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8 Message from the Editor 10 2021 Legislative Recap 14 Industry News 16 Commercial Real Estate 18 Sustainability Viewpoint 20 Construction Law 22 Asphalt Update 28

Features

24 Wheeling and Dealing Equipment dealers and association representatives are excited about the future, especially with infrastructure spending growing into an achievable political goal.

28 Schoolwork Slowdown K-12 construction market slows after COVID-19, two years of minimal bonding. 32 32 A Library Grows in Kearns Sustainable in every sense and with resources that embody accessibility and the programming to match the community, the Kearns Library is one for the 21st century.

40 Back to the Future Colvin Engineering Associates headquarters renovation retains mid-century modern feel in the 21st century.

44 Glass Completely Full Glazing’s challenges and opportunities leave it in a unique position as the market around Salt Lake City adapts to different architectural needs.

48 Opportunity Knocks Women leaders see growing role for women in construction. 40 52 Sustaining Stewardship Aggregates continue to focus on sustainable initiatives to not only build up communities but make them healthier and safer places to live.

56 A Review from Every Corner Speakers at 2021 NAIOP Utah Commercial Real Estate Symposium say 2021 will keep up the momentum that was sustained across multiple sectors of commercial real estate.

60 Marketing Strategies

On the Cover: The Kearns Library (pictured) is the perfect example of sustainability 44 within a building while sustaining the local community. Unique accessibility elements and biophilic design are hallmark features of the nearly 35,000 SF library built to support everyone in Kearns (photo courtesy Arch Nexus).

Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 7 < Message from the Editor Industry Solidarity You think we’ll ever get tired of bringing up the UC&D pandemic? I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of remembering what the last year was like. All of the fear, the false dawns, the Utah Construction & Design Magazine restarts, the trials, the learning, the success—all combined 2075 S Pioneer Rd STE B to create an incredibly memorable 12 months. What a wild Salt Lake City, UT 84104 time to be alive. O: (801) 747-9202 We’ve seen warp-speed breakthroughs in immunology, www.utahcdmag.com allowing thousands of us across the country to receive COVID-19 vaccines. It is what’s going to help move us to a Bradley H. Fullmer less-restricted life, and until then, we’ve seen countless Publisher/Managing Editor examples of resilience and solidarity. [email protected] March 2021 felt like a closing of the circle, 12 months removed from the beginning of the pandemic. I think about the differences between NAIOP’s 2020 and Taylor Larsen 2021 Symposiums (see page 56). One had hundreds of people taking up the entire Editor Vivint Arena court, the recent one was a hybrid model with in-person and virtual [email protected] attendance—and it rocked. What a privilege to see our resilience and the promise of a physically connected future. Ladd J. Marshall UAPA’s first ever virtual conference showcased that strength is found everywhere. Advertising Sales Director Listen to Reed Ryan talk about his association (see page 22), and it’s immediately [email protected] apparent that he’s leading a resilient bunch who are firmly invested in shared success. With all of these remarkable shows of adaptability and connectivity, I hope we Jay Hartwell never forget what has played out over the last year. As we look forward, we can’t forget Art Director the past. Ask Colvin Engineering Associates: they have a mid-century past that they get [email protected] to work in every day because of their renovations on the Steiner American building see( page 40). Kearns Library (see page 32) preserves both the past and present of a resilient community. Whether that’s found in the community rooms, maker spaces, thumbing through a great book, or enjoying the Utah sunshine, everyone’s welcome to make the Kearns Library “theirs.” The solidarity in that community, as shown in three lovely murals, is a shining example of unity through the built environment. It’s this solidarity part that sticks out most to me—it’s something I keep hearing over and over again: “I’m in good shape if my competitors are in good shape.” The rising tide of available work lifts all of the A/E/C boats. Where waters are shallow in places like K-12 construction (see page 28), further resiliency is needed in the form of new solutions. Such solutions will benefit everyone, for just as we must look to the past, we need to remember the future. We need to remember that—this work, these decisions—they affect all of us. With everyone talking about labor problems and the dearth of qualified workers, I think, “If Utah Construction & Design is published eight (8) times a year. Postage there were ever an industry that could include everyone, it’s A/E/C.” paid in Salt Lake City, UT. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Subscriptions: $64.00 per It’s why I get so excited to see the growing cadre of women in construction. Emma year. Subscribers: If Postal Service alerts us that magazine is undeliverable Penrod’s article on these professionals (see page 48)—project manager, association to present address, we need to receive corrected address. Postmaster: Send address changes to 2075 S Pioneer Rd. STE B, Salt Lake City UT 84104. leader, company owner, general counsel—is a great start in continuing to make one To subscribe or contribute editorial content, or for reprints, please email sector of the industry more inclusive. But real change comes from making this industry [email protected]. For Advertising rates/Media Kit, please email one where diverse peoples want to be, where they can be challenged by mentors to [email protected]. reach new heights and where their skills are celebrated. Vol. 9 No. 2 So let’s keep being resilient. Let’s keep being resourceful. Let’s continue to work in solidarity and show that the A/E/C industry is the place to be. Coming in May issue of UC&D: 2021 Top Utah Architectural Firm Rankings Post-Covid Construction Financing A/E/C Technology

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8 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 K-12 CONSTRUCTION IS OUR PASSION The projects we choose to pursue are based on our belief that they add value to the community, elevate the educational experience, strengthen the next generation and make Utah a better place to live Over the past 20 years of education-construction focus, we have successfully delivered in excess of $1.2B in education projects

Westland Construction is proud of our partnership and teamwork with Utah’s School Districts in shaping future generations by providing quality K-12 educational construction management

www.westlandconstruction.com > 2021 Legislative Recap

New Year, New Budget

By Joey Gilbert

After 45 days of working on a wide special session to make budget cuts in range of issues, the Utah Legislature anticipation of budget shortfalls due to the concluded the 2021 general session just COVID-19 pandemic. The Utah Division of before midnight on Friday, March 5th. Facilities Construction and Management During this year’s session, lawmakers (DFCM) was at the receiving end of some of requested 1,216 bills, with 767 of those those budget cuts, forcing them to place bill requests being drafted and 502 several higher education and other projects bills passing the legislature overall. on hold. During this legislative session, Additionally, the legislature tackled the approximately $266 million was reallocated, herculean task of approving and passing a putting the following projects back on the Joey Gilbert $23.5 billion state budget. table under certain stipulations: The overall funding priorities for • Brigham City Public Safety Building lawmakers this year were education, • Health Sciences Building SB143: Sen. Chris Wilson, R-Logan. infrastructure, and tax cuts. With a (Bridgerland Tech) This bill enacts provisions relating to state surplus of $1.5 billion in one-time • Herriman Campus (SLCC) 2021 revenue bonds and capital facility funding, lawmakers had the difficult task • Academic Building (SUU) design and construction authorizations. of prioritizing funding requests, the vast • Steward Building for Applied Sciences The total bonded amount is $250,449,700, number certainly outpacing available funds. U of U) divided into the following projects. • Mehdi Heravi Global Teaching • West Village Graduate and Family Student INFRASTRUCTURE/ & Learning Center (USU) Housing ($125.8 million) CONSTRUCTION FUNDING: • Landbank (DSU) • Impact, Epicenter Building ($85.7 million) Last November, the state met in a • Electric Vehicle and Roadway Building ($9.2 million) • Stewart Stadium East Bleachers ($4 million) • Noorda Engineering and Applied Science Building ($8.5 million) • Sugarhouse Liquor Store ($11,725,700) • Sandy Liquor Store ($5,524,000)

HB257: Rep. Steve Eliason, R-Sandy. This legislation sets aside around $37 million to establish Utahraptor and Lost Creek state parks. The new Utahraptor State Park will be located in the Dalton Wells area in Grand County, and the Lost Creek Reservoir in Morgan County will be renamed the Lost Creek State Park—these parks will mark the 45th and 46th for the state.

HB433: Rep. Mike Schultz, R-Hooper. This bill authorizes $1.1 billion ($869.6 million in one-time funding, $232 million in bonding) in investments for roads, public transit, and active transportation.

10 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 One-time Funding Transportation Investment Fund for transit Authorized Bonding $705 million goes into the projects: $232 million for public transit projects: Transportation Investment Fund (TIF) for • $100 million to pay to double-track • $200 million to double track strategic the following state highway projects: sections of the FrontRunner sections of the FrontRunner commuter • The connector road between Main Street • $1.6 million to pay for a rail station in rails system and 1600 North in the city of Vineyard Vineyard • $12 million to pay for construction and • Geneva Road from University Parkway to $35 million goes into the TIF for active improvements to the S-Line streetcar 1800 South in Utah County transportation projects “paved pedestrian facilities in Salt Lake City • The SR-97 interchange at 5600 South on or paved nonmotorized transportation • $11 million for bus rapid transit in the Salt I-15 in Weber County projects” Lake midvalley area • Two lanes on U-111 from Herriman • $5 million for Point of the Mountain area Parkway to 11800 South in Salt Lake environmental study >> County • Widening I-15 between mileposts 10 and 13 and the interchange at milepost 11 in Washington City • Improvements to 1600 North in Orem from 1200 West to State Street • Widening I-15 between mileposts 6 and 8 in St. George • Widening 1600 South from Main Street in the city of Spanish Fork to SR-51 • Widening US 6 from Sheep Creek to Mill Fork between mileposts 195 and 197 in Spanish Fork Canyon TURNKEY • I-15 northbound between mileposts 43 and 56, south of Cedar City, near Kanarraville SOLUTIONS TO • A passing lane on SR-132 between mileposts 41.1 and 43.7 between MEET YOUR mileposts 43 and 45.1 between Nephi and Fountain Green • East Zion SR-9 improvements SUSTAINABILITY • Toquerville Parkway in Washington County • An environmental study on Foothill GOALS Boulevard in the city of Saratoga Springs in Utah County • For construction of an interchange on • EV Charging Stations Bangerter Highway at 13400 South • An environmental impact study for • Microgrids Kimball Junction in Summit County • Solar Arrays (Canopy, Ground Mount, $28 million goes into the TIF to local and Roof Mount) government for the following projects: • $5 million for Payson Main Street repair • Operation & Maintenance Services and replacement • $8 million for Bluffdale 14600 South railroad bypass • $5 million for improvements to 4700 South in Taylorsville • $10 million for improvements to the west side frontage roads adjacent to U.S. 40 between mile markers 7 and 10 Summit County $101.6 million goes into the Transit

Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 11 • $4 million for a Utah Transit Authority and Sharp-Tintic railroad consolidation project in Utah County

$32 million for rail projects: www.stakerparson.com | 801-731-1111 • $29 million for Forest Street Rail Bridge project • $3 million for environmental grade separation study at 110 North in North Salt Lake.

Creates a Cottonwood Canyons Transportation Investment Fund (CCTIF) and funds it at an amount of $20 million per year.

HB244: Rep. James Dunnigan, OUR PEOPLE ARE R-Taylorsville. This legislation directs the OUR FOUNDATION flow of funding from the County of the First- Class Highway Projects fund. This applies to only a select number of cities within Salt Lake County. • FY21: One-time funding between $500,000 and $2.6 million (9 cities) • FY22–FY37: Between $300,000 and $1 million annually for 15 years (14 cities) • FY24–FY39: $300,000 to Kearns; $225,000 to Magna annually for 15 years • Annual deposit of $2 million to UTA

Authorizes through UDOT $20 million of bonding for: • $12 million to Bluffdale for construction and improvements to 14600 South • $8 million to South Jordan for construction of a parking structure

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: HB355: Rep. Timothy Hawkes, R-Centerville. This legislation protects a general contractor from potential lawsuits from a subcontractor’s employee under the following conditions: • If a general contractor either obtains workers’ compensation coverage for all of its subcontractors directly (CCIP), Or • If the general contractor verifies that all of its subcontractors’ employees are insured with workers’ compensation through their employer and the general Sand, Rock & Landscape Products | Ready Mixed Concrete | Asphalt | Paving | Construction Services contractor adopts and enforces a workplace accident and injury reduction

12 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 program that meets the statutory standards.

HB137: Rep. Kay Christofferson, R-Lehi. This bill amends the definition of intrastate commercial vehicle by increasing the gross vehicle weight rating from 10,001+ pounds to 26,000+ pounds. This new definition would include a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer used or maintained for business.

ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION PROPOSALS DISCUSSED With a short 45-day session there is never enough time to adequately debate all legislation. Here is a list of topics and proposed legislation that will continue to be discussed during the interim and possibly have further legislative debate next year. - Workers Compensation - Contractor Licensure Requirements - State Construction Registry / Mechanics Lien Laws - Commercial Construction Plan Check Timelines & Timelines for Inspections - Elevator Inspections - Commercial Vehicle Fleet Inspections - Blue Stakes Law Changes KNOWLEDGE - Prevailing Wage - Apprenticeship Utilization EXPERIENCE AGC would like to thank Levi Clegg, COMMON SENSE COO Jacobsen Construction for serving as our 2021 Legislative Committee chair and also the members of the Legislative Committee for their tireless work on behalf of the nearly 600 member companies of the AGC. With nearly 100 years of service AGC is proud to serve and represent the commercial construction industry on Capitol Hill. n Craig Coburn* Lincoln Harris Brian Bolinder

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Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 13 > Industry News

Spring Comes with Awards, Conferences and Tributes to Industry Legend

Intermountain West. “We are honored to receive The Bob became President of Whitaker Charles A. Mullan Award in membership Construction in 1977, leading the company growth. We continuously strive to serve for 26 years. Under his direction, the our members and focus on their needs, company became an Employee Stock which in turn causes our tremendous Ownership Plan (ESOP) company in 2007, growth,” said Chris DeHerrera, ABC, Utah enabling its employees to earn shares in Chapter President. “The members are why Whitaker Construction. we are here; and in a challenging year, we Bob is survived by his wife, Pat; two are pleased with these results. The Charles sons, James (Ann) Whitaker and Michael A. Mullan Award is a true reflection on the (Chalet) Whitaker; eight grandchildren; quality of our board members and staff.” eight great grandchildren; and his three siblings. UAPA Virtual Conference A Big Success The Utah Asphalt Paving Association’s ABC Utah Receives Prestigious Award (UAPA) annual conference did things The Associated Builders and differently this year with no in-person In Memoriam: Bob Whitaker Contractors (ABC), Utah Chapter received attendees, but that didn’t put a dent in the Robert “Bob” Lee Whitaker, a giant in the 2021 Charles A. Mullan Award from ABC energy involved throughout. the construction industry and longtime National for superior membership growth. The association’s Executive Director, President of Whitaker Construction, died The Mullan Award was named in honor Reed Ryan, started off the conference February 8, 2021 at the age of 79. of the founder and first chairman of ABC, with a moving speech about the power Bob was born on February 12, 1941, at Charles A. Mullan. This award is the highest of the roads and what they mean for the Cooley Memorial Hospital in Brigham City, honor a chapter can receive. Beehive State. He stated that for many Utah to James William and Nedra Hunsaker Whitaker. He graduated from Box Elder High School in 1959. He had a magnificent voice as a member of the A Cappella Choir and was All-State in football, baseball, and basketball. He graduated from Utah State University in 1967 with a degree in accounting. Bob married the love of his life, Pat Bonnell, on February 1st, 1963. They had recently celebrated their 58th anniversary together. But far before then, at age seven he went to work for Whitaker Construction, the company his father launched in 1953. Sixty-seven years after its humble beginnings as a self-described “pickup and a shovel,” two-man company, Whitaker Construction has grown to become one of the largest utility contractors in the

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Emerging From A Pandemic—Utah’s Commercial Real Estate Investment Market Shows It’s Resiliency

By Bryce Blanchard

By the end of March 2020, Utah’s Optimism was chosen over fear. Of the 11 commercial real estate market started to transactions I had ready as the pandemic brace for impact. Life as we knew it was began, 10 of them eventually closed and changing—daily it seemed. Work, school, many without price reductions. In contrast, travel, many of the norms of life were being capital markets brokers from across the challenged as COVID-19 began to take hold country reported reductions in pricing by of our daily routines. 8–20% in other cities, or a freeze altogether I was a broker in the middle of over $150 based on a widening gap between buyers million in existing contracts. Uncertainty and sellers of the bid/ask spread. abounded. Would the buyers stick with their Yes, it’s true that the retail and Bryce Blanchard underwriting? Would lenders still fund? Not hospitality sector took some hits and since the financial crisis of 2008 and the that office space inventory has seen an by December, our 3.6% unemployment rate subsequent Great Recession had there been increase in subleasing, but all in all, Utah was the lowest in the nation. I had multiple such drama in the marketplace. A dozen has been weathering the storm. By the clients move their primary residence here years of smooth sailing with rent growth, end of the year, amazingly, our annual from New York and California, fed up with cap rate compression and a robust, efficient investment market transaction volume many of the political, tax, policy, and civil marketplace crashed to a halt. Big decisions was down a mere 5% from 2019, whereas unrest issues not as prevalent here in the associated with buying, selling, and leasing the national average was closer to a mountains of the West. ground were put on ice. Don’t forget the % reduction. You might wonder what happened bitter election environment festering in the As a matter of fact, not only has Utah to Utah land prices in 2020? It has felt background. weathered the storm, you could argue that more like a “land grab/gold rush” than the The market paused and everyone our state has been a relative winner. Utah caution that you might expect associated exhaled. Businesses adjusted. Contracts was one of only two states in the country with an economy drastically affected by a were extended. People got creative. that had positive job growth in 2020, and worldwide pandemic. Construction costs

16 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 continue to be on the rise, with contractors A year since the pandemic began, we’ve perspective and transaction capabilities being as busy as they want to be. seen our resilience tested and we’ve passed are relied on by many of the markets So while investment capital has with flying colors. The light at the end of the active participants. This includes having continued to be bullish on Utah’s office tunnel is growing brighter. done deals recently with Gardner Batt, market, fueled by our relative out- Oh, and my Utah Jazz are the #1 team in Boyer Company, Ninigret Property Group, performance versus the rest of the country, the NBA. n Hamilton Partners, RiverPark, Mortensen, the residual effect of the pandemic on Colmena Group, MCRE, Dale Holt, Fortress, office space absorption is an interesting Bryce Blanchard leads Newmark’s Wadsworth Development, ARKA Properties, debate. I liken it to a crosscurrent of factors Capital Markets Group in Utah. With 22 Felton Properties, Ernest Lee, Raymond pushing and pulling long-term years of sales experience totaling over $3.8 Family, VEREIT, Spirit Realty, Winkel Family occupancy trends. billion in volume and 440 transactions, his and Legacy Real Estate. On one hand, companies have realized that they can reduce their fixed overhead cost and square footage footprint by sending employees to remote locations. On the other hand, I’m talking with CEOs who routinely tell me that there is a tangible and hard-to -quantify downside to a remote workforce. Critical organizational aspects like culture, productivity, and accountability can be compromised without daily connection to the mothership. “when the cat’s away, the mice play.” But, if social distancing makes its way into office space configurations moving forward, you may see square footage needs actually go up per employee, an interesting development to monitor. As the office space dilemma finds its equilibrium, I’m confident in many other realities. Utah will continue to create jobs as a benchmark for the nation, have the largest average family size in the country, and be a safe haven for people relocating and chasing a better economic and physical lifestyle in the mountains. When I began my career 22 years ago, Utah was a tertiary market, routinely skipped over by institutions. We are now seen as a highly attractive secondary market where the largest players in the game are clamoring to increase their exposure and a highly sought-after home for high net worth syndicators. I’ve sold several downtown office properties recently (324 South State, Clift Building, Felt Building), and in each case we had over 120 signed confidentiality agreements. The industrial market has been an absolute shining star with an abundance of healthy indicators and an amazing compression in cap rates highlighted by recent comps below 5%. There is a tangible thirst for Utah assets, a trend that I only see accelerating.

Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 17 > Sustainability Viewpoint

Meet Your Sustainability Goals with a Building Retrofit

By Roland Howard

Sustainability—meeting today’s was the same one we would take for any of resource needs without compromising our clients: assess sustainability goals and the ability of future generations to meet determine the best redesign, equipment, theirs—has become the standard that and material options to make these goals customers, employees, and corporate a reality. The project’s sustainability goals leaders want from their places of work and were to reduce energy usage from the grid business. and make the building comfortable for Building sustainable buildings not people. only helps companies enhance their public perception and branding efforts, but it The Microgrid: Your Building’s also promotes the health and comfort of Power Control Center Roland Howard employees while increasing productivity To meet the project’s energy the optimal mix of power from different and profitability. savings objectives, we built the first fully sources to maximize cost savings and Much of the conversation about functioning microgrid in a private facility energy consumption. sustainability focuses on the design and in Utah. This microgrid is the centerpiece The microgrid is supported by a 50kW construction of new buildings. But there of sustainability on the Hunt campus. This battery power storage system that serves are enormous opportunities to increase high-tech tool is equipped with artificial the dual purpose of helping switch from sustainability by retrofitting older buildings. intelligence, which acts as the brain that using utility power to solar power and Hunt Electric learned the lessons of controls and manages all of Hunt’s energy back without interrupting operations. It retrofitting for sustainability firsthand, resources (100kW solar array, utility power, also provides the option of storing power both as a contractor and as an owner, when 50kW lithium-ion battery, and 150kW during off-peak usage hours when there is a we converted one of our 40-year-old office natural gas generator). surplus of energy. buildings into a sustainable facility. The The microgrid automatically monitors This cutting-edge technology monitors first step we took to retrofit the building the amount of energy demanded and seeks the variables of power demand, present supply, and even weather conditions to predict the building’s power needs and automatically make adjustments to hold them all in balance. With those capabilities, it reduces the amount of energy the building draws from the grid and meets a large part of our electricity needs with clean, renewable solar power. During five consecutive months of 2020, Hunt’s solar array supplied all of our energy needs and generated a surplus of power that we exported to the utility company.

Sustainability Cuts Power Costs Utility companies impose demand charges when a customer’s power usage spikes above their average consumption for short periods. Demand charges help utilities to cover the costs of maintaining

18 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 greatly reduces heat and cold loss. To increase upon those benefits, we also added windows to the building that capture daylight. These both reduce energy consumption and improve the health and happiness of employees.

• Automated Shades: The shades play an integral role in a sustainable building. On our west-facing windows, we added automated shades to block the sun’s rays. The shades raise or lower automatically based on a preset schedule.

• Sustainable Building Materials: Concrete flooring and sectional carpeting not only give the building a the extra infrastructure (transformers own IP address so that lights can be modern look but also result in fewer and substations) required to provide reprogrammed with a simple software materials to repair and replace. Small a constant supply of power during command. This innovation promotes squares of carpet that can be replaced temporary spikes. flexibility in design and allows change in individual pieces reduce waste over The power storage system we installed and customization to interior lighting a wall-to-wall carpet that must be helps utility customers save money by without removing cables or replacing replaced in entire sections. allowing them to use the power they have fixtures. stored in their battery system instead of Growing evidence indicates that drawing it from the grid when their power • Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) sustainable buildings make the operations demand is the highest. This flattens out System: This HVAC technology is they house more efficient and profitable. their spikes in energy usage and reduces ideally suited to an older facility Retrofitting and renovating now put the demand charges they pay. The battery because it fits easily into an existing those same benefits within the reach can also act as a backup source of power building and requires no ductwork. of companies whose facilities were not to prevent interruptions in operations if the The VRF system keeps the space originally designed and built to sustainable grid goes down. comfortable for occupants by standards. We would like to recognize all dividing the building into climate of our partners who played critical roles in A Better Place for People zones, capturing heat from a zone making our Technology Building the model A critical part of sustainability is that requires cooling, and reusing it for a sustainable retrofit and design. n creating safe and comfortable workspaces in a zone that requires heating. This for employees and customers. To achieve reduces the amount of time the HVAC Architecture: AE Urbia this objective, we made the following system is powered up, decreasing Microgrid: Schneider Electric improvements to the building’s interior. energy consumption while still Solar System: Hunt Electric Design-Build keeping employees comfortable. PoE Lighting: Hunt Electric Design | • Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Lighting Manufacturer: Platformatics with Circadian Rhythm: This system • Energy Efficient Windows: The tinted VRF System: CCI Mechanical creates a healthy work environment glass of our 24 new windows blocks Natural Gas Generator: Cummins Rocky by synchronizing the interior lighting UV light and makes heating and Mountain with outdoor light to align employees’ cooling more efficient. Older buildings Shades: Hunt Electric Design | circadian rhythms to the natural with older windows are notorious Manufacturer: Crestron environment. Maintaining a proper energy wasters. On average, up to 30% circadian rhythm keeps employees of the heat in winter and up to 50% of Roland Howard is the Division on a balanced sleep schedule and the cooling in summer quite literally Manager of Renewable Energy at Hunt enhances their physical and mental go right out the window because Electric in Salt Lake City. He has 15 years of health. In addition to the health of inefficient glass, causing energy experience in the electrical and sustainable benefits, every PoE light has its expenses to soar. Efficient glass energy field.

Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 19 > Construction Law

Top 10 Legal Concerns for Builders and Contractors

By Kent Scott

Builders and contractors often come to personal injuries already covered by the us with the same questions and concerns subcontractor’s workers compensation related to legal issues. Over the years we policy. Doing everything right doesn’t have noticed the following common legal eliminate risk, it only minimizes it. questions from construction professionals. 5. Will following building codes be enough 1. What is the benefit of being legally to stop me from being sued? recognized? It is important to follow all building It is important to form a legal codes and inspection requirements, but business entity regardless of the size you must do more than that in order to of the business. Even if there’s only be successful and protect your business Kent Scott one person, forming a legal business from legal harm. Businesses must entity—such as a corporation or LLC— also follow both applicable industry indemnity statute and will not be will help protect the owner and the standards and the manufacturer’s legally enforceable. owner’s assets. instructions, plans, and specifications. 9. How long should I keep project files? 2. How else can I protect my personal 6. What if what is being asked of me isn’t We always recommend to keep assets? in the contract? the entire job file on record for at least While it’s important to form a legal We recommend that you get any ten years after a project is completed. business entity (i.e. a corporation or LLC), changes and modifications in writing, Under Utah law, you can still be sued it’s not a guarantee that your personal especially if it involves changes to for up to nine years following the assets will be protected. It’s important your scope of work or you feel that completion of a project even if the to follow specific legal corporate certain instructions you receive are builder’s warranty has expired. formalities to help protect the owner’s questionable. personal property from creditors. 10. Who pays the legal bills? 7. Am I okay without a contract? It is a common misconception 3. When should I hire an attorney for my No. Having a written contract with that if you win in court, the losing business? property owners, subcontractors, and party must pay for the winning party’s The sooner the better. It is a good vendors is essential. It protects both attorney’s fees. That’s not true. Every idea to have an attorney help you parties by clearly stating the scope of party is responsible for paying their from the beginning. As you set up work, cost of materials, and more. own attorney’s fees regardless of who your business, they will help plan its wins unless said attorneys’ fees are structure prevent future problems 8. What is an indemnity provision? Do I permitted by written agreement of the before they arise. need one? parties or by statute. A contract must include a written 4. Won’t being careful be enough for “indemnity” provision, a clause that If your business has a legal question, preventing potential lawsuits? helps protect a contractor from their we recommend seeking legal advice to Many people think you can only subcontractor’s errors. Without this determine the best course of action. n be sued if you do something wrong, provision, your business could be and unfortunately, that is just not true. held liable for mistakes that your Kent Scott is a shareholder in the law Utah only recently changed the laws to subcontractors made. However, if the firm of Babcock Scott & Babcock. He is both prevent a subcontractor’s employees indemnity provision is not drafted an Arbitrator and Mediator. He may be from suing a general contractor for properly, it can violate Utah’s anti- reached at [email protected].

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After All, It’s Just Roads . .

By Reed Ryan

Nearly 10 years ago when I was hired as the They may be “just roads,” but when first Executive Director for the Utah Asphalt we think about what those asphalt-paved Pavement Association (UAPA), I really did not roads are saving us when it comes to our have much of an idea of what I was getting environment and air quality in Utah, that’s into, but I thought to myself, “It’s just roads, more than just a road. That’s impact, that’s so you can figure it out.” stewardship, and that is savings to all of While that statement is certainly the great people choosing to call Utah true—it is just roads—what I have learned home. in the ten years since has taught me so Speaking of all the great people now much more. It has humbled me to really choosing to call Utah home, our state is Reed Ryan understand what those roads do in a booming, so in addition to recycling old state like Utah, and it has made me proud roads, we now need new roads as well. to be a part of an association driven by In limited geographic spaces and with an population—go Utah! sustainability, resiliency, and innovation. ever-increasing density, how we tackle that Beyond the cost savings, past the First, let’s start with what those roads growth matters, and it is becoming more environmental stewardship, and perhaps do, or more appropriately in this case, important than at any other time in our slightly apart from the excitement of what those roads do not do—specifically state’s history. innovation just mentioned, you will indeed to our environment. It’s something that Exciting research and advancements find just a road. Utah is full of 50,000 lane we, as an industry, should really tout quite such as balanced mix designs (BMD) for miles of them with the vast majority paved a bit more. It is both a blessing and curse asphalt pavements will help us to continue in asphalt. that we are, by nature, a shy bunch. Yet to meet those changing demands in our So the next time someone asks us you should know that asphalt is the most growing state. It’s just a road, true, but at what it is we do as asphalt pavers, we recycled product in America—and the times you want that road to do different could answer with the following: through others don’t come even close. things. The road that dead-ends in your our environmental stewardship and our Instead of putting old roads out to neighbor’s cul-de-sac needs to perform incessant drive to be better, we connect the proverbial pasture in the city dump (or differently than the West Davis Corridor legacies, we rebuild the past, we give a worse, out into the beautiful mountains that is set to begin construction this way forward into the future. We establish and vistas that surround us in Utah), we spring. Principles of BMD help us deliver lifelong connections to families, we make put old roads straight back into new roads on performance parameters for each of the paths that drive an economy, and via reclaimed asphalt pavements more those sets of differing criteria through we help build the dreams of our shared commonly known as RAP. Here is just one innovation. communities. These are the roads set of statistics regarding the impact of RAP These innovations include building we build. n use in the United States from our growing number of bike paths and 2009–2019: trails a little bit differently than we would Reed Ryan joined UAPA in 2012 as the From 2009–2019, the use of a major collector in the middle of Salt association’s first Executive Director. He RAP has saved the consumption of Lake Valley. Throw in extended times has a BA in Political Science from Brigham 49,082,482 barrels of oil. That’s the for compaction and the possibility of Young University and a JD from The George equivalent to saving 2,385,506,920 lower production temperatures through Washington University. Originally from the gallons of gasoline or 350,546,489 additives such as warm mix, and now we mountains of Colorado, Reed enjoys the tree seedlings grown for 10 years. are building toward resilient, durable, and outdoors, playing golf, and fly-fishing. He —2019 Annual Recycled effective asphalt pavements to meet the finds great joy in raising three sons and a Materials & Warm-Mix Usage Survey needs of a burgeoning and very active daughter with his wife of twenty years.

22 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 THERE’S LIFESAVING WORK BEING DONE ON UTAH’S ROADS.

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Equipment dealers and association representatives are excited about the future, especially with infrastructure spending growing into an achievable political goal.

By Taylor Larsen

ast year had the potential to grind the work of equipment dealers to a Lhalt, but the industry has pressed on. These suppliers are wheeling and dealing equipment, parts, and service to gain and retain business, and they’ll continue to service and supply clients as they create our built environment. Although it’s been a busy time for equipment dealers, industry experts say that the sector won’t slow down anytime soon.

Emerging from the Pandemic Brian McGuire, President and CEO of the Associated Equipment Distributors (AED), said that the pandemic—at least from a work perspective—left equipment dealers virtually untouched in nearly every state across the country. With low energy costs, the need for exploration in energy-dominant locations like the Midwest wasn’t like in years past, but McGuire said that “home construction and local infrastructure were all up.” Supply chain and logistics, on the other hand, needed some 2020 grappling. Transportation and logistics have always been important but over the past year many dealers have had to get creative with alternative solutions to respond to market challenges. This sentiment was re-emphasized by Martin Sanders and Lewis Cunningham, CFO and COO respectively, with Total Equipment and Rental in Oklahoma. Their company recently acquired Intermountain Bobcat and agreed with the assessment of supply- Rental executives. “Things that used to Setting Themselves Apart chain issues. take 2–4 weeks are taking 12–16 weeks to That issue has proven to be a “Equipment sales are going great, get here. We have to be really aggressive differentiator as dealers fight to get into but we’re dealing with supply-chain on the front end” to make sure clients are the queue and secure needed parts. problems,” said the Total Equipment and getting the equipment they need. When a piece of equipment isn’t

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operating, it can have huge financial Local Market implications on a client. But dealers know Locally, mining at Kennecott is still a the responsibilities they bear. It’s here that huge part of the market for equipment, but each of the equipment dealers like the it’s not the dominant economic engine it challenge of coming up with innovative once was; that’s a good thing. As buildings solutions. of all types go up across Utah, customers Much like the oil change reminder are getting the equipment they need for all sticker on a car windshield, these dealers types of projects like education, industrial, keep a detailed record of parts, wear, and and especially residential projects. expected miles put on each machine, then Lewis and Cunningham agreed. “New work with customers to make sure parts residential housing starts have increased, are available to rebuild those machines as but not at a rate to keep up with demand.” they encounter issues. It’s great news for dealers as the earth moves Warehousing is becoming increasingly and structures go up in suburban areas. important for dealers as they plan for They said demand for new homes is soaring new parts to keep machines up and as younger people move away from shared running. Sanders and Lewis mentioned arrangements and into their own homes. that requirements from manufacturers Another trend to watch out for are changing to keep that inventory close is competition for business and a to clients. They mentioned that they are consolidation of equipment dealerships. stocked with more on-hand inventory than With projects going in at warp speed and they kept in years past to shift closer to a contractors looking to increase their profit “just-in-case” model. margins, quick turnaround on repairs and equipment is paramount for dealers to >>

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Many dealers across the country are expecting more sales in 2021 and 2022 as major infrastructure projects are set for funding (photos courtesy AED). gain and retain business. technicians and training them is an ongoing huge win for association members and the Consolidation case in point: Total task that equipment dealers face in a country as a whole. Equipment and Rental purchasing competitive local job market. He and 80% of association members Intermountain Bobcat just a few weeks ago. Regional and national AED leadership participated in an AED-organized, As longtime associates with the previous have seen this too. Said McGuire, “Just to grassroots campaign to push infrastructure owner and chairman of the AED Foundation, keep pace with our current demand, we spending as a part of COVID relief efforts. Jeff Scott, it became a logical move to would need 70,000 new technicians to fill It speaks on the desire of the entire A/E/C get their foot in the Utah market through our needs” over the next five years. industry to fund large-scale infrastructure acquiring a strong local brand. But they aren’t going down without a investments. “The stars are aligning,” McGuire “With a strong history in the equipment fight. McGuire praised Salt Lake Community said. Whether that is low interest rates or a world and a great management team, College’s diesel technician program for how bipartisan recognition of infrastructure needs this isn’t a startup,” said the executives it has helped attract new talent and given across the country, these developments could about their decision to acquire the existing students modern equipment to use for their be game-changing for dealers. “It could be a business. They were impressed by the work studies. strong run in the equipment industry for 5–10 done by Scott in cultivating relationships AED is looking to create more programs years and beyond.” and a solid culture. “The ball is rolling out to bring more accredited technicians It can be a win for the industry and a win here, we just need to keep it moving.” aboard—people who will be well-versed in for the country as a whole. “One of the best today’s equipment and how to fix it. ways to stimulate the economy is through Labor Solutions “We currently have 59 accredited infrastructure. After you buy it, it’s still there,” They mentioned the culture point programs nationwide,” said McGuire. he said. And it’s this improved infrastructure as one way to solve the labor crisis Locally, AED is looking forward to that’s sorely needed nationwide. “Our current affecting not only equipment dealers but accrediting programs at both Utah Valley infrastructure consists of investments our construction as a whole. University and Mountainland Technical grandparents made in their day. We’ve been “You have to build a culture where College. “Our goal is 100 [accredited living on borrowed time, and now it is time for people want to be,” they said. programs] nationwide by 2025 and to bring us to invest.” The other way? Bringing in more people 10,000 new technicians into the pipeline.” Each of these people involved in the to work as equipment technicians to keep equipment industry see promising signs machines and projects running at a Infrastructure Promise of a busy, productive future. Undeterred steady pace. While the need for more technicians by the pandemic and excited to work on This is proving challenging as has never been greater, the demand any project, McGuire put it perfectly with a those people need to be able to work is only going to grow with the Biden cheeky reminder: on increasingly complex machines that administration’s proposed infrastructure “As long as we are moving earth, the help create the built world. Finding new plan, something that McGuire sees as a equipment industry is doing okay.” n

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K-12 Market Outlook

Schoolwork Slowdown

K-12 construction market slows after COVID-19, two years of minimal bonding.

By Emma Penrod

ith the end of the pandemic in COVID-19, many districts have chosen to Voters did approve a handful of bonds sight, Utah students are looking push pause on new construction and bonds, this year, including an $80 million bond to Wforward to a return to normal this resulting in a second year of delays. rebuild Timpview High School in Provo and coming fall. But school districts, architects, As a result, Aaron Metcalfe, Vice a $170 million bond for three new schools and contractors who specialize in the K-12 President of Hogan & Associates in the Tooele district. Many school districts, segment have said it could take another Construction, said he anticipates that K-12 however, simply opted against approaching year or two for the market to recover. construction could remain slow through 2022. voters at the height of the pandemic this Statewide school closures have “Although the vaccine administration fall. For example, Wasatch County School enabled some contractors to get ahead may change this, with most teachers District, which had a $150 million bond of their workload, but in some cases, as receiving doses now and with young rejected in 2019, decided against a second they’ve run through the list of existing students planned in the summer, we hear attempt in 2020. According to a district projects, new K-12 work is hard to come by. that most districts are considering putting spokesperson, they plan to assemble a Voters rejected all but a few bond proposals off bond elections this year,” Metcalfe community task force to address school put to the polls in 2019, delaying plans said. “We’ll know more by late spring if this planning, but the task force will not begin for multiple projects. And in the wake of changes.” meeting until later this spring. >>

28 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 Wood accents and modern lighting transform this hallway at Hillcrest High School in Midvale (photo courtesy FFKR Architects, by Tobin Rogers). Recent K-12 structures built include Alta High School Auditorium (opposite; clockwise from top left), Lehi High School, and to be completed Hillcrest High School as well as Valley View Middle School (photos courtesy Endeavour Architectural Photography). K-12 Market Outlook

Buildings like the Alta Auditorium (pictured) are a testament to K-12 construction quality, even as bonding for new projects has dwindled over the past two years (photo courtesy Endeavour Architectural Photography).

“School districts’ ability to pass bonds project by December. said has been promoting ventilation as in their communities has affected what For projects that have continued despite a means of increasing energy efficiency districts are able to build,” said Kendall COVID, Jackson said districts have made and improving the health of the school Smith, Vice President, Building Division at some requested changes to design—they are environment for some time. Hughes General Contractors. “With the primarily looking to improve ventilation by VCBO realized the importance of record numbers in voter turnout we saw last increasing the number of operable windows ventilation in creating a healthy indoor year, it’s hard to say whether that was a good or making use of thermal displacement environment several years ago while move or not.” ventilation systems, which uses the natural working on the rebuild of Butler Elementary However, Smith noted that some temperature-based movement of air to School. In the years preceding the project, districts have taken advantage of COVID- distribute smaller amounts of conditioned Jackson said, the school had more or less related closures to ramp up needed air. These systems require less mixing of air the same level of absenteeism from both remodeling work and repairs several and have a higher rate of return, avoiding students and teachers. After moving months ahead of schedule. The renovation the “air soup” that moves germs around into the new building, which featured a of Alta High School, according to Jeanne in conventional systems, mentioned Alex thermal displacement system, absenteeism Jackson, Principal for VCBO Architecture, is Booth, also a Principal for VCBO. decreased by 9%. currently on track to open in August. VCBO The push for thermal displacement is “It really is a healthier environment, and had previously planned to complete the a welcome change to VCBO, which Jackson that is really helpful in terms of a COVID-type

30 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 scenario,” Jackson said. The pandemic has also accelerated a trend toward tech-enabled, one-on-one learning. Now that nearly every student is provided with a computer, schools don’t have computer labs anymore, Jackson said. In addition to greater demand for classrooms equipped with cameras and other broadcasting technologies, Booth said he sees potential for a host of possibilities. These include more advanced career and technical education as well as “flipped” learning models where students complete reading and lectures at home in order to free up time for hands-on experiences at school. “We’ve been trying to ‘declassroomize’ the classroom for some time,” Jackson agreed. “We prefer to call them learning spaces.” The whole school, Booth added, could be considered a “learning space” if designed with flexible spaces and furniture that, it just so happens, also serve well in a pandemic, where teachers may want to space students out for health reasons. “Classrooms should be used every single hour of the day,” said Greta Anderson, Senior Principal at FFKR Architects. But CVE FAMILY. CVE LEGACY. CVE QUALITY. that doesn’t mean they need to have the same use every hour of the day. “Maybe it’s a science lab one hour, then an art space. That way they can pull kids out of that fixed We are Cache Valley Electric—a world-class specialty classroom.” electrical contractor—coming together to build Anderson said she also hopes to see greater interest in outdoor learning spaces, infrastructure, power buildings, network companies, which she said not only help avoid the and connect ideas. Family-owned since 1915, CVE is spread of disease but also promote better mental health and learning. a market leader in all areas of electrical construction With work somewhat slower for the and technology solutions. At CVE we focus on time being, Anderson said she’s spent her time seeking out training and exploring new excellence, delivering the highest quality work ideas of what work and education could look always completed with integrity and precision. like after the return to the “new normal.” FFKR, she said, has also invested heavily in marketing and educating the public on the potential for inflation to greatly increase the cost of future schools if projects are further delayed. “I’m hoping it’s only a year or so,” Anderson said. “With so much growth in LEARN MORE: WWW.CVE.COM | 888-558-0600 Utah, the kids are coming. We can’t ignore it. We can only put so many kids in the SERVICE NATIONWIDE WITH OFFICES IN: UT | OR | HI | AR | TX classroom. I’m pretty hopeful that this year’s bond elections will be many and successful.” n

Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 31 A Library Grows in Kearns Sustainable in every sense and with resources that embody accessibility and the programming to match the community, the Kearns Library is one for the 21st century.

By Taylor Larsen

32 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 33 he Kearns Library is unlike any library unique challenge for builders and architects in the best possible way. I’ve ever seen, while all at once being in that the best are more than a collection Davis cautioned that this type of Teverything one can be and more. At of books. They’re creators of community. outreach needed to be more than simply every corner and description, I don’t think As a Social, Economic, and checking a box: “It’s easy to just hold public I’ve seen a more impressive building given Environmental Design, or SEED-certified meetings and involve people, but you only what it stands for and achieves. firm, Arch Nexus is always concerned about get a certain type. The people you are It’s a community space, it’s a refuge, understanding the various impacts that ignoring are often the most under-served it’s a treasure trove of knowledge, and their buildings have, especially for one so people—those are the people who could ultimately, it’s a library. Getting from a community-centric. Their Kearns outreach use the library, and we want to get their community-centric idea all began with a began long before the library’s design input. We have to go them.” little bit of outreach from designers at Arch process began. So go to them they did. They met Nexus to see what Kearns and its residents “The first time we go out, it’s all about residents at the old library, at various would want out of their new library. The listening,” said Jeff Davis, Senior Principal churches, and other places to get a true final product, built by the construction with Arch Nexus, of the process. After that representation from the community. The team led by R&O Construction, centers initial round of public outreach and research architects were willing to do whatever it around sustainability, accessibility, and involving demographics and the history of took to get the community involved. Said community. Kearns, the public was asked to participate Davis, “We have a responsibility to make again once design work commenced. It their voice heard.” Outreach was here that Arch Nexus showed their From kids to adults and seniors, Arch The principals of Arch Nexus involved commitment to an equitable building that Nexus met with everyone under the sun in in the project explained that libraries are a would serve the entire population of Kearns Kearns. Maybe not every one of the 35,000-

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Whether indoors or outdoors, the Kearns Library showcases quality design work and a plan to use the built environment to create a greater sense of community (photos courtesy Arch Nexus). plus residents living there, but they did Senior Estimator with R&O Construction, serve as a de-facto living room, a type of their best. According to Robb Harrop, Senior the construction team salvaged and stowed “third space” of comfort beyond home Principal and VP of Design at Arch Nexus, them off site for later installment in the and work. “They talked to us about how children came new library. Salvaged wood from a church But Davis mentioned an even more [to the old library] to play, and how people that was previously onsite was repurposed important owner. “The big ownership is the came here to hang out. They knew that they into benches, connecting the past and the public, and having them take full ownership wanted a place for the community. They present. of these projects is essential,” he said. For wanted a safe place.” While agreeable gray and neutral that to happen, the design and construction Active, safe, and comfortable, Kearns colors might be en vogue, the color team wanted to build a space that reflected residents wanted a building that embodied palette of the Kearns Library is anything equity—a space available and accessible their community. but neutral. This space is as colorful and to all. energetic as they come thanks to artwork Community from former Kearns resident Matt Monson, Accessibility “Kearns has been developed and who also works as the Assistant Professor It’s this aspect—accessibility—where redeveloped and redeveloped,” said Harrop of Visual Merchandising and Design at the building truly shines. of the community that formed in 1942. “But Salt Lake Community College. His work on It’s also one of Harrop’s favorite focal there’s a lot of history here in Kearns. We display consists of three giant murals— points. “We designed it all so you can tried our best to preserve that.” “Past,” “Present,” and “Future”—larger than go [wherever] without touching a stair.” And preserve it they did. Two mosaics life, encompassing full walls of the building. Whether it is a librarian pushing carts were taken from the previous library before Those interviewed mentioned that or someone using a wheelchair to get it was demolished. According to Matt Bell, Salt Lake County wanted a place that could themselves to the meeting space in the >>

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back corner, the Kearns Library is a model of inside.” These design features help balance social equity and accessibility. It’s hard to count the number of layers daylighting needs and keep energy costs And that accessibility starts outside. of accessibility on display, as the Kearns low. Instead of a glassy façade, Arch Nexus “As you see the building, you see that path, Library is also a learning hub, providing designed the building with a 25% window and you see the glazing from the entrance. computers, 3D printers, sewing machines, to wall ratio. While glass isn’t a prominent It pulls you in,” said Davis. Arch Nexus made you name it. Just entering the maker space feature on the exterior, it still has large role a conscious choice to design its path to the is more reminiscent of a budding tech to play. building as one that would draw anyone in. school than a traditional library. The soft hum from the sock duct “The youth embrace it,” said Harrop, Said Davis, “All of that comes from HVAC system helps with the distribution of speaking of how students from nearby looking at what the community might need ventilation by diffusing the air more evenly, Kearns Junior High made up a large and what they are talking about. Things and plays off well with the wooden trusses. patronage of the old library. “This is the they haven’t even thought of—it’ll all help Those serve a dual purpose by providing place where kids will come and hang out.” engage kids to think bigger.” a lovely wooden ceiling and the needed That accessibility of place, beyond the acoustics to keep the volume to a librarian- requirements of ADA, focuses on giving Construction approved level. The lack of 90-degree people the chance to use all of the library’s While a few of the previous libraries angled walls also help to keep sound levels space, both inside and out. could have fit within this new, nearly reasonable. “If you take the time to walk around the 35,000-SF version, it feels even bigger than The Kearns Library aims to mimic building, the outside has so many different that. The giant solatubes hanging from the the forces that shape community and experiences. You can sit in solitude, visit ceiling bathe the entire space in a passive does so through biophilic design, a design with someone with a cup of coffee,” said yet ambient light. With the light from those concept informed by nature. “We’re always Bell, gesturing to the benches and planter combined with the daylight coming through looking to natural systems to influence boxes that dot the exterior landscaping. “In the exterior glazing, it’s hardly noticeable our buildings. Nature knows how to do it the warmer months, you’ll definitely get just when library staff dims the house lights for correctly,” said Harrop. The most obvious as much usage on the exterior as you will a demonstration. influence is seen in the way its undulating

36 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 roofline, a nod to both the Oquirrh heating and cooling system, consisting carpet tiles. Said Bell, “They can move and Mountains to the west and the Wasatch of over 50 holes bored to accommodate a adjust the electrical or audio/visual” to add Mountains to the east. system of underground piping. In the winter, to the flexibility, sustainability, and future Davis described the Kearns Library temperature-conducting fluid moves needs of the library.” as a plant growing up from a crack in the through the pipe system and gathers heat With its diverse amenities—maker asphalt. “The idea is that it’s breaking from the ground. The heat is then circulated spaces, community meeting rooms, through. The shape of the path leading to back into a pump that evenly distributes small-business help desk and resources, the building, the shape of the rooms from it through the building’s duct system. In kids section, seasonal things like a seed 2D and 3D perspective, represent a new the summer, the system works in reverse, exchange, and even an audio booth for growth that comes out of the building.” with the fluid collecting in the building, podcasting and music recording—gone are According to Harrop, it went back to transferred back into the ground, and the days of the shushing librarian. In their nature showing us how to create the built returning into the building with cooled air. place comes one well-versed in all of the environment. “Our favorite places have a The features on display aren’t just for resources this building and its programming connection to nature. Whether it is natural saving energy or material sustainability have to offer. light, meandering paths, tactile surfaces, we either. Much like the building growing from They’re durable, long-lasting features as humans understand those at our core. As the metaphorical crack in the asphalt, that seek to remain flexible, set to overcome architects, we looked to create that here.” living plants inside the library are fed by the future challenges and always meet patron natural light coming in from the solatubes, and community needs. Sustainability another nod to the sustainability that As the chat shifts to sustainability, we comes from biophilic design. A Library Renewed talk about the readily apparent, 176 KwH The concept even comes from its This is accessibility: a gathering space solar field on its roof. But that’s not the only structures meeting a diverse set of for anyone and everyone in the community energy-saving feature of the building, which applications, broadening and extending the to learn and grow. achieved LEED Gold. design life of the building. One part of that This is sustainability: a building that A major feature is the geothermal is the access floor under the bookcases and gives so much more than it takes through >>

Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 37 energy use and its commitment to serve the community as much as it can. With a library that perfectly encapsulates the community, it’s evident: this is their space. n

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Colvin Engineering Associates headquarters renovation retains mid-century modern feel in the 21st century.

By Doug Fox

f you can walk into an office building architecture firm CRSA. remainder of the year. Construction began and expect to bump into Don Draper According to John Ewanowski, Senior in earnest in January of 2019, according to Ifrom the AMC period drama “Mad Men,” Project Manager for CRSA, his company Connor, before completion in October. then you’ve pretty much nailed the exact put in an offer on the building, but it was “Then in March, 2020, we went largely vibe Colvin Engineering Associates was Colvin that secured the deal. Still, CRSA was remote,” Connor said, referring to the going for in its headquarters restoration so enamored with the old building that the COVID-19 pandemic, “and we’re just now of the historic Steiner American Building in company approached Colvin to see about getting back to full occupancy.” downtown Salt Lake City. becoming involved with the restoration When it came to describing standout The original Steiner American Building project. elements of the building’s design, both oozes mid-century modern mojo, which “The MCM [mid-century modern] feel Connor and Ewanowski gushed over the is what Colvin Engineering Associates of the building was really the main unifying building’s exterior and the main interior President Steve Connor was looking for in a design concept, both from the owner’s stair tower. new headquarters—he just didn’t know it. perspective and from ours as preservation “We worked hard to maintain the “This is no run-of-the-mill office architects,” said Ewanowski. “It’s a truly original character from the entry tower to building—it is a truly unique example of unique building that represents the specific the clerestory, the trim details, the color mid-century architecture,” Connor said. “I moment in time of its construction, and scheme (and) the light fixtures,” Connor didn’t even know we were fans of that style when Colvin bought the building, it was a said. “We removed most of the private until we walked into the space, but we were single-owner time warp.” offices, which allowed us to open the sold immediately.” Colvin closed on the building, located space and make it more modern—no more It’s probably a good thing the Colvin at 505 E. South Temple, in July of 2018. executive washrooms. We upgraded all team was instantly locked in, otherwise Design work, demolition, and abatement on the mechanical systems with individual the building might have gone to Salt Lake the restoration then proceeded through the variable air volume [or VAV] boxes for each

40 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 Steiner American Building

office and premium-efficiency equipment.” wall map, which used to have magnets “It’s never easy putting modern, Speaking to the aspects of the marking all of their global facilities, and a cutting-edge offices into a historic building rehabilitation that best reflect distinctive wall clock. Those are the most building, whether a Victorian mansion or the design’s ability to maintain its original memorable elements to me.” mid-century modern global headquarters,” essence, Ewanowski pointed to the According Ewanowski, one of the Ewanowski said. “It would seem like exterior appearance and the interior stair biggest challenges in preserving MCM the latter would be easier, but Steiner tower. architecture is fitting modern usages into American’s staff worked on manual “The stair tower really stands out to buildings that were often designed for typewriters, executives had huge offices me as a special space that feels like a time very specific purposes. Steiner American, with personal restrooms, and ADA capsule to the late 1960s,” he said. for example, had a prominent interior concerns weren’t yet in existence. So the The steps are made of terrazzo, held storefront to showcase one of the first biggest obstacle to me was designing a in place with steel stringers. Ewanowski supercomputers in Utah. space that would be productive for dozens also noted the large bulbous skylights “Once the room-sized computer was of mechanical and electrical engineers and and the four windows (facing NW, NE, SW, removed, the room itself carried much managers in a space that simply wasn’t and SE) that—according to legend—were less historic significance,” he said. “But designed for modern technology.” the tallest float-glass windows west of the storefront was significant in that it As with any renovation, the project the Mississippi at the time of original was an architectural manifestation of challenged the construction team with construction. that early technology in the building. some surprises and unseen conditions. “The open office space is timeless, with We kept the storefront, even though it Connor said crews completely replaced a full perimeter of clerestory windows,” didn’t necessarily work with the flow of the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing he said. “And then there are a few unique the east wing of the space, to showcase a systems then added insulation to the walls elements, like the Steiner American global historically significant feature. and roof. >>

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A seismic upgrade was also a key transformation shows, mid-century modern COLVIN ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES element of the renovation. Connor said restoration is poised to become a key HEADQUARTERS one of the main reasons for moving the aspect of architecture in the years ahead. Location: 505 East South Temple, company’s headquarters was to provide “To those of us who are in the next Salt Lake City increased seismic protection. generation of preservationists, I think “We worked from the certainty that modernism represents an interesting PROJECT TEAM a seismic event will occur, and if it occurs challenge that we’ll be working on for the Owner: CHC Enterprises during work hours, we want our employees rest of our careers,” said Ewanowski. He also Owner’s Rep: Stephen Connor to be safe,” he said. “Once everyone is wanted to give a shoutout to CRSA’s Elaine safe, we’re going to have a lot to do to help Jones, who handled interior design on this DESIGN TEAM Utah recover from the earthquake, and we project. Architect: CRSA want to be sure we have the facility to do “For many Baby Boomers, most Electrical & Mechanical Engineer: Colvin that. We added shear walls and reinforced modernist buildings were built during Engineering Associates the roof openings. The original structural their lifetimes, so it’s hard for them to Structural Engineer: Calder Richards engineer used plenty of steel in the imagine them as ‘historic.’ But for me and Structural Engineers concrete, which was a pleasant surprise.” my generation, these buildings represent Interior Design: CRSA Connor and Ewanowski received a our grandparents’ middle years and our special treat when William Browning, parents’ youth. The entire architectural CONSTRUCTION TEAM the Steiner American Building’s original landscape of the United States changed General Contractor: Havenwood architect, attended the grand opening after World War II and the baby boom, so Construction celebration and gave his approval to the these buildings represent a key time in our Plumbing: Rocky Mountain Mechanical finished restoration. history. Also, there are interesting technical HVAC: Johnson Air “Walking through the space with challenges to modernism, most the result Electrical: United Electrical [Browning] and talking through our of emerging materials—concrete, plastics, Flatwork Concrete: Quinn’s Concrete preservation design process was the most curtain walls, etc.—which we’re just now Services rewarding moment of my career thus far,” learning how to restore and preserve. It’s Glass/Curtain Wall: Valley Glass Ewanowski said. “I remember telling him the ‘next frontier’ in many ways.” Drywall/Acoustics: US Contracting that night that the building had been listed When it comes to maintaining the Painting & Carpentry: Havenwood on the National Register of Historic Places building’s “Mad Men” ’60s business vibe, Construction as a significant piece of architecture. His there was one thing that came up missing, Tile/Stone: Authentic Tile & Marble face lit up, and I could just see the memories according to Connor. Flooring: Kay Riley & Sons of his long, storied career flooding back to “We never found the hidden martini Roofing: Layton Roofing him. It was a special moment.” bar that a building of this vintage should Excavation: Havenwood Construction As the Steiner American Building have had!” n Demolition: A-1 Abatement & Riddco

42 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 The stair tower in the former Steiner American Building oozes mid-century modern design. The renovation by the new owner maintained the original character of the building while adding modern systems and increased seismic protection (photos courtesy CRSA Architecture).

Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 43 (photo courtesy Steel Encounters, by Sohm Photografx)

44 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 Glazing Update

Glass Completely Full Glazing’s challenges and opportunities leave it in a unique position as the market around Salt Lake City adapts to different architectural needs.

By Taylor Larsen

elissa Ethridge, the famous musician, go into [this price volatility],” he said, once told us, “Come to my window,” mentioning that it could get worse before it Mbut what does that look like when gets better. “They are already forewarning the window is on the 15th floor of one of the us that there could be more price increases.” new downtown Salt Lake City high-rises? And those might not be the only price It’s one of the many questions that the increases. Demand has been far higher glazing industry faces as it builds up clear, than supply at glass float plants, the beautiful windows for commercial markets, giant buildings that melt silica and other residential projects, and other pursuits. materials over molten tin to create glass. The industry has some challenges—some This “over-allocation” has been shared by the rest of the construction happening for the last seven years industry, some unique—but glazing’s according to Derek Losee, Executive Vice particular developments have been President at building envelope contractor pushing the boundaries of architecture and Steel Encounters. With that and plant construction, providing transparency in shutdowns from the pandemic, he many environments. concluded that the price for glass itself will head ever higher. “Until some of these First Floor: Price Increases plants get their production up, we’re going One thing stalling the glazing process to continue to see demand outpace supply is the cost of glass and related materials and drive costs up,” he said. for mullions and structural connectors. Aluminum costs rose 32% in the past year, Second Floor: Seismic and Scheduling with a 25% increase coming in the last six Solutions months. Steel has doubled in price over the Once we get past that first floor, we past few months, too. have technical challenges to consider. Mike Lamereaux, Glazing Estimator As a seismic area, Utah presents its own with building envelope contractor unique problems for people like Nate Miller, Noorda-Flynn, is concerned about the Structural Engineer with BHB Structural. supply shortages—even going so far as to “With seismic forces, we have look at the say he could see an increasing amount of movement requirements of the building,” projects going on hold. he said. Whether it is aluminum, steel, or labor, Miller explains that the curtain wall “There are so many market variables that system needs to accommodate the >>

Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 45 (photo courtesy Endeavour Architectural Photography) movements of the structure. Typically, a on many glass-clad buildings is the unitized especially with new technologies like vertical mullion will rest on the concrete assembly of curtain wall. That’s readily electrochromic glass. “Smart glass,” as it base. Keep going up, and as the structure apparent at the Convention Center Hotel is known, is controlled by either a building deflects the load, it has the chance to and its small construction site. management system or the occupant, overload the mullion. To combat that, “That’s one of the most condensed sites letting more or less light in depending vertical slots in the mullion allow it to I’ve ever been on in Salt Lake,” said Losee of on the needs of the room via an electric expand and deflect without loading the the high-rise hotel and its curtain wall. The current in the glass itself. glazing system. straightforward and uniform connection Losee mentioned that interest in This design isn’t only for seismic forces, between the glazing, mullions, and the electrochromic coating is growing, with though. “When you are dealing with the various floors make it an easy installation local examples being the Salt lake Airport wind pressing up against these systems, for workers. At this and another downtown Control Tower, Overstock, and the office you’re bending in and out of the wall site, glazing specialists are making quick buildings in Knudsen’s Corner in Holladay plane,” he said. “We’re making sure any work of installation, leaving a clean look and Cottonwood Heights. deflection requirements from the building into some high-end structures. As the Salt Lake City market grows and are taken into account so that it can move Without unitized curtain wall matures, Losee said that “these projects independently from the glazing system.” assembly, Losee said, “we would be always have to pencil”—or match an According to Miller, the mullions are the cluttering the floors and competing with owner’s budget and projected return. But skeleton of the system. Typically made of other subcontractors for space.” With with lease rates increasing, competition hollow sections of aluminum, they are the prefabrication of the panels off-site, “we between developers is heating up, leading framework for glazing. That framework acts can be in and out of the floor.” Add to that them to push the envelope on … well, as a structural barrier to hold glass in place the higher quality control, and it’s a big win building envelope. while providing the initial base of support for the whole building. How far are architects, contractors, for building deflection from exterior forces. and glazing professionals pushing the After Miller and others cover the bases Third Floor: Upgrades in Glass envelope? Perhaps we will see a Salt Lake with their structural expertise, the glass Going ever upward, the product City version of “The Gherkin,” London’s goes up. One thing moving scheduling along is showing its range in design, too, famous pickle-shaped building, or maybe

46 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 Glazing Update something like the Burj Khalifa, the tallest appealing for them to build up, but building Home Arena are great examples of interior structure in the world and one covered in up is expensive,” he said. “So there has to be glass being used for different purposes— over 1.5 million SF of glass. Losee wouldn’t the desire to say ‘I work in that building.’” one for transparency and medical needs, commit to that, but chuckled a bit before Another trend that shows a status the other for the openness of a lively admitting that “capabilities are growing.” within higher-end buildings is interior atmosphere. Whether it is new reflective coatings, glazing. Lamoreaux stated that the more Glass is providing the flexibility to fit different color glass substrates, or even prominent projects are more likely to feature any building shell need, and with talented multi-layered laminates and ionoplast interior glass, but it’s still not something that glazing professionals and structural inner layers, projects are taking the is becoming a dominant demand. engineers, solving the labor and material innovations in glazing and running with He said that Intermountain Medical pricing issues that hamper the industry them. One project that Losee’s team is Center in Murray and the Vivint Smart will be key going forward. n working on downtown uses four individual plies of 12-millimeter glass. “The new products make the four pieces of glass bond to almost be one, so it’s like a single, two-inch thick pane of glass.” With panels at this thickness going as high as 28 feet, the glazing system used will be a game-changer in Salt Lake City.

To the Top: Glazing Revolution? As we get closer and closer to the pinnacle of glass, it seems that we’re on track for a glazing revolution. With all of these jaw-dropping projects and improving technologies, does that mean that curtain walls are about to take over the commercial office space? Not so fast, said Lamoreaux. He BUILDCOOLSTUFF mentioned that the percentage of projects using the different glazing systems has remained fairly equal to previous years, even if some of the larger buildings are going with curtain wall systems. One reason curtain wall systems are so esteemed in high-rise commercial office spaces is for their look. Miller described it as limitless. “You can have that glass run all the way up instead of being broken up like storefronts.” It’s a compelling sight—a clean, glazed façade that spans the height of the building. What keeps everyone from doing it is the price. Losee agreed that it’s expensive, but with projects like 95 State, the Convention ABC MEMBERS BUILD COOL STUFF. From stadiums Center Hotel, and Kensington Tower, the and bridges to airports, monuments, museums and needs and wants of owners aren’t focused skyscrapers, our members turn visions into reality and on cost-cutting. Instead, owners want build the communities where we work and live. The construction industry is open for business. Join us! stunning visuals that draw their target Associated Builders and Contractors audience in and a sense of pride in the building for tenants. The transparency that comes with glass is leading to higher rents BUILDYOUROWNPATH and value for owners. ABC offers more than 800 programs across 69 chapters nationwide to educate the “It’s going to be appealing for people next generation of construction workers. Build your own path at workforce.abc.org. to build in Salt Lake City, and it’s going to be

Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 47 Opportunity Knocks

Women leaders see growing role for women in construction.

By Emma Penrod

48 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 Women in Construction

they look at careers in the same way,” Nix- Thomas said. “They think it doesn’t matter what gender goes into what field, and … I just think that’s progress. I’m happy to see that, and I’m happy that the women in my class did what we did, because that starts to break down the barriers to doing what you’re meant to do.”

Open Path As of 2019, women account for about 10% of the nation’s construction workforce, with 44% of those women serving in professional and managerial capacities, according to Chris DeHerrera, President and Stephanie Nix-Thomas Chris DeHerrera CEO of Associated Builders and Contractors Blazing New Trails of Utah. That’s a relatively small number, Stephanie Nix-Thomas didn’t but there are some bright spots for women said. “Because construction is not an easy necessarily plan to go into the family in construction. She expressed that the industry. It takes a while to learn. But I was business. Her parents started Claude Nix number of women entering the field has committed and didn’t let the fact that I had Construction in the 1970s, a time when grown steadily over the past several years, no experience in construction get in my way.” construction just wasn’t something women and women in construction benefit from a As she learned, DeHerrera took to the did. But Nix-Thomas has made a 40-year much smaller pay disparity than is present industry, which she found rewarded hard career of proving people wrong. in other industries. Women willing to give work with supportive relationships. When She had always loved building things, construction a shot, she said, make 99.1% of ABC began searching for a new CEO nearly so when Nix-Thomas enrolled in college, she what their male counterparts earn. ten years ago, she said that it seemed to her chose to pursue civil engineering. When her There’s also ample room for women like an opportunity to take on the challenge first year of course work proved challenging, to enter the field, DeHerrera assured. She of marketing not just one company, but an her father—in the course of some good- estimated the industry needs to fill 550,000 entire industry. natured ribbing—gave her the push she jobs currently and could need to hire as Today, she still relies on her network needed when he said he hadn’t believed many as 600,000 new workers if a federal when she needs to build expertise in a she would make it as an engineer in the first infrastructure package is approved. particular subset of the industry and place. “He knew how I would respond to it,” “There is an opportunity in believes supportive mentors play a key Nix-Thomas said. “I had to show him.” construction for everybody.” role in encouraging other women to build When Nix-Thomas graduated from Utah What’s needed, DeHerrera said, is careers in construction. State University with her civil engineering for construction to “celebrate women degree in 1984, she was one of three women as intelligent, high performers, and hard A New Frontier who completed the program. One of the first workers” so that women in the field can find A mentor proved to be a critical aspect jobs to which she applied rejected her, saying mentors to lead them to career pathways of what brought Melissa Withy, now Senior they didn’t want to hire a woman because within the industry. Vice President and General Counsel for she might take time off to raise a family. DeHerrera, like many women currently Big-D Construction, into the industry. When Now the CEO of Claude Nix in the industry, said she didn’t initially she began her law career, Withy said, she Construction, Nix-Thomas said she’s consider construction as a possible knew she wanted to specialize, but hadn’t optimistic about the growing role women career. She studied communications and yet settled on a specific industry before play in the industry. Recruiting women English in college, and then pursued work she took her first job with Holland & Hart. remains a challenge, she said, but every in marketing, which eventually led her One of the partners there who specialized year, more women enter the field. Nix- to a marketing position with the general in construction needed help with a Thomas believes women have unique skills contractors at Wadman Corporation. particularly large project, so she took on to offer, and construction, she said, is no “The first thing going through my some additional work for him. With that, longer what it once was. mind when I took the job in construction she soon realized she loved working in “I have two daughters, and I don’t think was, ‘Oh my, what have I done?’” DeHerrera construction. >>

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But she doesn’t have a favorite. “I love driving by a building and knowing I was a part of it,” she said. “I just like that sense of accomplishment.”

New Trailblazers Needed Now 20 years in to her career, Timothy has returned to school for a construction management degree, and she said she’s noticed more women in her classes than expected. Attitudes toward women in construction seem to have shifted since she began her career, she’s observed, and there are multiple organizations promoting women in the trades, architecture, and Melissa Withy engineering. Tonya Timothy “I really like the culture in Timothy expects this influx of women women who can fill certain roles. construction, working with contractors and into the industry could cause a snowball “Women make excellent welders,” she subcontractors,” Withy said. “They’re very effect. While she said she appreciates the said. “That’s something we’re just naturally straight shooters, very practically minded.” efforts of all the mentors who made her good at—those detailed things—so I’m Withy said she had worried she would career possible, they were all men. A lack of looking forward to the day we get some not be taken seriously in a male-dominated female role models, Timothy believes, could women welders in here.” industry, but she said she found the be part of the reason why so few women The availability of such roles is also industry welcomed her outside perspective. pursued construction. growing, Nix-Thomas said, as construction Tonya Timothy, Project Manager for Even as someone who grew up with becomes increasingly driven by technology. Pentalon Construction, said her career a father and brothers who all worked in In her own tenure at Claude Nix, Nix-Thomas followed a similar trajectory. Timothy construction, Timothy said that before her and her brother, who is her partner and co- initially began her studies at Utah State first job, she didn’t see the industry as an owner of the business, followed their own University as a special education major, but option for herself. interest in technology to transition from left school when her family moved from Withy said she, too, believes the lack of more general, open-trench civil construction Logan to Salt Lake City for her husband’s role models is a barrier to recruiting women to a specialty in trench-less technology. job. After they relocated, Timothy took a to construction. But getting women to apply—and just receptionist job at commercial general “It’s harder to find a mentor as a woman filling jobs in general—has been a struggle contractor Arnell-West. than as a man,” she said. “For women in as of late, Nix-Thomas said. “I just loved it,” Timothy recalled. “It male-dominated industries, finding a mentor “We’re in the process of trying all was a very good company. They were very early is particularly important. But there kinds of things,” she said. “We’re working ethical, very family-oriented. They did a lot are men who are uncomfortable in that on a social media campaign, and we’re of really cool projects, and it really sparked mentoring role, worried about spending too struggling, as are most construction my interest, so I ended up working there for much time with a female.” companies, to get anybody to apply.” 13 years and moved through the ranks.” Withy said she has also noticed that She remains optimistic, however, that Timothy said she was drawn to the team while women have made progress in some ongoing education and outreach campaigns camaraderie she felt within the industry, and roles—project management, law, finance— designed to help women find opportunities over the years a handful of mentors helped they remain severely underrepresented in in construction will continue the existing her learn on the job to schedule inspections the field and in the trades. snowball effect, leading more women to see and contracts, complete estimates, and “It’s still a man’s world in the field,” Nix- a place for themselves among the women eventually manage projects. Thomas said. “But if you need to meet with already working in the industry. Her current role at Pentalon, she said, engineers and lawyers, I do all that.” “I think over time you’ll see more of it. involves several multi-family projects While there are some physical It just takes a while,” she said, emphasizing that she appreciates for their complexity. constraints that make laborer roles how things have changed since she began. “There are so many parts and pieces moving challenging for women, Nix-Thomas said she “It’s all part of that cultural change, and constantly with the multiplier of apartment has hired women as equipment operators realizing it’s not a good ol’ boys network after apartment after apartment,” she said. and mechanics, and even actively seeks anymore.” n

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Sustainability in Aggregates

Aggregates continue to focus on sustainable initiatives to not only build up communities but make them healthier and safer places to live.

By Taylor Larsen

Sustainability is moving beyond incredibly sustainable. Dalley mentioned used for a wide variety of building purposes intention and into expectation. that between 10–40% of asphalt roadways when combined with virgin materials. “Customers and shareholders are can be made from recycled asphalt As one of the most consumed expecting [an emphasis in sustainability] pavement. The remaining reclaimed asphalt materials in the world, concrete is among nowadays,” said Mike Dalley, Sustainability can be transferred into driveways, trails, or the most sustainable building materials in Director for Staker Parson Companies. other uses. construction, but only when evaluated on But it isn’t just customers interested in a A major sustainability win with a full life-cycle basis. The energy needed to sustainable future. recycled asphalt is that the material has create concrete is anything but sustainable, Locally, aggregate companies recycle already gone through the intensive portions making it one of the largest carbon emitters millions of tons of materials from asphalt of its creation, minimizing the extractive in the world. and sand to concrete and continue working force of mining. Additionally, adding With billions of tons of CO2 emitted to improve the sustainable margins around rejuvenating agents after recycling can help to produce cement, the journey from raw their businesses. In aggregate and building bring it near its original durability. material quarried and crushed to ready- materials, sustainability consists of three Other innovations in asphalt include mix concrete is an energy- and emissions- major factors: recycling, operations, and warm-mix asphalt, which lowers the intensive one. Giant kilns heat up the stewardship. temperature needed to produce the raw materials to well over 2500°F before completed product. With less carbon “clinker,” a main building block of cement, is Materials emitted and less energy used to make it, it’s combined with other materials to become Asphalt, the black material bound a win for sustainability. ready-mix concrete. together with bitumen, sand, and crushed Of the total emissions for concrete’s rocks, is 100% recyclable. Concrete Struggles full life cycle, 50% of the emissions come Even after multiple uses and multiple Much like asphalt, concrete can also be from the energy used to superheat the kilns trips through the crusher, asphalt is crushed and repurposed into a road base or while another 40% come from the emissions

Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 53 Sustainability in Aggregates

Whether it is the water cannon system at Geneva Rock’s Point of the Mountain Plant (top and right) to mitigate dust, or Staker Parson Companies’ mine reclamation efforts (bottom), both major aggregate providers are committed to good stewardship.

of the product itself during the heating “At Geneva Rock we believe it process. Because of this, the greatest is possible to achieve sustainable margin for improvement will be found in development, and we are committed to discovering a cleaner, more efficient way to taking the necessary steps to make it a create concrete. reality,” said Nathan Schellenberg, VP of CRH, the parent company over Staker Construction for Geneva Rock. Parson Companies’ Utah operations, plans How have they done it? By investing “Stewardship is continuous on a 33% CO2 reduction by 2030 from their millions into 25 compressed natural gas levels in 1990. They are currently working (CNG) ready-mix concrete trucks and a and encompasses more than toward carbon neutrality along the cement CNG fueling station. The fuel for these CNG operations. It’s more than and concrete value chain, or the company’s trucks burns cleaner than diesel, emitting internal production systems, by 2050. These 50% less fine particulate matter and 90% making a buck. We want are sure to be an environmentally positive less carbon monoxide—minimizing the to make sure we’re making moves for communities where Staker operation’s effects on Utah’s air. a positive impact wherever Parson Companies have concrete and Keeping quarries and pits closer to cement operations like Roosevelt, Vernal, the final destination is one way to keep we are.” Redmond, Price, Huntington, Leamington, environmental externalities to a minimum. — Mike Dalley, Sustainability and metropolitan areas across the Wasatch When thousands of truckloads of materials Front. don’t have to travel as far, emissions, Director for Staker Parson congestion, and costs all decrease. For Companies Operations these ends, it is critical that communities Aggregates make the world go up, but don’t sacrifice sustainable operations to they need help getting to their destination. keep something out of “site,” out of mind. It’s in this operations space of transport Staker Parson Companies have had that these producers have focused their success in this arena with the Beef Hollow attention to become more sustainable. quarry on the southern edge of Salt Lake

54 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Mar | Apr 21 County. “We’re working with several suppression system, utilizing sprinklers and the progress continues. Whether it is landowners as well as state and local water cannons over the course of the year Staker Parson Companies preparing for a authorities there to shape and contour that to spray 1.7 billion gallons of reused and carbon neutral concrete supply chain or mountain and get those aggregates out of recycled water onto their operation sites to Geneva Rock’s work advancing education the mountain to build those communities mitigate dust. surrounding sustainability and improving out there,” said Dalley. “All of that material air quality, each see that a concentrated is going toward infrastructure, but when What’s Next? effort and conscientious focus will help the we’re done, the area will be residential.” Sustainability has a long way to industry as a whole embrace stewardship go in certain facets of aggregates, but and create a better world. n Stewardship It is actions like these that have helped to drive aggregate suppliers toward something beyond sustainability: stewardship. “Stewardship is continuous and encompasses more than operations,” said Dalley. “It’s more than making a buck. We want to make sure we’re making a positive impact wherever we are.” The concept is simple enough: responsibly using then protecting the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices. It’s a method that not only benefits the natural world, but also benefits humans. One example of this stewardship is mine reclamation. “Our mining operations go in and make a big impact in the environment. But our intention is that we return it as close as we can to the way it was before,” said Dalley. Staker Parson Companies recently reclaimed several acres of their Point West Operation at Point of the Mountain, shaping and contouring it, then adding six inches of topsoil before planting seeds native to the area to help re- wild and support biodiversity of the area. Schellenberg firmly agreed with that idea of stewardship, saying, “It is up to those of us in the building community to produce sustainable solutions that consider not only the well-being of our current neighbors but also the well-being of future generations.” Geneva Rock has proven to be a good steward at their Point of the Mountain operation. One of the ways that they increased their stewardship over the years is via their downhill conveyor system, which reduces truck traffic while simultaneously generating clean power. Another way they tackle stewardship and sustainability is through their dust

Mar | Apr 21 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 55 A Review from Every Corner

Speakers at 2021 NAIOP Utah Commercial Real Estate Symposium say 2021 will keep up the momentum that was sustained across multiple sectors of commercial real estate.

By Taylor Larsen

t was a bruising 2020 with the potential a cheeky question. warehouse distribution gaining another to disrupt many a market in commercial “Why are you guys sitting over there 140 million SF across the country. Even Ireal estate, but we survived. for an event when you can be dialing in on if vacancies in areas like flex R&D hover Not only that, but some sectors of Zoom?” he asked. “We’re realizing that it is around 10% nationwide, the space is the market thrived, a fact on full display better to sit side by side and interact with healthy and ready for 2021. “We’re not at the 2021 NAIOP Utah Commercial Real people face to face” even when the much saying industrial buildings aren’t taking Estate Symposium held at INDUSTRY SLC. easier option is readily available. lumps,” said Calanog. “We’re just saying that Presenters explained how commercial Calanog asked for nuance and for each industrial is surviving the fight against the real estate proved resilient in the face of company to find a happy median point to Apollo Creed of COVID better than other unprecedented challenges to both the in- get work done and make employees happy. property types, like hospitality.” person and remote attendees. That general feeling of ambivalence in the Calanog was complimentary on how Victor Calanog, Head of Commercial office market, where the answer on how industrial and other developers not only Real Estate Economics at Moody’s Analytics, to move forward isn’t as clear-cut, was responded to the pandemic, but how gave the keynote address to the 100-plus presented in contrast to the feeling in the they maneuvered it beforehand, avoiding attendees at the conference and many industrial market. There, the answer is to the problems that resulted in the Great hundreds more on Zoom. The big question keep moving forward. Recession by staying conservative and not from him was, “Will remote work dominate Industrial has proven as resilient as overreaching. the future?” His answer came in the form of the tilt-up concrete that builds it, with “This is not a real estate-driven

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recession,” said Calanog. Owners may take a hit on the value of their real estate assets and lose money on rents, but few owners are selling. Calanog is confident that the US in general and Utah in specific are primed for a rebound in the coming years, with specific market sectors looking to evolve to better serve clientele. Throughout the NAIOP conference, pre- recorded interviews from Utah-based real estate brokers and developers helped the audience understand where Utah is right now, where we have been, and where we are headed as we progress into 2021 and beyond.

OFFICE Speakers talked about rising vacancy rates in certain categories of the office market, but developers and landlords are willing to create or remodel their product for today’s hybrid office work environment and the companies that want them. Even Brandon Fugal amidst a changing market landscape, each had an overall feeling of hope due Clark Cahoon—Technology & Innovation where residential construction is booming. to positive absorption and the interest of Advisor—Salt Lake City Corporation It’s great news for the retail businesses outside capital in Utah. “From Logan […] down to St. George, well-equipped to deal with COVID-related [health sciences] is a really robust industry. restrictions like drive-thru and sporting Brandon Fugal—Chairman—Collier’s This industry has stable jobs and high goods—even if it has been a struggle International growth from entry level to PhD level.” for fitness and sit-down restaurants. But “We have all the pieces to be the speakers told the Beehive State not to crossroads of not only the West, but I truly RETAIL worry, retail will always adapt believe that we are positioned to be the How many rounds can retail last? crossroads of the world.” According to speakers, it’ll be in the ring Troy Hardy—Senior Agent—Mountain West for every round. Stores continue to go in Commercial Real Estate Scott Wilmarth—Executive Vice “We still see a need and a desire to shop President—CBRE at brick and mortar, and that won’t go away as “Nearly 70 percent [of those polled long as the other options are available to us.” in a recent survey] want a hybrid office. JR Moore It’s going to filter down to the way we JR Moore—Real Estate Specialist— occupy buildings, the way developers look Mountain West Commercial Real Estate at their offering to tenants and how to “Repurposing is inevitable—retail accommodate that in a better way.” shifts and retail moves. There are closures and then there is redevelopment. Retail Jeff Rossi—Executive Managing Director— reinvents itself. ” Newmark “Our business environment is perfectly Danny Woodbury—Director of Leasing— situated for the post-COVID workforce. We Woodbury Corporation see a lot of promise. More tours being taken “As long as the economy is thriving in the first few weeks of 2021 than in the and there is job growth, there will be future entire second half of 2020.” retail demand.” >>

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but with housing demand still in the tens Kyle Roberts of thousands of units with more people wanting to call the Wasatch Front home, developers are looking to keep the density boom going and find the missing middle between apartments and single-family homes.

Patrick Bodnar— First Vice President—CBRE “Last year, the market saw 1.2 billion in volume sales of 50-plus unit properties. This market is trading at well over 1 billion (photos courtesy NAIOP Utah) dollars and has for the last 3–4 years.”

Darlene Carter—President—CW Urban “When we go into a community, we need to educate our neighbors and the municipalities on what we are trying to do [with our developments] and why.”

INDUSTRIAL Tom Freeman—Executive Director— Robert Schmidt—President—PEG Manufacturing, warehouse, and other Cushman & Wakefield Companies facets of the industrial market sector had “The industrial sector is and has been a “The amenities of downtown can’t a banner year, according to speakers. It stabilizing sector in our economy. It’s one of be beat, whether it is walking to the may be a reactive market sector, largely the healthy legs of the stool that makes this park, walking to the restaurants and dependent on the demands of retail and a very healthy market.” entertainment, or using transit. We feel that the ideas of the office, but it’s one that has downtown has long-term viability.” helped to buoy Utah’s economy in 2020, MULTI-FAMILY supplying good jobs that battled COVID The skyscrapers are coming, but that’s Mark Jensen—Executive Vice President of with medical device manufacturing and not the only thing that had these speakers Investments—Colliers International moving PPE through the supply chain. excited. They were most excited about how “Post-COVID design is one of the Land is shrinking, but demand isn’t, leaving Utah has sustained over a billion dollars in number one opportunities of the Salt Lake each to conclude that industrial is growing sales for multi-family properties for nearly City housing market. […] Now we’re moving stronger. half a decade. The demands are changing, toward creating a lifestyle location.” n

Kyle Roberts—Executive Managing Director—Newmark “The biggest trend that will affect supply-chain is moving from a ‘just in time’ to Darlene Carter a ‘just in case’ inventory model. That is driven by the shortages we have seen in every segment of consumer products, medical devices, PPE, and even food products. ”

Tom Dischmann—Executive Vice President—CBRE “I believe the I-80 corridor N/S near the SL international airport will be the future. With entrepreneurial spirit, we will be ahead of the curve to meet the demand of the market.”

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Whether you call it internal marketing, Include Marketing in marketing mentality, or creating a culture Performance Reviews of rainmakers, it’s a straightforward If staff members realize that concept critical to the A/E/C industry: marketing is part of their job description, training and motivating client-contact and the office has provided a forum for employees and support staff to work them to be educated, they will jump on as a team to ensure client satisfaction. the marketing bandwagon. Many of them From your receptionists to your senior want to market but they just don’t know drafters or surveyors to the department how. If they know it is a part of their yearly managers and even the president of the evaluation, too, that will provide a boost of firm, getting everyone to participate in interest and dedication. Keri Hammond strategic marketing directives can drive your company forward. But what are some ways a firm can go From your receptionists from zero internal marketing efforts to a to your senior drafters internal marketing efforts. Not only will well-regimented unit of employees with your employees increase their knowledge marketing skills? or surveyors to the and marketing performance, but you can department managers and create a company of rainmakers. n Create a Culture of Continuing Education even the president Make continuing education a part of Keri Hammond, FSMPS, CPSM, is a your firm’s culture. This can only be done of the firm, getting long-standing trailblazer in the Utah A/E/C with true buy-in from the principals of the everyone to participate industry. Clients appreciate her ability firm, and leading by example is the best in strategic marketing to get things done—they know she does way to get others on board. Be sure that directives can drive your whatever it takes, with integrity, to help the people you recruit fit your company them build their business. Keri is known culture. It is much easier to train a person company forward. for her leadership and diplomacy; she who wants to learn than it is to change a motivates others with positivity, trust, and person’s mind about learning. unwavering support. Use Training Sessions to Establish a Training Program Further your Strategic Plan Whether you buy lunch for your staff Schedule some of the training sessions and bring in an outside expert or invite to gather any valuable information that your team to bring their own lunch and can be utilized in your strategic planning hold an informal discussion, the most process. From discussing your competition important factors are consistency and and your positioning strategies to creating top-down participation. In order to create a list of past clients to including in a client- a program that will truly motivate staff relations program, these sessions can members, involve them in the process. A be invaluable in setting yearly goals or brainstorming session of training topics meeting objectives. could be a productive way to use your first There are many advantages to this marketing training session. process for firms to address in their

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