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This is Lane Beattie of the Salt Lake Chamber with your Utah Business Report.
Hughes General Contractors was recently awarded the prestigious Build America Award for projects completed in 2012 for its work on the Ogden High School auditorium. Only one such award is granted nationwide on an annual basis to renovation projects in this price range.
It was extremely important to the Ogden School District that the historical qualities of Ogden High School be preserved. These facilities had been used continually for over seven decades and were suffering serious deterioration.
The auditorium needed to be restored and seismically renovated without damaging the artistic flourishes on both the interior and exterior of its walls. Hughes General Contractors tackled this challenge with one goal in mind: to upgrade the facility so those who saw its original grandeur would say, "It is just as I remember."
The Associated General Contractors of America made the right choice when they selected Hughes General Contractors as the recipient of the annual Build America Award for their work on this extraordinary edifice. It truly is a testament to how a beloved piece of architecture can inspire action in a community.
This is Lane Beattie for KSL News Radio.
