Our volunteers are a vital part of the magic for Tracy Aviary. While we certainly benefit from the time, energy, and talents of our volunteers, we want to make sure they receive an equal amount of reward. Our volunteers enjoy hands-on experiences, meet others with similar interests, and help support one of only two public aviaries in the nation. Investigate the types of volunteer positions available and choose one that’s right for you.

Tracy Aviary

This phrase holds two meanings for what we are trying to collectively accomplish as the most sought-after construction companies in the business.

“Here for Good” means being present in our communities for good causes.
“Here for Good” also means we are here to stay and build up our communities through charitable efforts.
Our first ever Week of Giving showed us that we can be “Here for Good” in every sense.
Thanks to all of our associates, friends, and families, who collectively donated $21,650 dollars during our inaugural Week of Giving—an amount we will match at the company level. Beyond the money donated, our team members across the country volunteered at local food banks and donated to food drives to support Feeding America and their mission to end hunger.

Here for Good.

Congrats to everyone who helped make Big-D Construction ENR's Top Intermountain Contractor in 2023.

Other Big-D rankings from the ENR release: 
#1 Education 
#1 Government/Public Building 
#1 Multi-family 
#2 in Utah 
#2 in Idaho

Congrats to everyone who helped make Big-D Construction ENR’s Top Intermountain Contractor in 2023.

Congressman Burgess Owens and Barbara S. Riddle, the CEO of ChamberWest visited Big-D Construction to present an award on behalf of ChamberWest to our Chairman Rob Moore.

We appreciate each of our associates for providing outstanding work and invaluable service to the Big-D Family of Companies, their colleagues, and their communities!

Congratulations to our teammates at MVE + Partners for their big wins at the Pacific Coast Builders’ Conference 60th annual Gold Nugget Awards.

MVE + Partners won &#8220;Best On-the-Boards Multi-Family Community&#8221; for their work on Post District Residences in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly development in Salt Lake City&#8217;s downtown, Post District will be a community comprised of five buildings with 580 residential units, 22,405 sq ft of retail, and 86,000 sq ft of private and public outdoor space when Big-D Construction and team members finish construction later this year.

May is Mental Health Month, and we value the importance of maintaining a healthy headspace.

At Big-D, we organize wellness checks for our associates to check in on their health and assess where they are at physically, mentally, and emotionally&#8211;and #lookwithin is a great starting point.
The initiative comes from Mental Health America and allows everyone to get a better understanding of where their mental health is at and how to make it better.

Big-D’s safety culture hinges on the all-important common goal of Zero Harm. 

As we focus on Construction Safety Week, annual event where companies and people spread awareness and celebrate safety measures.
At Big-D, we achieve Zero Harm through the values and strategies of our proactive, task-oriented safety program we call TH!NK.
TH!NK helps remind our employees what is important to them in their lives and what they need to do everyday to work safe.
Follow along with our Big-D accounts to see more information about why we value safety!

Big-D Construction was the host of one of the NAWIC Salt Lake Chapter events this last week.

Saturday March 11th, we had a brunch with just a handful of women in construction, at the Big-D Construction Salt Lake City Utah Office. 
We are excited to see this engagement and momentum as work is done to promote the success of women in the industry!

Builders' Day is this week on Wednesday, April 12th!

The location is at Salt Lake Community College, Redwood Campus in Utah.
We are thrilled to come together with companies that make up Utah&#8217;s Construction Industry and to meet hundreds of students who are interested in exploring a variety of construction roles.
This is an event you will not want to miss. We hope to see you there!

Builders’ Day is this week on Wednesday, April 12th!

Big-D Construction is actively involved with opportunities to engage with and support the community.

The University of Utah&#8217;s College of Architecture and Planning runs a program for architecture students ( @designbuildbluff )to design and construct buildings for indigenous families in Bluff, UT.
Big-D Construction was able to donate a very specific truck to transport materials to build homes for the Rural and Native communities of San Juan County in the Utah Four Corners.
Follow along on our social media pages to learn more about the involvement that Big-D Construction has within your community!

March 8th is International Women’s Day!

Big-D Companies would like to give a BIG thank you to all of our incredible women associates that work within our family of companies.

Big-D Companies strives to be engaged within communities. Part of who we are and how we do business is giving back and today we had the opportunity to present a check with @agcutah to the Utah Food Bank.

Our COO at Big-D Companies, Troy Thompson, recently served as a Chairman on the AGC of Utah Board. He wanted the AGC to consider donating to the @utahfoodbank organization.
Today the Utah Foodbank was presented a spectacular donation. The check was written for nearly $36,000, which will provide about 161,000 meals.
We are grateful for the opportunity that we have to interact and donate to great causes within our communities.

Big-D Construction is among the Top Workplaces in Utah again! 
Thank you to our associates for making this possible for multiple years in a row.

Utah Top Workplaces 2022
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Big-D Construction is among the Top Workplaces in Utah again! Thank you to our associates for making this possible for multiple years in a row.

In partnership with the Associated Builders and Contractors, Utah Chapter, Big-D Construction spent annual time with Utah Royal Kids of greater Salt Lake.

A religious organization, Utah Royal Kids exists to provide opportunities for children in the foster care system by creating positive, life-changing moments for innocent children who have been victims of neglect, abuse, and abandonment.
With support from ABC members, including Big-D Construction, children were presented with clothes, toys, fun activities, and food, including sweet treats from the Big-D ice cream truck. In return, our Big-D family members who volunteered their time, along with other ABC members, received gratitude, a fun-filled program the children prepared, and an opportunity to give back to the community.
“Participating in the Royal Kids event is truly a win-win for both the kids and ABC members. It is both humbling and gratifying to see the kids’ faces light up upon receiving ice cream and other gifts donated by supporters like Big-D, and I am grateful to be a part of a company that believes in giving back,” said Jim Allison, Big-D Salt Lake Vice President, and ABC Board Member.

Utah Royal Kids

WSU was founded in Ogden, Utah as Weber Stake Academy in 1889. 
“Weber” comes from the name of the county where the university is located, which was named after John Henry Weber, an early American fur trapper.
In 1933, the academy was made a state junior college. Following World War II, the college outgrew its downtown campus and moved to the present site on the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains overlooking Ogden and the Great Salt Lake.
Weber State College awarded its first baccalaureate degree in 1964. In 1991, the college became Weber State University, appropriately symbolizing its role as Utah’s first comprehensive regional university that also retains a community college mission.
<a href="https://www.weber.edu/">Weber State University</a>

Weber State University

The Natural History Museum of Utah illuminates the natural world and the place of humans within it.
NHMU is an institution of science. As such, we accept the theory of evolution, which is the unifying concept of all biological sciences. While there remains ongoing and lively debate about the processes of evolutionary change—that is, how evolution occurs—the overwhelming majority of biologists fully endorse the idea that all organisms on earth share a common ancestry and that life&#8217;s unfolding has encompassed billions of years of time. Like gravity, evolution is one of the cornerstones of modern science, and it represents one of the key themes of our institutional mission.
<a href="https://nhmu.utah.edu/">Natural History Museum of Utah </a>

Natural History Museum of Utah

The Christmas Box International charity works to prevent child abuse. We partner with local, national, and international groups to improve the quality of life for children, teens, and young adults who are victims of abuse, neglect, trafficking or are facing homelessness or other risks that no child should have to face.

The Christmas Box International

We&#8217;re committed to family literacy! Treehouse Children&#8217;s Museum has a community-focused initiative to help parents and grandparents prepare their children for the start of school. Recognizing that many children start Kindergarten in local schools without the skills they need to succeed, and that many children do not attend any preschool programs before the start of their formal schooling, we&#8217;ve worked with educators, schools, and community organizations, and with a renowned children&#8217;s book illustrator and author, to provide new resources to both parents and teachers.

Tree House Museum

UVU is an open-admission institution with a commitment to student success. We focus on teaching all students and providing them with real-world experiences.

Utah Valley University

The mission of Brigham Young University — founded, supported, and guided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — is to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life.
<a href="https://www.byu.edu/about">BYU</a>

The Dr. W. C. Swanson Family Foundation is a private charitable foundation established in 1977 by Dr. Walter C. “Doc” and Beryl Swanson. Its purpose is to benefit Weber County, Utah, and the surrounding area, through benevolent endeavors. Since its inception, the Swanson Foundation has been committed to improving education, social and veterans services, health care, arts and culture, law enforcement and many other venues locally and abroad.

Swanson Family Foundation

The Children’s Center is home to many specialized clinical services. We lead the way in working with children who struggle with behavioral, emotional, educational, intellectual and developmental challenges or may have experienced trauma.
We treat the whole child, looking at more than a single issue so we can provide the best, most comprehensive integrated care. We examine barriers in the home, school and community, working with the family who raises them and the organizations that support them.
<a href="https://www.thechildrenscenter.com/">The Children&#8217;s Center</a>

The Children’s Center

DesignBuildBLUFF is a graduate architecture program at the University of Utah focused on immersing students in hands-on cross-cultural experiences. We work in partnership with the Rural and Native communities of San Juan County in the Utah Four Corners.
DesignBuildBLUFF

DesignBuildBLUFF

Intermountain Healthcare is a Utah-based, not-for-profit system of 24 hospitals (includes &#8220;virtual&#8221; hospital), a Medical Group with more than 2,400 physicians and advanced practice clinicians at about 160 clinics, a health plans division called SelectHealth, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.
<a href="https://intermountainhealthcare.org/">Intermountain Healthcare</a>

Intermountain Healthcare

The Associated General Contractors of America, the voice of the construction industry, is an organization of qualified construction contractors and industry related companies dedicated to skill, integrity and responsibility.  Operating in partnership with its Chapters, the Association provides a full range of services satisfying the needs and concerns of its members, thereby improving the quality of construction and protecting the public interest.
<a href="https://www.agc.org/">Home | Associated General Contractors of America (agc.org)</a>

Associated General Contractors

Westminster is a private, non-profit, accredited, and comprehensive liberal arts college in Salt Lake City, Utah. Students experience the liberal arts blended with professional programs in an atmosphere dedicated to civic engagement.
With the goal of guiding its graduates to a life with purpose, Westminster provides life-changing learning experiences for both undergraduate and graduate students. Faculty focus on teaching, learning and developing distinctive, innovative programs, while students thrive on Westminster&#8217;s urban Sugar House campus within minutes of the Rocky Mountains.
<a href="https://westminstercollege.edu/">Westminster College</a>

Westminster College

YMCA

Our Mission is to provide children and young athletes of all ages, talent levels and economic situations an opportunity to improve their athletic abilities, build confidence, learn teamwork and enhance communication in a fun and entertaining environment.
Alex Austin, A-Train’s Vice-President, and the organization’s Director brings more than 15-years professional and collegiate athletic experience to the youth that he teaches. His experience includes coaching and directing camps for many notable Universities, head coaches and professional athletes. Although his program initially focused on basketball camps, it has since evolved to include teams and training athletes. The A-Train program now includes over 300 kids, ranging in age from 6-18 years and varying in different skill development.
We have an excellent program and a wonderful group of volunteer coaches and parents dedicated to providing a positive learning environment for developing basketball fundamentals, as well as life skills. Our goal is to give guidance and strengthen youth through sports activities, education and community service. A-Train players amassed over 10,000 hours of giving back to their community during the 2011 season, and each child in the program is required to maintain a respectable GPA , with a goal of maintaining a 3.5 program wide GPA.  We also educate the kids on proper nutrition, the danger of drugs, respecting parents and being a good citizen.
Alex has a great deal of respect and knowledge for the game, which he hopes to pass along to each young athlete with which he works; helping them strive to reach their potential both in the game of basketball and in their lives.  In addition to his A-Train for Youth program, Alex’s A-Train Magic travel teams compete in the top tournaments around the country, placing young athletes in front of college scouts and coaches, giving them an opportunity for college placement. We work closely with these athletes, educating them on NCAA rules and requirements, collegiate eligibility requirements and preparing them for the rigors of college athletics. Many of our college athletes return home to donate their time to coach at our summer camps.
Alex Austin makes it his personal mission to ensure that every child who participates in his program is personally recognized and acknowledged. He has developed a system that not only teaches and improves a child’s skill in the sport of basketball, but has also learned how to reach them on an individual level to reinforce the values necessary to succeed in life. 
<a href="https://www.atrainforyouth.com/">Basketball Club | Utah | A-Train for Youth (atrainforyouth.com)</a>

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