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How our engineering, surveying, and support teams all work together to forge a new normal When it became clear the COVID-19 pandemic was going to have a significant impact on our professional and personal lives, FOCUS leadership quickly gathered to plan and prepare for changes we didn’t yet fully understand. General Manager Ron Paul and […]

Whether you visit our office in person or call us on the phone, Dovetta Flowers is most likely the first FOCUS employee you meet and interact with. While receptionist is part of her title, Dovetta really is our firm’s director of first impressions. And the way she lives and breathes this role is distinctive. Her […]

Jason Barker is a bit of an entrepreneur-engineer, so when clients approached FOCUS requesting help with production home design a few years back, Jason took the lead due to his longstanding work on house plans. His expertise on fully-graded site work has helped FOCUS expand into a new field and help push residential construction forward […]

Creating Utah Surveying and CAD Pre-Apprenticeship Opportunities When Mark Mataya approached general manager Ron Paul about providing career training opportunities in engineering and surveying career paths, it didn’t take long for Ron and the Focus Engineering & Surveying management to jump on board. Mark is the adult education program manager at Entrada High School and […]

As Focus Engineering and Surveying’s Site Civil Department Manager, Travis Benson concentrates his attention on teamwork and client needs. In 2014 Travis was recruited to join Focus by Founder and General Manager, Ron Paul. This was the second time Ron hired Travis, as the two worked together years previously at another firm. With over twenty […]

Most people in the AEC industry are familiar with tilt-up, masonry, and traditional framing methods, but there’s another technique worth knowing about and it’s being used right here in Utah: 3-D SCIP Panels. SCIP (Structural Concrete Insulated Panels) are a great alternative to both tilt-up and traditional framing because they provide some unique thermal and […]

As a Utah full-service engineering and surveying firm, Focus has designed our fair share of commercial development projects across the Wasatch Front and throughout the state. We recently brought that experience and knowledge, along with a bit of creativity in construction materials, to designing our firm’s new office space. Focus had outgrown our previous home. […]

Congratulations to the entire team for the Soleil Lofts Apartments, awarded 2019’s Most Outstanding Green/Sustainable Project by Utah Construction and Design. We are so thrilled to be part of the team! Forbes magazine called Soleil Lofts Apartments ‘the first master-planned apartment community in the world that is a virtual power plant with solar and storage.” […]

It’s been a winding professional road for Adam Eastman, Structural Department Manager at FOCUS Engineering and Surveying. It started in middle school with a fascination for construction and shifted into structural engineering after a two-year service mission in Mexico after high school. He looked at law school but “after conversations with some patent attorneys and […]

How Utah Cities, Developers, Landscape Architects, Engineers and Planners can work together to provide these naturally beneficial spaces by Seth Vance, Land Planning Department Manager The thrill and excitement of Christmas day have come and gone. Though it may be discouraging to put away the decorations and holiday feelings, there is a simple and easy […]