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Show om Politics of Engineering to be topic of address climaxing special week Climaxing Utah Engineers Week will be a banquet at the Holiday Inn "at the Salt Palace, Saturday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. Speaker will be Kathy Wood Loveless, vice president of Kirchner Moore & Co., a subsidiary of the Wall Street firm of Drexel Burnham Lambert. - Drawing on seven years of research, she will speak on The Politics of Engineering. The research is part of her Ph.D. program at Washington University in Washington D.C. . athy Wood Loveless . banquet speaker . O) m J3 m I zm S w cn cz o She will discuss the impact on water and hydro-powproject development when engineers do not consider - er the political and public reaction aspects of otherwise projects. Before becoming an investment banker specializing in water and power project financing in the western states, she worked for more than 14 years for one of the governments largest water and power development agencies, the Bureau of Reclamation. She worked in Washington D.C., Denver, and managed a program for a seven-stat- e region, headquartered in Salt Lake City. Ms. Loveless is one of four Americans selected to present papers in Morocco, Africa in 1987 at the 13th World Congress on Irrigation and Drainage. Her topic is the relationship between a nations economic development and its water resource development. At the 12th World Congress in 1984, she was awarded the Special Award of Distinction for outstanding service in dealing with water and power interests from 78 nations. She is an adjunct instructor in the Masters of Public Administration Program and the Political Science Department at the University of Utah. She is married to Scott W. Loveless and is the mother of two daughters. "H m CD II X o D 00 O) Gov. Norman H. Bangerter signs declaration, proclaiming Utah Engineers Week. Observing the signing are, seated, Tim Hilderman and Suzanne Heninger; standing from left, Garn Hatch, Cleon Anderson, Tim Bahoravitch, Layne Packer, Norman P. Hill and James W. Denny. Turning Ideas into Reality Gov. Norman H. Bangerter has declared Feb. 2 as Utah Engineers Week. His declaration states: WHEREAS, American technical innovation is guided and enhanced by creative engineering; and WHEREAS, this creativity is achieved by Americas engineers, those who direct the development of our energy, mineral and water resources, and advance the application of improved, safer, and environmentally responsive processes and procedures; and WHEREAS, these same people will provide engineering solutions for new concepts and will assure a competi 1 16-2- tive American approach in the universal technological marketplace; and WHEREAS, as in the past, engineers will utilize their abilities in science and in technology in creative ways to find answers to concerns posed by societys needs and interests: NOW, THEREFORE, I, Norman H. Bangerter, governor of the state of Utah do hereby declare the week of Feb. 1986, as UTAH ENGINEERS WEEK in the state of Utah, with the theme: Engineers: Turning Ideas into Reality," and invited all Utahns to join in this observance of Engineers Week. 16-2- 1986 will be a good year for the economy in Utah Continued from page G-- 2 parallel development nationally. Tourism and recreation will continue to expand in Utah, and also throughout the Rocky Mountain Region and nationally. Trade Expanding employment and income means that the retail and wholesale trade sectors will to contribute between 5,000 and 6,000 new jobs to the Utah economy each year. Utah is not unique in these activities. Every state has about the same proportion of its total employment accounted for by the trade .sector. The mix of activity within the var- loos divisions of trade does change as ' con-"tin- ) t sales of automobiles and durable goods improve, as has been the case during the past two years. This trend will continue in 1986. Transportation, Communication and Public Utilities Utah can expect continued modest employment increase in these industries. Railroad employment continues to drift downward while employment in the airline segment increases. Both communications activities and public utilities continue to show modest growth each year. d Construction Total construction activity during 1985 exceeded $1.4 billion. Permits were issued for 15,000 new dwelling permit-authorize- ' units with a value of $704 million. The value of permits during 1985 was $568 million; while additions, alterations and repairs amounted to $168 million. The outlook for 1986 will be for comparable levels of construction. The first units of the IPP project will be completed and activity on that project will decline. The Kennecott Copper Plant modernization will begin, and heavy construction and highway work will continue at relatively brisk levels. Government Employment There is some uncertainty about how federal budget cuts, either imposed or action of by Gramm-Rudma- n Congress, will impact on federal employment in Utah, but it is felt the impact of reductions will not be realized in any significant way during 1986. They could be more severe in 1987. Local government employment will continue to grow as school en- rollment increases require more schoolteachers and related workers and continuing population growth requires more public service. In summary, 1986 will be a good year for the Utah economy. There will be areas within the part of the state that will continue to experience high rates of unemployment, and declines in pop ulation and employment. Here again, Utah fits the national pattern since rural areas throughout the U.S. are experiencing tough times while the metropolitan areas are prospering. Utahs population will continue to grow, but at rates of growth below those of the 1970s. Between 1984 and 1985, Utahs population grew by 28,000. continued for the third year in a row with total outmigration of approximately 8,000 persons. R. Thayne Robson is director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah. |
