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CR2211175 www.JohnDeereFinancial.com UC&D Utah Construction & Design Table of Contents 8 Publisher’s Message 10 Construction Law 12 Design Trends 14 A/E/C People 20 Industry News 26 Features 26 Celebrating 40 Years Wally Cooper, Allen Roberts continue to lead CRSA. 32 Open Space Daylighting, outside views highlight FJ Management’s new corporate headquarters. 36 Perfecting Precast The new LDS Temple in Payson is a shining example of architectural precast used as an exterior finish. 42 3form Thriving President/CEO Talley Goodson has 32 transformed the Utah-based manufacturer into a dynamic $100 million-plus firm. 44 Top Utah Architectural Firms Architects ranked on revenues from 2014. 48 ProSoft Turns 30 Software reseller helps A/E/C industry stay on top of technology. 50 Q&A: Jeanne Jackson 36 42 52 Utah GOED 54 Construction Trends 58 Marketing Strategies On the cover: FJ Management’s new corporate headquarters in downtown Salt Lake illustrates how owners value open space and daylighting in high rise TI renovations. (photo by Dana Sohm, Sohm Photogrfx) 48 50 May 15 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 7 < Publisher’s Message UC&D Utah Construction & Design Magazine 4516 South 700 East, Suite 160 Murray, UT 84107 Architectural Firm Revenues a Positive Sign O: (801) 747-9202 M: (801) 433-7541 Want more concrete evidence that Utah’s A/E/C industry www.utahcdmag.com continues to improve? Look no further than our third annual Top Utah Architectural Firm Rankings on page 46. Bradley H. Fullmer While the list itself didn’t change drastically (there were only two slight changes Publisher/Managing Editor among the Top 10 firms who disclosed revenues from 2014), the most notable fact is [email protected] the total amount of revenue earned by the 19 firms who disclosed revenues: $147.9 million, an increase of $18.7 million from 2013 to 2014, which amounts to a healthy Ladd J. Marshall 14.4% bump. Advertising Sales Director Three firms actually doubled revenues from the previous year (AE Urbia, EDA [email protected] Architects, Design West Architects), while three others showed gains in the 50-60% range (Method Studio, Case, Lowe & Hart, TSA Architects). Jay Hartwell Art Director And while a 10-15% increase in one year is a nice number, firms I have spoken with [email protected] throughout the year are quick to point out that the industry is still nowhere close to the ‘glory days’ of a decade ago. Owners are still demanding, margins are still tight, and competition is as fierce as ever. All in all, architectural firm executives remain optimistic that Utah’s economy (and the Intermountain region in general) will continue to prosper as the 21st Century rolls on. One design firm celebrating 2015 is CRSA Architects, which marks its 40th anniversary this year. The Salt Lake-based firm was founded in 1975 as a one-man shop by Wallace (Wally) Cooper, who teamed up with Allen Roberts a year later to create the foundation of a firm that has designed dozens of prominent Utah and regional projects and now boasts 60 employees in three offices (Salt Lake, St. George, Idaho Falls). Another firm hitting a notable milestone in this year is Orem-based ProSoft, a nationally recognized AutoCAD dealer who is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a series of Power Launch events, including a Salt Lake event June 10. This issue of UC&D also looks at the TI renovation of FJ Management’s new corporate headquarters in Salt Lake, along with the sparkling new LDS Payson Temple, which is highlighted by a beautiful architectural precast exterior. In addition to regular columns (Construction Law, Design Trends, Marketing Utah Construction & Design is published eight (8) times a year. Postage Strategies), we also had to chance to talk with Jeanne Jackson, a Principal with VCBO paid in Salt Lake City, UT. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole Architecture and current President of the Utah Chapter of the American Institute of or in part without written permission is prohibited. Subscriptions: $64.00 per year. Subscribers: If Postal Service alerts us that magazine Architects (AIA Utah). Look for that Q&A on page 26. is undeliverable to present address, we need to receive corrected It’s hard to believe how quickly 2015 is flying by! We’re excited to have five more address. Postmaster: Send address changes to 4516 S. 700 E., Suite 160, Murray, UT 84107. To subscribe or contribute editorial content, or issues on the docket this year, and as always, we welcome any news or information for reprints, please call (801) 433-7541 or email bfullmer@utahcdmag. com. For Advertising rates/Media Kit, please call (801) 872-3531 or from your firm related to Utah’s A/E/C industry. [email protected]. Vol. 3 No. 3 Regards, Coming in June/July issue of UC&D: Top Utah General Contractor Rankings Industry Labor Report Project Delivery Trends Brad Fullmer Publisher/Managing Editor 8 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | May 15 > Construction Law Evolution of Utah’s Implied Warranty of Habitability By Lincoln Harris and Brian D. Bolinder In 2009, the Utah Supreme Court recognized, In Davencourt, the Court found that for the first time, an ‘implied warranty of “in every contract for the sale of a new workmanlike manner and habitability.’ residence, a vendor in the business of Davencourt at Pilgrim Landing Homeowners building or selling such residences makes an Ass’n v. Davencourt at Pilgrims Landing, LC, implied warranty to the [purchaser] that the 2009 UT 65. As with most changes in the law, residence is constructed in a workmanlike this implied warranty has and is changing manner and fit for habitation.” While not the game for developers, designers, specifically articulating when a builder/ contractors, home buyers and, notably, the developer fails to meet this standard and Lincoln Harris Brian D. Bolinder lawyers representing them. This article expressly stating that perfection is not discusses the reasoning behind the Court’s required, the Court referred to decisions adoption of this warranty, the warranty’s from other jurisdictions that define “the of construction, such a residence is not current and other legal limitations, and the implied warranty of habitability in the habitable or that a new residence must tactics claimants are using to try to skirt sense that if a new residence does not ‘provide inhabitants with a reasonably those limitations. keep out the elements because of a defect safe place to live, without fear of injury to 10 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | May 15 > Construction Law person, health, safety, or property.’” applies to nonresidential projects – may be Under Davencourt, a claimant must on the horizon. Will the legislature weigh in prove five things to recover for breach of on these issues or defer to the courts? this implied warranty: (1) purchase of a new While these and other questions residence from a builder/developer; (2) an remain to be answered, the guiding unknown defect; (3) the defect appeared principles for managing risk associated after the purchase; (4) the defect was with this latest development in the ever- caused by improper design, materials, or evolving world of design and construction workmanship; and (5) the defect created a defects remain the same: a good team, the safety risk or made the house unfit to live right contracts, sound design and quality in. In adopting these principles, the Court construction, with the right insurance reasoned that an implied warranty was the thrown in for good measure.