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Carbon County awards $2.28 million bid for airport maintenance hangar to support AMP training program
Summary
The commission approved awarding the Carbon County Airport maintenance hangar bid to Tusher Contracting and ratified related engineering work to support a new airframe-and-powerplant (AMP) mechanic training building operated in partnership with Utah State University Eastern, citing federal and state grant support.
Carbon County commissioners voted to award the bid for a new airport maintenance hangar and advanced related engineering work to support an AMP (airframe and powerplant) aviation mechanic training program operated with Utah State University Eastern (USU).
Commissioner Hopes said the project builds on a 2019 agreement with USU that created classroom space at the airport and expanded a flight program that has grown from a single plane to five. "We're gonna build a it's an 80 by 130 foot building that will house, 2 classes of about 25 students," Hopes said, describing two teaching bays and engine workstations for hands‑on training. Hopes said the…
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