1. Interstate 15 South Layton Start: Aug. 2009 Finish: Dec. 2010 Contractor: Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Cost: $97.3 million A new full-interchange is being constructed over I-15 at milepost 330 in South Layton. The design-build project reconstructs mainline I-15 between interchanges at 200 North in Kaysville and Hill Field Road to include one express lane and three general-purpose lanes in each direction. 2. Riverdale Road from Chimes View Drive to Washington Boulevard Ogden Start: Spring 2010 Finish: Fall 2010 Contractor: Granite Construction Co. Cost: $6 million Serious traffic delay and connectivity to Interstate 15 and 84 is being addressed by
1. Interstate 25 at State Highway 16 Fountain Start: March 2008 Finish: Summer 2010 Contractor: SEMA Construction Inc. (phase one); Hamon Contractors Inc. (phase two) Cost: $44.6 million (both phases) Phase one consisted of the construction of new bridges over I-25, Fountain Creek and Crews Gulch, as well as some ramps, including a new direct ramp connection from southbound I-25 into Fort Carson in Colorado Springs. Phase two widens S.H. 16 to four lanes between Fort Carson and Syracuse Street, constructs a new bridge over U.S. 85 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad, constructs
Pinkard Construction Co. of Lakewood completed construction in March of the new $16.2-million Benedict Park Place Block 4b in downtown Denver two weeks ahead of schedule. The two-building, mixed-income residential apartments in the Park Avenue West/24th Avenue neighborhood is the fourth phase of a nine-phase affordable, mixed-income development in Park Avenue by the Housing Authority of the city and county of Denver. Pinkard worked with in situ DESIGN to provide complete construction management/general contracting services. Project funding was partially provided by the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development’s Hope VI program. College Center at Western State College Construction is complete
The Idaho Dept. of Transportation has selected Wadsworth Brothers Construction of Draper, Utah, to reconstruct the Slate Creek Bridge on State Road 75 over the Salmon River at milepost 213. The bridge is located approximately nine miles west of Clayton. Construction is slated to begin this month. Photo: IDOT The new Slate Creek Bridge will be constructed 38 ft upstream, adjacent to the current bridge. The original bridge was erected in 1938 and is vital to east/west travel between Stanley and Challis, Idaho. The bridge was showing signs of deterioration and was recommended for replacement. The new Slate Creek Bridge
UDOT began installing in March the new electronic payment system for the Interstate 15 Express Lanes . When installation is complete, the electronic payment system will run from Lehi Main Street to 2300 North in Salt Lake City and from State Street in Farmington to the south Layton interchange. Related Links: Spectrum Academy Charter School St. Joseph the Worker Parish Church When I-15 reconstruction in Utah County is complete at the end of 2012, the system will extend further south to U.S. 6 in Spanish Fork. Installation consists of drilling foundations and replacing median barriers to install electronic signs, sensors
With R&O Construction hard hats and gold shovels in hand, children of St. Joseph the Worker Parish Church took part in a March groundbreaking, and then placed the first stones decorated by them into the foundation of their new church. Photo: Intermountain Catholic of the Catholic Diocese Children of St. Joseph the Worker Parish Church placed stones decorated by them into the foundation of a new church being constructed by R&O Construction. Related Links: Interstate 15 Express Lanes Spectrum Academy Charter School The dirt from the groundbreaking will be placed under the new altar. St. Joseph the Worker is located
Construction is underway in North Salt Lake on the Spectrum Academy Charter School , a two-story, 32,200-sq-ft public school for grades 9 through 12. It will address the educational and social needs of students with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Related Links: Interstate 15 Express Lanes St. Joseph the Worker Parish Church The new facility, designed by i.Design, will accommodate 300 students, with future plans for vocational training. Construction is planned to be complete for the 2010-11 school year. Spectrum Academy will lease the building while generating the funding needed to purchase the building and furnishings. The approximated $5.5-million capital
The State Route 202 expansion project in Phoenix and its suburbs is heading for early completion. The $188-million reconstruction of SR 202—an integrated joint venture of lead partner Kiewit Corp.’s Phoenix office and Sundt Construction of Tempe for the Arizona Dept. of Transportation—adds a 10-mi eastbound through-lane and auxiliary lanes between Interstate 10/State Route 51 and State Route 101 and a 2-mi westbound through-lane and auxiliary lane between SR 101 and Scottsdale Road. Photo: Visions in Photography, courtesy Kiewit/Sundt JV A massive undertaking for Arizona Dept. of Transportation, the $188-million SR 202 expansion project adds lanes between SR 51 and
When the owner of CityCenter finally ended its relationship with contractor Perini Building Co., the last scene involved security staff escorting the contractor�s personnel off-site and then changing the locks. Like a bad divorce, this one could get expensive. Photo: MGM Mirage What happened in Las Vegas on the CityCenter project ended up in court. On March 25, Perini filed a lawsuit in Nevada state court against several entities controlled by CityCenter�s owner, MGM Mirage Inc. and Infinity World Development Corp., a unit of Dubai World, for $490 million in unpaid invoices. �We are doing whatever we have to do
Boise commercial real estate pioneer Winston Moore says he learned the commercial real estate business by the seat of his pants and says it seemed that the harder he worked the luckier he got. Slide Show When Moore got into the commercial real estate in 1977, the western edge of Boise was Cole Road. To the west lay acres and acres of beet and onion farmland dotted with pheasants. Today, Idaho’s Boise Valley is a top-ranked business mecca, much of which has been developed by Moore in a simple fashion. He buys the land, improves the property, then builds and
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