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Monday, March 27, 2017 
Lease approval sends positive signal to Utah's coal industry
By John RogersThe newly confirmed interior secretary in the Cabinet of Pres. Donald Trump has made an impact on the coal industry in Utah in one of his first official actions. Secretary Ryan Zinke approved a $22 million coal lease for a central Utah mining company on Feb. 15.The ...
Home builder leader: New inventory 'critically low'
By Brice WallaceSome people might be impressed that members of the Salt Lake Home Builders Association constructed 3,600 housing units in the Salt Lake Valley last year.Don’t count Jaren Davis among them.The executive officer of the association recently told a crowd that th...
RMP asks PSC for rate change - lower, not higher
Rocky Mountain Power is asking the Utah Public Service Commission for a $14.6 million rate decrease.The decrease equates to annual electricity savings of $6.96 for the average customer, using 698 kilowatt-hours a month.The utility’s Energy Balancing Account (EBA), which pri...
Whalen announces retirement, Nelson to take reins at Employers Council
The leader of Utah’s Employers Council has announced plans to retire at the end of May, ending 23 years at the organization, including the past 15 as president.Monica Whalen will be succeeded by staff attorney Ryan D. Nelson.The council, a nonprofit corporation, serves the ...
Utah in top five for employing vets
According to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Utah’s 2016 veteran unemployment rate is 2.3 percent, ranking Utah as one of the top five states for veteran employment in the U.S. Since 2011, the veteran jobless rate has dropped from 8.1 percent to the curr...
Complete XRM buys Texas firm
Complete XRM Inc., a productivity applications developer based in Salt Lake City, has acquired Fanatic Software of Cedar Park, Texas. Fanatic develops a mobile productivity app called Pocket Informant for Mac, iOS and Android and will continue its operations in Texas.“Fanat...
Realtor.com report: Salt Lake best among top 50 cities for millennials
Salt Lake City is the top city in the U.S. for millennials, according to a report released last week by online real estate website Realtor.com.The organization analyzed the 60 largest U.S. markets and compared the share of millennial page views in each area to the national averag...
Salt Lake's Dynatronics acquires New Jersey training products company
Salt Lake City-based Dynatronics Corp. has announced an agreement to acquire the assets of Hausmann Industries Inc. of Northvale, New Jersey, a manufacturer of branded, physical therapy and athletic training products. The purchase price was announced at approximately $1...
St. George firm owners are SBA Business Person of the Year recipients
Stefanie and Joshua Bevans, owners of Design to Print in St. George have been named the 2017 Utah Small Business Person of the Year award recipients. Administrator Linda McMahon, the new head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, made the announcement last week.“I...
Rocky Mountain Power awards funding to three renewable energy projects
Three renewable energy projects – in Ogden, Vernal and Moroni – have been awarded Blue Sky funding from Rocky Mountain Power.The DaVinci Academy of Science and Arts in Ogden has been awarded $163,800 to build a 65-kilowatt solar system. The solar panels will provide a...
CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 3-27-17
The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations:Vivint Solar Vivint Solar, based in Lehi, reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $20.1 million, or 18 cents per share, for the quarter ended Dec. 31. That compares with a net lo...
Construction
Help Wanted: Utah's jobless rate is among the best in the nation, but that's not necessarily a good thing if you're a contractor trying to build a crew for a big, new job
By Frances JohnsonIt might be hard to imagine a downside to Utah’s lower-than-average unemployment rate, but for the construction industry in the state, there definitely is one.When the recession hit in 2008, Utah’s construction workforce went from 100,000 individual...
Workforce development top priority for Utah's equipment industry
The construction equipment industry currently faces a technical workforce crisis nationwide, and equipment dealers in Utah have responded accordingly. According to a recent study by the College of William & Mary commissioned by the AED Foundation, the shortage of qualified eq...
Save yourself grief with regular electrical preventive maintenance
Just like any other high-performance machine, electrical systems need regular preventive maintenance and monitoring to keep them running safe and sound. Electrical systems are the heartbeat of the buildings where we live and work. These systems go about their business, often unno...
MODEL CITIZENS: Utah raises the standard for construction design with 3D survey technology
It’s a race to produce the first standardized autonomous vehicle. In the heat of the pack, Google and Uber are caught up in a legal battle over LIDAR — an acronym for Light Detection And Ranging Technology — a vital component of self-driving cars. While these te...
STATE OF THE INDUSTRY: Strength of construction business will continue into 2017 and beyond
Utah’s commercial construction outlook remains bright — not only for 2017 but for the next several years, at least. That’s because Utah’s private and public entities, while embracing current architectural and building trends, are also constructing for deca...
Calendar
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Utah Valley Job Fair 2017 - March 29
A Utah Valley Chamber event. Location is Utah Valley Convention Center, 200 S. Center St., Provo. Details are at thechamber.org. Location Utah Valley Convention Center, 200 S. Center St., Provo.
UTC CTO Forum - March 31
A Utah Technology Council event for UTC-member CTOs only. Location is Progressive Leasing, 256 W. Data Drive, Draper. Details are at utahtech.org.
Event features keynote presentations, breakout sessions and networking breaks. Morning keynote speaker is Gov. Gary Herbert. Lunch keynote speaker is Arthur C. Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute and bestselling author. Location is the Grand America Hotel, 555 S. Main St., Salt Lake City. Cost is $175. Details are at https://utaheconomicsummit.com/.
Photography For Business - April 20
A Cottonwood Heights Economic Development boot camp workshop. Local photographer Kari Sikorski will teach business owners how to take great photos for use on social media, websites and promotional materials. Location is Cottonwood Heights City Hall, 2277 E. Bengal Blvd., Cottonwood Heights. Free. Details are at chbusiness.org. RSVPs can be completed at pkinder@ch.utah.gov.
A Davis Chamber of Commerce event. Activities begin with 1 p.m. keynote presentation by Steve Starks, president of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment and president of the Utah Jazz. Expo doors open at 2 p.m. Location is Davis Conference Center, 1651 N. 700 W., Layton. Free. Details are at DavisChamber.WPEngine.com/B2B/.
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