Park City building industry enjoyed best month of year in March

(Park Record) Park City's construction industry in March enjoyed its best month of 2010, City Hall's Building Department reported, indicating that alterations and additions to existing structures pushed up the month-end tally.

According to the Building Department, 41 permits valued at a combined $2.8 million were issued in March. The value topped the total of the January and February figures put together.

Alterations and additions accounted for more than half of the monthly total, combining for approximately $1.5 million, the Building Department said. The department, meanwhile, issued two permits for houses. They are valued at $1.2 million. Other permits issued in March included relocations or demolitions and signs, the department said.

The $2.8 million represents by a wide margin the biggest month of the year. The numbers in January and February were each in the $600,000s. But $2.8 million in a month does not compare favorably with the top-performing months in the boom years prior to the recession.

The March number outpaced the $1.9 million recorded in the same month last year.

The number of electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits issued in March was mixed compared to the previous month and the same month the year before.

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