Department of Natural Resources Breaks Ground on Energy Efficient Building

What: Groundbreaking for the new Department of Natural Resources Price Regional Office Building

Who:
Speakers:
State Senator Mike Dmitrich
Carbon County Commission Chair Bill Krompel
DNR Executive Director Mike Styler
Others expected to be in attendance:
State Representative Brad King
Carbon County Commission
Price City Mayor Joe Piccolo
Scott P. Evans Architect and Associates
Ascent Construction
DFCM

When: 9:00 a.m.
Saturday, January 20, 2007

Where: 345 N. Carbonville Road, Price, Utah
(take exit 240 off Highway 6, turn west, first L at the Chevron station)

Why: Four Southeast Utah Region Divisions of the Utah Department of Natural Resources have been housed in numerous facilities around Carbon County. The new building will consolidate the offices into a central location, thereby reducing the overhead costs and providing the opportunity for better communication and coordination of activities and programs.

“This building will be energy efficient,” said DNR Executive Director Mike Styler. “Several deep wells will be drilled near the building and the water will circulate through pumps providing heating and cooling.”

The 12,000 square foot building will house the Divisions of Wildlife Resources, Water Rights, Forestry, Fire and State Lands, and Oil, Gas and Mining. Construction is expected to be complete by October 2007. Construction will cost an estimated $2.5 million.