New student housing coming in Provo

R&O Construction has begun work on Joaquin Village, a new student housing project located at 600 E. 600 North in Provo. It will offer room for more than 900 Brigham Young University students in two buildings that have three to five levels situated over one level of underground parking. Deseret News

At $1M a day, I-15 project is rolling

The massive Interstate 15 Corridor Expansion project under way in Utah County is now spending $1 million a day and has more than 1,200 people working on it. Todd Jensen, assistant project director, gave that update Thursday to the Utah Transportation Committee, and said the overhaul is on track for scheduled completion in 2012 — and perhaps a bit sooner because of good weather and hard work.

The project will build 55 bridges, rebuild or reconfigure 10 interchanges, add two lanes in each direction along 24 miles between Lehi and Spanish Fork and extend express lanes from Orem to Spanish Fork. Jensen said Provo River Constructors — which won the $1.1 billion contract — and its subcontractors have 875 workers on the project now, supported by 250 administrative staff. Salt Lake Tribune

New Spanish Fork restaurant holds ribbon cutting

A new Mexican restaurant has opened in Spanish Fork. Los dos Potrillos celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon cutting held on Thursday, Oct. 7. Los dos Potrillos is located at 146 S. Main Street in Spanish Fork. Daily Herald

Exclusive Utah resort in Deer Valley seeking employees

Montage Deer Valley will hold a job fair Friday and Saturday, looking to hire 450 full- and part-time employees to work at the exclusive hotel scheduled to open Dec. 9. The fair will be staged both days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Empire Canyon Lodge in Deer Valley.

Resort spokesman Dan Howard encouraged prospective jobseekers to go in advance to the Montage website — www.montagedeervalley.com/careers.php — to obtain more information about 135 different positions that will be filled and to complete online applications. Salt Lake Tribune