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Utah Projects
Clyde Companies breaks ground on Ironton at the Springville-Provo line
November 9, 2026. Clyde Companies broke ground Monday on Ironton, a 31-acre mixed-use development at the northwest corner of 1400 North and U.S. 89, across the street from where its new corporate headquarters is going up on the old W.W. Clyde yard. The Springville side gets more than 67,000 square feet of retail and about 27,500 square feet of office space, and the Provo side gets 168 townhomes and 90 condos. The two cities settled their tax-sharing back-and-forth with a one-time $100,000 payment from Springville to Provo. Source: Jacob Nielson, Daily Herald.
Salt Lake City wraps two years of work on 600/700 North
November 9, 2026. Major roadwork on 600/700 North is done after two years. The rebuilt corridor keeps all four travel lanes and adds fresh asphalt, protected bike lanes, curb extensions, a center median, safer crosswalks and more than 200 trees. It also includes a new 650 North bridge over the Jordan River, built with UDOT and designed to better handle earthquakes and floods. The city is holding a community celebration Thursday, Nov. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Backman Elementary. Source: Salt Lake City.
Sandy planners OK the Intermountain sports medicine center at South Town
November 9, 2026. The Sandy Planning Commission unanimously approved the preliminary site plan for the Intermountain Health Sports Performance Center, a 34,803-square-foot, 42-foot-tall building with underground parking on about 2.6 acres of surface parking at The Shops at South Town, around 10450 S. State St. The center is a partnership with Smith Entertainment Group and will connect to the planned Utah Jazz practice facility. Babcock Design presented the plans, and the city says the rest of the review will be handled by staff. It's slated to open in 2028. Source: Jacob Scholl, Building Salt Lake.
Equipment
Komatsu rolls out the D175AX-10 production dozer
November 9, 2026. Komatsu North America introduced the D175AX-10, a redesigned production dozer aimed at aggregates, mining and big site work. It runs a 450-horsepower Tier 4 Final engine without EGR, a new four-speed automatic, hydrostatic steering and a 13.9-cubic-yard semi-U blade. Komatsu says it gets up to 25% more production and up to 15% better fuel efficiency in slot dozing than the D155AX-8, and hydraulic oil service stretches from 2,000 to 6,000 hours. A 360-degree camera system comes standard. Source: Komatsu newsroom.
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