Utah

Tue October 24, 2017

ROD OKs UDOT Plan for West Davis

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on Oct. 3 released the Record of Decision (ROD) for the West Davis Corridor. The ROD is the final step in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process....

Brady McCombs - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue October 24, 2017

Cost Reduction Is Key for Utah to Make Bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah officials are bullish about the prospects of hosting another Winter Olympics, but a co-chair of a new exploratory committee said they'll have to find a way to reduce costs to make it feasible....

Tue October 24, 2017

Western Rock Products Celebrates 50 Years in Business

Western Rock Products is celebrating 50 years of construction service in southern and southwestern Utah and surrounding areas. In 1967, Western Rock Products began by supplying asphalt, paving and construction services in Cedar City, Utah....

Tue October 24, 2017

Dixie State Breaks Ground on Human Performance Center

Dixie State University began construction on its new Human Performance Center with a groundbreaking ceremony and open house that celebrated the addition of the allied health facility to campus. The ceremony took place at noon on Oct....

Tue October 24, 2017

AASHTO Board Elects Braceras as Vice President

On Sept. 28, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Board of Directors elected Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer, as the association's president....

Lori Tobias - Tue October 24, 2017

Hospital Adds New $131.5M Ambulatory Care Center

As work began on the new Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) at the University of Utah Hospital, crews faced two big challenges. One, all the utilities had to be moved, and two, the new center is being built on a site with not an iota of extra space....

Wed October 11, 2017

Ritchie Bros. Liquidates Drilling Company's Inventory in Salt Lake City

More than 2,250 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros.' multi-million-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Sept. 26, 2017. With bidders from 44 countries, approximately 67 percent of the equipment in the auction was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away Egypt, Poland and Singapore....

Emily Buenzle - Wed October 04, 2017

State's $190M Transit Project Comes in Over Budget

Though only half finished, Utah's $190 million bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Provo, Utah and Orem, Utah, is over budget by $11.3 million. According to the Utah Transit Authority (UTA), BRT is "TRAX [the state's rail system] on rubber wheels," where riders buy their tickets from machines before boarding....

Tue September 26, 2017

Empower Completes Solar Project for CYRQ Energy

Empower Energies Inc., a clean energy development and financing company, announces the completion of the Patua solar power project, a 14.5mW DC solar array in Churchill County, Utah. The project supplements an existing geothermal power plant owned by CYRQ Energy, a Salt Lake City based renewable energy company....

Dan Elliott - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue September 26, 2017

Utah Seeks $1.9B From EPA to Clean Up Mine-Waste Spill

Utah is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for $1.9 billion in damages after the EPA inadvertently triggered a multi-state spill from an old gold mine in Colorado, the Utah Attorney General's Office confirmed....