Designed CRSA Architects and Brixen & Christopher Architects, built by Gramoll Construction, photographed by Dana Sohm, Sohm Photografx.
Vernal, heart of the Unita Basin, has long been known as the home of the Dinosaur National Monument. But in recent years oil exploration and drilling has brought new money and industry to the region and with it the need for a local energy research and testing facility. The recently completed Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center (BEERC) brilliantly meets that need.
The BEERC, an extension of Utah State University, is public/private partnership bringing together educational resources of Utah State University with the business savvy of it private sector partners.
The result is a sparkling new state-of-the-art facility that promises to serve the region’s educational and research/testing needs for decades to come. Samples will be tested soon after being collected, instead of being sent out of town to another facility. This will reduce the costs and time of testing as well as insure more accurate results. In the same building, students will be able to attend classes which are remotely taught using sophisticated video conference systems.
