It is often said that experience matters. That theory certainly holds true when it comes to installing natural gas lines throughout Utah. To that end, we are proud of our 75-year history of working with the local gas company to bring warmth to families and businesses in the Wasatch Front and surrounding communities in Utah.

 

Our grandfather, Enoch Smith, Jr. first started working with Wasatch Gas in 1948, laying the foundation for a close working relationship that spans 75 years and numerous name changes from Mountain Fuel Supply Company, Questar Gas, and now Dominion Energy. Our experience—which ranges from installing high-pressure, steel transmission gas pipelines and low-pressure steel trunk lines and belt lines to intermediate plastic lines that transport fuel into subdivisions and neighborhoods—is built on this 75-year relationship and has been handed down through multiple generations within our company.

 

In the past 11 years alone, DSC has installed 54,000 ft of 16” steel pipe in the Salt Lake City area. We have been instrumental in installing gas lines and service throughout Central and Southern Utah (St. George, Price), Northern Utah (Plymouth, Emigration Canyon, SLC to Logan and Coalville) and the Wasatch Front.

 

Projects

We have been involved in a wide range of projects throughout our 75-year history of working with the local gas company. If it involves installing gas lines, we’ve done it!

 

One of our most unique gas jobs was the Great Salt Lake Stork Project in 1986. This job involved pumping water from the Great Salt Lake, which often overflowed and flooded I-80 and the train tracks, to the west desert. The pumps were driven by natural gas. 

 

This project was unique due to circumstances with a competitor who started the job and didn’t succeed, a storm that had sunk the first half of the pipe down into the lake, and the logistics involved in running pipes beneath the lake. 

 

To solve the problem, we installed a large lift kit on our equipment, enabling us to dig a trench across the Great Salt Lake then float and sink the pipes into place. Once the pipes were in place, the pumps were activated, and the water was diverted to the west desert.

You can check out this project and some of our more recent projects here.