Henriksen/Butler Opens Showroom in St. George (w/ pix 1 and 1A-inset)

Henriksen/Butler recently opened a new showroom in St. George. Mark Hendrickson (inset) will serve as general manager.

A sample of the stunning interior views at the new Clyde Companies headquarters in Orem, Utah. (xxxxx) During the ribbon cutting for the new building, Clyde Companies made a donation to Utah Valley State College’s construction management program.

Clyde Companies opens new headquarters in Orem; ARW ranked by structural engineering publication.

Utah’s largest contract furniture dealer, Henriksen/Butler (H/B), has opened a new showroom in St. George, Utah and appointed St. George native, Mark Hendrickson, as principal and general manager of this new showroom.

Since 1980, H/B has been the creative force behind some of the most prestigious commercial, healthcare, education, and government projects in the Intermountain West.

Long established in St. George, Hendrickson has been active in the furniture industry for over 23 years assisting Southern Utah clients in developing progressive and unique designsolutions for all of their interior environment needs.

“While we have serviced clients in Southern Utah for over 26 years, we are excited to open the first full-service showroom in Southern Utah representing one of the industry’s major manufacturers. said president of H/B, Dave Colling. “We are thrilled with the opportunity to partner with a person the caliber of Mark Hendrickson. Mark’s longevity and reputation in the community are a wonderful addition to our organization,”.

The 1,500 sq. ft. showroom features a unique Herman Miller design which mirrors the distinctive sophisticated appearance of H/B showrooms in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Oct. 18.

ARW Ranked in National Trade Publication

ARW Engineers, a structural engineering firm in Ogden, Utah, has been ranked No. 8 by Structural EngineerMagazine for 2007 Best Structural Engineering Firms to Work For in the U.S. The annual recognition honors firms that are dedicated to providing their staff with exceptional work environments.

In total, 25 firms were ranked and five firms were deemed honorable mentions. Leading firms were recognized for their high-quality company culture, benefits, performance and recognition practices, professional development programs, recruiting and retention efforts, and more. In 2007, more firms applied for the honor to be ranked than ever before in the five year history of the program.

Judges were impressed with the way ARW emphasizes the importance of family and balancing work and personal life. The firm also scored high for employee responses to a satisfaction survey in which 100% of the responses were positive about the firm providing high quality work for it’s clients, creating a caring “family’ atmosphere and allowing employees to manage their workload. The firm had an 86% average positive response rate on the entire employee satisfaction survey.

ARW Engineers was founded in 1969, and has been located in the Ogden area ever since. The employees have a combined 110 years of engineering experience and 40 years of drafting experience.

Clyde Companies Moves into Cozy New Digs (w/ firms pix 2 and 3)

Orem, Utah-based Clyde Companies Inc. (CCI), held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new state-of-the-art corporate offices October 4 in Orem.

Clyde Companies is the parent company of several prominent firms within the construction industry, including Geneva Rock, W.W. Clyde & Co., Sunroc, Beehive Insurance, and Gorge Rock.

In addition to the ribbon cutting, the Clyde Companies made a donation to Utah Valley State College president William A. Sederburg to be used by UVSC’s construction management program. The Clydes’ gift was to be matched by philanthropists Ira and Mary Lou Fulton.

With more than 2,500 employees throughout Utah, the Clyde Companies is one of the top employers throughout the Beehive State. The company has been involved in almost every aspect of the building and construction industries serving customers throughout Utah and the surrounding states of Nevada and Wyoming.

The Clyde family of Springville, Utah, still owns and operates the business.

Clyde Companies, Inc., was formed in 1998 to consolidate the business entities owned and operated by the Clyde family. The Clyde business ventures started in 1926 with the formation of W.W. Clyde and Co., a firm focusing on heavy highway and mass earth moving.

Headwaters Begins Phase II on Indian Project

Headwaters Incorporated of South Jordan, Utah announced Phase II of its feasibility study contract with Oil India Limited (OIL) for a planned coal based liquid fuels refinery expected to use a high rank bituminous coal from Assam, India.

In this feasibility study Headwaters CTL, LLC (HCTL) will confirm the reactivity and liquid yields from low ash Assam coals under HCTL's coal liquefaction process conditions and provides techno-economic evaluation of constructing a 44,000 BPD syncrude plant in the North-East Region of India.

OIL and Coal India Limited, both government owned companies, have formed a joint task force to review the availability and continuous supply of 3.5 million tons of coal over a period of 30 years from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya. The coal would be used to supply a commercial coal liquefaction plant in the North-East.