Engineers MORGAN Brent Morgan of Nolte Associates Inc., Centennial, Colo., was recently appointed to associate. Morgan serves as an engineering manager with Nolte’s civil design/land development group in Salt Lake City. With eight years of civil engineering experience, he has managed and designed a variety of water, stormwater and sewer utility systems for various site development projects. He is one of eight employees firm wide who have been recently appointed to associate or vice president. Photo: Tyler Jones Photography The entire Kittredge Complex on the CU-Boulder campus is being renovated to create a better residential college experience. Bennett Wagner Grody
Tim Balas, vice president of estimating; Brad Schmahl, project manager; Ben Stellor, project manager; Aimee Clode, project engineer; Scott Priebe, estimator; and Dale Hartman, superintendent; of JHL Constructors Inc. of Englewood, Colo., recently became LEED-certified professionals by the U.S. Green Building Council. Photo: Dohn Construction Dohn Construction's Golf Committee presented Northern Colorado food banks with the firm's donation of $17,844. Pictured left to right: Nate Brock; Annie Brinker; Brian Blake; Michael Brown, development director for the Weld Food Bank; Brett Brown; Heather Buoniconti, development director for the Food Bank of Larimer County; and Dave Stringer. Raj Bistaiah, a senior scheduling
From humble beginnings as a one-man, one-room architect�s office established in 1889, Boise�s CSHQA has grown to become a 100-person architecture and engineering firm with additional studios in Sacramento, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Denver, Salt Lake City and Roseburg, Ore. Photo by John Rogers CSHQA namesakes: Cline Smull Hamill Quintieri Associates. Seated left to right: Glen Cline, Neil Smull, Robert Hamill, and standing, Allen Quintieri. The studios are designed to address specific market sectors, including aviation; corporate/office; education, sports and recreation; government/civic; health care; housing and mixed-use projects; and retail, restaurant and hospitality in a “soup-to-nuts” approach, says Jeff Shneider, CSHQA’s
W.W. Clyde & Co. will hire a majority of the craft workforce it needs from Twin Falls and the surrounding area to complete the Twin Falls Alternate Route project. To date, W.W. Clyde & Co. has secured contracts with 16 Idaho-based firms as subcontractors or suppliers for the project. The firm anticipates that more than 90% of the work will be completed by a local workforce, with less than 10% coming from the company’s Springville, Utah, office. Upon completion, the project will provide an alternate route for motorists and commercial traffic traveling past Twin Falls. According to the Idaho Dept.
Despite current economic times, MHTN Architects, Van Boerum & Frank Associates and Reaveley Engineers + Associates recently raised $23,500 for the United Way of Salt Lake City and collected nearly 400 lb of food donations for the Utah Food Bank. Rio Tinto recently promoted the following people: Kelly Sanders (left), president and CEO, Rio Tinto; Clayton Walker (middle), chief opperating officer, Kennecott Utah Copper; Andrew Harding (right), Rio Tinto Executive Committee. All employees of the firms were offered the opportunity to pledge a donation to the United Way. Employees were also encouraged to participate in a lunch to kick off
Submitted by ajc architects and Big-D Construction This project was a historic renovation of the Oquirrh School, which was designed by Richard Kletting and originally built in 1896 as an elementary school. The project includes 52,000 sq ft of space converted into new office space, observation rooms, conference rooms and meeting space for the Children’s Center, a nonprofit providing mental healthcare for pre-school children. The project also included upgrades to the electrical and mechanical systems, along with a new elevator shaft and new elevator to service the building. Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 Project Team: Salt Lake City, $6.7
Submitted by Hogan & Associates Construction This project consisted of the transformation of old Veterans Administration Hospital in the foothills of Salt Lake City’s Avenues District into the city’s first luxury condominium complex, The Meridien. The historic structure was originally built in 1924 on 3.4 acres. The 80,000-sq-ft project and its park-like surroundings afford owners a panoramic view of the Salt Lake Valley, the Wasatch Mountains and the Great Salt Lake. Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 The building is neo-classical in its design, with elements that are purely Georgian in heritage. The structure is graced by a variety of
Submitted by Jacobsen Construction The new training center for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association features a state-of-the-art weight room, gymnasium, climbing wall, cardio areas, ski and snowboard ramps, aerials trampolines, a nutrition center, a sports-medicine recovery and rehab room, and a sport-science lab. Computer and multimedia rooms are hot-wired to allow athletes and coaches to analyze physical and equipment performance. Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 The Center of Excellence has the feel of a high-performance student union building. It was created to better serve athletes’ needs and, ultimately, become their “training home.” But it also serves as an
Submitted by Layton Construction and Reaveley Engineers + Associates The University Hospital West Pavilion Expansion has five stories above grade, with two stories and a mezzanine below grade. The expansion makes up a total of 252,495 sq ft and houses patient rooms, patient treatment space, entry lobby space, support space and a large cafeteria and kitchen. The expansion provides an efficient and technologically advanced space for staff and patients alike, allowing University Hospital to continue offering the best care possible. Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 The facility must be able to serve the community immediately and with minimal interruption
Submitted by Big-D Construction The University of Utah and Red Butte Gardens needed a pavilion to support concerts but wanted something that would blend into the surrounding area. The new center stage pavilion was constructed with massive structural steel elements cantilevered off oversized concrete footings to eliminate unsightly cross-bracing that would hinder the sightlines of concert patrons. Related Links: Intermountain Best of 2009 The pavilion was specifically built for the Red Butte Garden Concert Series. The rose garden area was revamped, with Big-D adding a new rose garden area and a wedding area perfect for a city with one of
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