Health Care Center Slated at Daybreak

CSHQA lands airport contract in Oregon; BYU Idaho Auditorium Underway; CVE lands Uintah Co. project.

Kennecott Land and University Health Care announced plans to construct a 150,000-sq-ft healthcare center in the Daybreak community to serve the southwest valley’s growing population. The multi-specialty health center, located at 11400 South Daybreak View Parkway, will be conveniently located next to the future Mountain View Corridor and Mid-Jordan TRAX extension, allowing convenient access for patients and employees.

Rio Tinto’s Kennecott Land is the developer of the Daybreak Community and is working with the University to master plan a multi-phase medical campus on up to 50 acres. Phase I includes a multi-specialty health center, which will provide primary and specialty care, as well as radiology, pharmacy and vision care services. Future plans for the campus include a surgery and imaging center, AIRMED base and a full-service hospital.

The new center has been approved by the University of Utah Board of Trustees and will be located on approximately 10 to 15 acres. A ground breaking is scheduled for spring of 2009 and the center is scheduled to open in mid-2010.

“The University is demonstrating their progressive approach to suburban expansion by locating their medical facility adjacent to the pending TRAX station at Daybreak and the planned Mountain View Corridor,” said Scott Kaufmann, vice president of Commercial Development. “We are proud to partner with the University of Utah to bring a world-class healthcare facility to the south end of the valley and look forward to working with them in the future to grow the campus in subsequent phases.”

According to Lorris Betz, CEO of University Health Care, “This is an excellent opportunity to bring our services to a fast-growing part of the Salt Lake Valley. We are excited to be a partner in this project.”

CSHQA to Design Airport Facilities

CSHQA of Boise was awarded a contract to design the $5.1 million regional training academy, offices, and general aviation terminal at the Grant County Regional Airport, in John Day, Oregon. Grant County and the USFS-Malheur National Forest have planned a joint-use 18,762sq-ft facility with a helicopter rappelling training station, a new helicopter-landing pad and classroom facilities. CSHQA is the architect for the multi-use terminal building, which is targeted to be a LEED Silver certified building.

CSHQA designed the award-winning Boise Airport in Boise, ID and is currently working on projects at RogueValley International-Medford Airport in Medford, Ore.; Fresno Yosemite International Airport in Fresno, Calif.; and Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nev.

BYU Idaho Auditorium Rolling Along

Okland Construction of Salt Lake City is the general contractor on the new 15,000-seat BYU Idaho Auditorium project in Rexburg, Idaho.

EnCon Utah of Tooele, Utah is providing precast concrete components for the project, including 23 96-ft tall columns, 330 16-in shear wall components, 313 carbon fiber architectural panels, 82 composite insulated wall panels and 204 precast riser sections.

The shear wall was originally slated to be cast-in-place with a schedule of 8-10 months. By using precast, the wall was erected in just over 10 weeks. The cladding on the project is a carbon fiber reinforced panel. The project is slated for completion in 2010. Salt Lake-based FFKR Architects is the architect.

Cache Valley Awarded Uintah Co. Complex Project

Salt Lake-based Cache Valley Electric was recently awarded multiple facets of electrical work for the new Uintah County Public Safety Complex in Vernal, Utah. This new 102,000 sq ft, three-story facility will include 192 beds, a courtroom, classrooms, and offices for the local Sheriff’s Department and Utah Highway Patrol.

CVE’s scope of work will include the electrical engineering and installations, plus the security electronics system. Layton Construction of Sandy, Utah is the general contractor on the project, which is slated for completion in March 2010.