Reaveley Earns 'Best of State' for Structural Engineering

At the Best of State Awards Gala June 24, Reaveley Engineers+Associates (RE+A), Salt Lake City, was recognized as the 2006 Utah Best of State for Structural Engineering in the Science and Technology Category for the fourth year in a row. Mark Harris, principal of Reaveley Engineers accepted the award for the 34 employee firm.

Reaveley Engineers+Associates has more than 34 years of experience providing structural engineering for many significant structures in Utah. RE+A is currently involved in the Utah State Capitol Building Base Isolation and Renovation project. Utah's historic treasure is being fit with 280 base isolators. These isolators will separate the building from the ground motion during a seismic event and allow the building to "float" on the large rubber bearings. Other current projects the firm is working on includes the Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, the Moran Eye Center located on the University of Utah campus, and the U's Warnock Engineering Building. Other recently completed projects include the Huntsman Cancer Institute and Hospital, and the Salt Lake City Library.

Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Claims Medalist Honors

Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company, Draper, Utah, was named a medalist in the 2006 Utah Best of State competition June 24 in the construction services division for the second consecutive year. The company was judged on overall quality and excellence in its performance, products and services. Other criteria included how the company achieved superior results and created positive differentiation from others within its field through innovation and creativity in approaches, techniques, methods and processes, as well as its contributions to improving the quality of life in Utah through community service, charitable contributions, family-friendly employment policies, environmentally sound practices, increased employment opportunities and community beautification.

The Best of State awards were founded to recognize outstanding achievement in the community and bring together the best in business, education, government and the arts.

Since 1975, Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company has specialized in building bridges, overpasses, and other heavy highway projects in the Intermountain West. The company also excels in design-build, concrete paving, pile-driving, shoring, steel erection, commercial and industrial building construction and water tank construction.