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BIO-WEST is working with Logan City and the US Forest Service to design and construct a parking lot for the Second Dam Recreation Area in Logan Canyon, Utah. Because the parking lot will be adjacent to the Logan Canyon National Scenic Byway, aesthetic considerations were an important element in BIO-WEST’s design. “We are using berms […]

A project vision, phasing, and implementation plan for a former Salt Lake City rail line received an achievement award from the American Planning Association-Utah Chapter in late October 2015. CRSA’s project team, which included BIO-WEST, developed a Master Plan for the 2.5-mile 9 Line Corridor that runs along 900 South Street between 200 West Street […]

Bonneville cutthroat trout will be one beneficiary of designated environmental flows in the Blacksmith Fork and Little Bear Rivers, Cache County, Utah, as a result of a project by BIO-WEST, sponsored by The Nature Conservancy, and in partnership with Trout Unlimited, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Cache County, and Utah State University. Both rivers […]

You can do a lot in 1 week. You could go on a diet and lose a few pounds. You could paint your house. You could maybe even learn to dance. Or you could excavate more than 4,200 cubic yards of contaminated soil from a busy auto-repair and tire store in the middle of St. […]

When it rains, it pours, and when it pours BIO-WEST goes golfing. Despite very rainy weather that eventually disrupted the event, BIO-WEST participated in the Ashlin Mae Kleven (AMK) Foundation’s 10th Annual Charity Golf Tournament as a team sponsor. BIO-WEST President Darren Olsen also competed in the tournament, which was held September 15, 2015, at […]

Since 1998 BIO-WEST has supported Common Ground’s mission to provide life-enhancing outdoor activities for disabled youth and adults; the firm recently donated $10,000 to help build a lodge at the Beaver Mountain Ski Area in Logan Canyon, Utah. Common Ground, founded in 1993 as an AmeriCorps VISTA project, is eliciting community support to build this […]

When Orbital ATK Inc. (ATK) tested the largest solid rocket booster ever built for flight and the most powerful rocket booster in history, BIO-WEST had eyes and ears fixed elsewhere―on the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) population that nests on facility property. To monitor the three resident pairs, BIO-WEST set up in a triangulated position with […]

All through the winter months, sunshine becomes quite scarce in northern Utah. The sun rides low in the sky and the days are short. In January the sun is often obscured by clouds and overcast conditions, which is why the rooftop solar panels recently installed at BIO-WEST’s corporate headquarters produced only 368 kilowatt-hours during that […]

BIO-WEST recently responded to a 100 gallon diesel fuel spill in Nibley, Utah under a rapid response timeframe. The spill was caused by a fuel line break on a semi-truck. Approximately 4 cubic yards of contaminated soil from the shoulder of the highway was excavated and shipped off-site for treatment by aeration in a landfarm. […]

When a lightning-caused fire destabilized boulders and rocks at Baumgartner Campsite, a popular recreation spot near Featherville, Idaho, and necessitated its closure, the US Forest Service (USFS) contracted BIO-WEST and Western Geologic to mitigate the potential hazards to the campground and its future occupants. Professional Geologists Wes Thompson (BIO-WEST) and Bill Black (Western Geologic) inspected […]