MAJOR ENGINEERING

PROJECTS IN UTAH

By: Kyle Hungerford

2 Major projects/structures Utah State Capitol rebuild Kennecott copper mine

Utah State Capitol

History

Built in 1916 Designed by local architect Richard K.

A. Kletting Budget set at $2.5 million The capitol was to be built of stone, with

a concrete and steel superstructure Built before knowledge of earthquake

dangers. Therefore did not meet seismic building codes

Wasatch Fault

2004-2008 renovation and seismic upgrade 2 options: either rebuild the capitol from

scratch (a cost of $1 billion) or rebuild the foundation so that it meets seismic building codes (cost of $260 million)

Installed 265 base isolators Added new concrete walls to stiffen the

building causing concentration of movement within the isolators

Base isolation system

Kennecott

History 1903 – started as Utah copper Company 1915 – Kennecott Copper Corporation (KCC)

was incorporated as a holding company. Over 8 years raised its holdings to 77%

1936 – KCC purchased 100% of Utah Copper Company

1981 – Standard Oil Company of Ohio (Sohio) took over. British Petroleum (BP) owned 53% of Sohio at the time.

1989 – BP sells assests and facilities to Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ)

Highlights

Largest private economic driver in Utah Largest man made excavation on earth Second largest copper producer in the

United states Since operations began it has produced

more copper than any other mine (more than 19 million tons)

4 step process

Mining->Concentrating->Smelting-> Refining

Products (annually) 300,000 tons of copper (worth about

$1,806,000,000) 400,000 ounces of gold (worth about

$528,200,000) 4 million ounces of silver (worth about

$40,840,000) 30 million pounds of molybdenum (worth

about $360,000,000) 1 million tons of sulfuric acid (worth about

$250,000,000)

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