| Show City building exceeds last years year's mark by 50 Boosted by a growing commercial sec sec- sector sector tor building construction in Vernal City is presently 50 percent over last years year's mark Based on building permit estimated evaluations to date there has been in city construction Last years year's total construction was The major contributor to this years year's boom in construction has been commer- commer commercial commercial cial building Very few houses are being built right now said Kent Steed city building in- in inspector inspector There are too many available Average inspections of com com- completed structures is about per month or 15 to 20 daily The total number of in- in inspections inspections to date is and mobile mobilehome mobilehome home inspections Last years year's number of inspections is unavailable because of a alack alack lack of records One of the trends Steed said is occurring occurrIng ing is an increase in home remodeling With the high interest most people are una unable ble to buy a new home so they spend to on their present home hoping that when the interest falls they can sell their home for more Also there has been an increase in commercial remodeling including Motel Utah Lamplighter Inn Split Mountain Motel Days Day's food store and JC Penneys Steed said there are several con con- condominium condominium projects in the valley which are in financial trouble Not that they are bad projects but people in the area dont don't like that style of living There has also been a flood apartments built during 1982 One such project is 28 4 I am unaware that any of them are occupied Steed said about the plex 4 project In fn commercial building Steed said he would review this week the plans on a K- K Mart store to be built across from Smiths Smith's Food King on west Highway 40 The Mart K-Mart store will anchor a shopping plaza of smaller shops and a supermarket Steed said that construction in November has slowed down total value of buildings issued permits to date during the month During the peak building period this year during May Mav in building hermits were issued Still Novembers November's figure hovers over the total evaluation of permits issued in July and in June Total evaluation tion of building permits issued during these two months doesn't necessarily in- in indicate indicate a slump in construction but poten- poten potential potential construction j is usually a slow time of the year for construction but Steed said that It will probably pick up again with warmer weather see gr graph ph on page 2 Plant continued from page 1 The boiler process will occupy a taller part of the building more than twice as high Doyle said the plant was designed to recycle as much of the steam as possible possible ble by condensing it back into water after it releases its energy at the generator The superstructure of the main building has been up for the better part of a year The concrete smokestack was finished this summer Work continues on two pollution con con- control control buildings The first is called a bag house which will remove much of the particulate matter from the boiler emis emis- emissions The second structure will use limestone to remove sulfur A conveyor system for the coal is about I half finished The coal will come crush crush- crushed ed and washed on a railroad from a mine about 40 miles away in Rio Blanco Coun Coun- Coun County ty Colo owned by A station at atthe atthe the plant site will crush the coal into the thep p powdery form Once the boiler is started with oil the coal dust will be blown into the boiler enhancing its explosive state |
