Utah

Jacobsen - Mon July 13, 2020

Jacobsen Construction: Best General Contractor in Utah

Jacobsen Construction Company is getting used to collecting hardware. The Utah-based business recently earned a prestigious award recognizing it as the top general contractor in the state. Jacobsen won Utah's Best of State 2020 award in the category of General Contractor, making it six of the past seven years that the company has secured a Best of State honor....

Layton Construction - Mon July 13, 2020

Utah-Based Contractor Hands Out Awards at Conference

Layton Construction recently announced the winners at the 33rd annual Associated Schools of Construction Student Competition and Construction Management Conference. The Utah-based company awarded first place in the Region 6, Mixed-Use category to BYU....

Business Journal - Mon July 13, 2020

DESRI Acquires Solar Project

In continuation of its fifth transaction with Community Energy, D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has acquired the Hunter solar project of 100 MW capacity in Utah from a Pennsylvania-headquartered renewable energy project developer....

Utah Valley University - Mon July 13, 2020

Kraemer North America Builds UVU Pedestrian Bridge

Construction of the new Interstate 15 pedestrian bridge that will connect Utah Valley University with the UTA FrontRunner Orem Central Station is underway, with the approximate completion date set for December 2020....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 16, 2020

Newer Technology Helps Build Highway in Hurricane

The final segment of a new highway in southern Utah is on track for completion early next year — despite a number of environmental challenges. The $75 million segment five of the Southern Parkway is an 8-mi....

Utah Pulse - Mon June 15, 2020

Jacobsen Construction Co. Names Its New President

After years of careful succession planning, Jacobsen Construction Company's Board of Directors unanimously elected Gary Ellis to succeed Douglas Welling as company president in their bi-annual meeting this month....

Utah Transit Authority - Mon June 15, 2020

Stacy and Witbeck Inc.Tapped to Build Ogden BRT Line

Construction of Ogden's bus rapid transit (BRT) line is finally slated to begin this fall. The Utah Transit Authority has selected Stacy and Witbeck Inc. as the general contractor. The UTA estimated the construction cost at $101 million for the 5.3-mi....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 19, 2020

Ames Moves 1.5 Million Tons of Fill in Tooele County

A project under discussion for 60-odd years will give Tooele County residents three miles of new highway and a much needed connection to I-80. Phase one of the $74.4 million Midvalley Highway (S.R. 179) began last fall, but the project has been on the table since the 1960s....

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Mon May 18, 2020

New Utah Temple Renderings Released

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints revealed that two new temples will be built in Utah in the coming years. The exterior design plans for the Tooele Valley Utah Temple in Erda and Washington County Utah Temple in St....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 21, 2020

Granite Construction Overhauls Three Bridges on I-80

Crews in Salt Lake County, Utah are working long hours to complete the Blackrock Reconstructed Project. The $41 million effort involves reconstructing three bridges along I-80 to provide safe and efficient travel for growing communities in Tooele County....