Giles Lambertson - Tue August 29, 2017
Maintaining Utah's Rio Tinto Mine
Productive mines are hard on machinery, which are constantly pummeled and stressed by the ore and overburden they process, hour after hour, day after day. The constant flow of rock through the machinery stresses high-tensile steel, induces friction in bearings, warps static components in smelting heat and otherwise tests the integrity of engineered equipment....
Emily Buenzle - Mon August 14, 2017
Workers Rescue Kittens From Inside a Cat Skid Steer
A crew of Utah landscapers rescued seven kittens from inside a Caterpillar skid steer. Green Forest Landscaping workers we at the Fieldstone Homes construction site in Spanish Fork, UT, when they heard meows coming from beneath their equipment, Aug....
Wed August 02, 2017
After Fire, Massachusetts City Votes for Safer Building Codes
Waltham, Mass., city councilors voted unanimously July 31, to call on the state of Massachusetts to implement tighter restrictions on the size of wood-frame residential buildings after a massive ten-alarm fire destroyed a wooden apartment complex under construction in late July....
Tue August 01, 2017
UTA Hosts Annual Transit Academy for Local, State Leaders
Recently, UTA hosted its annual Transit Academy workshop. Transit Academy is designed for local and state elected officials and other community leaders to learn more about regional transit and transportation....
Tue August 01, 2017
UDOT Releases West Davis Corridor Final Environmental Impact Statement
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a potential transportation corridor in western Davis and Weber counties....
Tue August 01, 2017
Utah's 50-Year Water Management Program Marks New Beginning
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) It took more than four years, but Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's Water Strategy Advisory Team has completed the state's new 50-year water management plan. Herbert accepted the “Recommended Water Strategy” report that maps out a plan for using water over the coming decades in Utah, the nation's second-driest state....
Tue August 01, 2017
PIRTEK Opens Newest Branch in Salt Lake City
Todd Miceli knows firsthand the importance of properly maintained and functioning hydraulic hoses. A former, successful owner of a construction equipment rental franchise, Miceli said this knowledge was a factor that prompted him to consider his own PIRTEK franchise....
Tue August 01, 2017
Adobe Announces $90M Facility in Utah, Also Plans for California Expansion
Adobe is growing. Over the past two years, its global employee base has grown by more than 30 percent. This growth includes a successful transformation to a cloud-based business; expansion of the digital marketing category; and several acquisitions including advertising technology leader TubeMogul....
Chuck Harvey - Tue August 01, 2017
Work Proceeds on $57.2M Science Center at University of Utah
Redevelopment and preservation are part of a $57.2 million, 133,000-sq. ft. Gary and Ann Crocker Science Center project on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The center has four levels overall, with three stories above grade....
Tue August 01, 2017
Gov. Herbert Breaks Ground on Wasatch Resource Recovery
Gov. Gary R. Herbert participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for Utah's first anaerobic digestion facility for processing food waste. Using the latest technologies available, the facility will begin turning garbage into clean, renewable energy for Utah's communities by fall of 2018....
