Building a Better Community

The past month, I have completed two major projects that the citizens of the state will benefit with the added infrastructure.











The first project was the Jordanelle Hydro Power Plant at the base of the Jordanelle Dam. The project team, despite the numerous challenges and obstacles encountered stayed on track and completed the project. The 3rd largest hydro power plant in the state required us to install a secant wall in the river, excavate, construct the building and install the Owner furnished Turbines and Generators. This project is being recognized as an alternative means to energy sources much needed in the state.

The second project has been some 25 years in the works and yesterday became a reality. Cheryl and I were able to participate in the opening of the 14 mile stretch of highway known as the Legacy Parkway. We were responsible for the most complex of the three segments. Segment III was only two miles in length and had 8 major strucutres. The stuctures if lined up end to end would span over a mile in length itself. Four of the structures spanned not only spanned I-15 but also spnned the Union Pacific Rail Road Tracks and the new Commuter Rail Line. All of this had to be completed in twenty-two months. Our team came and we conquered! Qouting an article in the Deseret News on September 13th in regards to the naming of the interchange that was our project:

Davis now has the Wasatch Weave
By Joseph M. Dougherty
Deseret News
Published: Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 12:31 a.m. MDT

It's the only officially named interchange in Utah selected through a public vote.

Clampitt and Flynn said they wanted the interchange to reflect more than just Farmington and its environs, such as Lagoon, and both wanted to make the name alliterative

But they both recognized that the interchange, which connects I-15, U.S. 89 and the new 14-mile Legacy Parkway, involves strategic bridge work to function correctly.

"It's a very complicated weave to put this together," said UDOT executive director John Njord before the unveiling. Nevertheless, he'd asked Clyde-Geneva Constructors to "lift heaven and earth" to get the bridge work done in 22 months

Both project ribbon cutting cermonies provide the opportunity to mingle with the Govenor Huntsman. Here is a picture of him leading the way as we open Legacy.

It has been challenging and amazing to be part of these project in the state and to see all of the publicity centered around the proposals, lawsuits, injunctions, agreements, construction and finally utilization. At the end of the day, I can hold my head high and say that our projects are indeed a betterment to the community that we live in and we were a part of it all.