The Rocket Express Car Wash in Midvale, Utah, is the longest, most innovative and most technologically advanced car wash in the nation, says the submitter. There is only one other facility like it—the original Rocket Express in Twin Falls, Idaho. The new car wash represents a unique culmination of project conception, site selection and planning, thematic building design, technology integration and project execution. Photo courtesy of Ascent Construction Rocket's wash tunnel features a 220-ft-long conveyor. Related Links: http://mountainstates.construction.com/mountainstates_construction_projects/2012/1022-green-garage-teaches-customers-how-to-make-their-cars-sustainable.asp Rocket Express aims to serve between one-quarter-million and one-half-million vehicles per year by significantly reducing cleaning time. The wash tunnel features a
An October 2011 landslide destroyed 0.3 mile of SR-14 in Cedar Canyon, Utah, leaving the road impassable and limiting access to nearby tourist communities. The landslide also cut off Cedar City from many of the recreational sites up the canyon, including Brian Head and Duck Creek Village. Residents and travelers had to detour 40 to 60 miles while the highway was blocked by debris. Kiewit rebuilt the road by excavating and embanking 700,000 cu yd of rock and dirt, surfacing and striping the roadway, building a new concrete barrier and guardrail, adding drainage improvements and creating a new mechanically stabilized
Salt Lake City's Orange Street Sewer Line, now a half century old, was severely deteriorated with some parts already collapsed. Kiewit rehabilitated about three miles of the 48-in.-dia reinforced concrete pipe to eliminate infiltration, improve hydraulic flow and extend its service life. Photo courtesy of Kiewit Infrastructure West Kiewit reconnected the lateral sewer lines of each home to the new sewer during the least disruptive times of day. Related Links: Provo Canal Enclosure Wasatch Loop Pipeline Winds Through Rough Terrain Pipe rehabilitation involved both slip-lining with centrifugally cast, fiberglass-reinforced polymer mortar pipe and cured-in-place-pipe technologies.The project also included rehabbing 45
The NREL Controllable Grid Interface Project is the first test facility in the U.S. with fault-simulation capabilities. It is also the only system in the world fully integrated with two dynamometers designed to work with four types of wind turbines. Designing and constructing the NREL Controllable Grid Interface (CGI) to help test the response of wind turbines was a highly technical design-build project unlike anything ever created. Photo courtesy of Weifield Group Contracting The project helps NREL partner in the technical development and large-scale deployment of wind power. Photo courtesy of Weifield Group Contracting The new facility can simulate the
When Crestone Charter School was awarded a $5.7-million Build Excellent Schools Today grant, community leaders in this remote Colorado town decided to build a new facility. The old school consisted of four dilapidated rental buildings on leased land with outdated HVAC, plumbing systems, inoperable windows and air-quality concerns. The design and construction teams worked closely with the community to build a sustainable, LEED-certified and solar-supported school that could also be used as a community gathering place. Photo courtesy of Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engineers Inc. The LEED-certified and solar-supported school can also be used as a community gathering place. Related Links:
The new 384,000-sq-ft Garden City High School was built to hold more than 2,000 students. Designed more like a community college than a traditional high school, the facility is segmented into four distinct academies, providing an incubator for real-world job skills. Photo courtesy of Adolfson and Peterson The school is designed more like a community college than a traditional high school. Related Links: A&P Earns National ABC Award for Garden City High School A&P Breaks Ground on Two Arvada Police Stations The project scope included a 121-acre campus with 120 classrooms, a 750-seat auditorium, 750-seat commons area, 500-seat auxiliary gymnasium
The new Granger High School, the largest high school in Utah, replaced an aging 1950s building that was too small and outdated and that did not meet building codes to withstand a major earthquake. The 440,000-sq-ft replacement facility features three hallways that allow students to be grouped in learning communities in order to attend classes with others in the same grade or with those who share interest in the same field, such as health and medicine. The new school opened with about 1,700 students in fall 2013. Photo courtesy of Jacobsen Construction The school's amenities rival and even exceed those
This year's Best Projects competition in the Mountain States region featured more than 80 entries. As in past years, projects were judged on design and construction quality, their contribution to the community and industry practice, and how well teams overcame unusual challenges through collaboration and innovation.
Once little more than several blocks of deteriorating public housing, the new Mariposa District in Denver now boasts energy-efficient apartments and townhomes, a local café, computer center, youth music studio and fitness circuit—all a short walk from the 10th Avenue and Osage Street light rail station. The affordable, workforce and market rate apartments are 95% pre-leased. Photo courtesy of Denver Housing Authority Crews continue work on new apartment buildings at DHAs Mariposa Development south of downtown Denver near Lincoln Park. On October 4, the Denver Housing Authority (DHA) celebrated the grand opening of this nationally recognized development. The event marks
Phase 1 of Craig Hospital’s $90-million expansion and renovation in Englewood, Colo., has gone vertical. The existing 135,034-sq-ft building will expand to 219,934 sq ft. Due to changing codes since the original building was erected in 1969-70, all utilities had to be re-designed to meet current code standards. Sixteen months after the start of programming and design, Clarkson Street in Englewood is permanently closed, the sitework, foundation and updated utilities are complete and the structural-steel frame is now being erected. The hospital is projected to be complete late in 2016.RTA Architects partnered with SmithGroupJJR and GE Johnson Construction to resolve
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