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A P U B L I C A T I O N F R O M G E N E VA R O C K P R O D U C T S , I N C .
FALL 2021
HEADING NORTH
Expanded Ogden yard enhances Geneva
Rock’s capabilities in Northern Utah
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ALSO INSIDE:
PARTNERING:
UDOT-ING THE MAP
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RECLAIMING FOR RESIDENTS
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PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
AIMING FOR EXCELLENCE
Geneva Rock wants to be the perfect partner in northern Utah and beyond
T
about the changes going on in our new confusion. Utah is a great place to be,
his has been a busy and hectic
Ogden yard. We are excited about and we are all working to make Utah a
Fall and we hope that you have
this property and it will be a real game better community.
been able to get more on top of
changer for us, not only in the North We appreciate our relationship with
your jobs as the cement shortage has
but for all of our company. We are each of you and will do all we can to
lessened from its height in July.
building two large storage domes that help you be successful. Reach out to
We are making some innovative
will be primarily for fly ash storage but us any time for comment or critique.
moves to better insure our cement
could also be used for cement storage We need to know if we are meeting
supply in the future. More will be
in the future as well as a new shop and your expectations. Have a great final JAY RITCHIE
coming on this subject as we are able
state-of-the-art ready mix plant. push to 2021 and we look forward to
to release information.
The forecast for Utah continues to 2022.
In this edition of Rock Solid, we talk
be strong even with all the national
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NEWS+NOTES
LEADERSHIP
PRESIDENT
Jay Ritchie
VICE PRESIDENT,
SPECIALTY
CONSTRUCTION
Nathan Schellenberg, P.E.
VICE PRESIDENT,
GRAVEL & ASPHALT
Carl Clyde
VICE PRESIDENT,
HIGHLIGHTED PROJECT >>
AREA CONSTRUCTION
Shane Albrecht, P.E.
RECREATION OUTPOST WILL OFFER FOUR-SEASON FUN
VICE PRESIDENT,
CONCRETE FOR MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES
Terrence Savage
VICE PRESIDENT, Members of the military will soon have a four-season they have had around the world — in a ski-resort
EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES resort at their fingertips just outside of Park City, Utah. setting. This will be the only MIDA facility at a United
Ray Gammell
The Mayflower Mountain Resort, owned by Extell De- States ski resort and will serve as a tribute to the men
velopment Group, will combine luxury amenities with and women of the armed services.
BUSINESS
world-class recreation that is located near Jordanelle Geneva Rock has provided 7,000 cubic yards of
Reservoir in the MIDA Project Area of Wasatch County. concrete for the Pioche Apartments, the initial phase
OFFICES Newly constructed ski lifts will provide easy access to
the Greatest Snow on Earth during winter months and
of the project. Geneva Rock has also partnered with
Jacobsen Construction and Wadsworth Brothers to
LAYTON 801-281-7900 scenic mountain bike trails the rest of the year. The provide an estimated 45,000 cubic yards for the
reservoir offers boating and fishing close by. When it’s construction of the MWR Conference Hotel that will be
OREM 801-765-7800
time to come in from the outdoors, the planned resort completed over the next couple years. Once complete,
LOGAN 435-713-0700
will include restaurants, night clubs and spas. the hotel will offer 60,000 square feet of conference
PAYSON 801-465-6925 The purpose of the proposed MIDA project area is space and 387 guest rooms — 100 of the guest rooms
PARK CITY 435-649-3033 to provide the military with a “morale, welfare and being reserved for military personnel — along with 55
TOOELE 435-833-9116 recreation” facility or hotel — similar to other facilities private residences.
HELPER 435-472-3466
OGDEN 801-479-6550 SCHOLARSHIP >>
POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN
801-281-7950 GENEVA ROCK AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP TO JAMAICA
NATIVE PLANNING TO GIVE BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY
QUALITY MATERIALS
AND PRODUCTS Geneva Rock is pleased to
+ award Khevar McLeod the Fall
2021 Geneva Rock Scholarship.
EXPERIENCED,
Khevar is a student at Southern
DEDICATED PEOPLE Utah University in Cedar City,
+ Utah, and is studying civil engi-
MODERN EQUIPMENT neering.
Growing up in Jamaica, he
AND RESOURCES
watched his dad build houses
= for a living, began helping him
SUPERIOR VALUE as a young man and, through
these experiences, learned to
AND RESULTS
respect construction.
@geneva.rock With his civil engineering
@genevarockproducts
degree, Khevar plans to become first road in his community was paved, and the
a licensed professional with special emphasis in great joy that it brought him and his community.
Geneva Rock Products
geotechnical and structural engineering. With this “As an engineer, I want to be able to give that
Geneva_Rock skill set, he wants to impact the lives of people same life-changing joy to others that I experi-
back home in Jamaica. Khevar recounts when the enced,” he says.
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FEATURE
OGDEN YARD
HEADING
NORTH
Expanded Ogden yard enhances Geneva
Rock’s capabilities in Northern Utah
BY KYLE FLANAGAN
S
ince 1954, Geneva leading to the purchase of the
Geneva Rock’s expanded services in Ogden
Rock has prided itself on Ogden yard a few years later
— including new corporate offices, work-
providing more than just and a new office building in shops and testing labs — allows for more
exceptional concrete, asphalt, 2018. control over work done in Northern Utah.
aggregate, and construction That continued devotion to
services in Utah — it’s held a Northern Utah has manifested
nearly 70-year commitment to itself through a large-scale
growth and innovation. upgrade and development to the
From humble beginnings in Geneva Rock Ogden yard —
Orem, Geneva Rock quickly including the construction of new
became one of Utah’s largest corporate offices, workshops,
suppliers of ready-mix concrete. aggregate storage, and a full-
As its presence grew along service lab for concrete and
the Wasatch Front, so did its asphalt testing.
products and services — moving “The Ogden yard serves more
into sand and gravel supply, hot- than just the Ogden area with
mix asphalt plants, and a range increasing demand for products
of construction services such as and services in the Northern
asphalt and concrete paving, Davis, Weber, and Box Elder
utility work, and excavation and county areas,” Jay Ritchie,
site work. Geneva Rock president, says.
This dedication to continuously “Those areas will soon be able
growing and developing as to offer new and improved,
a company has extended to state-of-the-art ready-mix and
a complete overhaul of the asphalt facilities. These will
Geneva Rock Ogden yard. open up a greater ability to
Beginning with the successful backup existing plants and
outcome of Ogden’s Washington will be a game-changer for us,
Boulevard project in 1991, the industry and our customers
Geneva Rock gradually found alike.”
its way into Northern Utah. It Ritchie is confident that having
The Ogden yard means Geneva Rock
started with plans for a concrete cement storage on-site, along will have more control over availability
plant batch plant near Ogden’s with fly ash storage through and production of needed materials of
all kinds.
20th Street around 2008, sister company, Bridgesource,
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FEATURE
OGDEN YARD
While Geneva Rock has had major Ogden
operations since the 1990s, the expansion
solidifies the company’s role in the area
construction industry.
on-site, Geneva Rock will be will go directly into these storage
able to mitigate shortages, silos,” Ritchie says. “This will “It gives us the ability to better
should those continue to occur. minimize the number of piles
“It gives us the ability to better that are out in the open and
control our own destiny rather than
control our own destiny rather impacted by the elements. It’ll be so dependent on others for our
than be so dependent on others
for our day-to-day needs,”
be much more environmentally
sound as everything from how
day-to-day needs.”
Ritchie says. “We can take more the aggregates are handled to Jay Ritchie, President of Geneva Rock
of that responsibility on our own how power is distributed around
shoulders and be able to provide the property will be managed “It’s going to be really great,” that will make the Geneva
better service to our customers.” digitally, creating efficiency and Westbroek says. “It’s very Rock presence felt even more
The impact of the enhanced exactness.” exciting to have all of these throughout the Northern Utah
Ogden yard will be felt With a full completion date resources together on one site counties — particularly when it
throughout the Geneva Rock of late Spring 2022, Geneva and I really think it will enhance comes to competition.
customer base as all handling of Rock’s area manager for overall productivity and, ideally, “From a facilities standpoint,
aggregates will be done digitally construction, Mike Westbroek, bring operations costs down.” this puts us in the same ballpark
in the improved facility and is enthusiastic and hopeful that For Ritchie, Westbroek, and as many of our competitors up
aggregate piles will be stored in this development will bring the Geneva Rock teams in in Northern Utah, but our supply
silos and off the ground. with it a myriad of benefits and Northern Utah, the new and improvements now move us
“The greatest bulk of material improvements. improved facilities are something ahead, in my eyes,” Ritchie says.
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PARTNERSHIP
UTAH DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION
UDOT’s job is to keep Utah’s travelers going
safely. Geneva Rock is a trusted partner in
finding cost-effective and long-lasting solu-
tions to roadway challenges.
UDOT-ING THE MAP
For decades, Geneva Rock has laid the groundwork
for Utah’s roadways with the Department of Transportation
BY GREG BENNETT
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he Utah Department well-built and maintained preserving infrastructure,” preserving the life and viability
of Transportation — or roadways. says Kris Peterson, director of the roadway and improving
UDOT, as it’s more “UDOT’s role with regard of project development at the quality of life of all who
commonly known — has the to building and maintaining UDOT. “UDOT is responsible use it.”
unique mission to Keep Utah roadways throughout Utah to safeguard the spending of To accomplish this ambitious,
Moving. And not just moving, includes zero fatalities, taxpayer dollars in an efficient multi-faceted purpose,
but moving on cost-effective, optimizing mobility, and and responsible manner while UDOT relies on professional
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PARTNERSHIP
UTAH DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION
“Due to our longstanding I-84 MORGAN TO HENEFER >>
business relationship, PROJECT BREAKDOWN
Geneva Rock is a contractor • Preserves the highway infrastructure of I-84 from Morgan to Summit
who understands UDOT’s County Line
• Improves the concrete pavement, roadside features and structures
goals and objectives while • Removes/replaces hot mix asphalt (HMA) on 19 bridges and deck
delivering the quality projects pothole patching
UDOT demands.” • Replaces four miles of median barrier and 10 miles of highway signage
Kris Peterson GENEVA ROCK’S ROLE
UDOT director of project development • Prime contractor on the project
• Perform concrete pavement work
• Median barrier removal and replacement
partnerships with contractors like Geneva Rock. • Asphalt removal and replacement on decks
“Geneva Rock is one of the major contractors
that performs major roadway work for public and
private entities throughout the Wasatch Front,”
Kris says.
Geneva Rock has, for decades, worked closely SR-150 RESURFACING >>
with UDOT on numerous projects including PROJECT BREAKDOWN
improvements to Interstate 15, Interstate 84 and • Nine miles of lightweight chip seal and lane leveling
Interstate 80. Geneva Rock has also completed • Six miles of two-inch hot mix asphalt overlay with a lightweight chip seal
work on urban thoroughfare improvements that • The treatment is expected to last 12 years
keep the local traffic moving, too. • Project took 60 days
“Due to our longstanding business relationship,
Geneva Rock is a contractor who understands GENEVA ROCK’S ROLE
UDOT’s goals and objectives while delivering the • General contractor on the project
quality projects UDOT demands,” Kris says.
The longstanding partnership enables the two
sides to work well together and finish complicated
jobs with fewer delays and concerns. That is, in
part, due to the numerous personal relationships 4100 SOUTH RECONSTRUCTION >>
that make working through inevitable issues and PROJECT BREAKDOWN
challenges easier. • Reconstruction of existing roadway using 10 inches of granular borrow,
“Individual personal relationships within our seven inches of untreated base course and six inches of new hot-mix
business arrangements help each part better
asphalt on two miles of arterial roadway
understand the other entity’s goals, objectives
• Treatment is expected to last 25 years and keeps the east-west arterial
and needs,” Kris says. “These relationships help
roadway problem-free between 5600 West and Bangerter Highway
both parties work through challenging and often
difficult situations in a professional and beneficial
GENEVA ROCK’S ROLE
manner.”
• General contractor
The two parties continue to find themselves
working together — primarily on heavy civil
construction, asphalt and concrete paving projects
— because they are aligned in their desire to
complete high-quality, cost-effective work that
E-TICKETING >>
means safer roads for Utah travelers.
Currently, there are three major road PROJECT BREAKDOWN
construction projects that pair the two entities. In • UDOT desires to eliminate paper tickets for all concrete and asphalt jobs
part to better manage large, complicated projects, on its projects
Geneva Rock integrated its software with the • Clyde Companies appreciates transparency, accuracy and speed
Survey123 system used by UDOT to enable for • The two organizations worked closely together to find an electronic
electronic communication that limits mistakes, solution that worked for both
streamlines information to the job site and uses • Clyde Companies IT professionals developed a program that integrated
less paper. with UDOT’s proprietary software system, Survery123, allowing tickets to
More information on these four latest be readily available on the job site and beyond
partnerships can be found to the right.
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GIVING
BACK The Point of the Mountain bordering Utah and
Salt Lake counties is a growing residential and
industrial hotbed known as Silicon Slopes.
While Geneva Rock continues to mine the area
for needed raw material, plans are in place for
future reclamation and development — including
a massive donation from Geneva Rock to the
development of recreational trails.
RECLAIMING FOR RESIDENTS
Hiking trails and extra water resources for Lehi residents highlights Geneva
Rock’s future housing development plan
BY REBECCA CALLAHAN
I
n 2019, Geneva Rock and its well. The well and water storage, area larger than their proposed of TMTA. TMTA has been
development partner, GWC when completed, will not only development. We are excited instrumental in the funding and
Capital, announced approval service the new development, but that the city of Lehi and Geneva building of multiple trails in Utah,
to build The Vistas at Point will extend to residents in other Rock were able to collaborate including Sensei (5 miles) built in
Crossing at the site of a former parts of the city, encompassing a on this successful public/private 2017, Mo-mentum (2.5 miles),
Geneva Rock gravel pit. The footprint of nearly 300 acres. partnership.” LoLo Loop (2.5 miles) built in
new transit-oriented development The sale was completed in the Jay Ritchie, president of 2019, Tráverse Travérse (2 miles)
(TOD) in Lehi will turn the site summer of 2021 and Geneva Geneva Rock, sees the donation built in 2020, and Brookside (in
into a mixed-use project with Rock immediately donated the as another way to accomplish his progress). The association has
300 luxury apartments, 100 funds to the Traverse Mountain company’s mission of building a also recently received funding to
townhome units, a high-speed Trails Association (TMTA), a better community. build Footloose (3 miles), a hiking
bus between Utah and Salt Lake Lehi-based organization that “Additional trails up along trail, this year.
Counties, and pedestrian and promotes and supports the the hills and foothills will give “Our newest donation for
bicycle paths with easy access to development of local, sustainable residents places to exercise, $160,000 from Geneva Rock
nearby trail systems. recreational trails to help Utah walk their dogs, enjoy the is our biggest yet and TMTA is
As a result of this project, and residents live a healthy and evenings or early mornings and ecstatic,” said Lori Le, president
through a generous donation active lifestyle. generally have more enjoyment of TMTA. “This is a huge boost in
from Geneva Rock, the city of “We are always excited when of the community,” he says. continuing to build trails and will
Lehi will also see additional water companies like Geneva Rock step “We’re greatly honored to help directly fund the continued build-
and trails for its residents. up and do more than is required provide an amenity which will out on Traverse Mountain Trails
Geneva Rock will provide simply to benefit the larger benefit all the residents who live System.”
its own water infrastructure for community,” says Brad Kenison, in that area. Building a better This build out includes
the development. Geneva Rock assistant city engineer with community is one of the tenets by downhill mountain biking trails,
did this by deeding a section of the city of Lehi. “As part of the which we operate, and we will hiking trails, multi-use trails,
property to the city as a public annexation agreement with Lehi continue rehabilitating the land special features, and trailhead
utilities parcel that will include City, Geneva Rock was required we use to create useful living, improvements.
a one-million-gallon culinary to provide the water infrastructure working, growing, and playing The demand for natural trails
water tank, a 2.1-million-gallon for their development. However, environments.” has grown in recent years as
pressurized irrigation water tank they also went above and beyond Geneva Rock’s mission aligns more Utahns recognize the
and a new municipal culinary to build water infrastructure for an perfectly with the mission benefits of outdoor recreation.
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