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A disaster can happen at any time. Even the most carefully operated commercial buildings will likely experience a water damage event sometime in its lifetime. Some of you may have, or will suffer the devastating effects caused by a fire. Are you ready?
Preparation and a quick response could save you thousands of dollars and reduce your down time. Your staff should have a well-practiced emergency response plan and it should be conducted on occasion like a school fire drill.
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Staker Parson Launches New Customized
Concrete Mix Designs
Imagine a concrete mix that is designed to adapt to the weather, time constraints, and unique challenges faced by your ready-mixed concrete projects. This is just what Staker Parson Companies has created with its new line of customizable concrete mixes, WIN3. WIN3 mixes were developed to provide contractors and owners with top quality mix designs that are easier to work with and finish.
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BUILDINGS
NEWS
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First Utah State University Building Goes Green and Receives National Honor
One of only a handful in the state of Utah, the Utah State University (USU) Wetland Discovery Point at Utah Botanical Center now stands as the first USU building to earn the highest honor possible for sustainable and green design-LEED Platinum Certification.
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Vacant Office Space in Salt Lake Increases
After holding steadfast for the past two years, vacant office space in Salt Lake County increased to a four-year high in this year's second quarter, according to the CB Richard Ellis Mid-Year Market Report.
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Utah Home to 7 of the Top U.S. Contractors
Engineering News Record recently ranked the top 400 contractors in the country. Utah has three companies in the top 100. They are Big-D Construction, Layton Construction and Okland Construction. Others ranked include Jacobsen Construction, Clyde Co., R&O Construction, and Wadman Construction.
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Utah's First Hyatt Place Opens at The Gateway
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, The Boyer Company and LodgeWorks, L.P. announced the opening of Hyatt Place Salt Lake City/Downtown/The Gateway, conveniently located in The Gateway, a lifestyle center offering upscale living, dining, shopping and entertainment.
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$100M N. Logan Industrial Park Aims to be Magnet for Growth
With the largest commercial development in the history of Cache County well under way, investors are betting on an improving economy to fill it up. Ryan Reeves is the broker for the $100 million-plus Eagle Creek Industrial Business Park, which recently broke ground at 3100 North and Main Street in this northern Utah community, population 8,149.
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Defibrillators Now Required in South Jordan
In an effort to save lives, the city of South Jordan now requires buildings and facilities to have defibrillators on hand in case someone goes into cardiac arrest.
South Jordan is the first city to pass an ordinance like this in the entire state of Utah. It became effective July 1.
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Salt Lake Valley Cities Studying State Street Makeover
If she could achieve just one thing in office, Midvale Mayor JoAnn Seghini says, it would be to remake State Street into the pride of her city. The valley's old backbone -- the broad street stretches from the Capitol in Salt Lake City all the way to Draper -- is a vital artery in the region's transportation grid.
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SPECIAL
FEATURES
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Utah Disaster Kleenup Introduces
The Emergency Response Priority Program
Utah Disaster Kleenup offers unsurpassed restoration services to effectively restore property damaged by fire, smoke, water and other destructive forces. Their certified professionals utilize the latest technology and procedures including the new Emergency Response Priority Program.
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The True Cost of Cleaning
Is cleaning done for health reasons or appearance only? In these tough economic times this is a question that building owners, facility managers and executives must ask themselves. What are we trying to achieve when we have our building cleaned? What is the cost of cleaning? What is the cost if we don't have it cleaned properly?
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Federal Energy Initiatives Energize Submeter Use
In response to rising energy costs and tightening budgets, the last few years have seen a raft of new public and private-sector energy policy initiatives designed to micro-manage existing resources, reduce greenhouse gases and encourage, whenever possible, the move toward renewable, non-fossil fuel energy sources.
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Birds: Prevention & Options for Protecting Your Buildings
Bird infestations pose several serious health risks from slip and fall accidents to potential disease
transmission. Many construction materials prematurely degrade under the uric acid and other
byproducts of bird waste. Bird droppings contaminate food and water and release airborne spores that
can be inhaled by clients and workers.
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What is Green Cleaning and Why Should You Care?
It is said that people spend more than 90 percent of their time indoors. Much of that time, for many of us, is spent in an office environment. The quality of that indoor office environment has a dramatic impact on our health
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