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Designing for the Future: Art and Sustainability with Emily Aase Emily Aase, Land Planning Intern in FOCUS’s Landscape Architecture team, fell into the field when pursuing a degree in art. She discovered a love of plants and the benefits of biophilic design, and that turned her toward Landscape Architecture as a graduate degree at USU. […]

Congratulations to our FOCUS January Promotion! Every promotion is a badge of pride for FOCUS as a whole—we’re thrilled to have such an inspiring team. We do our best work when we push each other to excel, so to our most recent promotions: thank you! Wade Edwards | Designer 2 | Structural Matthew Hakes | […]

Designing for Community: The Impactful Journey of Wade Edwards Wade Edwards’ journey into the world of civil engineering began in the most personal of settings—working on a home addition. This early exposure to design and construction blossomed into a fulfilling career in site civil commercial engineering. “I grew up working on our home addition. This […]

A Versatile Hub in the Holbrook Farms Master Planned Community Perched on the western edge of the Holbrook Farms Master Planned Community in Lehi, Utah, the 21-acre Holbrook Industrial Center stands as a prominent feature, overlooking the expansive development. This hub of activity offers buildings designed with flexibility in mind. It caters to a variety […]

Site Civil Engineering: Considerations Uniquely Important for Commercial Warehouses Civil site engineering for commercial warehouses involves numerous considerations to ensure the success of a project. A conversation with Park Sorenson, who manages quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) for FOCUS and is a project manager in the company’s Site Civil Commercial department, provides some great insight. Here […]

Congratulations on two FOCUS November Promotions! FOCUS’s dedicated team is the foundation of our excellence. The success of our employees is our success, and we’re proud announce the promotion of these hard-working team members. Kaitlyn Jones | Designer 1 | Site-Civil Commercial Kaige Roberts | Rodman | Construction Staking

Congratulations on three new FOCUS Promotions! FOCUS is built by our dedicated team. We are proud to promote some of our most hardworking people, who inspire us. Cris Diaz, Crew Chief 1 | Construction Staking Sam Marks, Intern 2 | Site Civil Commercial Ben Potter, Intern 2 | Construction Staking

The Orchard multifamily development project is comprised of 66 townhomes and 30 duplexes sitting on ten acres in Sandy, Utah. This collaboration marked the first time FOCUS Engineering & Surveying partnered with DAI Utah on a townhome or duplex project. As the consultant on the project, FOCUS ensured every aspect aligned with the client’s vision. […]

Once the heart of manufacturing and processing in Salt Lake City, the Granary District is becoming a vibrant district for new business incubator spaces, housing, restaurants, breweries, and street art. The reuse of old warehouse buildings and development of new mid-rise housing have added to the area’s mix of land uses. The 277 units of […]

For Project Engineer Carolina Ortiz, civil engineering shapes the world we live in. Civil engineers help design, plan, and construct the infrastructure we see and use daily. “As a civil engineer I have the opportunity to participate in building sustainable communities as well as providing effective solutions to daily challenges in the construction and engineering […]