根据美国人口普查局的说法，犹他州成为2016年增长最快的州，当时其人口受到美国最高出生率和稳定移民的驱动，据美国人口普查局称。
Newcomers are drawn to Utah for its healthy business climate and good jobs.
State leaders are boosting spending for construction and maintenance of state facilities and transportation to manage the growth.
In 2015, state leaders earmarked $550 million to construct a new state prison and recently approved $100 million to build the infrastructure for it. Earlier this year, the state Legislature approved $1 billion in bonds for transportation funding over the next four years. Major projects underway at many state-owned universities and colleges also have been a major driver of construction growth in recent years. For its funding and management of numerous forward-looking projects, ENR Mountain States has selected the state of Utah as its 2016 Intermountain Owner of the Year.
“This year, we have 568 construction projects across the state and oversee a budget of $3.1 billion,” says Jim Russell, newly installed director of the Utah Division of Facilities Construction and Management (DFCM).
该州对增长的承诺在其10个大学校园中的众多建筑项目中最为明显，尤其是在人口稠密的Wasatch Front。18luck官网在DFCM 2016年的十大项目中18luck官网，有7个位于高等教育校园中。当前的项目包括盐18luck官网湖城犹他大学的Orson Spencer Hall的5500万美元更换，计划于明年8月完成，以及将于10月完成的犹他大学的4,450万美元的Crocker Science大楼。
The Utah Dept. of Transportation, which maintains nearly 3,658 miles of roads in the state, has pushed to keep up with the area’s growth in commuter traffic. UDOT recently completed the $213-million Point project, which widened and improved seven miles of freeway near Draper at the south end of the Salt Lake Valley. UDOT has announced 10 road and bridge projects for this summer valued at around $722 million. Major projects underway include the $71.8-million reconstruction of Interstate 215, 300 East to S.R. 201, and the $61.8-million Mountain View Corridor, from 5400 South to 4100 South in West Valley City, scheduled for completion this fall.
UDOT从州运输拨款，州燃料税，联邦公路管理局和联邦航空管理局获得资金。犹他州立法机关在2016年批准了4.15亿美元用于新的UDOT项目，2017年批准了4.71亿美元。18luck官网
Conservative Budgets
罗素指出,尽管强劲增长,国家wmakers have remained conservative in budgeting and approving new projects. Utah is one of only 10 states to maintain a triple-A bond rating with all three major rating agencies, allowing the state to borrow at low interest rates.
立法者尽量不要将债券用于新项目。18luck官网他们喜欢在发生灾难时保持债券能力的一半，因此他们不会以下水平，”罗素说。“如果他们偿还了一些债务，他们可能会使用它来资助新设施，但是大多数建筑物，尤其是在高等教育中，都有一些私人捐款，然后是立法机关的一次性资金。”
州众议员Gage Froerer（R）是基础设施和一般政府拨款小组委员会主席，负责DFCM和UDOT的预算。18luck官网一系列问题。我们想确保确实有必要，然后我们寻找多种用途，尤其是在大学中。
“我们不想让一个建筑空置了long periods,” he adds, “and if there are spaces that can be used by multiple programs, we look for that. We don’t want duplication. We also want to make sure new buildings are primarily for student needs, so it better have about 70% to 80% classroom space.”
Froerer says that while state leaders prefer to have private funding or an attached revenue stream to a project, they realize that’s not always possible for some institutions.
“在没有能力带来大量捐款的农村地区的较小学校中，社区发展成为我们分析的一部分。我们研究该项目如何帮助农村社区。”他说。
交付的多样性
Russell says the DFCM also looks at a range of different delivery methods when a project is given the green light. “We are using more delivery methods than ever before in the last few years,” he says. “Most of the larger projects we were doing CM/GC, but we are doing more design-build too. We’ve also been doing qualified low bid and more on a value-based system to get the best value and get more of the contractors and subs on board early.”
近年来，该州开创了分包商的合格过程。罗素说：“我们让他们提供了很多与总承包商要求的相同信息，并提供保证的最高价格，他们的劳动率和加价。”
“我们很幸运能在该州拥有一群出色的设计师和承包商，表现良好。他们知道我们和我们的过程。这产生了良好的价值，我们的变更订单非常低。”他说。
Richard Thorn, president of the Utah Chapter of the Associated General Contractors agrees that the local AGC members have a good working relationship with state building officials.
“Our members do the majority of the work for the state, and we enjoy a good relationship with the state Legislature and the owners like UDOT and DFCM,” says Thorn.
他补充说，犹他州具有建立国家项目的更协作的方法。18luck官网“所有州都面临着挑战，但是在某些地方，似乎几乎存在对抗性的关系。我们似乎让团队的所有成员都在努力，并试图保持高标准的道德规范并提供高质量的工作。”索恩说。
The state has a rating system for all contractors and will issue an evaluation when a project is completed, Russell says. “We issue a rating of one through five, and contractors have to maintain a good rating score to do work with us.”
“For the contractors on the civil side, UDOT is probably one of the best owners to work for,” Thorn says. “We have members who work for DOTs in other states, and I think they will tell you Utah’s is by far the best to work with. Same with DFCM.”
