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Aug/Sept 2020

Deadline: October 21, 2020

UC&D is proud to announce its 8th Annual Outstanding Projects of the Year competition for 2020, which honors thevery best commercial construction and design projects in the State of Utah that were 90-100% completed within the 2020 calendar year (Jan. 1 to Dec. 31). Projects will be considered in a wide range of categories including(but not limited to) the following:

2020 Most Outstanding Projects Competition

Project of the Year(Overall Most Outstanding Project)Commercial/Mixed-UseCommercial/Offi ceCommercial/RetailCommunity/CulturalConcrete/StructuresConcrete/Tilt-UpDesign/BuildEntertainmentGreen/Sustainable

Healthcare (Large)Healthcare (Small)Higher EducationHighway Over $10 MHighway Under $10 MHospitality/ResortIndustrialK-12Mass Transit/AirportMulti-FamilyMunicipal/Utility

Private Over $10 MPrivate Under $10 MPublic Under $10 MPublisher’s PickRenovation/RestorationSpecialty Contracting: ElectricalSpecialty Contracting: MasonrySpecialty Contracting: MechanicalSports/RecreationTenant ImprovementWater/Wastewater

Submittals will be judged by a panel of A/E/C industry professionalsand awarded based on a number of criteria.

ELIGIBILITY1. The project must be located in Utah.2. The project must be 90-100% completed between January 1,2020 and December 31, 2020.3. Firms can submit multiple projects in multiple categories. The most successful entries include input from various team members, including the A/E fi rms, general contractor, and owner.

JUDGING CRITERIA1. Contribution to the Industry and Community2. Innovation in Design and Construction3. Overcoming Unique Challenges/Obstacles4. Safety, Quality and Craftsmanship5. Aesthetics/Design

PHOTOGRAPHS/DIGITAL IMAGESFirms should plan on submitting a minimum of ten (10) photos (max 20), all high resolution fi les (minimum 300 dpi by 5” x 7”, .jpg and .tif preferred). Firms can also submit other documents,including renderings, fl oor plans, etc. Applicants need to ensure they have total permission to copy and submit photographs to Utah Construction & Design for publication without limits.Any liability for copyright violations will be borne solely bythe applicant.

SUBMISSION/ENTRY FEEAll entries must complete the submission overview document. This document may be found at www.utahcdmag.com/events. Entries should be submitted electronically, either by email/email delivery service (such as DropBox/You Send It, etc.). Submissions emailed should be sent to: [email protected]. Questions may be emailed to Ladd Marshall at: [email protected]

There is a $25 entry fee per submitted project. Fees will be invoiced after project submissions are received.

Due to the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and in the best interest of the health and safety of our constituents within the industry we will NOT be having a breakfast awards event this year, but will promote the winning projects in other ways through the magazine both print and online.

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On the Cover: Renderings of various high-rise projects that will impact the Salt Lake City skyline include 95 State at City Creek, a Class A office tower (bottom and middle left rendering courtesy City Creek Reserve, Inc.), the Convention Center Hotel (rendering middle right courtesy Portman Holdings), and residential towers like Liberty Sky (center rendering courtesy The Boyer Company) and Kensington Tower (top two renderings courtesy HKS Architects).

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Features16 25 Years Dunn Right From humble beginnings, passion, creativity and a love of people have helped Dunn Associates enable great design for 25 years.

22 Big Campus, Bigger Ideas Wavetronix and their recently- completed manufacturing hub are phase one of the company’s ambitious, 75-acre, master-planned campus.

26 Breathing Room Mechanical engineers, with the help of ASHRAE, look to make schools, hospitals, clinics and offices safe as summer turns to fall.

30 We Own the Sky Great effort and creativity are the theme du-jour from those working on high-rise developments currently in design or construction across downtown SLC.

40 Alpine Opulence Modern splendor is on display at Deer Valley’s latest addition, the Goldener Hirsch Residences, which required a dedicated and highly-skilled team to complete.

46 See-worthy New $22-million recreation, fitness and aquatics center makes a splash in Draper.

52 Top Utah Engineering Firm Rankings The top engineering firms in Utah, based on revenues generated in 2019 by firms with headquarters and/or offices in Utah.

10 Message from the Editor

12 Industry News

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“In the summertime, when the weather is hot, you can stretch right

up and touch the sky.”

Mungo Jerry’s “In the Summertime” is a classic. The jug, the

beat and the 1970s feel are relics of a simpler time. I feel like I can

reference a different summer memory every time I hear it. With

dozens of summers to recall, there will always be one that sticks

with me forever—Summer 2020. Not because one monumental

thing happened, but because monumental things didn’t stop

happening.

What. A. Summer. COVID be damned, construction has been

going at full blast across the Wasatch Front. Amidst the heat, the attempts at normal vacations,

neighborhood barbecues and a freak wind storm in downtown SLC, projects have been popping

up in the summer sun.

During the last (absolutely wild) nine months, the A/E/C industry has been a stable presence

for clients specifically and the Beehive State in general. For all involved in every facet of this

work, Spring was just a small respite from the non-stop progress all over Utah this summer.

When the weather got hot, the work got hotter.

People and organizations are winning awards, new projects are breaking ground, old

projects are finishing up—how about that airport? Wow. Every project keeps chugging along at

a steady (or steadily increasing) pace.

In terms of completed projects, residents and other fitness enthusiasts in southern Salt

Lake County must be over the moon with the new Draper Recreation Center. That indoor pool

will have us feeling like we’re in an endless summer.

The mechanical engineering industry is hoping to use good weather to pivot from energy

savings to ventilation and outdoor air use. Firms have been hard at work adjusting to changing

ventilation standards so that not only schools, but clinics, offices, care centers and other places

can be safe places to work and live.

One firm that has been red-hot is Dunn Associates, Inc., the structural consultants that have

helped keep Utah seismically and structurally safe for the last 25 years. Ron Dunn has created

an excellent team that is poised to do big things for the next quarter century both in Utah and

beyond.

Further south is FFKR and Jacobsen’s latest venture in the Wavetronix master plan. The 75

acres in Springville will house generations of the Utah-based traffic control company. The area

already houses a high-quality production area for Wavetronix in “The Foundry” and will house

more offices and other buildings as the construction and design team continues work on the

various phases.

Downtown high-rises are well on their way to growing the Salt Lake City skyline. Liberty Sky,

95 State and the Convention Center Hotel are in construction, while Kensington Tower will break

ground next year.

The new Goldener Hirsch Residences at Deer Valley has set a new standard in luxury resort

residences for Park City and beyond. Residents and visitors can almost touch the sky—just

like Mungo Jerry envisioned—all from the comforts of the rooftop hot tub. How’s that for a

mountaintop amenity?

As fall ramps up with the changing leaves, pumpkin patches and fun costumes, we are

collectively crossing our fingers that the summertime vibes keep the development coming for

all facets of our industry.

Let’s make it happen,

Taylor Larsen

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New Salt Lake City Airport Opens Doors

September 15th for First Flight, Grand

Opening

“This is the most beautiful airport

in the country, declared by me,” said Salt

Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall to laughs

among the dozens of people gathered to

celebrate the grand opening of the Salt

Lake City Airport and the first flight that

departed to Atlanta.

It’s a welcome sight, even if the old

airport did its best to accommodate the

rapid growth of the Wasatch Front over

the last two decades. “The old airport has

served its purpose well,” said Bill Wyatt,

Executive Director of the Salt Lake City

Department of Airports. The old airport,

built in the 1960s, was outdated and

overwhelmed with its 50-plus standard

gates and dozens more that served as ramp-

load, regional gates.

The new airport contains 70 standard

gates to give passengers the top-notch

experience to be expected in Salt Lake

City. “To build a brand new hub airport, the

first of its kind in the 21st century, that will

serve this community and the state for the

balance of the century is a big achievement.

People are going to fall in love with this

place,” said Wyatt.

With half of the traffic connecting

through Salt Lake City, the new airport

will be Delta’s “fortress hub”—an industry

term used to describe Delta’s presence

in airports like Minneapolis, Detroit, Salt

Lake City and the company’s corporate

headquarters in Atlanta. Delta will be Salt

Lake City’s primary partner in the airport,

with the company having doubled their

commitment as construction began in 2014.

The $4.1-billion project was funded in

large part by airport revenue bonds which

accounted for over 60 percent of funding

while passenger fees accounted for a small

part of the other funding—less than 10

percent. When construction began on this

project in 2014, the SLC Airport was the only

large-hub airport in the country without

debt. Not one local tax dollar was used in

the financing of the project.

The project came in $300 million under

budget and was completed two years ahead

of schedule due to the overall decrease

of air travel in the last seven months. The

296-acre space contains 65 elevators, 70

passenger gates, 58 restaurants and shops

and will serve millions of passengers each

year as air travel returns to normal.

“This has been nearly 25 years in the

making,” said Wyatt. He isn’t just talking

about the master plan that was completed

by Salt Lake City in 1996, but of the savings

and investment over the last quarter

century that paid for 20 percent of overall

funding for the airport because of the

long-term vision of Salt Lake City and the

Department of Airports.

The joint-venture between Big-D

Construction and Atlanta-based Holder

Construction will finish this initial phase

of the project in October. The realization of

the full construction and design will be in

2024, with the airport currently undergoing

additional master planning for the future.

Research Park Master Plan—Work, Play,

Learn...and Live?

Since the passing of the University of

Utah’s Research Park’s 50th anniversary

in 2018, Real Estate Administration of

the university has worked with campus

administrators to make the finishing

touches on a new master plan—The

Strategic Vision Plan—one that reimagines

and reconfigures the underutilized spaces

in that original document.

During an August NAIOP webinar,

Jonathon Bates, Executive Director,

University of Utah Real Estate

Administration, described in detail what

changes the new master plan would

introduce over the next few decades of

phased development. With full intention to

continue encouraging the original purpose

of Research Park, Bates emphasized that

each change and adjustment would allow

the community to excel even further.

Research Park has had a major impact

on the life science workforce since 1968,

providing a an environment that has

supplied grounds for innovation, inspiration

and entrepreneurship. Directly adjacent to

the University of Utah campus, Research

Park has allowed users to work, create and

engage with each other in a singular space.

The Strategic Vision Plan for the 320-

acre area aims to be a next-generation

innovation community. By transforming

sprawling parking lots into accessible

pedestrian routes and transit access,

the planned design will allow future

residents to travel more efficiently

and in ecologically-friendly manners.

Simultaneously, these routes and transit

will provide increasingly environmental

spaces for recreation and pleasure.

Currently, there are 14,000 employees

that work each day in Research Park, 60

percent of them involved in the private

sector. Market demand studies show that

people want to live and work in this area,

specifically those involved in professional

areas already established in the millions

of square feet previously developed in

Research Park.

While developing the new design, the

research and planning team was intent on

protecting and revitalizing natural areas,

firmly incorporating that aspect in every

facet in order to increase the health and

happiness of Research Park’s residents and

workforce. On top of that goal, they also

realized the importance of creating social

and learning spaces outdoors, especially

since the onset of COVID-19. With further

utilization of empty space, future

residential areas will be able to expand

and accommodate greater amounts of

people, thus naturally boosting the micro-

economy (and likewise the greater Utah

economy). Research Park has never been

a residential area beyond student family

housing, but Bates is certain that it could

be the place for a thriving, mixed-use

community.

“We’re looking at the potential for

housing opportunities in Research Park,

specifically for people who work for

companies in Research Park,” said Bates.

“We want to respect those established,

vibrant neighborhoods but break down

the silo that is Research Park today and

include it into the broader fabric of the

community.”

Their greatest goal when developing

this master plan, to Bates, was to further

create “a locale where residents can reach

all aspects of their needed life” through

work means, transportation, education,

social needs and overall satisfaction—all

while maintaining and upholding the

community’s innovation and business.

Bates openly encouraged any and

everyone to provide input, insight and

opinions on Research Park’s design and

needs. Like the area itself, the planning

team involved in the further development

of Research Park wants to encourage

collaboration and community in the

design, resulting in new, creative ways to

find solutions that promote both business

and quality of life.

Utah Ready-Mixed Concrete Association

Forms Concrete Paving Committee

As of August 1st, the members of the

former Utah Chapter of the American

Concrete Paving Association have been

invited to join the Utah Ready-Mixed

Concrete Association (URMCA) team as

part of the newly-formed Concrete Paving

Committee. This committee will utilize the

diverse resources and connections from the

Pave Ahead Program to further support the

industry’s growth.

Since its creation in 2016, the URMCA

has worked hard to become a trusted and

reliable resource for concrete technology

in all construction needs. Over the last

four years, URMCA’s affiliation with the >>

New Salt Lake City Airport Opens Doors for First Flight Updated new Master Plan for U of U’s Research Park; Utah Ready-Mixed Concrete Association Forms Concrete Paving Committee and Roger Jackson Wins Bybee Award.

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The new Salt Lake City Airport features three massive works from artist Gordon Huether, like “The Canyon,” a large-scale art project made from miles of aluminum tubing and two acres of composite fabric.


national association and others have

allowed the Utah association access to

subject matter experts, publications and

programs that helped them both improve

as an association and push the concrete

construction industry toward further

growth.

Cody Preston of Geneva Rock Products

will be Chair of the Concrete Paving

Committee, which selected their first

committee members on September 10th.

He and his team will assist in a smooth

transition into this new committee and

association. Plans have already begun for

the Annual Concrete Pavement Workshop,

which will be held virtually in January

2021. URMCA is working hard through

its combined resources and efforts to

ensure another educational, engaging,

and motivating workshop that promotes

concrete paving all over the state of Utah.

Consolidation into one state-based

association for Utah is seen as a win for

ready-mix contractors, suppliers and

others affiliated with concrete products,

specifically UDOT, who will continue to

work closely with both the Concrete Paving

Committee and the association as a whole.

URMCA invites and welcomes all

concrete paving industry members to join

the URMCA, who sees continual support as

an essential part of their message, “Building

with strength as we build—horizontally and

vertically—for Utah’s future.”

Roger Jackson Wins Bybee Award

The 2020 Bybee Prize was presented

virtually to Roger Jackson, President

and Senior Principal Architect with

FFKR Architects, on August 18, 2020, as

part of the online Tucker Design Awards

celebration by the Natural Stone Institute,

a trade association representing every

aspect of the natural stone industry.

The award is presented to an

individual architect for a body of work

executed over time, distinguished by

outstanding design and use of natural

stone—in honor of the late James Daniel

Bybee. Jackson, who has been with FFKR

Architects for 36 years, credits projects

like the Nauvoo Illinois Temple and the

Utah State Capitol office buildings as

showpieces of his love for natural stone.

Concerning the work done on that project

to build the House and Senate Buildings at

the Utah State Capitol, Jackson said that

the final remaining buildings needed to

complete the original master plan for the

area that was created in the early 1900s.

“They brought us on to design these

two new buildings,” Jackson said of the

project design done in 2002—prior to the

capitol building’s seismic upgrades and

other renovation work. “I was involved in

the selection of the stone, properties of the

stone, the attachment and design of it.”

For an expert on stone, block size

remains an incredibly important feature

on natural stone design. “If you get them

too small, they look like brick block, but

you don’t want them so big that they look

fake,” he said of the careful balance in size

to showcase stone’s awesome features.

Grain or no grain, the color of the

stone, the stone’s appearance when wet

or dry and the difference between the

color of the mortar and that of stone are

all things that Jackson has considered on

the many stone- featured projects he has

completed over the years.

“We ask them to cut a slice off the block

[...] because it is really hard to tell from just

the rough block,” he said when asked about

the process of stone selection at quarries.

Architects like Jackson need to see the

interior cuts of stone to see what it truly

looks like. “If it’s a big stone formation, they

can cut out blocks the size of a car—six feet

by eight feet by twelve feet.”

Jackson asks for a range of

appearances of the stone from that quarry,

test data that shows the stone’s strengths

and the stone’s appearance in wet and dry

environments.

One particular trip to a quarry in

Maine led to stone selection for The Church

of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and

their Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple.

Jackson’s firm, FFKR Architects, was

awarded with a Tucker Design Award from

the Natural Stone Institute for their work

on that temple.

“It’s a beautiful, classical building—

very traditional,” he said of the temple

before he delves into the magnificent

stonework. “The stone is really beautiful.

It’s a darker grey with a hint of lavender

that is very beautiful when it is dry and

very beautiful when it is wet.”

His nomination— and even reception

of the award—was a total surprise to the

company president.“ Bruce Knaphaus

[President, KEPCO+] and Catherine

Lay [President, Stone Imaging] did all

the homework, scavenged for pictures

and wrote all of the narrative for the

nomination,” Jackson said. An innocent

enough phone call from Knaphaus turned

into something far more exciting. “He

called me and said, ‘We nominated you for

this award, and you received it.’”

Knaphaus and Jackson have worked

together on a few projects, namely the

Nauvoo Illinois Temple and the previously

mentioned State Capitol buildings.

“Getting nominated was cool enough, but

to have won the award was cool and very

kind of [Knaphaus].” n

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Roger Jackson


Company leadership takes me into the

conference room of the Granary Building,

Dunn Associates headquarters, with

the tables shaped like the outline of the

company logo. I barely sit down before I

already get a feel for how this interview is

going to go—it’s going to be fun.

“We don’t have typical engineering

nerds,” says Ron Dunn, Chairman, Principal

and Founder of Dunn Associates, Inc.

“Hey, speak for yourself!” Tait Ketcham,

President, interjects. And just like that, we

start from the beginning.

Born out of Desire

Raised by architects in a large A/E firm

in San Francisco with a strong emphasis on

structural creativity, Ron combined that

with his experience serving as a Principal of

a financially successful private structural

consulting firm to create Dunn Associates,

Inc. in 1995.

Dunn Associates was a small team in

the beginning. “It was me, another engineer

and Brett, the best CAD operator in the

state,” Ron says of Brett Roberts, Associate

and BIM Manager, who has been with the

company since it opened for business in

May 1995.

“Best CAD operator in the lower 48,”

David Dunn, Principal and CEO, chimes in to

tease Brett. Watching these people interact

is like watching best friends rib each other

at a party—you can’t help but smile.

Brett was quickly sold on Ron’s idea

all those years ago. Brett was looking for

something new and, like Ron, wanted to

focus on structural engineering. “Where

Ron and I came from,” Brett begins, “they

didn’t have a big structural department.

It was a lot of drawing grading of parking

lots. It’s way more fun to point out the

building you helped design instead of

talking about the parking lot you helped

design.”

Even with the excitement, it was tough

sledding for that first year. Through debt

financing and refinancing his home, Ron

did everything to keep the business going.

“I had a dozen gold [credit] cards and home

equity, but, a year later, we were out of debt

and I haven’t borrowed a dime since.”

Building the Team

The sole proprietorship that Ron

started 25 years ago is much the same

from an ownership standpoint, even if

the present and future decisions of the

company aren’t being made by him. “What

got us out of Egypt isn’t going to get us

to the promised land,” Ron quips. To take

them to the next level, Ron appointed

David Dunn as CEO with Tait Ketcham as

President. That duo, along with Ron, Phil

Miller and Greg Dunn, makes up the five

principals of the company.

Finding the right people to serve in

leadership and work at the company hasn’t

been coincidental—it’s company policy.

“There are two types of people in

the world: there are barbecue people

and non-barbecue people,” David begins.

The question isn’t about whether they

like brisket and ribs, but, as he puts it,

“Would you invite these people over for

a barbecue? We want to hire barbecue

people.”

Finding engineers was not nearly as

hard as finding those who fit the culture

at Dunn Associates. Not everyone is

comfortable in the company’s work-hard,

play-harder, “barbecue people” culture.

Recently, they’ve managed to successfully

recruit out of state, scouring the country

and finding structural engineers with

great technical expertise and the ability

to successfully work with clients. “We’re

getting a nice influx of talent. We’ve got the

best team we’ve ever had in 25 years,”

says David. >>

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25 Years Dunn RightFrom humble beginnings, passion, creativity and a love of people have helped Dunn Associates enable great design for 25 years.

By Taylor Larsen

Over the last 25 years Dunn Associates, Inc. has provided structural engineering on a wide range of projects, from the Salomon Center in Ogden (top), to Overstock’s innovative Peace Coliseum (bottom right, photo courtesy Sohm Photografx).


“Without question,” Tait agrees

immediately. “The people that we currently

have are the best I’ve ever seen. I don’t

know how we hit the jackpot.”

Creativity and Innovation

With a talented crew in tow, the

company has always been laser-focused

on its pride and passion: structural

engineering. “The branching-out we

focused on doing is through innovation. We

brought a lot of firsts to this community

on technique and engineering solutions.

Our branching-out has to do with being

creative,” says Ron.

That penchant for creativity made

them early-adopters to new ideas and

processes, and some experiences are

near-comedic in retrospect. One example?

Email. “Our [email] address was dunn@

ix.netcom.com,” laughs Ron. “I was going to

the different architectural firms and telling

them we could communicate through email

and they would just give me puzzled looks.”

Other firsts are more related to

their expertise. “We were using buckling-

restrained braces in warehouse product

before anyone else,” begins David. He and

Ron go back and forth talking about other

industry summits they reached in Utah

before anyone else—the first side plate,

bonded post-tensioning system, 3D printer,

plotter—everything that has helped them

be the best structural consultants they

can be. “That creativity is who we are as an

organization.”

David sees how Dunn Associates was

able to carve out and enlarge the structural

niche in Salt Lake City. “Ron built the

company on passion and creativity. Coming

from a company where structural was a side

project, to then focus on structural—where

his true passions were—has allowed him to

resonate better with clients.”

Putting People First

Building a business and engineering

structural systems is one thing, but building

relationships is another. Ron and the team

at Dunn have not forgotten that people

and relationships come first. “The junior

architects that I befriended 25 years ago are

presidents of companies now,” says Ron.

Those simple, friendly steps that Ron and

his team have taken over the years have

been hugely beneficial for business and for

those relationships. “Our clients pay the

bills, but our relationships make us rich.”

“We have owners, contractors,

subcontractors—they are all our clients.

When our clients have positive interactions

with our people, our reputation precedes us.

It doesn’t sound that revolutionary, but just

be a good person,” says David.

Remember the Reason

Gratitude permeates all of Dunn

Associates. Says David, “When Ron started

out and was maxing out credit cards to keep

the company afloat, he was very grateful for

the clients who allowed him to care for his

work family and home family […] The clients

are the reason we are in business and get to

do what we’re passionate about.”

When I ask about milestones, “The

first check was a big deal,” Ron responds

before he lists off other signature jobs—The

Gateway Mall, Adobe’s Lehi campus and the

Natural History Museum near the University

of Utah campus.

“There was a story about the 10 best

buildings in Utah,” says Ron. He’s referring

to architect David Ross Scheer’s article

for the Salt Lake Tribune from January

2020. “Of all of those buildings, six were

contemporary buildings, and we worked on

four of them.” It’s a true testament to their

stature within Utah’s A/E/C industry.

Ron shows off a map that stretches

across three walls of the office. There are

around 100 red pins in the giant map of the

state. “It should have 2500 pins,” Ron says.

“If you look at all of the buildings we’ve

done in the last 25 years, we’ve essentially

designed a city. We’ve done fire stations,

hospitals, university buildings, homes, multi-

family [housing], office buildings, recreation

facilities and so on and so forth. It helps our

people realize how big their footprint is.”

But Tait offers up a thought that

perfectly encapsulates what it looks

like from inside the company. “We don’t

understand these defining moments when

we go through them,” he says. It’s only upon

seeing their work recognized by others that

they see how monumental all of it truly is.

Because of their readiness to innovate

and pivot, major roadblocks to other firms

were more like bumps in the road for Dunn

Associates. “If we look back,” says David

of the work done pre- and post-recession,

“we came out better than we went in.

We adopted software to improve our

deliverables and processes.” He’s nonplussed

by the business challenges the pandemic has

introduced because Dunn Associates has

gone through tough times before.

Ready for Change

“COVID is certainly a shock, but it’s

not unprecedented,” David continues.

“It accelerates trends that were already

happening. We were doing remote work

already. We had people living abroad

working for our company. There was never a

‘What do we do!?’ moment.”

Tait sees that adaptivity and how it

has played out from 2008 to today. “We got

really good at processes and refined our

leadership,” he says of the recession. In

2007, Dunn Associates underwent changes

to make it more competitive—the pivot

to public sector work at universities being

one adjustment among many that helped

them weather the storm. They moved

from AutoCAD to Revit around that same

time—another first as well. “There were a

lot of architects who were not using that

software,” mentions Tait. “We had to figure

out how to deal with that, even if now it is

the norm.”

A growing pain, mentions Brett. “We had

so many AutoCAD processes that we had

to put aside for Revit.” A small setback for a

much larger win later on. “But we learned

[Revit] and have processes and families [or

scripts] that make us way more efficient.

Plus, going from 2D to 3D is just better.”

The company president confirms

everything that both David and Brett

mentioned. “This [COVID] situation is

showing that all of our processes are

working. We’ve got offices all over,” >>

Dunn Associates 25th Anniversary

Ron Dunn David Dunn Brett Roberts Tait Ketcham

“The checks you can’t cash—a client saying thank you, watching everyone at the Christmas party enjoy themselves, hearing people in the office organizing a camping trip—those stay with you forever.”— Ron Dunn


he says of these new home “offices” of each

of the employees. “We have offices in Sandy,

Kaysville, Lehi, everywhere.”

Growth at Home and Abroad

David is confident that there are still

growth opportunities locally but sees

most company growth coming from out of

state. “The goal was to strengthen home

court with an exceptional team. We’re

there and we’re strong. We have excellent

people, [to whom] we can give leadership

opportunities,” which may come in the next

few years with regional offices in places like

Phoenix, Denver or San Francisco.

Even still, that strengthening of home

court has been an important facet of the

growth of Dunn Associates—that move to

the promised land that Ron mentions. That

mentality was why he made Tait company

president years ago: “I thought that if we

opened a regional office somewhere, the

one to do it would be Tait but I didn’t want

Tait to go!” He says with a smile. “I told him ‘I

need you to build a structure and train up a

bunch of yous.’”

Defining Moments, Lasting Memories

As they sit back and contemplate what

25 years mean to them, Ron delves back into

what makes Dunn Associates such a fun

place to be.

“I’d say our defining moments are the

parties,” he says. Smiles go up across the

room and glances go back and forth like

there is some big secret. “Our employees

enjoy being with each other.”

“People won’t leave,” Tait says over

laughs from David, Ron and Brett. The

cat is out of the bag—the people at Dunn

Associates are like a big happy family.

From that first job, providing engineering

opinions on Monroe City’s library, fire station

and city building, to award-winning projects,

the purpose of work remains firmly rooted in

people and relationships.

“I really enjoy the checks you can’t

cash,” says Ron. “The checks you can cash

go toward groceries or something else.

The checks you can’t cash—a client saying

thank you, watching everyone at the

Christmas party enjoy themselves, hearing

people in the office organizing a camping

trip—those stay with you forever.” n

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Who said tech needed to appear so

modern?

What if, instead of modern, the focus

shifted to a small-town feel? Enter Jacobsen

and FFKR’s recent project, Wavetronix at

Hobble Creek Square.

Named after the creek running through

the property, the tech company campus

sits on 75 acres of scenic land near the foot

of the Wasatch Mountains—a property

that is meant to convey the growing tech

company’s commitment to not only their

employees, but the surrounding community

as well.

Wavetronix began as a way to give

engineering students jobs as they finished

their education and has morphed into

something greater, says Scott Jensen, Chief

Architect for Wavetronix. “We wanted to

build a ‘home’ for our company so that

as we expand and diversify, there is still

concrete evidence of who we are and where

we came from.”

Starting in Lindon, moving to Provo

and then making Springville their final

destination has been a work in progress.

While the company still has a presence

in Provo’s East Bay neighborhood, its

new manufacturing center, known as

“The Foundry,” has doubled Wavetronix’s

production capacity and was completed by

Jacobsen Construction in 2019.

Even though the company has doubled

manufacturing production, their overall

footprint is decreasing with the move, going

from 90,000 SF in their East Bay location

to around 70,000 in the new Springville

location.

What could be problematic is actually

a win for the company. “It’s a much more

effective space,” Jensen adds of the two-

story building, with the 45,000 SF of room on

the lower, manufacturing level and the soon

to be completed 24,000 SF second story.

How are they doing more with

less? With flexibility due to the open

concept agreed upon by the design team.

Wavetronix employees have been asked to

make the space uniquely theirs. “They’ve

done a lot of shifting around since coming

over.” Jensen points out a new x-ray

machine and a few other changes that have

happened since the crew entered the space

last year.

It’s something echoed by David Giles,

Senior Principal Architect with FFKR

Architects. “It’s been a process of discovery

to get to this point,” he mentions of the

collaboration between owner and architect.

“We continually heard about flexibility and

that main floor area is going to go through a

large transformation.” It has been a careful

dance in trying to match Wavetronix’ initial

vision of the building but also give the

flexibility for workers to make the space

exactly as they need it.

But an open concept wasn’t an obvious

choice. “One of the first things we had to

evaluate was whether or not it would be

detrimental to the equipment to have it in a

less-protected environment,” he says. MERV-

14, hospital-grade HEPA filters, help filter

out microscopic dust that could damage

what Wavetronix creates.

Beyond that, they had to see if it

would mesh well in conjunction with a

typical office environment. The design

team mitigated traditional noise issues

with acoustic sound boards that fill the

ceiling space. The exposed mechanical and

electrical elements aren’t just an aesthetic

choice, but a practical one to make sure that

employees are firmly capable of doing their

work in a way that they see fit.

“We didn’t want our manufacturing

sector to be separated behind a wall where

they would only be seen on occasion,”

Jensen says. “The engineers who work here

like to constantly innovate, and this gives

them a chance to explore new areas and

different solutions.”

Wavetronix wants the work of their

employees to be celebrated, and with the

open concept and flood of natural light that

comes into this warehouse—it’s so much

more than that. “We wanted there to be a

connection and break down those barriers.

We don’t want anyone to feel like second-

class citizens here.”

And it works. Everything about the

space is first-class, from the natural

daylight flooding the space from both the

outward facing windows and the massive

skylight that sits right in the middle of the

manufacturing space to the concrete >>

Wavetronix at Hobble Creek Square

Big Campus,Bigger IdeasWavetronix and their recently-completed manufacturing hub are phase one of the company’s ambitious, 75-acre, master-planned campus.

By Taylor Larsen

The Foundry manufacturing facility is the first building (left, courtesy FFKR Architects) in the initial phase of Wavetronix’s master plan for their Springville headquarters. (bottom right) Renderings of the second building show the innovative design and unique architectural elements that will add to the ambiance of the campus (rendering courtesy Wavetronix).


Wavetronix at Hobble Creek Square

the warehouse. Water actually goes right

down through the parking lots rather then

waiting to be collected in a system. By

doing that, Wavetronix reduced the size of

the storm drain lines enough to lower the

required height of the building about 18

inches, saving a foot and a half of structural

fill on top of the 3–4 feet already in place.

Sidewalks contain silva cells to help

keep the plants on campus healthy and

add another green element to the built

environment. They function as a structural

fit so that trees and other greenery can

grow roots under a walkway and still get

the water and air they need to provide

their benefits to passersby. “We are going

to have these little ‘pocket parks’ around

where there will be a small wooden deck

and overhang for people to take a break

outside,” says Jensen.

The Wavetronix campus and their

phase one work with The Foundry are

welcome ideas of community solidarity and

long-term planning that will be a sight to

see in the years to come.

“Making a vision concrete is nothing but

surprises,” Jensen says. “Working to define

and communicate our vision so architects

can turn it into construction documents has

been an interesting challenge. We’ve

discovered that a lot of what we, and a lot of

companies, take for granted when it comes

to the workplace doesn’t really match our

vision. We then take these insights and apply

them to the workplace.”

This application is working in a

refreshing and fitting way at The Foundry.

“Springville is a unique mix of historic

buildings, agriculture, and art,” says

Jensen. “This juxtaposition makes us feel

comfortable and reflect our own diverse

ideas of paying homage to the past while

having optimism for the future.”

One drive down Springville’s charming

downtown street and it’s obvious that

Wavetronix’s idea is going to work—and

not because this writer stopped by SOS

Pharmacy for a delicious malt, but because

they are committing to an idea outside

of profit motives, where the distinctions

between live/work/play are nearly invisible.

“It’s that feeling,” says Jensen of the

closeness, the timeliness, the togetherness.

“That’s what we’re looking for.” n

Wavetronix at Hobble Creek SquareOwner: Hobble Creek Square LLC

Owner’s Rep: Scott Jensen, Chief Architect

DESIGN TEAM

Architect: FFKR Architects

Civil: Great Basin Engineering

Electrical: Spectrum Engineers

Mechanical: Spectrum Engineers

Structural: Reaveley Engineers + Associates

Geotech: Applied Geotechnical Engineering

Consultants (AGEC)

Landscape & Interior Design: FFKR

Architects

Lighting Design: Spectrum Engineers

CONSTRUCTION TEAM

General Contractor: Jacobsen Construction

Company

Plumbing: Archer Mechanical

HVAC: B2 Air Systems

Fire Suppression: Western Automatic

Sprinkler Corporation

Painting: Pulham Enterprises

Electrical: Wilkinson Electric

Masonry: Child Enterprises

Drywall/Acoustics: KCG Services & Mitchel

Acoustics

Tile/Stone: Millcreek Tile & Stone

Carpentry: Boswell Wasatch Mill

Flooring: Stone Touch, CCG, & Design Team

Roofing: All Weather Waterproofing

Concrete: Jacobsen Construction Company,

Harris Rebar

Steel Erection: Wasatch Steel Erectors

Steel Fabrication: WOI Steel

Glass/Curtain Wall: B&D Glass

Excavation: Sunroc Corporation

Soil Improvements: Geopier Northwest

Precast: Child Masonry

Landscaping: Intermountain Plantings

Waterproofing: Waterproofing West

Site Pavers: Mountain West Paver

Specialties

Site Concrete: Gene Peterson Concrete

floor panels that allow the surrounding

“work neighborhoods” to, much like the

manufacturing space, configure themselves

as they see fit.

That goes beyond The Foundry

manufacturing building and includes how

Wavetronix sees the entire master planning

process for their campus. The company has

worked with consultants from wide-ranging

industries—from theme park to retail to

culinary—to help understand how people

interact with and enjoy spaces.

“What we’re doing is experiential design,

where the design of the campus is not based

on any particular type of architecture or

focused solely on business needs, but rather

takes into account the desire for people who

come to the campus to have a certain type of

experience,” says Jensen.

One of those experiences mentioned

by Jensen is the visual one of the warehouse,

informed by Wavetronix’s overall vision

for their 75 acre campus. “One driver of

this aesthetic experience is the masonry

that is being put on the office building,”

says Jay Spencer, Project Executive for

Jacobsen Construction. “It is designed in a

very intricate, historical style that denotes

a sense of established tradition. This was a

unique design choice to cultivate a tangible

sense of community and connection with the

surrounding historical aspects of the city.”

“The whole campus is creating a

story of a community growing from a core

business of manufacturing to include

these other businesses,” says Giles. “The

whole space will transform into something

reminiscent of the turn of the 19th to 20th

century. They will be putting more small

businesses around that will metastasize

and create that work-play environment that

Wavetronix wants.”

Jensen continues with the thought

by saying: “The idea is people come to

our campus, and it’s designed like a small

town. So they come and they experience

this environment that happens to have a

business going on behind the front door.”

A coffee shop, a dry pub and even a

general store with a soda fountain—all

of which are open to the public—will

convey that feeling. Wavetronix-specific

buildings like the learning and development

center for company trainings and another

manufacturing building will help to convey

that sort of business hub idea that Giles

mentions.

The master plan for the 75-acre campus

ambitiously aims to establish a place that

prioritizes professional and personal

development, community engagement, and

more productive work spaces.

That future planning is important. Even

with 75 acres planned out, Wavetronix is

trying to be cognizant of how shortcuts

now could affect their overall campus

further down the line—specifically how to

fit hundreds and potentially thousands of

employees on campus. “Parking structures

are something we’ve talked about,” says

Jensen. “It’s single-level right now, but the

plan is to build up from there. We want to

preserve the farmland as best we can.”

Other interactions with nature involve

the permeable paving surface surrounding

An earlier conceptual site plan that is still being refined but shows various elements of the campuses master plan (courtesy Wavetronix).


For decades, the mechanical

engineering industry has taken

steps toward reducing the energy

consumption and carbon footprint of

buildings.

Now, the industry is having to pivot and

prioritize filtration, humidity, pressure and

outdoor air entering each building as the

COVID-19 pandemic continues—and they’re

showing that they are capable of meeting

this new challenge head-on

The industry looks to the American

Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning

Engineers (ASHRAE) for guidance. This

group covers how to properly maintain

a wide variety of ventilation systems—

hospitals, clinics, schools, offices and

more—with updates sent out in late July to

aid administrators in effectively operating

equipment to mitigate the spread of this

specific coronavirus.

One area that is well-ahead in

preventing viral spread is hospitals.

Jeff Watkins, P.E., Vice President and COO

of VBFA, begins by saying that hospitals are

in great shape to battle COVID-19. “Hospitals

are well-designed,” he says. “We were

already doing humidification in hospitals.

In our climate in these western states, we’re

injecting moisture into the airstream to

maintain humidity levels up to 40 percent.”

A stable humidity maintained to these

standards allows water molecules in the air

to attach to viruses, which then drop down

to the surrounding surfaces, leaving staff to

just clean surfaces to reduce viral spread.

Beyond that, higher humidity is also shown

to be helpful for patients recovering from

injuries and ailments.

“When you go into an operating room,

those are ultra-clean, surgically sterile,

HEPA-filtered systems,” says Gil Nicholas,

Account Manager with CCI Mechanical. That

filtration capability is shown by a Minimum

Efficiency Reporting Values, or MERVs,

which report a filter’s ability to capture

microscopic particles. The scale goes

from 1-16, where eight is the commercial

standard—the higher the number, the

better. Hospital operating rooms have MERV

14 filters, which require more energy for

ventilation.

“[Hospital system administrators]

are already extremely concerned about

bringing sick people into a building,” he

continues about operating rooms and

their MERV 14 filters. “You want to balance

your energy efficiencies with removing

particles.”

Beyond humidity and filtration,

hospitals are also equipped to respond to

ASHRAE recommendations on pressure

relationships. Potentially contagious

people will be put in an Airborne Infectious

Isolation (AII) room with negative pressure.

With the current pandemic, many hospitals

have converted entire floors to maintain a

negative pressure relationship with HEPA

filtration to prevent cross-contamination

with adjacent occupied spaces.

Whereas hospitals are designed to

meet a narrow, strict standard optimal for

increasing the health and safety of patients

via their mechanical systems, clinics and

elder care facilities are not.

“If you were to go to an insta-care

clinic,” says Nicholas. “Those use essentially

the same mechanical systems and filtration

as an office building.” Filtration comes up

again and again as we talk. The hospital

filtration system requires a very different

standard than what is used in many of these

other settings.

Most places outside of hospitals

are designed to meet ASHRAE-minimum

requirements—smaller filters and

systems limited by space and other issues.

Increasing in any of the ASHRAE-specified

areas—filtration, humidity, pressure,

outdoor air circulation—is a tough task

for these places as the costs to redesign a

system or meet all of the specifications can

be prohibitively expensive.

“Each hotel room has recycled air, and

their systems are not designed to handle

a higher filtration rate,” says Kim Harris,

P.E. and President Emeritus of VBFA, of the

hospitality industry that has been hit so

hard by the pandemic. But “hotels don’t

really have cross-contamination issues.”

Hotels use unitary equipment—an internal

fan coil unit that recirculates and introduces

a minimal amount of outside air. The same

goes for assisted care facilities. “They are

somewhat limited on the amount of outside

Mechanical Engineering in the COVID-19 Era

Breathing RoomMechanical engineers, with the help of ASHRAE, look to make schools, hospitals, clinics and offices safe as summer turns to fall.

By Taylor Larsen

“Codes and standards will change. We’ve seen it change with other aspects—ozone, refrigerants—but it’s going to take some time.”— Kim Harris, P.E. and President Emeritus of VBFA

Healthcare facilities and schools tend to have higher traffic and depend on advanced HVAC systems. With COVID-19, many of these facilities are evaluating their mechanical systems’ performance as they look to provide healthy environments of healing and learning (photo left courtesy Sohm Photografx, other photos courtesy Endeavour Architectural Photography).


air they can process,” he says. “Getting more

outside air in there is challenging.”

Harris mentions that these

environments are staying with the status

quo in terms of their HVAC system, but

may look at other solutions like additional

inspections and new filters.

Beyond these innovations already

in place, Harris is looking to push the

envelope for even greater safety in these

environments. “Depending upon the type

of hotel—like a convention center or

something similar—they could increase

the filtration rate. [Those areas] can handle

that pressure drop,” he says. “Whether or

not hotels do that […] it’ll be up to hotels to

make that decision.”

The big one on everyone’s radar is

schools that are near opening as we talk. “Big

school districts have hundreds of buildings.

When you look at the logistics of upgrading

those filters, they find that it isn’t practical,”

says Wade W. Bennion, P.E. and Chairman

of the Board for VBFA. It’ll just require a

closer look at existing filters and systems.

“They’ll need to make sure that the filters are

changed regularly and aren’t leaking.”

Beyond changing filters, Bennion

acknowledges that school facilities

managers will have to adjust their

systems to keep up with new guidelines.

“Code requirements demand controlled

ventilation. Classrooms have long periods

of the day with no one occupying them, and

so we back off energy and air flow directed

to those rooms,” he says. In those spaces,

“we’re going to override demand controlled

ventilation to continue to circulate the air.”

ASHRAE recommends “purging” the

building with outside air, or letting outside

air circulate in the building before students

enter the building and once again after

students leave.

Stephen Lucich, P.E., Project Engineer

with Colvin Engineering Associates, sees

how this is a time when everyone involved

needs to know the capabilities of existing

systems in the face of new guidelines.

“Some of the recommendations from

ASHRAE have taken a 180 from where

they were last year,” he begins. Instead of

focusing on reducing energy consumption,

ASHRAE has changed gears in the fight

against COVID-19, choosing to focus on

bringing in outside air.

“You’re all of the sudden bringing in

more outside air, thus heating and cooling

more air,” he says. “You’re putting your whole

building into overdrive. So many buildings

were not designed to handle that—they’re

designed to meet the minimum ventilation

requirements. Some customers are wanting

to do complete outside air, and that might

be fine in the spring or fall, but during peak

summer months? No building that I’ve

worked on with Colvin is designed to handle

that.” Going all-out for outdoor air is simply

too taxing.

“It ripples through your building,”

continues Lucich. He’s not talking about the

rippling gusts of air from the HVAC system.

He’s talking about energy prices. Previously

working with an engineering firm that

partnered up with Rocky Mountain Power to

help administer RMP’s Wattsmart program,

he has seen how these types of switches

look firsthand. “Energy use can be kinda

sneaky. Clients are billed based on energy

consumption and energy used at a given

moment. It can really affect these companies.”

Some of them are already right on the

brink with their energy usage. “15 more KW

a month and these companies could be in

a new rate with a $60,000 increase in their

electric bill.”

But Bennion and others see this

as temporary. “Everything is so new,”

he continues. “But everything is about

temporary measures right now.”

The drive to increase filtration is

certainly going to help mitigate sick

building syndrome. “Sick building syndrome

is the result of trying to reduce energy

usage,” relates Harris. “By limiting the

outside air, you are saving in energy costs,

but it has the potential of affecting the

quality of air in the building.”

The switch in focus to bringing in

more outdoor air isn’t an easy one. “The

energy code limits how much horsepower

the system can use,” says Bennion. “Codes

would need to make an allowance, and the

equipment managers would have to design

their equipment to meet an increased

energy demand.

“If new systems can be designed to

accommodate a higher-pressure drop and

higher filtration,” he says, “then the systems

could overcome that if something were

to happen in the future similar to what is

happening now.”

Watkins brings up the point that this

type of outbreak isn’t unprecedented. “They

are building on top of previous pandemics

with their guidelines,” he says of ASHRAE,

specifically mentioning the SARS epidemic

in the early 2000s. “Those guidelines keep

up to date [with current issues].”

Lucich agrees. “We’ve had SARS and

that was a big deal in another part of the

world, and that was just 20 years ago,” he

says. “We can probably expect something

like this again in 20–30 years, and that’s

definitely in the life of a building.”

And as guidelines evolve, so do

technologies that go to create healthy

environments within the building.

“All new buildings [for a K-12 client]

are being done with displacement

ventilation,” says Bennion of some of VBFA’s

current work. “The difference between

that and a conventional system is that

the conventional system mixes all the

air in a room from the supply air diffuser

while displacement pools air on the floor,

which conveys up to the breathing zone

of occupants. Better air is going into the

breathing zone of occupants. This is so new

but we don’t know if it will grow legs.”

Things like bipolar ionization integrated

into HVAC systems is another way to

contribute to healthy air flow. The technology

utilizes specialized tubes that take oxygen

molecules from the air and convert them

into charged atoms that then cluster around

micro-particles, surrounding and deactivating

harmful substances like airborne mold,

bacteria, allergens and viruses.

They also attach to expelled breath

droplets and dust particles that can

transport viruses, enlarging them so

they’re more easily caught in filters. It’s an

active process that provides continuous

disinfection.

Each person interviewed stressed that,

while important, HVAC systems are just

one part of creating healthy environments,

while personal responsibility is by far the

most important factor in doing so. “You

can design HVAC systems to minimize the

effects of COVID-19, [but] the real winner

is wearing masks, social distancing,” says

Watkins. “All those things still need to be

followed. These systems just help continue

those healthy processes and minimize

COVID-19 transmission.”

After the chips fall, it could mean

big changes for mechanical systems in

workplaces, schools and clinics across the

state.

All interviewed are unsure what will

be next in regards to COVID-19, but all are

confident that they can meet the challenge

head on.

“It could take years, but it’ll evolve.

We’re all going to learn from this,” Harris

concludes. “Codes and standards will

change. We’ve seen it change with other

aspects—ozone, refrigerants—but it’s

going to take some time.” n

Mechanical Engineering in the COVID-19 Era


We Own the SkyGreat effort and creativity are the theme du-jour from the A/E/C companiesand individuals working on a growing list of Salt Lake City high-risedevelopments currently in design or construction. By Taylor Larsen | Below Image by Bowen Studios


The past few years have been

an absolute boon for high-rise

development, design and construction

in Salt Lake City’s central business district.

Those driving down State Street will soon

be doing double-takes as the downtown

skyline grows taller.

But how do these sites go from a

tall idea into an even taller building? It

comes from close coordination between

A/E/C professionals in various trades—

development, architecture and mechanical

and geotechnical engineering, among

others—to design and engineer these

spaces to withstand everything Salt Lake

City can throw at them, both economically

and seismically.

DEVELOPER VIEWPOINTDevelopers for Liberty Sky need to see

past, present and future as they envision

a neighborhood ecosystem in downtown

Salt Lake City.

Going from, pardon the pun, the lofty

ideations of a skyscraper to development

has been a challenge for The Boyer

Company and Cowboy Properties. Their

joint venture, Liberty Sky, will be around

300,000 SF and is currently in construction

downtown. They mention the changes that

needed to happen across the city before

the building broke ground.

“Salt Lake City used to be a city that

closed at 6 p.m.,” says Brent Pace, Project

Manager with The Boyer Company. But with

more people working and living downtown,

things are changing. “There are so many

things to do—Utah Jazz games, theatre,

shows, concerts—it’s all right there.”

That amenity abundance helps

support a growing ecosystem of residents,

restaurants and the various forms of

entertainment that cities have to offer.

Dan Lofgren, CEO of Cowboy Partners,

says, “The most powerful symbol of ‘this

is the place I want to live’ is seeing other

people there. It’s a cycle—residents fill in

a neighborhood and amenities emerge

to meet their entertainment and dining

needs, which attract more residents.

Pretty soon, you have a thriving downtown

neighborhood.”

Pace mentions two helpful catalysts

in turning downtown SLC into a premier

neighborhood, one of which is the

Harmons downtown. “A sneaky piece of

the neighborhood growth,” he calls the

large-scale grocer currently operating

next to 95 State, one of the skyscrapers in

construction. It has helped provide a grocer

in a food desert that makes walkability

100-percent feasible—a key issue in any

downtown enhancement effort.

“We in the market don’t give enough

credit to the LDS church as a landlord who

maintains their assets impeccably well,”

Pace says of the other catalyst he sees in

making downtown SLC into a residential

hotspot. “Temple Square, City Creek and

their other assets have kept the downtown

core energized.”

Lofgren adds onto Pace’s comments

by pointing out another major catalyst in

the healthy employment market Utah has

enjoyed over the last decade. “Job growth

in SLC and the Wasatch Front is as robust as

anywhere in the country,” he says. “Demand

for more luxury apartments is a reflection

of the job growth that we see. That said,

maintaining the balance between job

growth and new units is something we are

looking at every single day.”

He is ecstatic about the additional

skyscrapers going up, again mentioning 95

State—the 24-story, class-A office building

in construction down the street from

Liberty Sky. “We couldn’t be more excited

that there will be thousands of people who

will be working in that building who we

hope will want to live next door.”

It isn’t just developers and brokers who

are winning with this, but city officials as

well. “Salt Lake City recognizes the value

of a high-rise residential building,” he says.

Due to Liberty Sky’s 21 stories and 272 units

of luxury residential in a market exploding

with mid-rises, “this leased luxury high-rise

is a brand new product type for downtown

Salt Lake. We found ourselves working with

the city in a very collaborative way to make

Liberty Sky possible.”

Pace sees the Liberty Sky joint-venture

between The Boyer Company and Cowboy

Properties as a no-brainer in today’s

market—especially after the successes of

these joint ventures in the past. “When we

at Boyer determined that site wasn’t going

to be an office, it was natural to look to and

partner with Cowboy. This is too good of a

site to not go vertical.”

With the right planning and the

right space, developers are pushing to

infill downtown with a product type that

will change the skyline and push toward

creating a true downtown neighborhood. >>

LIBERTY SKY

• Over 300,000 SF

• 272 units

• 21 stories

• Estimated completion—January 2022

• Owner, Developer—The Boyer Company,

Cowboy Partners

• Architect—Smallwood

• GC—Jacobsen Construction

High-Rise Development and Design

“Our market has matured. Salt Lake City is running out of space and the only way to go is up. […] We have this whole influx of people who want to stay downtown, and it’s exciting for the city to reach this new chapter in development.”— Emir Tursic, Principal, HKS Architects

The Salt Lake City Skyline is set to change dramatically over the next few years with several prominent buildings underway or in pre-construction. (previous right to left) 95 State at City Creek, Liberty Sky, Convention Center Hotel, Kensington Tower, West Quarter, 255 S. State are shown as they will appear once completed. (below and right) Day and night renderings of Liberty Sky showcase the modern glass residential high-rise that will include 272 apartments (renderings courtesy Boyer Company).


ARCHITECTURAL INSIGHTHigh-rise architects are asked to provide

high-density spaces that address

environmental sustainability, amenity, and

resiliency concerns.

In an era of urban renaissance,

downtown developments are challenged to

do more with less. In addition to providing

high-density, amenity-rich housing, high-

rise architects must minimize the carbon

footprint of their projects while also

designing for resiliency.

Emir Tursic, Principal with HKS

Architects, leads the design of Kensington

Tower, the 600,000 SF, 40-story residential

building currently in design that will be

located at the corner of State Street and 200

South.

Tursic says a key aspect on any high-

rise design centers on efficiency. “These

large-scale developments take a lot of

resources,” he says. “When we make them

as efficient as we can, we make them

more sustainable, and that translates into

construction efficiency and feasibility of

the project as a whole.”

Architects like Tursic are thinking of

sustainability in multiple ways. “Air quality

is the threat that affects us [in Salt Lake

City]—we do whatever we can to reduce the

carbon footprint,” he says concerning the

issue of sustainable energy and resource-

use that comes from higher densities

achieved by building vertically.

The other part of sustainability is

resilience that foresees and mitigates

present and future challenges—the

sustainability of a well-designed, safe

building that can last into the next century

and beyond.

March’s earthquake reinforced

this idea of sustainability, building

upon a concept that HKS was already

exploring with Kensington Tower, namely

Performance-based Design. “We are doing

site-specific seismic design instead of

following prescriptive code requirements.

We’re looking at the soil that the building

will be on and designing to a maximum

credible earthquake and customizing the

structural design to meet that.”

The scale is also a test of architectural

prowess, especially as Tursic and his team

design what will become Utah’s tallest

building. “Designing and articulating [high-

rises] architecturally is a challenge. We

want it to relate to the other buildings in the

neighborhood.”

How will they do it? “The Kensington

Tower modulates its massing to place the

tallest portion of the structure away from

other, shorter buildings, and steps down

the mid-rise portion to relate to the scale

of the adjacent mid-block development,”

Tursic explains. The other trick with high-

rise buildings is to articulate them in order

to reduce their perceived scale and relate

more to the human scale.

Height challenges of these building

types are also a concern: “One foot taller

on each floor and suddenly you’re building

a whole other building on top of this one,”

says Tursic. Finding the delicate balance

in scaling correctly while maintaining

efficiency is a key for any architect working

on such tall buildings.

Other questions: how do you scale 40

floors and the hundreds of units going into

them? “How do you design 377 residences—

permanent homes for people—where each

residence is as efficient and generous as

possible?” asks Tursic.

The answers come in developing a

variety of floor plates, or mixes of unit

combinations that give each floor the

variance that architects want. Tursic

mentions the importance of creating

an efficient vertical stack where the

constraints imposed by mechanical systems

are mitigated. “But providing different

residence types that fit different unit mix

and demographics is still important.”

It’s a tall task (I couldn’t resist) but one

that the HKS team feels fully prepared for as

they continue designing the tallest building

in Utah. “Our market has matured,” Tursic

concludes. “Salt Lake City is running out of

space and the only way to go is up. […] We

have this whole influx of people who want to

stay downtown, and it’s exciting for the city

to reach this new chapter in development.” >>

KENSINGTON TOWER

• 300,000 SF

• 377 units

• 39 total stories + roof terrace

• Estimated groundbreaking—

Summer 2021

• Estimated completion—Fall 2024

• Owner, Developer—Kensington

Investment Company

• Architect—HKS Architects

• GC—Jacobsen Construction


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MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENTSEngineers tasked with creating high-rise

mechanical systems confront issues in

both plumbing and HVAC work—leading to

the creation of highly efficient buildings.

High-rise structures stand out in a

number of areas—most notably in the

mechanical realm. With many of these

proposed structures over 20 stories taller

than the three-story, or 75-foot, threshold

defined by the International Building

Code (IBC 2000), adjustments to standard,

low-rise systems are needed for high-

rise systems in order to adequately keep

tenants and visitors safe.

In order to understand some of those

adjustments, Kim Harris, P.E. and President

Emeritus of VBFA, explains some key

differences in what are called “life safety

issues” that come about while doing their

mechanical engineering work in these

high-rise structures. Water pressure, smoke

mitigation, stair pressurization and fire

sprinkler design are some of the issues that

Harris has dealt with while designing the

Salt Lake City Convention Center Hotel on

100 South and West Temple.

He says that water pressure is a

critical issue for this building, currently

still in construction. “The building heights

change the way we design piping systems.

It changes the design of the equipment,

the valves, the piping and everything

else to be rated for higher pressures,”

Harris says. Although the equipment

on the mechanical side doesn’t scale

proportionally in cost, which is a relief in

terms of overall expenses, it does require

equipment rated to a higher number of

pounds per square inch.

Harris and the VBFA team are under

specific constraints with Salt Lake City’s

26-story Convention Center Hotel project.

It took VBFA 18 months to design, which

Harris says is because “it’s a complicated

site. They had to tear down part of the Salt

Palace, which led to a tight site with [the

new construction] coming into an existing

building.”

While site selection poses a unique

test, Harris details how this and other

high-rises in SLC present challenges to

mechanical engineers tasked with heating

and cooling a building.

“The building exterior envelope has

a high percentage of glass,” Harris says of

the hotel. The exterior glazing that goes

to make such a beautiful glass façade

on these high-rises is here to stay, as is

the unique challenge that using those

materials creates. “The south facing, floor-

to-ceiling glass presents a huge challenge.”

Harris says that code prevents a

building from using over 30–40-percent

glass on a prescriptive basis. But there

is a catch. “You can get around that by

showing savings in energy-usage in other

areas by completing an energy model on

the building,” he explains. “And our energy

model showed that it beat the energy code

overall. It’s still a highly-efficient building.”

The malleable energy code allows a more

perfect dance between the oft-competing

ideas of aesthetics and practicality.

The problem-solving didn’t end there

either. “The ground floor is probably even

more challenging with its clear glass,” Harris

says. The owner wanted full transparency so

that there would be no reflection for those

on the interior—that way, the ground floor

can act as another sales pitch to passersby.

It’s an exciting time for Harris and

other mechanical engineers to design

these multi-purpose, high-rise buildings.

They delight in overcoming the various

challenges presented with plumbing, HVAC

and energy use on 20-plus story towers. >>

SALT LAKE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL

• 685,000 SF (overall building area)

• 700 rooms

• 25 stories

• Estimated completion—

September 2022

• Owner, Developer—

Salt Lake City CH LLC

• Architect—Portman Architects and

FFKR Architects

• GC—Hensel Phelps Construction and

Okland Construction


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construction of City Creek. Currently,

they are in use in 95 State, Salt Lake City

Convention Center Hotel and Liberty

Sky developments, and will be used in

Kensington Tower.

“Downtown Salt Lake City has a very

favorable, very dense gravel layer that’s

about a hundred feet below the ground

surface,” explains Garris of the reasons

that these pile types have taken off in

Salt Lake City. “You can drill these auger

cast piles relatively easily down to that

gravel and really give a very high capacity

for both the axial uplift as well as the

downward compression loads.”

“The auger cast systems have been

very competitive to conventional driven

piles due to their higher load carrying

capacity per unit area. Auger cast piles

are also less intrusive to the surrounding

urban environment compared to more

conventional driven steel piles that

have traditionally been used in the

downtown area,” he says of the skyscraper

developments moving along. “And now

we’ve got lots of great test data and it

really shows the success of using this type

of foundation system.”

He and other geotechnical engineers are

making sure that Salt Lake City’s new skyline

will be safe and reliable for tenants, residents

and visitors alike for decades to come.

95 STATE AT CITY CREEK

• 498,000 SF

• 25 stories

• Estimated completion—Fall 2021

• Owner, Developer—

City Creek Reserve, Inc.

• Architect—Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

• GC—Okland Construction

WHAT’S NEXT

If the last 30 years have taught us

anything about Salt Lake City high-rises,

the growth in this area will be slow and

steady. But if successful, these high-rises

will establish Salt Lake’s central business

district as a market where high-rises are a

viable alternative to the other residential

and commercial products already available.

“Market demand and the expectations of

today’s tenants have changed,” Tursic of HKS

concludes. “There is an urban renaissance

happening. Tenants want downtown and

they want the urban living, but they want

the convenience of a single-family home. Salt

Lake City is running out of space and the only

way to go is up. It’s an exciting chapter in the

city’s development.” n

GEOTECHNICAL GROUNDINGHow do you get a 20-story-plus tower to

dance with downtown’s seismic concerns?

Geotechnical engineers have the answer.

The geotechnical side of high-rise

construction is concerned with making sure

that these structures have the guidance

needed to make them earthquake-

resistant—something at the forefront of

owners’ minds since the March earthquakes

and aftershocks.

“We get involved very early on in

the design process,” says Chris Garris,

P.E., Division Manager and Principal

Geotechnical Engineer for Consolidated

Engineering Laboratories. “We’re out

there sampling the soil, exploring soil

conditions and developing conclusions

and recommendations that are used for

foundation design and other issues from

the ground-down, typically before the

building has been designed.”

It’s not just geotechnical foundation

recommendations, but Garris and other

geotechnical engineers are working

together with structural engineers and

providing them with seismic design

parameters that the structural side will use

in the building design.

For such tall towers, Garris references

Performance-based Design (PBD) in a

few more words. Geotechnical engineers

analyze how the foundation interacts

with the soil, particularly how it interacts

with seismic and earthquake loads. As the

building goes up in height, he explains

that the foundation’s design is to resist

downward compression loads, vertical

uplift and lateral load reactions.

“A building is resting on these deep

foundations,” Garris explains of the piles,

the deep support mechanisms that often

go down to depths of 100 or more feet to

support the high-rises going up around the

capital city.

“Depending on how a building

rocks, the piles are either going to be

put into a compressional load where the

building is pushing down on them, or, if

it’s kind of rocking the other direction,

the foundations are actually going to

be pulled on by the building. So there’s

an uplift pulling those piles out of the

ground,” Garris mentions, explaining

the geotechnical concerns of these lofty

structures. “In a PBD approach, the piles

have to be designed carefully to define

load versus deflection characteristics so

that the soil-structure interaction may be

appropriately modeled by the structural

engineer.”

The piles he is referring to are known

as auger caste or continual flight auger

piles. Garris says that the piles are created

by a two-foot diameter auger that drills

down to the designed depth. As the auger

retracts, workers pump in concrete grout.

Construction teams then drop in steel

reinforcement bars and cages into the

wet concrete to reinforce the pile for its

intended purpose.

According to Garris, this method

has been used for high-rise projects

in Salt Lake City’s downtown area

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Sitting pretty next to the iconic

Goldener Hirsch Inn comes the latest

and final addition to Park City’s Silver

Lake Village neighborhood—the new

Goldener Hirsch Residences at Deer Valley

Resort.

What was once a parking lot has

transformed into something more

reminiscent of Utah’s famous mountain

town—over 110,000 SF of elegance over

six stories. The Eccles family, whose

philanthropic work is evident moments

after setting foot in the state, remains

an active owner in the project, curating a

group of award-winning players in both

construction and design to meet the

family’s high standards.

It wasn’t easy to build the six-story

building. In fact, it was a pressure cauldron

at 8,000 feet. “To build a structure this unique

on a postage stamp of land in the Rocky

Mountains over three winters was a lot of

pressure,” begins Christopher M. Conabee,

Principal Developer with Utah Development

& Construction. “And for a family with as

much philanthropic history as the Eccles

family, that legacy means a standard of

quality that needed to be brought to every

aspect of the property. We needed to create

a product worthy of their vision.”

The construction and design team

reveled in the challenge. “We were proud to

be involved in a project that required a skill

set that not just anybody could pull off,”

says Harmon Tobler, Project Director with

Okland Construction. “It’s an iconic project

that is different than anything else on that

mountain.”

Tobler is positive that the location

and the need for that high skill set was

a big sell for trade partners. “There’s

something different working up there with

the challenges that come with it. I think

people are willing to do that drive to work

in the mountains because they’re building

something special,” he says.

What was the last remaining

developable plot in Deer Valley’s Silver Lake

Village neighborhood has been a project 30

years in the making when ownership first

purchased it along with the land that now

houses the Goldener Hirsch Inn. Planning

and development began in 2015 and has

continued steadily ever since.

“The first year was just working on

entitlement, working with the city council,

the planning department and the HOA for

Silver Lake Plaza,” John Shirley, Principal

with Think Architecture, explains of the

early days of the project, which began

construction in 2017. He mentions that Park

City “was good to work with on very steady,

conscientious growth” while aiming to

preserve what makes the mountain town

such a go-to destination.

Creating something architecturally

and structurally unique was the key, says

Shirley. “We didn’t want to compete with

the Goldener Hirsch Inn, but we didn’t >>


Alpine OpulenceModern splendor is on display at Deer Valley’s latest addition, the Goldener Hirsch Residences,

which required a dedicated team working through debilitating winters to complete.

By Taylor Larsen | Photos by Endeavour Architectural Photography


want to copy it [either],” he says of the

Austrian Alps-inspired lodge, an off-white

building that came about from the Eccles

family wanting to build an Alpine-style ski

lodge similar to those they’d seen in their

travels through Europe. “It’s like the village

church,” says Shirley. “It brings the area

together.”

In order to build something that would

complement the iconic structure, the Eccles

family enlisted renowned architectural firm

Olson Kundig as design architect and TAL

Studio as the interior designer to work in

conjunction with Think Architecture and

Okland Construction, both standout local

firms. Joining together the two seemingly

disparate buildings, Austrian Alpine and

mountain modern, was the first big request

that has come through beautifully.

“They work together,” Tobler says in

agreement. A quick glance and it’s hard

to imagine a larger contrast in styles, but

Tobler says it’s what is inside that truly

bridges the gap. “It’s a testament to the

operators. It’s the Eccles that are bringing

this together and putting this together.

It’s the restaurant, it’s the service, it’s the

people they employ. It’s that touch that

makes this work.”

The forty residences range from studio

to three-bedroom floor plans, with some

featuring lock-off units to divide the space

for hosting purposes. Furniture is included

in each unit and is all custom-designed—

something that continues to impress

Conabee. “Looking at all of the furnishings

and chandeliers—it’s all hand drawn,”

he says, amazed at the level of detail and

precision that went into the furniture.

“Seeing it go from drawing to the different

locations for production and materials and

finally having these unique custom-curated

pieces delivered to the site is so special.”

One tall task with construction

was getting the exterior work done that

remained both functionally sound and

aesthetically beautiful. “We’re talking about

structural systems that have to pull off a

finished look—concrete, steel, wood, you

name it,” says Tobler. “You’re dealing with

materials and systems that get covered up,

but […] we had to present them in a manner

that could be shown off.”

Structural and architectural steel is

seen throughout the building, especially on

the exterior work done by Intermark Steel.

Balconies are draped in raw steel with wire

metal mesh, railings and supports to give

it the “mountain modern” look that the

ownership wanted. Board-form concrete

and wood elements combine well with the

darker steel to give the building its sleek,

contemporary appearance. Add in the

panels upon panels of glazing that help

daylight the interior and you have what the

Goldener Hirsch Residences succeeds in

becoming: a modern marvel.

But there’s a lot of unsung work that

happened over the course of the project

that Conabee praised. “No one raves about

drywall and what’s behind the drywall and

the structure, the steel studs or the cutting

edge electrical or mechanical systems,” says

Conabee. “But if you’ve ever been to Deer

Valley on a blustery January day and you’ve

watched people fly 30-foot concrete forms

with a crane, it’s a pretty impressive feat.

[…] There’s some pretty spectacular human

beings that made sure this all came to be.”

Those same winters that made

construction challenging are going to be

what brings the visitors of surrounding

areas over to enjoy the amenities of both

classic and contemporary Goldener Hirsch

properties.

The Think Architecture principal was

instrumental in making sure that the

appearance of the new building would pitch

the residences better than any pamphlet

ever could. “We wanted to redo the plaza

and wrap it around to include more outdoor

dining,” says Shirley. Beyond that, the team

created a heated bridge to physically join

the two spaces together, but not just for

ease of travel. “We’re creating ambience […]

where people see what’s going on and stop

by after a ski run to enjoy the cafe or the

restaurant. It’s all about bringing people in.”

Easy enough to bring people in when

you consider the sheer number of amenities

the Goldener Hirsch Residences offer.

One big selling point in this new

Goldener Hirsch building is the conference

room, decked with beautiful chandeliers.

“It’s on the ground floor instead of being

buried in the basement,” says Shirley, a

huge difference between the Goldener

Hirsch Residences and the other Park City

properties. “That you can walk out from

there straight onto the patio is a big deal.”

World-class conference facilities and board

rooms for meetings give the building a

healthy dose of business versatility as well.

Dry sauna, wet sauna, fitness center

and spa treatment rooms are available

for those looking to maximize on their

wellness goals. Ski-prep locker room, 2,600-

SF Après-Ski lounge and Konditorei are the

big ticket items for those lucky enough to

reside there. And the Goldener Hirsch Inn

restaurant next door? Another notch on that

amenity tool belt.

Check-in, valet and concierge services

with the above-mentioned courtyard patio

and fire pits? The property is setting itself

up as a relaxation haven. Add to that the

underground parking that will prevent

residents from having to de-ice their

vehicles, and the new development is a

veritable heaven on a hill.

The top of the building contains one of

the top amenities in the form of a rooftop

pool and glass-faced, cantilevered hot tub

that extends five feet out over the face of

the building with stunning views of the

surrounding community and Deer Valley’s

famous slopes.

Contributing to the design were the

structural capabilities of the steel and

concrete crews. Each floor of concrete

contains a working mat of post-tension cables

and steel that allow for floor-to-ceiling glass

between floors. Conabee wants everyone to

realize the skill and precision that went into

such a groundbreaking process.

“All penetrations through the slab

have to have been placed weeks prior

to the cables being tightened,” he says.

Every shower pan, sink drain, gas line and

anything that went through that slab “all

had to be perfect. That [perfection] came

from a global survey and website that

Okland provided to coordinate with all of

the subcontractors.”

That level of detail and precision grows

more beautiful upon closer inspection,

especially “when you think of the number

of penetrations in that slab and the

coordination of that [process] with the

structural engineers and architects,” says

Conabee. “Think of putting a pool 50 feet in

the air, and then think of it shaking during

a seismic event—it’s a tremendous amount

of loads that impact the building. The

engineering and execution to structure >>


“We’re creating ambience […] where people see what’s going on and stop by after a ski run to enjoy the cafe or the restaurant. It’s all about bringing people in.”— John Shirley, Think Architecture

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is as impressive as the finish.”

While facility-users may take for

granted the ability to use a restroom and

walk on a floor without questioning it,

Conabee wants heaps of praise for everyone

who helped pull off this spectacular project.

“To do that type of engineering under the

duress of three very challenging winters,”

he says, “[is] a testament to Okland, our

subcontractors and everyone else involved.

It’s something that couldn’t have been done

five to seven years ago.”

For a group so involved in the

development in Park City with Utah

Development & Construction, Conabee

recognizes the joy that comes from

completing such an intense, opulent

project. “It is the most difficult endeavor

I have ever been a part of, but it is an

edifice that will stand for over a century,”

Conabee concludes. For the Eccles family

and everyone involved, “It will be a lasting

legacy for generations to come. n

PROJECT TEAM

Owner: Eccles Family

Developer: Utah Development &

Construction

DESIGN TEAM

Project Architect: Think Architecture

Design Architect: Olson Kundig

Civil: Ensign Engineers

Electrical: Design Build/ Rydalch Electric,

Spectrum Engineers

Mechanical: Design Build/ Shamrock

Plumbing, Colvin Engineering

Structural: BHB Structural Engineers

Geotech: IGES Inc.

Landscape: Earthworks Landscape

Interior Design & Furniture: TAL Studio

CONSTRUCTION TEAM

General Contractor: Okland Construction

Plumbing: Shamrock Plumbing

Electrical: Rydalch Electric Inc

Concrete: Okland construction

Steel Fabrication: Intermark Steel, LLC

Glass/Curtain Wall: Kawneer

Window Units: Jeld Wen, Image Window

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Excavation: Jones Excavation

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It turns out there’s a lot of treading water

involved in the long-term planning of a

community recreation center.

Identified as a necessity many years

ago, Salt Lake County and partners finally

jumped into the full-speed-ahead planning

pool in 2018, breaking ground on a new

state-of-the-art fitness/aquatics center

in Draper. Now, the just-opened Draper

Recreation Center is reaping the benefit

of that exercise in perseverance and

teamwork.

“The process of creating this project

was so fulfilling,” says Holli Adams,

Principal, AIA, Recreation Specialist for

design firm Architectural Nexus of Salt

Lake City. “The whole project team was

really committed to making this a great

success. There are a whole lot of people

who touched this project from beginning

to end, and they should all be proud.”

From the see-worthiness of its

futuristic indoor/outdoor swimming

facility to the inclusion of a multi-sport,

turf-covered fieldhouse, the $22-million

fitness jewel was designed with a LEED

Gold certification in mind.

“I will try not to sound too much like

a nerd, but this building is truly the best-

designed aquatic facility in the state,”

enthuses Adams. “The pool building

envelope and systems are designed and

commissioned to the highest levels—Gold

LEED pending—and you can really tell if

you know what you are looking for.”

According to Angelo Calacino, Park

Development Project Manager for Salt

Lake County, the need for a community

recreation center in Draper was envisioned

as early as 2005 when the county updated

a previous master plan that was originally

created in 1994.

“The 2005 plan went to the extent

of inventorying all park and open space

acreages, including accounting for all

county-owned and public-recreation

facilities,” Calacino says. “In addition,

population and demographic studies

were completed, ultimately leading to

recommendations uniquely applicable

to the whole county, but even more

specifically to the county being divided up

into five geographic planning areas.”

When the plan was updated in 2015,

it again looked at the needs of each of the

five individual geographic areas.

“Draper City is located in the

Southeast Planning area,” Calacino says,

“and based on the data gathered and

analyzed both in 2005 and again in the 2015

plan, a recreation center was identified as

a need and a community want.”

The two-story venue encompasses

60,000 SF. Plans were somewhat unique

from the beginning, as they involved

connecting the brand new facility with an

already existent outdoor pool through a

bi-folding door.

According to Adams, who, interestingly

enough, had worked on the adjacent

outdoor pool 20 years earlier as one of

her first aquatic projects, patrons can

walk in the building but not notice any

odor, humidity or acoustic issues typically

associated with swimming pools “even

though water is visible 20 feet away.”

“We always try to design to these

levels, but with this building we included

system commissioning and extra

observations as well as incorporating all

those ‘lessons learned’ to create a facility

that is operationally superior,” Adams says.

Aquatic centers are unlike any other

buildings when you design systems,

Adams says, because of the exactness

of planning needed to achieve desired

temperature and humidity levels. For

example, pool spaces, ideally, need to be

two degrees above the temperature of the

pool to eliminate condensation on ceilings,

windows and walls.

“This is difficult—especially since

lap pools are typically around 78 degrees

water temperature and leisure pools are

more like 86 degrees,” Adams says. “So we

usually go with 88 degrees ambient air

temperature, but the spaces around the

pool all want to be 70 degrees, or maybe

even cooler if they are workout spaces, so

there is a lot going on. If you understand

how each of the spaces function from a

mechanical point of view, a functional

point of view [morning vs. afternoon

exposures] and a programming point

of view [senior aerobics vs. swim team

practice], the design requirements start to

accumulate and need to be orchestrated

in conjunction with the proximity of the

adjacent spaces and systems.”

Layton Construction served as

the general contractor for the project.

According to Tim Beardmore, Project

Manager for Layton, ensuring the quality

of construction met the stringent design >>

Draper Recreation Center

See-worthyNew $22-million recreation/aquatics center makes a splash in Draper

By Doug Fox


goals of the facility was a constant team

effort throughout the build.

“There were very tight commissioning

and envelope criteria for the building due to

its LEED status and for energy efficiency,”

Beardmore says. “The building envelope

provided continuous insulation from the

foundations all the way to the roof system.

This required implementing details that

many of the envelope subcontractors were

not accustomed to.”

One aspect of efficiency that would be

pretty much out of public purview is that

LEED Gold status requires that all storm

water be contained within the project site.

“This led to unique retaining wall

designs, sump facilities and underground

storm water storage to ensure that the

project did not discharge any water offsite,”

Beardmore says. “The building controls

system was also very advanced, allowing

for a very efficient building.”

Beardmore says product selection and

submittals were far more involved on this

project in conjunction with striving for the

highest LEED certification. The majority of

materials used need to have Environmental

Product Declarations or Health Product

Declarations, and the sourcing of materials

was geared toward manufacturing facilities

that prioritize sustainability. To that end,

the design implements such features as

daylighting, low-VOC paints, adhesives and

sealants; building energy management, EV

car chargers, bike storage and the reduction

of heat island affect through the selection

of landscaping materials.

Both Beardmore and Adams point to

the extensive deployment of solatubes—

large cylindrical tubes that extend beyond

the roof line and collect and magnify

daylight into the building.

“The one thing most people will

notice when they enter the building is the

wonderful quality of the natural light,”

Adams says. “The public spaces include

natural light from strategically placed

windows as well as solatubes. Many of

the spaces are designed to be perfectly

daylighted on a non-cloudy day without the

use of artificial lighting. This is quite a feat

given that the light level required for sports

activities and swimming is higher than

other activities.”

Another component that sets the

Draper Recreation Center apart from

other similar venues is the turf fieldhouse.

According to Calacino, original plans called

for a conventional basketball gymnasium.

But in searching for something different,

project planners eventually settled on the

fieldhouse, which will cater to multiple

sports.

“The [fieldhouse] facility will

accommodate various ball sports, primarily

for practice, but there might be actual

games, or leagues of baseball, softball,

lacrosse, soccer [and] football as well

as other programmable fitness classes,”

Calacino says. “At a minimum, patrons can

walk or jog laps inside the space on the

cushioned artificial turf.”

“The fieldhouse will accommodate

soccer and flag football games, however, ages

and sport being played will determine the

amount of players on the field at one time,”

says Shaun Perfili, Facility Manager of the

Draper Recreation Center. “Bootcamp-style

classes will be incorporated into the 1qland

group fitness schedule and will provide

similar training conditions year round.”

Additional amenities include an

aerobics room, a fitness room and a party

room, in addition to locker rooms and staff

offices.

According to Beardmore, main

construction was pretty well finished by

the time the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in

Utah in February of this year.

“Fortunately, when the pandemic

hit, most of the major construction was

complete,” he says. “Warranty and punch

list items were the only activities taking

place when the pandemic hit.”

COVID-19 did curtail plans for the

center’s grand opening celebration.

However, the center still enjoyed a soft

opening in July and has current pandemic-

related safeguards in effect for the time

being. All told, the years of planning that

went into the new recreation center should

pay dividends to Draper residents for a

long time to come.

“The building is designed to be

interesting to people as they drive past,

minimize the mass of a large fieldhouse on

the side of the mountain and relate

the new facility uses with the existing >>


The Draper Recreation Center is a 60,000 SF space that includes a turf fieldhouse, workout areas and even an indoor pool that connects with an existing outdoor pool (photos by Endeavour Architectural Photography).


outdoor swimming pool,” Adams says. “I

feel like we created a facility that offers

something for everyone and will be a place

that people will love for the next 50 years.”

Draper Recreation CenterOwner: Salt Lake County Parks &

Recreation

DESIGN TEAM

Architect: Architectural Nexus

Architect’s Rep: Holli Adams

Civil: Meridian Engineers, Inc.

Electrical: Electrical Engineering Lighting

Design

Mechanical: Van Boerum & Frank

Associates, Inc.

Structural: Dunn Associates Inc.

Geotech: AGEC

Landscape: Architectural Nexus

Interior Design: Architectural Nexus

Furniture: Architectural Nexus

Pools: Water Design Inc.

CONSTRUCTION TEAM

General Contractor: Layton Construction

Plumbing: Harris Mechanical

HVAC: Harris Mechanical

Electrical: Rydalch Electric

Concrete: AK Masonry

Steel Fabrication – Main Building: K&J Steel

Steel Erection – Main Building: Wasatch

Steel Erectors

Steel Fabrication – Fieldhouse:

Varco Pruden

Steel Erection – Fieldhouse: Sure Steel

Glass/Curtain Wall: NGI Glass

Masonry: AK Masonry

Drywall – Main Building: Muddy Boys

Acoustics – Main Building: K&L Acoustics

Drywall – Fieldhouse: Daw Construction

Painting: Grow Painting

Tile/Stone: Dowland Tile

Millwork: Associated Fixture

Wood Flooring: Croft Beck

Rubber Flooring/Carpet: Wall 2 Wall

Turf: Field Turf

Roofing: Noorda B.E.C.

Waterproofing: Rocky Mountain

Waterproofing

Excavation: Innovative Excavation

Demolition: Grant Mackay

Precast: (if applicable): Forterra Precast

Landscaping: Prosecutive Landscaping

Swimming Pools: CEM Aquatics n


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Annual Revenues (millions)Firm Name Year Est. Top Executive Largest Project Completed in 2019 2019 2018 2017 Top Markets %Address (HQ) # of Employees Title Largest to Break Ground in 2020 (Utah offices)Phone # LEED AP Years at Firm Website

Horrocks Engineers 1968 Jim Horrocks Bangerter 4 Interchanges Program Mgt $74.1 $52.2 $38.2 Highway 71%2162 W. Grove Parkway #400 392 CEO US-89; Farmington to I-84 Progressive Design Build Civic/Inst. 12%Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 51 Telecom 4%(801) 763-5100 Water 3%www.horrocks.com

AECOM 1990 Travis Boone US-40; Strawberry Valley Passing Lane $51.2 $40.7 $27.5 Haz. Waste 39%756 E. Winchester St #400 112 EVP New Water Reclamation Facility Project Highway 23%SLC, UT 84107 2 21 Wastewater 21%(801) 904-4000 Industrial 7%www.aecom.com

HDR 1917 Brent Jensen IHC Dixie Regional Medical Campus $44.3 $29.2 $36.8 Highway 59%2825 E. Cottonwood Pkwy 75 Area Manager UTTR P822 Missile New Railroad Rail 19%SLC, UT 84121 1 14 Healthcare 14%(801) 743-7800 Transit 5%www.hdrinc.com

Sunrise Engineering 1978 Mark Huntsman Ephraim City IFFPs & IFAs $21.8 $17.2 $12.5 Water 30%25 E. 500 N. 282 President/CEO I-15; North Cedar to Summit Wastewater 30%Fillmore, UT 84631 3 33 Natural Gas 25%(435) 896-7613 Highway 15%www.sunrise-eng.com

WSP USA Inc. 1985 Dana Meier I-15; Lehi Technology Corridor $21.6 $16.3 $11.3 Highway 85%6510 S Millrock Dr #225 86 VP/SR. VP/Sr. Mgr. US-89 Program Management Aviation 10%Salt Lake City, UT 84121 1 5 Water 5%(385) 274-5800 www.wsp.com

VBFA 1972 Steven Shepherd UHealth Sugar House Health Center $19.1 $17.1 $15.0 Healthcare 32%181 E. 5600 S. #130 114 PE, President/CEO Primary Children’s Hospital, Lehi Campus Higher Ed 17%Murray, UT 84107 13 16 K-12 12%(801) 530-3148 Office 10%www.vbfa.com

Jones & DeMille 1982 Brian Barton Rich County Cisco Road $18.39 $14.8 $12.1 Highway 35%1535 S. 100 W. 116 President UDOT & Millard County Brush Wellman Road Water 27%Richfield, UT 84701 19 Industrial 15%(435) 896-8266 Civic/Inst. 12%www.jonesanddemille.com

Bowen Collins & Associates 1997 Craig R. Bagley Metropolitan Water District $18.35 $15.7 $13.2 Water 59%154 E. 14075 S. 64 President SLC - East/West Conveyance Line Wastewater 30%Draper, UT 84020 NA 23 Civic/Inst. 7%(801) 495-2224 Industrial 2%www.BowenCollins.com

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2020 Top Utah EngineeringFirm Rankings

Top Overall Engineering Firms

Utah Construction & Design is pleased to publish a list of the Top Engineering Firms in Utah based on revenues generated in 2019 by

firms with headquarters and/or offices in Utah. Firms are ranked by revenues generated from their UTAH OFFICES. Firms who chose

not to disclose revenues (DND) are ranked after revenue-disclosing firms in order based on number of employees. Every effort was

made to contact respective firms and encourage their participation.

Top Overall Engineering Firms (Ranked by Total Office Revenues; All Disciplines)


Spectrum Engineers 1982 Dave Wesemann Utah Valley Regional Medical Center $17.5 $16.5 $13.8 Civic/Inst. 24%324 S. State St. #400 124 President/CEO IHC Primary Children’s Hospital Lehi Campus Office 16%SLC, UT 84111 10 30 Healthcare 16%(801) 328-5151 Higher Ed 12%www.spectrum-engineers.com

Ensign Engineering 1987 Robert Elder Pluralsight Office $17.0 $15.0 $13.0 Multi-Family 24%45 W. 10000 S. #500 108 President Zions Office Office 21%Sandy, UT 84070 2 13 K-12 18%(801) 255-0529 Water 12%www.ensignutah.com

Terracon Consultants 1980 Kent Wheeler Project Lonestar $16.0 $17.7 $10.6 Highway 55% 6949 S. High Tech Dr. 75 Regional Manager US-89 Comm/Retail 15% Midvale, UT 84047 30 Telecom 7%(801) 545-8500 Multi-Family 2% www.terracon.com

J-U-B Engineers 1954 Tim Haener DND $15.4 $13.8 $14.1 Highway 24%466 N. 900 W. 124 President/CEO DND Water 16%Kaysville, UT 84037 23 Wastewater 13%(801) 547-0393 Airports 13%www.jub.com

Michael Baker Int. 1940 Michael Arens F-35 Hangar 40/42; Hill AFB $14.0 $18.7 $15.9 Highway 65%7090 Union Park Ave. #500 82 Vice President US-89; Farmington to I-84 Federal 30%Midvale, UT 84047 4 16 Water 5%(801) 255-4400 www.mbakerintl.com

Stanley Consultants 1913 Mark Freeman SR-68; I-215 to Center Street $11.3 $12.0 $10.6 Highway 79%6975 Union Park Ave #300 59 Vice President SR-108; SR-126 to 1000 West Pavement Rehabilitation Energy 16%Cottonwood Heights, UT 84047 19 Industrial 3%(801) 559-4600 Water 1%www.stanleyconsultants.com

H.W. Lochner, Inc. 1944 Jeanne Comier UDOT Bangerter 4 Interchanges $11.5 $12.2 $9.1 Highway 100%3995 S. 700 E. #450 58 CEO UDOT Bangerter 3 Interchanges SLC, UT 84107 31 (801) 713-5222www. hwlochner.com

AGEC - Applied GeoTech 1990 Jim Nordquist St. George Airport $10.0 $9.0 $10.0 Industrial 20% 600 W. Sandy Parkway 81 President Salt Lake Temple Comm/Retail 15% Sandy, UT 84070 30 Multi-Family 10%(801) 566-6399 Civic/Inst. 10%www.agecinc.com

Raba Kistner, Inc. 1968 Clark Prothero I-15; SB 12300 South to SR-201 $9.9 $6.2 DND Highway 100%7005 South High Tech Dr 38 SR. V.P. US-89; Farmington I-84 to Main Midvale, UT 84047 10 801-653-3120www.rkci.com

CRS Engineers 1905 Matt Hirst Mountain View Corridor Design-Build $8.3 $8.0 $7.2 Highway 25% 4246 S. Riverboat Rd #200 65 President/CEO I-15 Northbound Design-Build Water 25% SLC, UT 84111 26 Civic/Inst. 15%(801) 359-5565 Comm/Retail 10%www.crsengineers.com

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Top Overall Engineering Firms Annual Revenues (millions)Firm Name Year Est. Top Executive Largest Project Completed in 2019 2019 2018 2017 Top Markets %Address (HQ) # of Employees Title Largest to Break Ground in 2020 (Utah offices)Phone # LEED AP Years at Firm Website

Reaveley Engineers 1972 Dorian Adams Alta View Hospital Campus $7.4 $7.1 $6.4 DND675 E. 500 S. # 400 53 SE/President Primary Children’s Hospital Lehi CampuSLC, UT 84102 8 23 (801) 486-3883www.reaveley.com

BNA Consulting 1972 Brian Hicks University of Utah, Ambulatory Complex $6.4 $6.2 $6.2 K-12 21% 635 S. State St. 45 President Soleil Commercial Office Development Religious 18% SLC, UT 84111 2 14 Civic/Inst. 13%(801) 532-2196 Comm/Retail 11%www.bnaconsulting.com

Psomas 1946 Leslie Morton Sugarhouse Development Site Design $5.7 $5.3 $4.4 Other 30%4179 Riverboat Rd. #200 37 PE, ENV/Principal Eagle Mountain (EAG3F) Higher Ed 20%SLC, UT 84123 2 23 Multi-Family 20%(801) 270-5777 Civic/Inst. 15% www.psomas.com

Dunn Associates, Inc. 1995 David Dunn Adobe Phase II $5.6 $4.2 $3.9 Office 20%380 W. 800 S. 31 CEO The Post House District Multi-Family 15%SLC, UT 84101 8 16 Industrial 15%(801) 575-8877 Comm/Retail 10%www.dunn-se.com

Envision Engineering 1994 Jeff Owen Shoreline Junior High School $5.0 $4.0 $3.7 K-12 25%240 E. Morris Ave #200 32 PE, CEO Hillcrest High School, Phase I & II Higher Ed 23%SLC, UT 84115 5 26 Comm/Retail 20%(801) 556-1523 Civic/Inst. 14%www.envisioneng.com

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BHB Structural 2002 Chris Hofheins U of U Sugar House Health Center DND DND DND Office 23%2766 S. Main 56 President U of U Rice-Eccles Stadium South End Zone Expansion Multi-Family 17%SLC, UT 84115 18 Industrial 13%(801) 355-5656 K-12 11%www.bhbengineers.com

Colvin Engineering Associates 1986 Stephen Connor Provo 4th District Court DND DND DND Higher Ed 30%505 E. South Temple # 100 41 President South Endzone Expansion Office 25%SLC, UT 84102 9 29 Industrial 15%(801) 322-2400 Comm/Retail 10%www.cea-ut.com

ARW Engineers 1969 Brent White Lindquist Hall Renovation - WSU DND DND DND Industrial 25%1504 W Park Circle 35 President Noorda Engineering & Applied Science - WSU Civic/Inst. 21%Ogden, UT 84404 1 37 Higher Ed 10%(801) 782-6008 Office 10%www.arwengineers.com

Heath Engineering, Inc. 1948 Jeffrey Anderson Oakland California Temple Renovation DND DND DND Private 30%377 W. 800 N. 28 PE / CEO Salt Lake City Utah Temple Renovation Office 10% SLC, UT 84103 40 Industrial 10%(801) 322-0487 Higher Ed 8%www.heatheng.com

Calder Richards Consulting 2005 Jonathan Richards Murray City Hall DND DND DND K-12 20%634 S. 400 W. # 100 20 Managing Partner Micron Middle School - Alpine School District Comm/Retail 16%SLC, UT 84101 1 15 Resort/Hosp. 12%(801) 466-1699 Civic/Inst. 5%www.crceng.com

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Top Civil Engineering Firms Top Civil Engineering Firms Annual Revenues (millions)Firm Name Year Est. Top Executive Largest Project Completed in 2019 2019 2018 2017 Top Markets %Address (HQ) # of Employees Title Largest to Break Ground in 2020 (Utah offices)Phone # LEED AP Years at Firm Website

Horrocks Engineers 1968 Jim Horrocks Bangerter 4 Interchanges Program Mgt $74.1 $52.2 $38.2 Highway 71%2162 W. Grove Parkway #400 392 CEO US-89; Farmington to I-84 Progressive Design Build Civic/Inst. 12%Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 51 Telecom 4%(801) 763-5100 Water 3%www.horrocks.com

AECOM 1990 Travis Boone US-40; Strawberry Valley Passing Lane $51.2 $40.7 $27.5 Haz. Waste 39%756 E. Winchester St #400 112 EVP New Water Reclamation Facility Project Highway 23%SLC, UT 84107 2 21 Wastewater 21%(801) 904-4000 Industrial 7%www.aecom.com

HDR 1917 Brent Jensen IHC Dixie Regional Medical Campus $44.3 $29.2 $36.8 Highway 59%2825 E. Cottonwood Pkwy 75 Area Manager UTTR P822 Missile New Railroad Rail 19%SLC, UT 84121 1 14 Healthcare 14%(801) 743-7800 Transit 5%www.hdrinc.com

Sunrise Engineering 1978 Mark Huntsman Ephraim City IFFPs & IFAs $21.8 $17.2 $12.5 Water 30%25 E. 500 N. 282 President/CEO I-15; North Cedar to Summit Wastewater 30%Fillmore, UT 84631 3 33 Natural Gas 25%(435) 896-7613 Highway 15%www.sunrise-eng.com

WSP USA Inc. 1985 Dana Meier I-15; Lehi Technology Corridor $21.6 $16.3 $11.3 Highway 85%6510 S Millrock Dr #225 86 VP/SR. Area Mgr. US-89 Program Management Aviation 10%Salt Lake City, UT 84121 1 5 Water 5%(385) 274-5800 www.wsp.com

Jones & DeMille 1982 Brian Barton Rich County Cisco Road $18.39 $14.8 $12.1 Highway 35%1535 S. 100 W. 116 President UDOT & Millard County Brush Wellman Road Water 27%Richfield, UT 84701 19 Industrial 15%(435) 896-8266 Civic/Inst. 12%www.jonesanddemille.com

Bowen Collins & Associates 1997 Craig R. Bagley Metropolitan Water District $18.35 $15.7 $13.2 Water 59%154 E. 14075 S. 64 President SLC - East/West Conveyance Line Wastewater 30%Draper, UT 84020 NA 23 Civic/Inst. 7%(801) 495-2224 Industrial 2%www.BowenCollins.com

Ensign Engineering 1987 Robert Elder Pluralsight Office $17.0 $15.0 $13.0 Multi-Family 24%45 W. 10000 S. #500 108 President Zions Office Office 21%Sandy, UT 84070 2 13 K-12 18%(801) 255-0529 Water 12%www.ensignutah.com

Terracon Consultants 1980 Kent Wheeler Project Lonestar $16.0 $17.7 $10.6 Highway 55% 6949 S. High Tech Dr. 75 Regional Manager US-89 Comm/Retail 15%Midvale, UT 84047 30 Telecom 7%(801) 545-8500 Multi-Family 2% www.terracon.com

J-U-B Engineers 1954 Tim Haener DND $15.4 $13.8 $14.1 Highway 24%466 N. 900 W.124 President/CEO DND Water 16%Kaysville, UT 84037 23 Wastewater 13%(801) 547-0393 Airports 13%www.jub.com


Michael Baker Int. 1940 Michael Arens F-35 Hangar 40/42; Hill AFB $14.0 $18.7 $15.9 Highway 65%7090 Union Park Ave. #500 82 Vice President US-89; Farmington to I-84 Federal 30%Midvale, UT 84047 4 16 Water 5%(801) 255-4400 www.mbakerintl.com

Stanley Consultants 1913 Mark Freeman SR-68; I-215 to Center Street $11.3 $12.0 $10.6 Highway 79%6975 Union Park Ave #300 59 Vice President SR-108; SR-126 to 1000 West Pavement Rehabilitation Energy 16%Cottonwood Heights, UT 84047 19 Industrial 3%(801) 559-4600 Water 1%www.stanleyconsultants.com

H.W. Lochner, Inc. 1944 Jeanne Comier UDOT Bangerter 4 Interchanges $11.5 $12.2 $9.1 Highway 100%3995 S. 700 E. #450 58 CEO UDOT Bangerter 3 Interchanges SLC, UT 84107 31 (801) 713-5222www. hwlochner.com

AGEC - Applied GeoTech 1990 Jim Nordquist St. George Airport $10.0 $9.0 $10.0 Industrial 20% 600 W. Sandy Parkway 81 President Salt Lake Temple Comm/Retail 15% Sandy, UT 84070 30 Multi-Family 10%(801) 566-6399 Civic/Inst. 10%www.agecinc.com

Raba Kistner, Inc. 1968 Clark Prothero I-15; SB 12300 South to SR-201 $9.9 $6.2 DND Highway 100%7005 South High Tech Dr 38 SR. V.P. US-89; Farmington I-84 to Main Midvale, UT 84047 10 801-653-3120www.rkci.com

CRS Engineers 1905 Matt Hirst Mountain View Corridor Design-Build $8.3 $8.0 $7.2 Highway 25% 4246 S. Riverboat Rd #200 65 President/CEO I-15 Northbound Design-Build Water 25% SLC, UT 84111 26 Civic/Inst. 15%(801) 359-5565 Comm/Retail 10%www.crsengineers.com

Psomas 1946 Leslie Morton Sugarhouse Development Site Design $5.7 $5.3 $4.4 Other 30%4179 Riverboat Rd. #200 37 PE, ENV/Principal Eagle Mountain (EAG3F) Higher Ed 20%SLC, UT 84123 2 23 Multi-Family 20%(801) 270-5777 Civic/Inst. 15% www.psomas.com

Top MEP (Mechanical + Electrical) Engineering Firms

VBFA 1972 Steven Shepherd UHealth Sugar House Health Center $19.1 $17.1 $15.0 Healthcare 32%181 E. 5600 S. #130 114 PE, President/CEO Primary Children’s Hospital, Lehi Campus Higher Ed 17%Murray, UT 84107 13 16 K-12 12%(801) 530-3148 Office 10%www.vbfa.com

Spectrum Engineers 1982 Dave Wesemann Utah Valley Regional Medical Center $17.5 $16.5 $13.8 Civic/Inst. 24%324 S. State St. #400 124 President/CEO IHC Primary Children’s Hospital Lehi Campus Office 16%SLC, UT 84111 10 30 Healthcare 16%(801) 328-5151 Higher Ed 12%www.spectrum-engineers.com

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BNA Consulting 1972 Brian Hicks University of Utah, Ambulatory Care $6.4 $6.2 $6.2 K-12 21% 635 S. State St. 45 President Soleil Commercial Office Development Religious 18%SLC, UT 84111 2 14 Civic/Inst. 13%(801) 532-2196 Comm/Retail 11%www.bnaconsulting.com

Envision Engineering 1994 Jeff Owen Shoreline Junior High School $5.0 $4.0 $3.7 K-12 25%240 E. Morris Ave #200 32 PE, CEO Hillcrest High School, Phase I & II Higher Ed 23%SLC, UT 84115 5 26 Comm/Retail 20%(801) 556-1523 Civic/Inst. 14%www.envisioneng.com


Colvin Engineering Associates 1986 Stephen Connor Provo 4th District Court DND DND DND Higher Ed 30%505 E. South Temple # 100 41 President South Endzone Expansion Office 25%SLC, UT 84102 9 29 Industrial 15%(801) 322-2400 Comm/Retail 10%www.cea-ut.com

Heath Engineering, Inc. 1948 Jeffrey Anderson Oakland California Temple Renovation DND DND DND Private 30%377 W. 800 N. 28 PE / CEO Salt Lake City Utah Temple Renovation Office 10% SLC, UT 84103 40 Industrial 10%(801) 322-0487 Higher Ed 8%www.heatheng.com

Top Structural Engineering Firms

Reaveley Engineers 1972 Dorian Adams Alta View Hospital Campus $7.4 $7.1 $6.4 DND675 E. 500 S. # 400 53 SE/President Primary Children’s Hospital Lehi Campus SLC, UT 84102 8 23 (801) 486-3883www.reaveley.com

Dunn Associates, Inc. 1995 David Dunn Adobe Phase II $5.6 $4.2 $3.9 Office 20%380 W. 800 S. 31 CEO The Post House District Multi-Family 15%SLC, UT 84101 8 16 Industrial 15%(801) 575-8877 Comm/Retail 10%www.dunn-se.com


BHB Structural 2002 Chris Hofheins U of U Sugar House Health Center DND DND DND Office 23%2766 S. Main 56 President U of U Rice-Eccles Stadium South End Zone Expansion Multi-Family 17%SLC, UT 84115 18 Industrial 13%(801) 355-5656 K-12 11%www.bhbengineers.com

ARW Engineers 1969 Brent White Lindquist Hall Renovation - WSU DND DND DND Industrial 25%1504 W Park Circle 35 President Noorda Engineering & Applied Science - WSU Civic/Inst. 21%Ogden, UT 84404 1 37 Higher Ed 10%(801) 782-6008 Office 10%www.arwengineers.com

Calder Richards Con. Eng. 2005 Jonathan Richards Murray City Hall DND DND DND K-12 20%634 S. 400 W. # 100 20 Managing Partner Micron Middle School - Alpine School District Comm/Retail 16%SLC, UT 84101 1 15 Resort/Hosp. 12%(801) 466-1699 Civic/Inst. 5%www.crceng.com

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Beecher Walker Architects ........................................35

BHB Engineers .....................................................................51

Century Equipment ........................................................ 24

Consolidated Engineering Laboratories ....... 14

CSDZ ............................................................................................38

Dunn Associates, Inc. ....................................................... 5

FFKR Architects ..................................................................45

Honnen Equipment ........................................................... 8

Horrocks Engineers ........................................................... 3

Jones & Demille Engineering ....................................59

Kilgore Companies .......................................................... 11

Layton Construction ......................................................29

Method Studio .....................................................................19

Midwest D-Vision Solutions .....................................20

R&O Construction ............................................................... 7

Reaveley Engineers ........................................................ 60

Richards Brandt Miller Nelson ................................50

SBR / Vision Graphics .................................................... 21

SMPS Utah ..............................................................................36

Staker Parson Companies ......................................... 44

Stevens Corporation.......................................................55

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