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The Utah Department of Transportation recently announced another busy season of construction activity with $2.1 billion of projects in the works. 42 Shining Star UVU’s new $59 million Center for the Performing 42 Arts offers world-class design in a highly functional and flexible space that will serve UVU’s School of Arts program for the next 50 years. 50 Come Together Design and construction teams were challenged often on The Kimball on Main, a complex marriage of the 90-year-old Kimball Arts Center with a modern new 33,000 SF building in Old Town Park City. 56 CMA Celebrates No. 20 Principals from Curtis Miner Architecture reflect on a strong past two decades of work, an optimistic outlook on future prosperity. 62 ABC Utah 2019 Excellence in Construction Awards Big-D captures ‘Champion of the Year’ award for Salt Lake City & 50 UVU Noorda Center for the Performing Arts County Building Renovation. OREM, UT 64 Amped Up! Spirits are high in the electrical industry with the completion of the new $6.5 million Utah Electrical Training Alliance Center in West Jordan. INNOVATIVE | STRUCTURAL | SOLUTIONS 68 Flexible Furniture Modern-day office environments are being defined by ‘touchdown spaces’ and ‘jump spaces’, requiring furniture that is fun, flexible and adaptable to myriad layouts. 76 Construction Law 78 2019 Top Utah Architectural Firms 56 On the cover: The stunning beauty of Utah Valley University’s new $59 million Noorda Center for the Performing Arts is matched by its high level of functionality on the sprawling Orem www.reaveley.com | 801.486.3883 campus. (courtesy method studio) May | June 19 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 11 UTAH_CONSTRUCTION_DESIGN MAY2019_FINAL.indd 1 5/23/19 12:50 PM < Publisher’s Message UC&D The Value of Entertainment Utah Construction & Design Magazine 3047 W Parkway Blvd. STE A, With the lights out, it’s less dangerous Salt Lake City UT 84119 Here we are now, entertain us O: (801) 747-9202 I feel stupid and contagious M: (801) 433-7541 Here we are now, entertain us – Kurt Cobain, Smells Like Teen Spirit www.utahcdmag.com Entertainment – or the need for people to be entertained – is a fascinating aspect of our Bradley H. Fullmer society, one we spend billions of dollars on annually, chasing the next awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping Publisher/Managing Editor performance that allows us to ‘check out’ from our mundane day-to-day grind, whether it’s a concert, [email protected] athletic event, play or movie. So it’s particularly gratifying to see the completion of projects like the $59 million Noorda Center for the Performing Arts at Utah Valley University in Orem, a truly magnificent building that Ladd J. Marshall will serve as the preeminent PAC (performing arts center) in Utah County, bringing countless hours Advertising Sales Director of entertainment – and subsequently smiles – to the faces of millions of people over the next 50-plus [email protected] years. The debut performer for the March 25 grand opening was none other than Jason Alexander, who Jay Hartwell has visited UVU four times since 2012 and developed a unique relationship with faculty and students Art Director within the School of the Arts program. Alexander is best known for his role as George Constanza in [email protected] Seinfeld, the 90s TV sitcom classic that spawned dozens of hilarious lines and phrases over its nine- year run (The Contest, Puffy Shirt, Fat Wallet, Soup Nazi, Shrinkage – I could fill this column if my toast wasn’t burning). Constanza famously pretended to be an architect named Art Vandelay in several episodes (including literally the second episode ever titled ‘The Stake Out’), so it was fun to talk with the real architects of the project, and having them chuckle about the Seinfeld references to their profession. One of the driving factors for designers in approaching unique cultural projects like a theater, concert hall or performing arts center is their desire to have the building connect with its end users on myriad levels. So when they get feedback from staff and faculty as to how a building is positively impacting the people who use it – in this case students, singers, actors, performers, entertainers, etc. – it resonates, and offers a level of gratification beyond the actual nature of the building itself. This issue of UC&D also includes our annual Top Utah Architects Rankings, which shows 2018 to be another outstanding year revenue-wise, as Utah’s record-setting 10-year growth cycle keeps churning. The majority of the firms have shown remarkable consistency over the past three years (2016-18), and the consensus among people I talk to regularly is that business remains brisk as firms drive to stay profitable and keep pipelines filled. We also look at two firms who recently celebrated significant milestones Curtis– Miner Architecture (CMA) of Pleasant Grove continues to celebrate its 20th Anniversary (November ’18) this year, while Salt Lake-based Envision Engineering marked its 25th Anniversary with an open house celebration in May. I’ve said before in the past how much I enjoy writing anniversary profiles, as it gives me an opportunity to delve into the past of people working in trades I admire and respect, not only for their Utah Construction & Design is published eight (8) times a year. Postage paid individual talents and abilities, but also for their entrepreneurial drive – it takes a lot of intestinal in Salt Lake City, UT. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part fortitude (guts) to start your own gig. Congrats to CMA founder Curtis Miner and Envision founder Jeff without written permission is prohibited. Subscriptions: $64.00 per year. 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