Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 25, 2020
Kilgore Companies Earns Top Contractor of Year Award
Honesty, teamwork and customer service paid off nicely for one Utah County contractor, earning the company the 2019 Utah Department of Transportation Contractor of the Year award. The award was presented last month to Kilgore Companies Southern Utah Construction Group at the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Utah's annual banquet....
The Salt Lake Tribune - Tue February 25, 2020
Olympic Cauldron Taken Down for Improvements
As part of the Ken Garff Performance Zone expansion at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah, the 2002 Olympic cauldron was temporarily moved on Feb. 13 to a secure location where it will be refurbished....
Deutz Corporation - Thu February 06, 2020
Deutz Corporation Announces Recent Distribution Changes in North American Market
Deutz Corporation announced two recent changes to its North American distributor network. Hamilton Engine of Portland, Ore., has been acquired by Palmer Johnson Power Systems of Sun Prairie, Wisc. The new company, now known as Hamilton Engine, a Palmer Johnson Company, will now cover not just the state of Oregon, but also the western half of Washington and Alaska....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 28, 2020
At Nearly $1B, New Correctional Facility to Be Largest in U.S.
In Salt Lake City, construction crews are individually installing prefabricated cells, as work continues on a new prison that could cost $900 million to complete. The new Utah Correctional Facility will replace the current lockup in Draper, Utah....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 28, 2020
Crews Upgrade Link in One of Fastest-Growing Areas in U.S.
A $22 million highway project will upgrade one of Provo, Utah's oldest highways, tearing out failing asphalt, the original concrete still beneath it and excavating more than a dozen feet to replace utilities....
ConranPR - Tue January 28, 2020
Long-Awaited Salt Lake Convention Center Hotel Finally Breaks Ground
After extensive planning, Visit SaltLake, Salt Lake County, Portman Holdings and Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the plans, timeline and details of the long-awaited and much-anticipated Salt Lake convention center hotel during a groundbreaking ceremony held Friday, Jan....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 28, 2020
Bang for the Buck: Bangerter Highway's $180M Facelift
Work is set to begin on a $180 million project to change three intersections on Utah's Bangerter Highway from signalized traffic controls to interchanges. Six projects on the highway have already been completed, including four last summer, at a cost of $222 million....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 30, 2019
Goodfellow Builds Rock Structures From Ground Up
When California native Ryan Goodfellow moved to Utah in 1994, he gained experience working for an excavation company, but three short years later, he founded his own: Rock Structures Utility & Excavating....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 17, 2019
SLC $4 Billion Airport Construction Enters Final Stage
At a cost of approximately $4 billion, construction crews in Utah are working on the first new hub airport to be built in the nation in the 21st Century. The Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) Redevelopment Project calls for replacing three aging terminals with one large, central terminal and two linear concourses connected by a passenger tunnel....
Utah Business - Mon December 16, 2019
KeyBank Secures $23.5 Million for Affordable Housing in Utah
KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has secured $23.5 million of construction and permanent financing for the Wasatch Residential Group (WRG), a real estate development, construction, finance and asset management company based in Salt Lake City to construct Arcadia Apartments II in Sandy, Utah....
