The four story hotel has 124 suite-size rooms in a 72,581 square ft. building on a 2 ½ acre site. Amenities include a complimentary hot breakfast, pool, hot tub, and meeting space for large or small groups.

The awards are judged by the following criteria: 1) Overcoming challenges and teamwork; 2) Safety; 3) Innovation and contribution to the industry and community; 4) Construction quality and craftsmanship, and 5) Function and aesthetic quality of the design.

Accepting the award for Falcon Hill was Gary Stewart from Hunt Development, Travis Lish from Woodbury Corporation, Mark Davis from Architectural Nexus and Clint Costley and Will Haymond from R&O. The Harmon’s award was accepted by Frank Lundquist of Harmons, and Barbara Taylor and Jeff Hawks of R&O.

The AGC Utah is an organization of qualified construction contractors and industry related companies dedicated to skill, integrity, and responsibility.

During phase 1, R&O Construction completed the 35,000 square ft. security forces squadron building or SFS. All base security operations for Hill will be consolidated here with new office space and warehouse for the security vehicles, plus a centralized emergency communication center. The center is a joint operation between the base’s fire department, security forces and medical emergency response team. The SFS provides force protection, physical security, law enforcement and combat arms training for the five wings of the Ogden Air Logistics Center.

Also nearing completion by R&O is a five story office building to be occupied by Northrup Grumman plus a new west gate. R&O utilized Building Information Modeling or BIM in the office building for more efficient construction.

After the ribbon cutting ceremony, ground was broken on a new three story office building or Building 1580 which signals the beginning of the second phase that will be built just south of the Northrup Grumman facility, also to be constructed by R&O.

There were 61 entries in various categories and projects had to be located in any of the five states of the Mountain States region. Entries were judged on safety, how well they overcame challenges through the use of teamwork, innovation and their contribution to the community or the industry. Overall construction quality and craftsmanship were big factors as well.

R&O Construction Company received three project awards at a breakfast held at the Little America in Salt Lake City on Friday, November 5^th, 2010. The Gold award for “Outstanding Civil/Public Works” Projects was the Salt Lake County Public Works Administration, a project built to LEED Platinum specifications. This project also received the Gold “Outstanding Architectural Design” award. Honored as the Silver “Outstanding Retail Project” was the Valley Fair Mall renovation in West Valley City, Utah, and the Silver award for “Outstanding Sports/Recreation Project”, was Jupiter Bowl in Park City, Utah. The awards were accepted by R&O Construction and project owner representatives and architects.

Mountain States Construction, a McGraw Hill Company, sponsors the Intermountain “Best of 2010” awards competition which  determines the best regional projects completed by firms in Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. 

Judging was done by a panel of industry experts based on design quality and innovation, craftsmanship, the project’s contribution to the community and the industry, solution of unique design and construction challenges and overall excellence.

The projects are featured in the November issue of Mountain States Construction.