Leadership Changes Happening at Bateman-Hall

Layton earns innovation award; National publication recognizes W.W. Clyde & Co.; EVCO opens new location; Sunroc acquires Standard Builders Supply.

Changes are afoot at Idaho Falls-based Bateman-Hall, Inc., one of Idaho’s largest construction companies. Kim Hall, founder of the commercial construction firm, and his business partner, Dan Moon, are handing over the day-to-day operations of the company to three longtime Bateman-Hall employees.

Hall will retain his position as chief executive officer while Moon, the previous president, is the new vice chairman of the company. Shay Moon, previously vice president, is now president of Bateman-Hall. Mike Clements, who also works as a vice president, is the new chief operations officer and Aaron Johnson, the company’s secretary/treasurer, is the chief financial officer.

The move allows Kim Hall and Dan Moon to stay involved in the company they built while also ensuring it continues to have strong leadership for the future.

“It is with great pride that we announce the promotion of our new officers,” said Hall. “We are excited to have them running the day-to-day operations and to continue the traditions that have helped Bateman-Hall, Inc. become one of the largest privately owned General Contractors in the State of Idaho.”

Bateman-Hall, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is one of the area’s largest commercial builders. It has constructed buildings and stores for Wal-Mart, Lowe’s, Albertson’s, Walgreen’s and Smith’s all over the West and its highly-regarded local customers Ball Ventures, Broulim’s, D & A Commercial Warehousing, and Doug Andrus.

CMiC Recognizes Layton Companies

CMiC, a provider of software solutions for the architectural, engineering and construction industry, announced the winners of the 2008 Innovation Awards. The Layton Companies, of Sandy, Utah, won 1st place, DPR Construction of Redwood City, Calif., won 2nd place and Paric Corporation, O’Fallon, MO, won 3rd place. The awards ceremony took place at the 10th annual CMiC Connect in Chicago. The awards were judged by a representative from McGraw-Hill Construction.

“The CMiC Innovation Awards is our way of praising our users who strive to use CMiC software in innovative ways to improve productivity,” said Bassem Hamdy, vice president of solutions at CMiC. “The Innovation Award winners demonstrated considerable return on investment with their innovations to CMiC software and as the economy moves into uncertain territory, getting the most out of your software system is imperative. It is on the strength of our users, who constantly push the limits of technology to achieve new levels of efficiency that CMiC has become the leader in providing ERP software solutions for the AEC industry.”

The Layton Companies won 1st place for the Concrete Scorecard, a graphical representation of the performance of concrete projects. This innovation was based on a customized Production Report that displays the weekly, job-to-date, budget dollars for each phase code along with a metric for production for concrete jobs.

“In today’s market, we understand that ‘business as usual’ is not going to secure success,” said Craig Lawson, director of accounting for the Layton Companies. “CMiC is a competitive edge for us in the construction industry. Our innovation allowed our self-performed concrete managers to have a weekly trend analysis sent to them automatically in a graphical format so that inefficiencies or overages could immediately be identified and discussed with the client. This sort of analytics makes us more efficient and saves time, but the real success is in our ability to communicate issues with the client upfront so that we can preserve relationships and allow our clients to make informed decisions.”

The Layton Companies will be donating the $10,000 award money to the Huntsman Cancer Foundation.

W.W. Clyde Honored by Publication

Public Works magazine recently named W.W. Clyde & Co., a Springville, Utah-based heavy civil construction firm, among the top 50 architecture, engineering and construction firms in the country. Public Works magazine released its rankings in its July issue. This is the first year W.W. Clyde & Co. has been included in the rankings.

The list, which is part of the magazine’s fourth annual survey on A/E/C firms, ranks firms based on revenue, and provides the magazine’s readers with 50 of the most important firms they could work with. The listing ranks firms alphabetically, rather than by revenue.

“We are pleased to include W.W. Clyde & Co. on our list this year, which is based ona firm’s public works projects, capabilities and revenue for 2007,” said Stephanie Johnston, editor-in-chief. “Being on the list means a firm has established itself as a viable provider of architecture, engineering and construction solutions to clients whose responsibility it is to provide cost-effective and safe infrastructure services.”

EVCO Opens Springville Location

Salt Lake-based EVCO House of Hose opened its eighth location this summer in Springville, Utah. This eighth branch will help meet the needs of customers in Southern Utah and surrounding mining areas.

The new Springville location opened for business August 12. This is the most experienced EVCO team to open a new location; with Justin Pearson as the manager and Chris Armitage as the sales representative. EVCO enjoys a great history of community service and looks forward to playing a dynamic role in the Springville area.

Sunroc Acquires Standard Builders Supply

St. George, Utah-based Sunroc Corp., a subsidy of Clyde Companies of Orem, recently purchased Standard Builders Supply in Salt Lake City, part of the firm’s aggressive expansion plans in the Salt Lake Valley.

Sunroc is a major provider of lumber, trusses, insulation and doors for residential and commercial construction markets in the Intermountain region. In June, Sunroc opened a 50,000-sq-ft facility in Salt Lake that includes a high-tech, computerized door-manufacturing machine.

The purchase of Standard Builders, a company that was founded in 1948 in Salt Lake, gives the firm a total of 24 locations that stretch from Las Vegas to Salt Lake. The addition of Standard’s more than 100 employees now means Sunroc will have more than 900 employees.

ARW Ranked in National Magazine

ARW Engineers, a consulting structural engineering firm located in Ogden, has been ranked by Structural Engineer Magazine as the eight best structural engineering firm to work for in the United States for 2008. The annual recognition honors firms that are committed to providing employees with exceptional work environments. ARW has been ranked in the top ten in three of the past four years, including third in 2005 and eighth in 2007-2008. Firms were honored during the 2008 Best Firms Summit in San Francisco in September.

In total, 29 structural engineering firms were honored – the Top 25 and four 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.

ARW also received recognition for having the highest employee satisfaction survey score of all participating firms. ARW emphasizes the importance of family and balancing work and personal life. ARW Engineers was founded in 1969.

Bodell Earns Safety Citation

Salt Lake-based Bodell Construction received an Award of Merit from the Utah Safety Council recently, an honor given annually to companies to recognize outstanding achievements in corporate safety programs. To be considered for this award, the organization’s incident rate must be lower than the national average for the industry, continuous safety performance improvement must be demonstrated, and essential elements of a safety and health program must be in place. Award recipients must meet all of the following criteria: Absence of work-related fatalities during the reporting periods; improvement in safety each year over the last three years as measured by recordable cases and incidence rates; sustained levels of excellence as demonstrated by rates that are consistently below BLS statistics.

SaharaCares Hosts 4th Annual Autism Event

Over 300 children who experience life with autism attended the 4th annual SaharaCares Carnival for Autism at Wheeler Farm in Salt Lake City on September 13.

The Carnival For Autism is a special day for these kids to be themselves and celebrate their uniqueness in an environment that is designed especially for them, including: a sensory area that included edible playdough, a dinosaur dig, bubble station and scavenger hunt; carnival games; lunch; information Fair.

The fair is the signature event for SaharaCares Foundation. This is the only event of the kind in Salt Lake City that focuses on this particular disability. Associated Builders and Contractors of Utah organized a motorcycle charity ride in conjunction with the carnival, and all proceeds went to the event. Sahara Inc. and many of their valued subcontractors were event sponsors.