Top Utah construction projects honored by industry magazine

The Provo 4th District Courthouse has been named the top construction project of 2018 by Utah Construction & Design magazine in its Most Outstanding Projects edition.  In all, the magazine handed out 35 awards to 34 projects located in the Beehive State, covering all types of markets, including general building, heavy construction, highway projects and civil construction. 

Firms from Utah’s architectural, engineering and construction industry submitted a record 101 projects for consideration this year. A panel of seven industry professionals, including key association leaders and representatives from the state of Utah’s Division of Facilities Construction and Management and Department of Transportation, evaluated the submitted projects. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}

Utah Construction & Design magazine will host its sixth annual Most Outstanding Projects Awards Breakfast on Dec. 11 at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City. 

The winners of this year’s contest are listed by prize category, project name and the company that submitted the project:

Project of the Year, Provo 4th District Courthouse, Okland Construction; Commercial/Office, Intermountain Gardner Transformation Center, Jacobsen Construction; Commercial/Retail, Mountain View Village, Layton Construction; Community/Cultural, Summit Co. Services Center and Kamas Library, Method Studio; Community Impact, Union High School, Westland Construction/KMA Architects; Concrete/Structures, Jordan River Pedestrian Bridge and Trail, Stanley Consultants/Gerber Construction; Concrete/Tilt-Up, Inovar, AE Urbia; Design-Build, Four interchanges on Bangerter Highway, RLW/Clyde joint venture; Green/Sustainable, SLC Fire Station No. 14, Zwick Construction; Healthcare-Large, Alta View Hospital campus reconfiguration, Okland Construction; Healthcare-Small, Wasatch Mental Health, Ascent Construction; Higher Education-Large, SLCC Westpointe Workforce Training & Education Center, Big-D Construction; and Higher Education-Small, University of Utah Alumni House, Zwick Construction.

Also: Highway Over $10M, I-15 Brigham Road to Dixie Drive, Horrocks Engineers; Highway Under $10M, SR-270 9th South Connector Bridge Rehab, Gerber Construction; Hospitality/Resort, One Empire Pass, Jacobsen Construction; Industrial, UPS Regional Operations Facility, Layton Construction; K-12, Farmington High School, Hogan & Associates Construction; Multi-Family, The Zeller Apartments, Jacobsen Construction; Municipal, SLC Fire Station No. 3, Wadman Corp.; Municipal/Utility, Roosevelt City State Street & Maintenance Project, CIVCO Engineering/Staker Parson Cos.; Private Over $10M, Mountain America Credit Union Office Building, Okland Construction; Private Under $10M, Rock Loft, Ascent Construction; Public Over $10M, Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, Jacobsen Construction; and Public Under $10M, Battle Creek/Grove Creek Debris Basin Rehab, Gerber Construction.

Also awarded were Publisher’s Pick, Sorenson Center for Clinical Excellence at USU, R&O Construction; Renovation Over $10M, Weber County Library, Wadman Corp.; Renovation Under $10M, Ken Garff Volkswagen, Curtis Miner Architecture; Restaurant, Campos Coffee Roastery and Kitchen, Lloyd Architects; Specialty-Electrical, UPS Regional Operations Facility, Hunt Electric; Specialty-Masonry, BYU Engineering Building, IMS Masonry; Specialty-Mechanical, Carolyn and Kem Gardner Commons at UofU, Archer Mechanical; Sports/Recreation, Zions Bank Real Academy, Forterra/Sunroc Corp.; Tenant Improvement, Podium, Beecher Walker/Okland; and Water/Wastewater, 500 South Diversion Phase I Pipeline Project, Whitaker Construction.{/mprestriction}