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August | September 2019
Infrastructure
Innovation
Whitaker Construction is utilizing
a revolutionary cable crane
system on the highly technical
North Fork Siphon project.
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Ex-College Athletes in A/E/C Industry
NAIOP Developer of Year: Cameron Gunter
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Projects Competition
Deadline: Friday, October 11,
18, 2019
UC&D is proud to announce its 7th Annual Outstanding
Outstanding Projects
Projectsofof the Year
the Yearcompetition
competitionforfor
2019, which
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honors thethe
very best commercial construction
construction and
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design projects
projects in
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that were
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the2019
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calendar year (Jan. 1 to Dec. 31).
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categories including
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Project of the Year Healthcare (Large) Private Over $10 M
(Overall Most Outstanding Project) Healthcare (Small) Private Under $10 M
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Community/Cultural Hospitality/Resort Specialty Contracting: Electrical
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Design/Build Mass Transit/Airport Sports/Recreation which is rich in experience, facilitated through design.
Entertainment Multi-Family Tenant Improvement
Green/Sustainable Municipal/Utility Water/Wastewater AE URBIA is a group of architects and engineers devoted
to creating and improving companies, communities and
Submittals will be judged by a panel of A/E/C industry professionals
and awarded based on a number of criteria. cities by creating “great spaces” which provide rich
experiences.
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2. The project must be 100%
90% completed
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January 1,
1, (max 20), all high resolution files (minimum 300 dpi by 5” x 7”, .jpg
2019 and December 31, 2019. and .tif preferred). Firms can also submit other documents,
resilient, sustainable class “A” office buildings while
3. Firms can submit multiple projects in multiple categories. including renderings, floor plans, etc. Applicants need to ensure saving owners and contractors 20% over conventional
The most successful entries include input from various team they have total permission to copy and submit photographs to construction.
members, including the A/E firms, general contractor, and Utah Construction & Design for publication without limits.
owner. Any liability for copyright violations will be borne solely by
the applicant.
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JUDGING CRITERIA regardless of size or location.
1. Contribution to the Industry and Community
2. Innovation in Design and Construction
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5. Aesthetics/Design
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Table of Contents
12 Publisher’s Message
14 Marketing Strategies
16 A/E/C Charity
Features 18
18 Be Our Guest! Two mammoth future hospitality projects –
the downtown Salt Lake Convention Center Hotel and
Mayflower Mountain Resort in Wasatch Co. – highlight the
Beehive State’s burgeoning hospitality market.
24 Mellow Yellow Okland Construction’s $12 million expansion of
its Salt Lake headquarters features the signature yellow color of
its iconic logo on dramatic stairwells in its revamped three- 24
story, open air lobby.
28 Positive Energy Salt Lake-based Skyline Electric celebrates its
60th Anniversary with an optimistic outlook on its future and
goals of hitting the $40 million revenue mark in 2020.
32 Big Air Whitaker Construction of Brigham City is utilizing a
dynamic $1.2 million Austrian-made cable crane system on the
technical $25 million North Fork Siphon pipeline project for
CUWCD.
38 NAIOP Utah Cameron Gunter of Provo-based PEG Companies
presented with 2019 ‘Developer of the Year’ award.
Dixie Regional Medical Center
ST. GEORGE, UT 44 Not Just a Game UC&D’s second installment of ‘Ex-College
Athletes in the A/E/C Industry’ takes a look at four professionals
32
who take the same competitive approach from the playing
field/court to the business world.
i n n ovat i v e | st r u ct u ra l | s o lu t i o n s
54 2019 Top Utah Engineering Firm Rankings
Correction: In the July issue of UC&D, we listed the wrong title for Vinnie Figlioli of Salt
Lake-based mechanical firm Harris in our A/E/C People section. Figlioli is the General
Manager, Construction for Harris. We apologize for the oversight.
38
On the cover: Brigham City-based Whitaker Construction is the general contractor on
the $25 million North Fork Siphon project for Central Utah Water Conservancy District
in Duchense County, near Hanna. (photo by Bradley Fullmer)
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< Publisher’s Message
Competitive Fire Translates
from Athletics to Business
UC&D
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And I did that for a hot minute during a www.utahcdmag.com
21-month stint at the Daily Spectrum in St. George
from December ’86 to August ’88, an experience Bradley H. Fullmer
that was both memorable and highly educational – Publisher/Managing Editor
and beyond that a lot of fun! bfullmer@utahcdmag.com
And while I still love sports, covering Utah’s
A/E/C industry has proven to be, honestly, a much Ladd J. Marshall
WE SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
more rewarding and interesting career than I could Advertising Sales Director
have imagined when I stumbled upon this career path more than 20 years ago. lmarshall@utahcdmag.com
So, a few years back I hatched the idea of including an annual feature
section that profiles ex-college athletes who currently work in the design and Jay Hartwell
construction industry. I figure it’s a way to show a different side to people who Art Director
SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO.
work in this great arena and shed some light into their interests, current and jhartwell@utahcdmag.com
past.
Two years ago was our first installment, and we’re following up with profiles
of four ex-college athletes who competed at one of Utah’s three D-1 schools. The
list includes: two former basketball standouts, Mark Rydalch (University of Utah)
of Rydalch Electric and Nate Wickizer (Utah State University) of Cache Valley
Electric; a former all-conference football player, Jon Burbidge (BYU) of Burbidge
Concrete Pumping; a two-sport athlete, Rich Thorn (Dixie College, BYU) of the AGC
of Utah.
Beyond the initial challenge of identifying potential candidates (taking
suggestions for next year’s installment), we had to actually get them to agree to
be profiled! Truthfully, a couple were a little reluctant, mainly because they’re
genuinely humble guys who don’t necessarily want the spotlight to be on them;
they would rather see attention/credit go to the people they work with and the
clients they work for.
Rydalch and Wickizer’s playing careers overlapped three seasons (’92-’95),
with their teams competing against each other all three years, just a couple of
days before Christmas. Wickizer and the Aggies prevailed in a Dec. 22, 1992 game
85-75 at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan; Rydalch and the Utes claimed Utah Construction & Design is published eight (8) times a year. Postage paid
victories the next two years; 61-55 in the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake in Salt Lake City, UT. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part
without written permission is prohibited. Subscriptions: $64.00 per year.
on Dec. 22, 1993 and 75-71 in the Spectrum on Dec. 23, 1994. (I couldn’t find Subscribers: If Postal Service alerts us that magazine is undeliverable to
box scores of the games). Neither one remembers specifics of those contests, present address, we need to receive corrected address. Postmaster: Send
address changes to 3047 W Parkway Blvd. STE A, Salt Lake City UT 84119. To
nor really squaring off against each other, which is understandable given that subscribe or contribute editorial content, or for reprints, please call (801)
Rydalch was a 6’ 1” combo guard and Wickizer was a 7’ 0” center. 433-7541 or email bfullmer@utahcdmag.com. For Advertising rates/Media Your construction project isn’t about a building — it’s about taking your business to the
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And there is a slight bit of irony to the fact they work for competing electrical
Vol. 7 No. 5 next level. Whether you’re looking to develop a warehouse, recreation center, store,
contractors, although ‘friendly competitors’, since both firms are members of the
NECA Intermountain Chapter.
apartment, library or office space, we’ll focus on your short-term project so you can
Burbidge was a three-sport high school star in Washington State and played Coming in October issue of UC&D: focus on your long-term goals. Easy, on-time and on-budget. That’s the R&O promise.
all four years at BYU (45 consecutive starts), earning All-Conference Honorable University of Utah Spotlight We sweat the small stuff so you don’t have to, from the groundbreaking through the
Football Projects at U of U, BYU, Weber State
Mention honors as a senior. Thorn played football and baseball at Dixie from ’76- ribbon cutting. Give us a call and let us go to work for you.
’78 and then baseball for two years at BYU in ’79-’80. >> Anniversary Profiles: Beecher Walker; ARW Engineers
Continued on page 63
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> Marketing Strategies
Writing to Win: Top Tips for
Proposals that Get Shortlisted
By Keri Hammond
A potential client has a project that fits Create a THEME that you weave
your strategic initiatives perfectly. Your throughout the entire proposal.
team has been planning and positioning A theme is a way to convene “the one
prior to the RFP. It is a project that will thing” that you want to leave as a lasting
bring in consistent revenue and extend impression on those that review your
your market sector lifecycle. Now the RFP proposal. Theme statements set the stage
has “hit the streets” and you’ve scored for the proposal and grab the selection Make Them Want to Hire You
a resounding GO on your go/no go form. committee’s attention because it addresses Remember, people hire people – not
How do you create a proposal that guides an issue(s) that the client cares about the firms. Clients want to like who they hire,
the selection committee to the most most. If proposal theming is done well, the so give them every reason to like you by
important elements of your strategic theme statements will show up as strengths Keri Hammond showing how your processes will solve
approach and will award you a prime in any of your review sessions. their problems. Build chemistry with the
shortlist position? selection committee through the words
Orchestrating a proposal response Say Something Worthwhile and images you leave with them.
that clients want to read is a skill that Benjamin Franklin famously said,
takes effort and creativity. A shortlist- “Either write something worth reading, or Make it Easy to Read
worthy proposal is equal parts strategy, do something worth writing about.” For This applies as much to the template Orchestrating a proposal
imagery, and content, combined with a your proposal, you are essentially doing you use as to the writing itself. Use response that clients want to
well-branded aesthetic. Here are our tried both. words from the RFP to help the reader
read is a skill that takes
and tested tips for creating a proposal Your proposal should tell the story of understand how you are responding to
masterpiece that will win: how you will assist with their challenges their needs. Make it personable and create effort and creativity.
and provide benefit to the project. Show ‘wayfinders’ for your reader. Write the A shortlist-worthy proposal is
Manage the Proposal as if it were a Project relevant experience and explain why it entire proposal as if you are writing it equal parts strategy, imagery,
Your management of the proposal
process gives the selection committee
is directly related in both your portfolio
and your resumes. Write your approach to
based on snapshots of critical ideas. Use
infographics, subtitles, headers, bullets,
and content, combined with a
an indication of how you will manage respond to the ALL of the criteria in the RFP and captions. well-branded aesthetic.
their project. Invest the time to do it and guide the selection committee to each
well. Assign a project/proposal manager response with ease. Imagery Proposal pursuits are getting more
and a RED TEAM – objective staff who Once boilerplate items (cover letter, Dazzling graphics add to the and more competitive and submittals
will perform quality control and ensure resumes, project descriptions, etc.) are appearance, content, and even readability are getting more and more sophisticated
strategic pursuit. Begin the process with updated, paint a picture in your proposal of your proposal. Ensure that all images and strategic – don’t be left behind.
an intense strategy session where you that illustrates specific scope challenges have a purpose. Use large, high-quality Elevate your proposals through strategy,
deep dive into proposed approach, create (unique site conditions, budget restraints, graphics that aid in explaining key parts of wayfinding, content creation, imagery and
a proposal outline and make writing regulatory demands) and how you will your proposal and can be branded into the most importantly, storytelling. The client
and graphic assignments. The proposal meet and exceed project goals. Illustrate proposal template. is putting their trust in your firm, make it
manager should always keep the selection this through site photos, maps, charts and easy for them to let you be the project’s
committee members’ needs and desires at graphics. Editing and Extra Touches trailblazer. n
the forefront of all content creation and Highlight specific skills and expertise of Get a fresh pair of eyes on the final
check it twice. Hold team members to project team members; include specialists draft checking for spelling, punctuation, Keri W. Hammond, FSMPS, CPSM is
deadlines, just as you would on a project. that give you the flexibility of showing and uniformity in style and appearance. a Principal at MARKETLINK, a marketing
Team members must be engaged and pros and cons of two proposed schedules. Check to see that all fees, estimates, and guidance company for the A/E/C industry.
responsive for your proposal efforts to Explain specific benefits with your other costs add up to the numbers given by She can be reached at (801) 232-5539;
yield a successful product. approach, along with risk mitigation items. the various departments. hammond@marketlinkaec.com.
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> A/E/C Charity SUMMIT SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL — DRAPER, UTAH
Wheeler Machinery Co. Partners with CHOICE key to take Inta Kara from conception to
completion by providing funding and the
Humanitarian to Build a Vocational Center in Ecuador intermittent infusion of labor during its
years’ long creation.
Once complete, this innovative
Innovative training facility will serve over 1500 families vocational training center will serve over
1,500 families and provide youth and
and provide youth and adults an opportunity to learn trades. underemployed adults the opportunity
to live, study and gain a nationally
recognized certification in masonry,
In August 2019, a group of Wheeler welding, carpentry, cooking, tourism and
Machinery Co. employees journeyed to more. The first of its kind in the area, the
Ecuador to serve the people of the Intag center will bring customized training
region located in the mist-shrouded solutions to these rural communities and
Andean mountains. During the week-long create economic opportunities to break
expedition, the Wheeler team worked the cycle of poverty. Additionally, the
alongside villagers on the construction center will serve as a hub for agricultural
of a vocational center, Inta Kara. A multi- production and training to address food
year project with three buildings planned, insecurity in Intag where 60% of the
Wheeler’s funds and labor help accelerate people suffer from malnutrition.
Inta Kara’s construction. Concrete was Dennys Flores, a 20-year-old whose Salt Lake City 801.531.1144 | Boise 208.424.7675 | babcockdesign.com
mixed, transported and poured to form family processes sugarcane in Pucara, a
columns and floors, and drainage systems village in the Intag region says, “I am a 2019-09 AD ud&c.indd 1 9/4/19 2:28 PM
were buried and soil leveled. young dreamer with life goals like lots of
others in the zone of Intag. I want to thank
everyone from the bottom of my heart
for all of the help you have offered for the
Based in the remote Intag
construction of the Inta Kara Center. This
region, the Inta Kara project will is a worthwhile project that will benefit
teach a variety of skilled trades many people and will allow them to
to local residents, in an effort continue studying and have a profession
to break poverty cycles and that will benefit society.”
Two of Wheeler’s Guiding Principles
improve general conditions in
are stewardship and service, and
respective communities. the company offers employees the
opportunity to contribute their time
84% of Intag’s population lives at or and money to honor these principles
below the poverty line, and 25% survive by putting them into action. Employees
on less than $1.90 a day. Only 5% of youth are encouraged to participate in payroll
have access to higher education, and contributions which Wheeler matches
poor graduation rates, high illiteracy and 2 to 1, and paid time off is available for
a struggling economy cause many young employees wishing to perform hands-on
people to flee their rural communities for volunteer work. In addition to CHOICE
urban slums. These factors led CHOICE, Humanitarian, Wheeler works with
its in-country Ecuador team and local several other charitable organizations
community leaders to formulate the including Junior Achievement and Utah
concept of establishing a vocational Food Bank.
center. Corporate partnerships such as Visit www.wheelercat.com/ecuador
the one between CHOICE and Wheeler are (Photos courtesy Wheeler Machinery) to learn more. n
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UAPA 2019 Conference Hospitality/Resort Spotlight
BE OUR GUEST!
Two major projects
Anticipation (SLC Convention
is palpable Center
for two future Hotel, and
revolutionary
Mayflower projects
hospitality MountaininResort)
Utah –look to make
the $337 an impact
million in
Salt Lake
their respective
Convention markets
Center Hoteland
andthroughout the region.
the Mayflower Mountain
Resort in Wasatch County – signifying a resurgence in
By Doug Fox
that market.
The new 725-room SLC Convention Center Hotel (left, courtesy Portman Holdings) will breathe
life into the once stagnant full-service hotel industry in Salt Lake City. A rendering of the Mayflower
By Doug Fox Mountain Resort looking East over Jordanelle Reservoir gives reference to this picturesque future
development. (courtesy Extell Development)
W
hen it comes to describing when asked that exact question.
construction in the hospitality “Critical, dire (and) the single most
and resort industries in Salt Lake important asset our community needs
City, especially as it relates to full- to stay competitive in the city-wide
service hotels, one might say the market convention and event industry,” Beck
has been on snooze control. said. “We are not talking about this
All that is poised to change, however, as project as necessary to ‘stay ahead of our
a few specific projects in Salt Lake City and competition.’ This move will keep us in the
beyond are set to awaken the market and game. Every one of our competitive cities
generate millions of dollars in revenue from in the West has a convention center hotel.
visitor spending. Without this asset we are losing market
“Salt Lake City is in ascension,” said Dee share every year.”
Brewer, Executive Director of Downtown Another huge new project that was
Salt Lake City Alliance, an organization recently announced, this one in Wasatch
dedicated to building a dynamic and diverse County, is the Mayflower Mountain Resort.
downtown community. “The economy is Mayflower, touted as being the first full-
red hot. The downtown core is densifying service U.S. ski resort to be developed in
with 100 stories and 2 million square feet more than 30 years will be located just west
of construction scheduled to break ground of U.S. 40 and Jordanelle Reservoir, and
this year. Visitors are constantly surprised adjacent to Deer Valley.
and delighted by the dining, music and According to the developer, Extell
entertainment assets downtown.” Development Company, plans for the fully
The complete game changer in Salt integrated mountain village include 5,600
Lake is the recently announced Convention acres, 1,520 residential units, 825 hotel
Center Hotel. The 680,000-square-foot hotel, rooms and commercial units, and parking
estimated to cost $337 million, will connect for 600 skiers.
directly to the Salt Palace Convention “Currently an undeveloped site,
Center on 200 South West Temple and help planners and stakeholders see it as the
make Salt Lake a competitive convention greatest potential ski village development
destination once again. since the 1980s,” said Kurt Krieg, Senior Vice
Just how important is the Convention President, development, Extell Utah.
Center Hotel to Salt Lake specifically and Here’s a more in-depth look at these
the state in general? Scott Beck, President / two projects and how they will affect the
CEO of Visit Salt Lake, did not mince words hospitality/resort market in Utah. >>
18 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Aug | Sept Aug | Sept 19 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 19Hospitality/Resort Spotlight
The Salt Lake Convention Center Hotel project has been discussed by City leaders
for two decades; its timing coincides with an influx of big money projects in Salt
Lake’s downtown area. (courtesy Portman Holdings)
“We are not talking about this project as
necessary to ‘stay ahead of our competition.’
This move will keep us in the game. Every
one of our competitive cities in the West has
a convention center hotel. Without this asset
we are losing market share every year.”
– Scott Beck, President/CEO of Visit Salt Lake
Mayflower Mountain Resort is an ambitious, multi-year project aiming to be built
out over the next two decades by owner Extell Development. (courtesy Extell)
CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL marketing staff that create demand for the will dwarf that, as it is expected to add followed it closely since before joining up been discussed for 20 years, with the talks the center.
According to Beck with Visit Salt Lake, hotel and the destination where the hotel between 700 and 800 rooms. In addition, as a development partner with DDRM 18 solidifying in the past five years as the state “A Convention Center Hotel will
to fully grasp the expected impact of the resides,” Beck said. there is a 250-room hotel going in at the months ago. legislature and Salt Lake County stepped up immediately reposition Salt Lake City among
Convention Center Hotel, one needs to Limited-service hotels, he said, are Union Pacific Depot. “The impact of the new convention with incentives and assets for development. its competitive set in attracting meetings
understand the difference between full- geared toward a more modest price point, “These represent the first full-service hotel has been well studied,” said Zampell, “At the same time,” Brewer said, “Salt and conventions,” Brewer said. “Meeting
service and limited-service hotels as “they at the expense of most of the in-house hotels to be in development since 2001 in the senior vice president of development at Lake’s appeal as a destination has grown and convention attendees have a material
are very different products as they relate services of a full-service destination. “They Salt Lake City,” Beck said. Portman Holdings. “The new hotel will have considerably due to its vibrant urban core, impact on the downtown economy and tax
to city-wide conventions and the sales and save you money by having a more efficient Convention Center Hotel owner DDRM a very positive impact to the overall market booming economy, friendly reputation base. In addition to their accommodations,
marketing of a destination.” business model, with less staff on hand.” (of St. George) is partnering with Portman by allowing the Salt Palace Convention and access to the mountains and deserts attendees shop, dine and entertain guests,
Full-service hotels, Beck said, maximize From 1997 to 2002, for example, Holdings (of Atlanta, Georgia) on the project, Center to attract more business and higher- of the West.” spending $933 each day on average.”
offerings -- such as laundry and shuttle full-service hotel rooms in Salt Lake City which will be about 325 feet tall and feature rated business to the center. In addition, Brewer said Salt Lake’s convention Developers expect to break ground
services, restaurants, large spa or fitness experienced 37% growth (expanding by 62,000 sf of meeting space, including a the hotel itself will bring new business to center is highly rated and larger than most on the hotel sometime this fall, with the
facilities, room service, concierge, staff to 2,843 rooms in that five-year period). 25,000-sf Grand Ballroom and a 14,000-sf the market that is not currently coming convention centers in similar competitive opening scheduled for the spring of 2022.
help with luggage and meeting facilities -- However, from 2002 to 2018, full-service Junior Ballroom. to Salt Lake City due to the lack of a true cities. Other advantages include the short
and provide guests an all-in-one experience, hotel rooms expanded only 4% -- adding According to Roger Zampell of Portman convention center headquarter hotel.” distance from the airport and the ability to MAYFLOWER MOUNTAIN RESORT
albeit at a higher price point. only 503 rooms in 16 years. Holdings, his company first looked at this Brewer, with Downtown Salt Lake accommodate more large meetings if they Developers certainly have a lofty vision
“These hotels have sales and By itself, the Convention Center Hotel project opportunity nine years ago, and has Alliance, said a convention center hotel has can add more full-service hotel rooms near for Mayflower, which will see the majority >>
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22 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Aug | Sept 19 Aug | Sept 19 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 23Okland Salt Lake Office Expansion
Mellow Yellow
Okland’s Salt Lake office expansion features a stunning open-air lobby
accentuated with playful stairways colored to match its iconic yellow
logo. Myriad fun and functional amenities appeal to the 101-year-old
firm’s next generation of employees.
The new office layout offers dynamic daylighting throughout the entire building;
By Taylor Larsen board-formed structural and architectural concrete and Accoya wood finishes
highlight the exterior. (photos courtesy Okland)
During the open house celebration August prominently displayed on the front of the
23 for Okland Construction’s newly building; the logo is a family heirloom of
revamped Salt Lake Headquarters, Randy sorts, designed by Randy’s brother Jack Jr.
Okland succinctly summed up the $12 in the early 80s. Okland’s signature yellow
million, 50,000 SF renovation/expansion is represented brilliantly on the staircases
project: “It’s pretty slick!” leading to the different floors in the building.
Okland, the third generation leader “That actually came from my father
of the 101-year-old general contractor buying a bright yellow 1959 International
who currently serves as Chairman of the pickup,” Okland recalled of the iconic yellow
Board, said he is thoroughly delighted with color, which is a constant in the firm’s
the final result, which solidifies the firm’s branding.
long-time presence at 1978 S. West Temple Natural daylight was essential to
and gives employees a gorgeous new help breath life into varioius parts of the
environment to work in. building that needed it most pre-expansion,
Okland executives sought an open, particularly lower basement levels that
airy office environment, with enhanced were opened up to become part of the main
acoustics to create quiet workstations, and lobby space. The firm displayed its concrete
exposed, full-height glazing for optimum chops on this project, with polished
natural daylighting and views to the outside concrete floors and exposed concrete walls
environment. and columns producing structural integrity
Okland noted that many of the accents and pleasing aesthetic surfaces.
and features of the building pay homage A walk around the edifice showcases
to the family business and its evolution board-formed structural and architectural
over the decades. Okland’s timeless logo is concrete, Accoya wood finished in >>
24 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Aug | Sept 19 Aug | Sept 19 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 25Okland Salt Lake Office Expansion
cherry color, and burnt Shou Sugi Ban style, contractor. Renovating office space every of-the-art golf simulator, an outdoor patio that mercurial work-life balance at the
combined with a copper anodized curtain 20 years or so is part of that effort. with a natural gas fire pit, and an indoor office, while staying fully engaged during
wall that helps accent the building and add “These generational transitions are basketball/pickleball court – a plethora of work hours. THE PREFERRED SOURCE
warmth. Exterior sun shades and louvres a turning point for a lot of companies,” amenities to keep employees happy and Okland said increasing the size and
on the south and west elevations allow He acknowledged, having handed off the productive. number of conference rooms in the office
light in, but also mitigate solar gain and majority of leadership responsiblities to The company didn’t skimp on was an important functional design
heat gain from direct sunlight. his sons, Brett and Bill, at the beginning of workplace improvements, either, with aspect, given the amount of projects the
Okland said he realized nearly 40 years this decade. “Some (firms) die and some hip LED lighting fixtures throughout the firms has going on at one time in up to a
ago, when his father Jack handed down grow. James and I realized we had to step office, a designated ‘Mother’s Room’, dozen states simultaneously.
leadership reigns to him and his brother up our game if we wanted to grow.” advanced ergonomics on adjustable height “With all of the collaboration we
James, that the company would have to Other aspects of the office renovation workstations, and comfortable chairs and do, we needed more meeting rooms, so
perpetually adapt and grow if it wanted include updated locker rooms, recreation furniture throughout the space. The firm we tripled meeting room space,” Okland
to maintain its status as a premier local areas with ping-pong tables and a state- is intent on ensuring that employees find added. “There’s a lot of potential for
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Okland Salt Lake Office Expansion
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Square Feet: 50,000 SF
Levels/Stories: 3
PROJECT TEAM
Owner: Okland Construction ASPHALT & PAVING CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Architect: WRNS Studio
Civil: Ensign Engineering
Electrical: Spectrum Engineers
Mechanical: PVE Inc.
Structural: Dunn Associates
Landscape: Arcsitio Design
Interior Design: WRNS Studio
Furniture: Midwest Commercial Interiors,
Henriksen Butler
Bright yellow design elements add to the vibrancy of the entire space. CONSTRUCTION TEAM
GC: Okland Construction
Plumbing: Palmer-Christiansen
HVAC: Western Sheet Metal
Electrical: STF Electrical
Concrete: Okland Construction
Steel Fabrication: Amfab Steel
Steel Erection: Amfab Steel
Glass/Curtain Wall: LCG Facades
Drywall/Acoustics: Ceiling Systems
Incorporated
Painting: Fisher Painting
Tile/Stone: Millcreek Tile
Carpentry: Boswell Wasatch
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26 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | Aug | Sept 19 Aug | Sept 19 | UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN | 27Skyline Electric 60th Anniversary
Todd Shaffer, President/CEO Chance Aguirre,
Vice President of Operations
Workers utilize the latest in software and hardware technology to
determine best policies and practices from everything from building
information modeling to prefabrication to project management.
Skyline Electric’s diversity has become a hallmark of the 60-year-old firm, with expertise Rhett Butler, Vice President Jana Thomas, CFO
in a number of top markets, including solar (parking lot array at the University of Utah,
above), industrial, water/wastewater infrastructure (Central Weber Sewer Improvement
District, below), and other commercial projects. (photos courtesy Skyline)
Prospective employees at Skyline we both had the mindset that the company was secure,” he said. “Private money is risky,
Electric might wonder what kind of comes first. The old owners were loyal to but that worked for us for awhile. We then
POSITIVE ENERGY
opportunities are to be had for them at me…they knew I added value along the way, branched out into mining, green power,
the Salt Lake-based electrical contractor, and that I would take care of their people.” and getting back to more commercial and
in terms of long-term career security and Shaffer, 57, had no grand career visions industrial work.”
Skyline Electric has grown into one of the state’s top electrical contractors by advancement. They need not look much when he quit South High in 1979 – he simply In addition to Shaffer, who is the
empowering employees and providing them with a fun work environment and further than the firm’s very own President/ needed to find a job, and a guy in his local majority owner at 51% (he bought
CEO, Todd Shaffer. church ward was one of the owners and Underwood out of all but 10% of his stake
opportunities for career advancement. Shaffer’s journey from high school offered him a job in the motor shop, where in recent years), Skyline is owned by Rhett
dropout at the age of 16 to top executive of a he worked from ages 16-21 before moving Butler (25%), Vice President of Personnel,
By Brad Fullmer prominent commercial electrical contractor into the JATC apprenticeship program. He Dale McClain (10%), Underwood (10%), and
doing more than $30 million in annual earned his license and gradually progressed five others have a 1% share.
revenues is noteworthy – and a testament up the company ranks – foreman, “For us it’s just being adaptable to
to his own determination, as well as the firm superintendent, project manager, etc. – the market and being able to be flexible,”
itself being a company willing to give people before buying the firm in ’01. said Butler about the firm’s strong recent
who work hard a chance to prosper. Shaffer and Underwood didn’t draw growth, which includes a record-high 240
“I’m a loyal guy – I always thought it a salary the first couple of years, relying employees and best-ever revenue numbers
was best to stay where you are and improve on their own savings to stay afloat, all in of $31 million in 2018, a projected $34 million
the situation you’re in,” said Shaffer, who an effort to keep Skyline profitable and in in 2019, and an anticipated 15-20% spike
along with Mark Underwood bought the the black. next year to $40 million. “There are a lot of
firm in 2001 from a group of four owners. “We didn’t want to have a year in the opportunities out there. When there is a
That group had purchased the company red and we avoided that,” said Shaffer. good opportunity we grab it and run with it.
from the original owners in 1986; after a “We’re very fiscally sound and cautious. We’re trying to take what the market gives
quarter century it hovered precariously We’re very solid.” us and grow organically.”
in a financially tenuous state, before new Part of the company’s mindset “In the next two years we plan to grow
leadership stepped in, revamped company adjustment when Shaffer took over the by another 25%,” Shaffer added. “Culture is
policies and instituted better work reigns was to avoid working in the public everything. We have a family atmosphere
practices across the board. sector on jobs with tight margins and because we truly care about our people.
“I had 3% (ownership) in 2001 and pursue work in various private markets, We want to be the preferred electrical
mortgaged everything I had in November,” which while potentially more risky, offered contractor in the Intermountain West by
Shaffer recalls. “I knew the company was better profits. adding value. We pay the best (wages) in the
great; it had just been mismanaged. (Mark “I decided that we were not going to industry, but we expect a lot out of them. It’s
Underwood) was fantastic with money and chase public jobs, even though the money a very high standard we hold them to.” >>
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“We try to be a family center even
though we’ve grown exponentially,” said solutions for industrial projects
Butler. “We create and foster relationships
with employees, where they know we take
it serious that this is their livelihood, and the better
we know they have hobbies and passions
outside work. Work needs to be a place they
like to go every day – that starts in the office.”
way
Butler said the firm’s diversity has paid
huge dividends in the past decade as the
firm quickly rebounded from the recession.
Industrial work has become one of Skyline’s
calling cards – Butler says about 70% of the
firm’s work is industrial in nature, but added
that it’s also pursuing work in office, retail,
hospitality, health care, and other markets.
The firm has been actively engaged
at The New SLC Airport project, the giant
FaceBook data center in Eagle Mountain,
and is working on a complex $11 million
wastewater treatment plant for Central
Weber Water Conservancy District.
At the airport, the firm’s BIM chops
www.bodellconstruction.com Corporate Headquar ters In business since 1972
are growing, according to Justin Ekenstam, 586 Fine Drive
Constructability/Technologies Manager, as Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Tel. 801.261.4343
it has partnered with The Superior Group of
Columbus, Ohio on a portion of the nearly
$4 billion airport project.
“The cool thing about BIM is it’s an all-
encompassing methodology,” he said. “To
make our job better, more efficient, we take
that information and build off it, whether
it’s trying to implement that on every job
or trying to incorporate those standards on
any type of job. Every job is fast paced…(BIM)
does help mitigate change orders, while
saving on materials.”
Skyline was also an active participant
in helping with the development of the
new IBEW-NECA Electrical Training Alliance
center , which opened in May. The $6 million
project came about during Butler’s tenure
on the NECA Intermountain Chapter Board
of Directors (he was President in 2017-18)
and has been hailed as a revolutionary
advancement for the entire electrical
industry. n
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The $1.2 million cable crane system allows crews to efficiently – and
safely – place 40 ft., 40,000-lb. sections of concrete-lined and coated
welded steel 84 in. pipeline on the mountain with a varying 50%-62%
slope (29-35 degree range).
BIG AIR
Innovative cable crane system from Austria – with
the capacity of lifting 44,000 lbs. – is being utilized by
Whitaker Construction on the technically challenging
North Fork Siphon project in Duchesne Co. for CUWCD.
By Brad Fullmer
O
n a gorgeous summer day in Whitaker, an Executive Vice President have been Tier 4 or higher – that’s pretty
late August at the jobsite of the and long-time heavy-civil construction damn impressive!” Whitaker says. “That’s
$25 million North Fork Siphon vet, gives a quick overview of the project thanks to you guys, that’s why we play as a
Replacement in West Duchesne Country timeline, while exhorting guys to work team. We’ll get there. I’m like you guys…I like
near Hanna, Jim Whitaker of Brigham hard while maintaining vigilant safety playing in the dirt.”
City-based Whitaker Construction rounds awareness. Replacing the more than 30-year-old
up the 18-man crew for a quick morning “Winter kind of dragged on a bit and North Fork Siphon for Central Utah Water
pep talk, as he doles out well-earned kicked our ass, and we didn’t get a good Conservancy District (CUWCD) is certainly
monthly bonus checks on the technically start like we should…but (the owner) said one of the more complicated infrastructure
demanding pipeline project. out of the last five years 18 of 20 incentives projects Whitaker Construction has >>
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Whitaker factored the cost of the crane into
its bid and was awarded the project.
“We had done quite a bit of research
on it…and when North Fork came up we
reached out and put (LCS) on our proposal
(team),” said Hamson. “It’s a more efficient
way to move pipe and materials up and
down the mountain. It was a (less expensive)
construction method vs. more conventional
methods, such as building switchbacks and
putting cranes on the mountain.”
The original 72-inch pipeline was
installed from 1986-88 by Harrison Western,
which utilized a rail and carriage system to
move pipe via a winch and pipe carrier. The
LCS cable crane system was an attractive
option to the owner all the way around.
“We had six different contractors
submit on this particular project and
Whitaker Construction was chosen in
part because they proposed this method,”
said Blake Buehler, Project Engineer for
CUWCD. “We were looking for a solution
that wouldn’t scar the mountainside, and
they were able to demonstrate to us that
it would save over a million (dollars) over
conventional methods. And from a safety
perspective, not having the equipment on
Whitaker Construction, with assistance from the manufacturer and two installers, erected the cable crane
system in April on the Stillwater Slope. Crews aim to finish the Stillwater side by December; the cable
the hillside was also attractive.”
crane will be dismantled and erected on the opposite side of the valley (Hades Slope) beginning next “As an owner, it’s much less
spring. The $25 million project has a June 2021 target completion date. (photo courtesy Whitaker) environmentally disruptive,” added Gene
Shawcroft, General Manager/CEO of
undertaken in recent memory, one that weeks on the schedule. “We have a pretty
“When it gets steeper, it started in Spring 2018 and will span 3.5 good push the next two months to get this
CUWCD. “Instead of roads zigzagging up
those steep hills, this is much safer. When
gets a lot more technical. construction seasons, with final completion installed.” we did Olmstead (Hydro Plant), it required
With butt-weld joints in July 2021. The new siphon is an 84-inch
concrete lined and coated welded steel Innovative Cable Crane System
trackhoes pulling pipe up the hill; it was
precarious and slow. This is more efficient
you can’t deviate off them pipeline approximately one mile in length, Whitaker Construction has long been and a better option.”
much or you start getting and will replace an existing 72-inch pre-
stressed concrete pipeline. Sections of
heralded for its innovative approach
to challenging construction projects,
The North Fork Siphon is the main
pipeline (gravity flow) from the south slope
gaps. It takes a lot of pipe (manufactured by Northwest Pipe of and North Fork Siphon is no different as of the Uinta Mountains, a key aspect of
critical time just getting Adelanto, Calif.) average 40 ft. in length and evidenced by the firm’s investment of the Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection
weigh a beefy 42,000 lbs. each, according to more than a million dollars ($1.2 million) System. It carries water from Upper
the pipe set.” Michael Nebeker, Project Superintendent for in a revolutionary cable crane system Stillwater Reservoir, down the east slope
Whitaker. Crews are currently working on manufactured by Austrian-based LCS, the about 700 ft., across the bottom of the
– Michael Nebeker, the Stillwater Slope on the east side of the first time its system has been utilized in canyon and under the Duchesne River, and
Project Superintendent canyon, and aim to complete that section the U.S., according to Judd Hamson, VP of back up the Hades slope, before ultimately
around Thanksgiving/early December. The Estimating for Whitaker. dumping into Strawberry.
team will transition to the Hades Slope on Hamson said his firm had previously Buhler said it accounts for roughly
the west side next season, before tying the looked into the system for the Ogden 60,000 acre feet of water, about one-fifth of
pipelines together. Canyon Siphon project in 2015-16, and kept CUWCD’s total supply. Shawcroft added, “If
“It’s a tough job – it’s not something in touch with LCS executives in the event that pipe were to rupture, we would lose a
we’ve done before. It’s a bear,” said Nebeker, it could be used on another project. This major part of inflow into Strawberry from
Executive VP Jim Whitaker (second from left) gives a quick pep talk to the
a 23-year Whitaker vet who added that an project made sense both economically, and the Uinta Basin.” >> crew on a late August morning, emphasizing teamwork and safety at all times.
abnormally wet spring cost them nearly six especially from a safety standpoint, and
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Celebrating 100 Years!
The LCS Cable Crane system was installed much or you start getting gaps. It takes
by two contractors who work for Doppelmayr a lot of critical time just getting the pipe
USA (ski lift specialists) along with six set.”
Whitaker crew members, and has a 44,000-lb. Because the job sits at an 8,000
capacity. Nebeker said once a 40 ft. section of ft. elevation, winter conditions make Contributing to the Success of AGC Members for the
pipe is hooked to the crane assembly, it moves it impossible to work from about mid-
quickly up the mountainside – 10-15 minutes December to late March/early April. n
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variables. Once it’s reached its destination, North Fork Siphon Replacement
the pipe is carefully lowered down and Location: Hanna
gingerly buttressed into place. Welders then Cost: $25,032,400
seal the pipe before flow fill is placed on top Delivery Method: CM/GC
and around it. Owner: Central Utah Water
Ken Hamson, Project Manager for Conservancy District
Whitaker, said “the most difficult thing is Owner’s Rep: Bureau of Reclamation
just getting as precise as you have to be
with butt-weld pipe joints. There is some DESIGN TEAM
movement in the cableway, and we have Prime: AECOM
to make fine adjustments with air bags on Subconsultants: Bowen Collins &
the ground once the pipe is in place. The Associates; Gerhart Cole
tolerances are so tight; that’s the hardest
thing to fine tune. The gap between joints CONSTRUCTION TEAM
is 3/16 inch minimum (it can’t be closer GC: Whitaker Construction
than that) and the maximum gap is a half Electrical: Freedom Electric
inch – you can imagine the challenge of Concrete: Whitaker Construction;
being on an angle.” Westview Concrete
Indeed, the steepness of the incline Pipe Fabrication: Northwest Pipe
offers its own unique challenges – crew Micropiles/Rock Anchors: Jones Drilling
members get a workout walking up and Cableway Erection: LCS Cable Cranes
down the mountainside with a variable Welding: National Welding
29-35 degree range (50-62% slope), while Surveying: Flint Land Surveying
getting the pipes to line up precisely adds Materials Testing: Jones & DeMille
to the complexity. Weld Inspection: QTI Cableway
“When it gets steeper, it gets a lot Foundation, Anchor Design: Gerhart Cole
more technical,” said Nebeker. “With butt- Bridge Design: Bowen Collins & Associates
weld joints you can’t deviate off them
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