• Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Facility
• Salt Lake City Public Library
• Dixie Regional Medical Center
• DFCM Four Classroom Buildings
• Boise Airport Terminal
• University of Utah Hospital Critical Care Pavilion
• BYU Indoor Practice Facility and Student-Athlete Center
• Murray High School
• Westgate Resort & Spa, Phase II
• Utah Valley Regional Medical Center

Washington Group International is serving as the design-build contractor on the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Facility at the Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory in Eastern Idaho.
The company is working under multiple subcontracts totaling approximately $190 million awarded by BNFL Inc. in 1996. BNFL is working under a $1.2 billion design-construct-operate contract awarded by the United States Department of Energy in 1996.
The facility, which is now in the testing stage, will prepare radioactive waste stored at the INEEL for safe shipment to the DOE's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. The estimated 65,000 cubic meters of transuranic-contaminated waste will be retrieved, characterized, processed and packaged in a safe, stable form for permanent disposal at the New Mexico site.
The wastes are currently stored in the 56-acre Transuranic Storage Area at the INEEL's Radioactive Management Complex. They are primarily stored in 300,000 55-gallon drums and in fiberglass-encased and metal boxes. The wastes are anticipated to consist of heterogeneous mixtures of various solid materials, including paper, cloth, plastic, rubber, glass, graphite, bricks, concrete, metals, nitrate salts, process sludges, miscellaneous components and some absorbed liquids.
During operation of the plant by BNFL, supercompaction technology will reduce waste volume and minimize shipments to WIPP, minimize life-cycle costs and perform the work in a safe and environmentally compliant manner. Nearly 75 percent of the inventory can be supercompacted to reduce the volume of waste.
Washington Group began construction in August 2000. Because of winter weather, construction of the foundation mat and lower wall levels of the building was carried out under a large tent-like structure. Mechanical completion occurred in August 2002 and all major construction was completed by the end of the year.
Waste shipments are scheduled to begin later this year and be completed by December 2015.

Project Cost:

$160 million

Start:

Aug. 21, 2000

Completion:

July 2003

British Nuclear Fuels Limited Inc.

Washington Group International Inc., Boise

Washington Group International Inc.

Three buildings make up Salt Lake City's new library and downtown gathering place.
The main library building will be the triangle, with the rectangular structure serving as an administration building, with a glass enclosed Urban Room, public piazza and the curved climbable wall completing the design.
On the top of the curved wall, steps lead to a roof garden. On the ground level of both the wall and Urban Room, there are retail shops and eateries.
The 10,000 sq. ft. of retail shops on "Library Square" include everything from a coffee shop to a comic book store but not typical chain retail stores.
One of the strongest elements of the design of the new library is found in the use of glass, which is most vividly displayed in the Urban Room. The transparency of the room allows for fantastic views, lets in an abundance of daylight and draws the eye upward to one of the building's many highlights, a $1.2 million skylight.
The 50,000-sq.-ft. piazza welcomes people with its openness and many offerings. And an amphitheater and local shops offer facilities and services.
The library also serves as a place people can meet, mingle or just enjoy the outdoors in seating areas sheltered by trees and protected from the wind.
In addition to the striking visible structure above ground, there is a 600-car underground parking garage.

$75 million

November 2000

February 2003

Salt Lake City Public Library

Big-D Construction, Salt Lake City

VCBO, Salt Lake City

The new Dixie Regional Medical Center at River Road marks the first step in creating a replacement medical center for the St. George area.
The initial phase on a new 65-acre site replaces most of the services at the existing hospital - with the exception of women's/birthing services and some outpatient services - and improves regional patient care by including services such as cardiac surgery. The facility will treat people in Washington County as well as those in the tri-state area.
The new medical center project consists of a three-story diagnostic and treatment wing, a five-story inpatient tower with 132 beds and a four-story physician office building linked to one another by a concourse for patients and visitors. Major services (including surgery, imaging and cardiology) each have discrete entrances from the concourse.
The entire Dixie Regional Medical Center will contain 144 beds, eight surgery rooms, a newborn intensive-care facility, a 24-bed Intensive Care Unit, an imagery unit that will host two CAT scans and one MRI, administrative offices, chapel, dining area and courtyards.
The center will also offer advanced emergency/trauma services as well as a Heart and Lung Center, where operations, including open-heart surgery, will be performed. Future expansion of the center is possible as the population of St. George and Washington County grows.
Landscape and facility designs for the medical campus will showcase the natural beauty of the area with a trail system and desert gardens.
Every square foot of the new medical center is designed and constructed to resist outside forces, including the destructive power of an earthquake. The groundwork, with 216 steel cages drilled 15 ft. deep into bedrock under the red soil, bypasses the weakness of St. George's expansive soil, which expands when it gets wet.
The metal floor, welded to the steel beams and strengthened by 10,000 studs, is blanketed by a stronger-yet-lightweight concrete that has been blended with 1.5 lbs. of fiber mesh that is thinner than horsehair and is between 5.5 and 6.5 in. deep.
"Okland is excited to be a part of this project," Okland Construction President Randy Okland said. "This hospital is going to be a beautiful new facility that will bring expanded medical services to the area of Southern Utah."

$63.9 million

September 2001

August 2003

Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City

Okland Construction, Salt Lake City

Anshen+Allen, San Francisco

Award of this project to a single constructor-led design-build team marked a first with the state of Utah. Not only did the contract combine four projects, but it opened the door for a new approach to building on college campuses.
Through close work with each of the campuses, MHTN Architects Inc. and Jacobsen Construction have been able to successfully design to each campus motif and save the state money.
Though each final building is different, the design-build team identified similarities in the buildings for each campus. These similarities were used to create a central spine around which all services, such as classrooms, audio-visual, lecture halls, labs and office functions, were located.
By gathering all the services into the central spine, the module can then be placed in a way advantageous to each of the campuses.
Construction began first on a science laboratory building at the College of Eastern Utah. Construction followed on classroom buildings for Utah State University, Utah Valley State College and Weber State University.
The College of Eastern Utah's new main building in Priceis 63,500 sq. ft. Utah State University's new engineering building in Logan is 87,707 sq. ft.
The academic building at Utah Valley State College in Orem is 143,870 sq. ft. And the new academic building at Weber State University in Ogden comes in at 106,726 sq. ft.

$50 million

June 2001

July 2003

State of Utah - DFCM, Salt Lake City

Jacobsen Construction, Salt Lake City

MHTN Architects Inc., Salt Lake City

Electrical - Key Engineering, Salt Lake City; Mechanical - Van Boerum & Frank, Salt Lake City; Structural - ARW Engineers, Ogden, Utah; Geotechnical - AMEC, Murray, Utah; Commissioning Consultant - Utah New Vision Construction, Sandy, Utah

Idaho's image and transportation accessibility will take a giant step forward when the new Boise Airport Terminal is completed in June. The size of the facility and services provided will greatly enhance the experience for those traveling to or through Boise.
The terminal construction is part of a two-phase construction process. Phase two will continue through 2004.
Layton Construction of Sandy, Utah, and CSHQA Architects of Boise, in partnership with the Boise Airport, began construction in July 2001. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, created unexpected security-related change orders imposed by federal aviation and homeland security agencies. As a result, the new Boise terminal may be the most modern and advanced airport facility in the country.
The $47 million terminal building is about 400,000 sq. ft. (nearly double the size of existing facilities), and is reconfigured with elevated roadways to separate departing passengers from arrivals. The three-story structure will include more of everything, including larger baggage and ticketing areas.
The architectural design is reminiscent of Idaho's outdoor beauty, with elements symbolizing flowing rivers, river rock and mountains. Construction elements include native Idaho river rock, sandstone and granite.
The first-phase new terminal includes baggage handling, baggage claim areas, ticket lobby, central rotunda, airline operations offices, airport administration and support areas, and mechanical and electrical service areas. The terminal project is part of the overall $90 million expansion project, which also includes roadways, parking and security.

$47 million

July 2001

June 2003

Boise Airport/Boise City

Layton Construction Co., Sandy, Utah

CSHQA, Boise

The University of Utah hospital expansion was started in August 2001 to provide needed space and new technology for an aging facility.
The last major addition to the hospital was completed in 1981. In those 20 years, the population of Utah and the Intermountain West has mushroomed.
The new George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Critical Care Pavilion will allow the hospital to continue to offer the finest facilities and current technologies to serve the region as a Level One Trauma Center.
As a teaching institution, the University of Utah Hospital specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of the most difficult medical situations, including severe burns and life-threatening accidents. Patients come to Salt Lake City from a five-state area to receive the advanced treatments offered at the hospital.
The new Critical Care Pavilion will expand three vital departments at the hospital. Emergency Room Services will be housed in a new emergency department, which will include a new "fast-track" area to reduce waiting time. More examination rooms and specialty-specific treatment rooms will also improve patient flow and satisfaction.
The hospital is currently short of operating rooms to handle the growing surgery schedule. The new facility will add six operating suites. Delays for elective and preplanned operations will be decreased and more surgeries in thoracic, neurology and cardiology specialties will be possible.
With more operating rooms, the Surgical Intensive Care Unit needed to be increased in size to serve the needs of patients coming out of surgery. The expansion will increase surgical ICU capacity from the existing 12 beds to 26 beds.
The new hospital addition is being constructed and connected to the northeast corner of the existing facility. The project's first stage included construction of a three-level parking structure with an Air-Med helicopter landing zone on the top level of the structure. Phase two of construction included demolition of the former helicopter landing pad and excavation and construction of the Critical Care Pavilion, which was completed in March.

$31.5 million

August 2001

March 2003

University of Utah/State of Utah, Salt Lake City

Layton Construction Co., Sandy, Utah

Architectural Nexus, Salt Lake City

Mechanical - Van Boerum & Frank, Salt Lake City; Structural - Reaveley Engineers, Salt Lake City; Electrical - Spectrum+Bennion, Salt Lake City

The new Brigham Young University Athletic Complex is the first of its kind at the collegiate level. This state-of-the-art, cutting edge athletic complex consists of two unique facilities, the Student Athlete Center and the Indoor Practice Facility.
The Student Athlete Center is a mixed-use facility for student athletes and athletic administration. The main lobby contains the BYU Sports Hall of Fame that spans the three levels of the facility entrance and will include audio and video presentation capabilities as well as memorable sports artifacts.
The first floor of the facility includes a "Sports Grill" restaurant with full kitchen and dining facilities, strength and conditioning area with free weights and exercise machines, a training and rehabilitation area that includes therapy pools, an equipment issue area and loading docks to allow easy loading for away games.
The second floor of the facility houses the secretary/reception area and football coaches' offices, team meeting rooms, a balcony area over the strength and conditioning area, and the second floor of the restaurant. The third floor contains a large conference room overlooking the practice fields, athletic administration offices, the Cougar Club offices and a Student Athlete Academic Center. The Student Athlete Academic Center contains classrooms, a computer lab, academic advisors offices, a nutrition office and a student commons.
The Indoor Practice Facility is an enclosed practice facility designed for use by several BYU sports teams as well as for intramural events. The primary user, the BYU football team, has the synthetic turf oriented with two practice fields running perpendicular to each other to allow both offense and defense to practice simultaneously without interference.
The building has translucent glazing on all sides to allow natural lighting of the facility. The facility also houses athletic storage, a training/taping area and an overflow practice area that can function as a sports classroom. The Indoor Practice Facility is also equipped with batting cages that drop from the ceiling and soccer goals that can be rolled out onto the field.

$30 million

September 2002

October 2003

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Okland Construction, Salt Lake City & Span Construction, Fresno, Calif.

VCBO, Salt Lake City

ECE, Springville, Utah; Heath, Salt Lake City; Reaveley Engineers, Salt Lake City

Construction of the new Murray High School began in May 2001, with the demolition of the old auditorium to make room for excavation for the new school. The three-story masonry and steel building is designed in an "L" shape to wrap around the existing school.
In some cases, construction has taken place only 15 ft. from the old building.
The main floor of the building houses the administration, student commons, auditorium, music program, kitchen, wrestling room and dance studio, and new locker rooms. The second level houses the media center and classrooms, while the third level houses classrooms with one wing dedicated to science classrooms and labs.

$26 million

May 2001

August 2003

Murray School District, Murray, Utah

Hogan & Associates, Centerville, Utah

Naylor Wentworth Lund, Salt Lake City

Wadman Corp. is nearing completion of Building 11, the second of three luxury condominium facilities at Westgate Resort & Spa in Park City.
Building 11 is the newest addition to the five-star resort and will house the same world-class amenities as the completed portions of the resort project.
The facility offers 64 condominium units on eight levels, each level approximately 15,000 sq. ft. A special feature of Building 11 is the four-bedroom units, which contain a loft and spiral staircase.
In addition to Building 11, the main plaza area is also nearing completion and will be ready for summer use.
The area contains a 5,600-sq.-ft. pool house, an indoor/outdoor pool, tennis court and a waterfall feature. The plaza features a pedestrian walkway.
Wadman completed the plaza area and Building 11 in just 13 months. The first wing of Building 11 was completed and ready for a Christmas 2002 grand opening followed by the opening of the second wing 30 days later.
The resort is owned by Central Florida Investments out of Orlando, Fla.

$22 million

February 2002

April 2003

CFI Inc., Florida

Wadman Corp., Ogden, Utah

Richardson Design Partnership, Salt Lake City

BNA, Salt Lake City

The first portion of work on the UVRMC South Building Replacement Project included renovating relocation areas for health information systems and the transitional care unit.
Razing and renovation of relocation areas for radiation/oncology, autopsy, information systems, psychiatric inpatient unit (temporary move), blood bank (temporary move) and pathology departments followed. This portion encompassed approximately 33,310 sq. ft.
The utilities were then reconnected and equipment was re-fed from the existing central plant to the "X"-building, lab and rehabilitation building. Then abatement and razing of buildings and tunnels designated as C, D, & E buildings was performed, totaling approximately 78,000 sq. ft.
Big-D then began construction of a new 98,575-sq.-ft. support services building (the south building), which will be a four-story, steel building with EIFS exterior.
UVRMC performed additional work, which included demolition and renovation of 28,009 sq. ft. on the third floor of an existing building. This floor now houses information systems, pharmacy, health information systems and central processing.
The final work on the project consists of abatement and razing of building "X", which is approximately 78,000 sq. ft. The project includes construction of a new 10,635-sq.-ft. physical therapy building as well as repairing, replacing and upgrading landscaping; and replacement of 46,000 sq. ft. of existing pavement.

$22 million

October 2002

December 2003

Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City

Big-D Construction, Salt Lake City

HKS Inc., Salt Lake City

Mechanical - Van Boerum & Frank, Salt Lake City; Electrical - Spectrum, Salt Lake City