The Denver Water Operations Redevelopment project recently won the 2021 Grand Conceptor Award from the American Council of Engineering Cos. as the nation’s most outstanding engineering project. The project redeveloped Denver Water’s 35-acre water operations plant and created a 186,000-sq-ft, LEED Platinum, net-zero energy administration building; a 7,400-sq-ft, LEED Gold wellness building; a 15,400-sq-ft, LEED Gold building renovation; and a 155,000-sq-ft parking structure at the site.
Big-D Construction has been selected as the contractor for the new Juniper Building on the campus in Herriman, a joint $57-million project of Salt Lake Community College and the University of Utah. The project broke ground on July 15 and is slated to open in 2023. The new campus will serve more than 2,000 students in its first year and nearly 7,000 by 2025 in the fast-growing cities of Herriman, Riverton, Bluffdale and Draper. Students can earn an associate’s degree from SLCC and then go on to get a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah at the same location.