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Three million pounds in motion along Utah's I-80
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Creative | 1:19 a.m. June 23, 2008
I applaud UDOT. This is very creative and effective. Any time we can minimize
cost AND closure time, the public benefits. I call this good management of a
government agency.
Chris J. | 5:41 a.m. June 23, 2008
Come one deseret news.... don't be chincey with the pictures. This article
is almost useless with out pictures, and the ones provided were useless.
No pictures showed the size nor scale of the bridge.
No pictures illustrated what you were talking about.
I would rate this article high on the interest scale, but low on the delivery scale.
Learn how to use photoshop and gives us some graphics to go a-l-o-n-g with the images. I'm sure there are many copies of photoshop sitting around the deseret news offices.
No pictures showed the size nor scale of the bridge.
No pictures illustrated what you were talking about.
I would rate this article high on the interest scale, but low on the delivery scale.
Learn how to use photoshop and gives us some graphics to go a-l-o-n-g with the images. I'm sure there are many copies of photoshop sitting around the deseret news offices.
mamapapaluv | 6:00 a.m. June 23, 2008
This important and innovative project has been going on for months, yet this and
SLC's other newspaper have ignored it until now. Very sad. It is historic
and other states are taking notice with hopes of accomplishing the same thing.
Too bad SLC newspaper readers have been kept in the dark.
Not unexpected, though, given the reality of journalism in the state.
Not unexpected, though, given the reality of journalism in the state.
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fascinating | 9:00 a.m. June 23, 2008
What an extraordinary piece of news. Cheers for UDOT and the development of
this technology. I hope other states take note and that the interstates and
highways across the nation can be brought back into good repair.
Who are the "workers"? | 9:48 a.m. June 23, 2008
The media keeps on mentioning the "workers" on this I-80 project.
I've been so impressed by what the "workers" have been doing on
this project, so I did a little investigation and found out that the General
Contractor that UDOT hired to do all the work is a company by the name of Ralph
L. Wadsworth Construction Company, whose expertise is bridge building. I also
found out that they're the same company that moved the big bridge on 45th
South and I-215 last year. Another tid bit I discovered was that they're
the company that does all the cool artwork on a bunch of other highway projects
including all the 2002 Olympic pictures and murals we've seen for year.
Great job Wadsworth!
suzyk | 9:57 a.m. June 23, 2008
To mamapapaluv and To Chris J., give credit to the paper for doing the best they
can with what they have at this time. Always so much negativity and no
gratitude for what they have done. The pictures were great and my hat goes off
to them. Yahoo, those bridges are going to be terrific and hopefully citizens
will be patient as they are trying to be cautious so there are no errors. GO
UDOT!!!!
Anonymous | 10:46 a.m. June 23, 2008
Very Curious, why do wooden block need to be imported from Africa?
ironwood | 12:58 p.m. June 23, 2008
Apparently ironwood, the dense wood used to create the safe, stable support as
the bridges are lowered grows in Africa.
Stevan | 3:10 p.m. June 23, 2008
Re: workers
Yes, we seldom hear about the real workers responsible for the UDOT work; the citizens of Utah are very fortunate to have some of the best heavy civil / highway contractors in the world. Ralph L. Wadsworth brings world - class expertise to their projects. Kudos to Kip, Con, Ty, Tod and co.
Yes, we seldom hear about the real workers responsible for the UDOT work; the citizens of Utah are very fortunate to have some of the best heavy civil / highway contractors in the world. Ralph L. Wadsworth brings world - class expertise to their projects. Kudos to Kip, Con, Ty, Tod and co.
glen | 5:34 p.m. June 23, 2008
i thought this article was about my high school girlfriend for a moment. I
thought she was coming to stalk me. scary.
Bryan | 11:07 a.m. June 27, 2008
Who's the General Contractor? I'm appreciative to the reader who
commented on 23-Jun at 9.48 am, as he/she did do the research to find out who
the GC is. That is very important information. Credit should be given where
credit is due. I had assumed that Granite Construction did this (a very large,
very good engineering contractor from CA which does a lot of work in Utah), so
I'm sure Wadsworth is disappointed to have missed the good press. Also,
ditto on the need to dedicate more space to pic's. I-80 is an artery that
literally touches the lives of so many commuters in SLC that it merits good
visuals.
Bryan | 11:18 a.m. June 27, 2008
To suzyk. As someone who deals in marketing, I'm always very interested in
the feedback of my customers. It might require a thick skin, but it's my
job to filter what they say and then find the clues which will help me shape my
product to create a better customer experience. I'd tred carefully on the
path of spurring criticism because it feels "negative", if one chooses
such a path. Perhaps the respective approaches of the Commentors that you
identify come across as harsh in their articulation; however, I have to echo the
underlying sentiments of both. My intent for sharing that opinion is simply to
notify the Editors of a potential need for improvement. I agree with you, the
photos that were made available are good, and clealy a construction site of that
nature is hazardous and therefore limited in its opportunities for a
photographer to roam freely. As a reader, though, I wanted to see more photos,
and better written coverage of this important newsworthy event.
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