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Design Matters – From Concept to Permit: What Goes on Behind the Scenes of CAD When a client approaches FOCUS Consulting with a project in mind, many come with a vision of how their future space should look and feel. Whether it’s a custom home, remodel, or residential development, the CAD Services team works to […]

Design Matters: Structural BIM Modeling At FOCUS, the shift toward 3D modeling has changed more than just how drawings are produced. It has reshaped how teams communicate, coordinate, and understand a building long before it is constructed. For Scott Dawes, a CAD designer at FOCUS, that shift is as much about visibility as it is […]

Congratulations to our FOCUS May Promotions! Our team’s excellence is the foundation of FOCUS, and we’re proud to build it ever greater. We welcome these hardworking people into their new positions, and look forward to supporting them at every step of the way! Mariah Paez | Accounting | Project Manager 2 Rebecca Musimbi | Survey […]

Design Matters: Navigating the City Approval Process Every development project begins long before construction crews arrive on site. Behind the scenes, developers and planners work through a detailed approval process with city staff, planning commissions, and sometimes city councils. Depending on the project, this process can move quickly or take several years. Megan Spencer from […]

Congratulations to our FOCUS April Promotions! The hard work and passion of our people makes FOCUS thrive. We’re proud to announce and congratulate our most recent promotions—we’ll continue to grow together! Bryan Wilson | Land Planning | Jr. Project Manager 3 Kaitlyn Jones | Site Civil Commercial | Jr. Project Manager 1 Cory Thompson| Construction […]

600 East is a three-quarter-mile backbone roadway in Lehi, Utah designed to improve safety, access, and utilities infrastructure for the surrounding community. FOCUS Consulting provided transportation, structural, and site civil engineering, as well as surveying services for this project. Lehi City requested an engineering design that would enable the roadway to be constructed according to […]

Design Matters: Digital Resources for the Traffic Curious As Utah grows, so does its transportation infrastructure and its traffic. There are several resources available for the traffic-curious that may not be familiar to the everyday driver. Jason Watson, Transportation Department manager at FOCUS, points to online tools from UDOT that help inform not only drivers, […]

Bradley Weston is a civil engineering intern at FOCUS and an engineering student at Brigham Young University. His path into the AEC industry began with simple curiosity and family influence, though he didn’t immediately realize how meaningful the field would become to him. As he explains, “My grandpa was a civil engineer, and not fully […]

Congratulations to our FOCUS March Promotions! We support our team’s excellence as their excellence supports us. We’re grateful for our hardworking people who make FOCUS everything that it is. Congratulations to these remarkable individuals! Abigail Harris | Land Planning | Designer 2 Dennis Jordan | Idaho | Jr. Project Manager 3 Michael Miller | Construction […]

Design Matters: ALTA/NSPS Survey Standard Updates of 2026 About every four to five years, the American Land Title Association (ALTA) and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) review and refine the standards that govern ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys. The latest update becomes effective February 23, 2026, reflecting continued collaboration among surveyors, title companies, attorneys, […]