VOL 18 ISSUE 2 | NOVEMBER 2018 LOGAN CORPORATE OFFICE PRST STD 875 North 1000 West U.S. POSTAGE Logan, UT 84321 PAID SLC, UT 435-752-6405 PERMIT Cache Valley Electric SALT LAKE CITY OFFICE NO 6 875 North 1000 West NEWSLETTER 1338 South Gustin Road Logan, UT 84321 Return Service Salt Lake City, UT 84104 Requested 801-908-6666 ARKANSAS OFFICE 5590 E. State Hwy. 137 Blytheville, AR 72315 870-824-6670 OREGON OFFICE 12550 SW 68th Ave. Portland, Oregon 97223 503-431-6600 TEXAS OFFICE 2370 West Airfield Dr., Ste 200 Dallas, TX 75261 469-867-5309 HAWAII OFFICE 733 Bishop St., Ste 2170 Honolulu, HI 96813 808-354-0080 WWW.CVE.COM CMC Steel Oklahoma Our People are Our Power DURANT, OKLAHOMA CVE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION IBEW SERVICE BANQUET Congratulations to the following CVE 220,000 COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY (CMC) The CVE 16th Annual Employee Recognition employees for their years of service with SQ FT GENERAL CONTRACTOR, OWNER Banquet was held on April 21st, 2018. Our the IBEW: recognition program was started in 2003 to CVE DIVISIONS LOGAN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, TELEDATA honor employees who achieved 10+ years 20 YEARS 25 YEARS Michael Heaps Bruce Bradshaw of service. Employees receive their first PROJECT OVERVIEW Aaron Mair Steven Grant award after their 10 year anniversary, then Cache Valley Electric recently completed work on the Commercial Metal Steven Martinez John Krstyen at each additional 5 year milestone. Thank Company (CMC) micro mill in Durant, Oklahoma. This is the second micro mill 30 YEAR SERVICE AWARD: Eric Rose Donna Powell you to the employees listed below for Cache Valley Electric has completed for CMC — the other being located in Mesa, Myron Perschon (Teledata Kendall Woods Jeffrey Schulz your 20+ years of dedication to CVE. Arizona. At our peak, Cache Valley Electric employed 165 electricians on this two- Utah) with Jim Laub 20 YEAR SERVICE AWARDS: 40 YEARS year project. Steve Croft (Logan) Carl Hipwell Steve Gertino (ECD) Now in full production, CMC Oklahoma will produce straight and spooled rebar Mark Montgomery (Logan) as well as t-post fencing. This micro mill utilizes a continuous process, casting Mike Neilson (ECD) and rolling with a single uninterrupted strand from melting to finished product. Pete Olson (SUD) This latest in technology reduces energy consumption, costs, and improves Nate Wickizer (SLC) yield efficiency. CMC Oklahoma has the capacity to produce 390,000 tons of rebar using recycled pre and post-consumer scrap. It can produce #4 rebar 25 YEAR SERVICE AWARDS: through #11 bar sizes and in 20, 40, and 60 feet, also in standard and custom Jeff Jensen (Service) lengths. Spooled rebar will be produced in #3 through #6 bar sizes and offered Scott Jensen (ECD) 35 YEAR SERVICE AWARD: in spool weights up to 5.5 tons. The spooler system is the first ever in the Willie Halaufia (Logan) with United States. It can produce spools up to 5000+ feet in length depending on PG 8 Jim Laub the size of the bar. continued on page 2 CACHE VALLEY ELECTRIC NEWSLETTER | VOL 18 ISSUE 2 | NOVEMBER 2018 PROJECTS CMC Steel Oklahoma, continued great leadership and support throughout the entire project. The CMC leadership team worked closely with all trades to ensure that the aggressive construction schedule could be met.” Cache Valley Electric field leadership on this project was made up of longtime CVE employees: Joey Walters–Superintendent, Dale Owens–Engineering/ Quality Control/Project Manager, Sam Vaughan – Engineering, Steve Ishee–Safety. IBEW Local 1141 out of Oklahoma City provided man- power and was an excellent partner on this significant Ryan Poppleton, who served as Cache Valley Electric’s and challenging project. Project Manager felt this project was successful because of the previous working relationships between CMC and CVE. Ryan says, “CMC provided Carolyn and Kem Gardner Commons UNIVERSITY OF UTAH CAMPUS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH OKLAND CONSTRUCTION UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Equinix Next GENERAL CONTRACTOR OWNER Gen 2.0 CVE DIVISIONS ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION & BIM MODELING, MULTIMEDIA, TELEDATA, SIGNAL & UTILITY AUSTRALIA PROJECT OVERVIEW SCOPE OF WORK The Carolyn and Kem Gardner Commons now 10 DATA CENTERS • Power distribution houses Social Science programs for the University • Lighting and lighting controls of Utah and was completed in May 2018. This • Interior panels transformers and metering EQUINIX PTY AUSTRALIA 5-level building includes: • Generator OWNER • Classrooms and administration space • Automatic transfer switches • Laboratory space with fume hoods • Medium voltage transformers and cabling CVE DIVISIONS CVE TECHNOLOGIES • Prefabricated temperature-controlled rooms • Fire alarm and two-way communication systems • Food service and dining space • Exterior lighting and convenience power PROJECT OVERVIEW • Security and CCTV As Equinix rapidly expands its data center footprint, it SCOPE OF WORK • Audio visual systems needs to bring each new site into its IT infrastructure The scope of the project has expanded as the client • Teledata and DAS by migrating from the existing wireless and wired added new sites (from a recent $1B acquisition) • Wireless access points infrastructure to a standardized “stack”. Due to CVE’s and also requested that CVE provide the network • Kitchen equipment strong performance last year at US based locations, equipment (previously sourced by another vendor). electrical connections the client requested that CVE conduct the upgrades CVE is utilizing an international company to provide • Lightning protection of its Australian locations in 2018. The work requires local resources for installation work, overseen by both detailed physical cabling design and network those CVE Design and Network Engineers who have It has been an honor for CVE engineering expertise. The project tasks progress extensive experience with the client’s network and to work together with Okland from site surveys to physical design, network design, objectives. Our performance thus far in the project has Construction and the Gardner equipment sourcing, equipment configuration, lead to opportunities to bid additional international work family. They are our well- shipping, installation, cabling, and migration, utilizing in Australia and several other countries. respected peers and are CVE onsite technicians and engineers. pillars of the Utah community. PG 2 photos courtesy of Okland Construction PG 3 CACHE VALLEY ELECTRIC NEWSLETTER | VOL 18 ISSUE 2 | NOVEMBER 2018 PROJECTS Newrest SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 79,193 SQ FT BIG-D NEWREST GENERAL CONTRACTOR OWNER CVE DIVISIONS ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OVERVIEW The Newrest project was a tenant improvement finish for warehousing, office space, and food preparation facilities in an existing building. Newrest prepares and provides the food and beverage services for the airline industry. CVE worked with Big-D on this project and it progressed very smoothly and timely. By all measures, Newrest was a great success a S&S Worldwide and we look forward to many more projects with Big-D in the future. SCOPE OF WORK NORTH LOGAN, UTAH • Install new 1600Amp service with associated switchboards and panels • Power and lighting throughout the building 100,000 LUNDAHL BUILDING SYSTEMS S&S SANSEI WORLDWIDE SQ FT GENERAL CONTRACTOR OWNER • Power to owner-furnished commercial kitchen equipment: (2) 1,300 sq. foot freezers, 4,828 sq. foot holding fridge, dishwashing and cart washing equipment, etc. CVE DIVISIONS LOGAN ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION, SIGNAL & UTILITY, TELEDATA, AVTEC • Access control/intrusion throughout the building • Wiring for video surveillance system on 82 cameras PROJECT OVERVIEW SCOPE OF WORK S&S Worldwide, the largest manufacturer of amusement • Basic electrical construction of manufacturing facility • Telephone and data distribution rides (roller coasters) in the United States, has moved and supporting administration area into their new corporate headquarters in North • Primary medium voltage raceway Logan, Utah. • Service and power distribution • General building and site lighting Cache Valley Electric was selected to provide the • Convenience power electrical installation on this state-of-the-art facility. Project Updates Working closely with the General Contractor, Lundahl • Equipment specific power Building Systems, Cache Valley Electric provided • Security and supporting wiring UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY CLINICAL value engineering and cost control to bring this SERVICES BUILDING LOGAN, UT project in on schedule. CVE is proud to have successfully completed another In addition to the electrical scope of work, CVE involved project at Utah State University. This 105,000 square other divisions within CVE —Signal & Utility, Teledata, foot building was a design assist project led by R&O and Avtec. Construction. This building now serves both students at Utah State and members of the community, including those with Autism and other developmental disabilities, the aging and memory-challenged population, and those attending the Center for Disabilities. Go Aggies! PG 4 PG 5 CACHE VALLEY ELECTRIC NEWSLETTER | VOL 18 ISSUE 2 | NOVEMBER 2018 RECENTLY AWARDED PROJECTS Recently Awarded Projects ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION PreCoat Metals Chiller Installation – Taxiway G Panel Replacement 54 1019 GAF Confidential Data Center, Utah County Blytheville, AR 1680 – SLCDOA New Columbia – Video Verizon Data Center, Salt Lake City Prospect Steel Feeders for Auto WYDOT Dist 1 & 5 Signal Upgrades – Surveillance Project Databank Data Center Welder – Blytheville, AR WYDOT IPS BioFire Service Facility T.I. Ebner Cooling Bell