Valley Outpatient Center at Utah Valley Regional
Medical Center in Provo. The four-story, 91,000 square foot
building will include imaging services, lab services, rehabilitation
and same-day surgery. Construction began in November with
completion slated for December 2007. The project also includes
an $11 million, three-level parking terrace, which is scheduled
for completion in the spring of 2007.
Big-D was also awarded a contract to build a new Engineered
Building Systems manufacturing plant for Nucor Corp. in
Brigham City. The project will include construction of a
250,000 sq. ft. metal building with manufacturing space
and offices on a 54-acre site. The facility will produce
metal building systems and components.
Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2007.
ICON Awarded SLC Condo Project
ICON Design of Salt Lake City was awarded a contract to
serve as designer for Commonwealth Place Condominiums in
Salt Lake City. It is owned by Utah-based Corpus Development
Fund.
ICON will select exterior materials and provide interior
designs for the common area as well as the condominium used
for a sales model. Draper-based Rimrock Construction is
the contractor; Sandstrom Architects or Provo, Utah, is
the architect. Completion is slated for the first quarter
of 2007.
According to Landa, exterior selections include brick, stucco,
glazing, lighting and signage. The common area and condo
palette scheme consists of flooring materials, wall paint,
glazing, lighting and specialty finishes. The 12,000 sq.
ft. project consists of condominiums that are 700 sq. ft.
each.
"The goal is to design a space that is more 'upscale'
than the standard condos in the downtown market," said
Landa. "We want to select a design and materials that
are timeless, not too trendy and not too old world."
Karcher Interchange Finishes Up
Proximity to water added to the challenges of constructing
the Karcher Interchange on I-84 in Boise.
Central Paving Co. of Boise put the finishing touches in
December on the $28 million Karcher Interchange project
on I-84 in Boise.
The project included approximately 17 miles of lanes, new
I-84 ramps, a new alignment for State Hwy 55 and support
roadways. Four major bridges were also constructed as part
of the project: SH-55 over Union Pacific Railroad bridge
is a 95 ft. long single-span bridge, SH-55 over Indian Creek
bridge is five-span bridge totaling 387 feet, Ramp BC over
Indian Creek is a three-span bridge totaling 318 feet, and
SH-55 over I-84 is a two-span bridge totaling 197 feet.
Total bridge deck area for all bridges is approximately
62,215 sq. ft. 7,892 feet of modified bulb tee pre-stressed
girders were used on the bridges. In addition, 5,848 ft.
of steel H-piling and 21,803 ft. of Shell piling was driven
(total of 27,651 ft.). Piling was for all bridge abutments
and piers.
Landscaping consists of 195 trees (five varieties) and 4,435
shrubs (12 varieties), approximately 25 acres of irrigated
landscaping and approximately 49 acres of non-irrigated
dry land seeding.
The design consultant was Earth Tech with major sub consultants
Terracon, The Land Group and W&H Pacific.
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