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    Magnificent New Salt Lake Condominium Utilizes lien FOR WEIGHT-SAVING, CO SPACE-SAVING, STEEL-SAVING QUALITIES Scheduled for completion in mid- 1965, the new Aztec apartment will add a bright npte to Salt Lake's changing East Bench Skyline . . . its construction is likewise marking new uses for UTELITE, the versatile, lightweight aggregate. In all of the AZTEC'S 13 stories (10 for apartments, 2 for garage, 1 for lobby) UTELITE is helping to save on weight, steel, and space. Because UTELITE cuts down on deadweight, concrete made with this aggregate is used throughout for floors. The result: 20% savings on footings . . .20% savings on steel ... 33% savings on floor thickness. It all adds up to more usable cubic space for every building dollar. ARCHITECT William Rowe Smith, A.I.A. ENGINEER Hoffman C. Hughes, Salt Lake GENERAL CONTRACTOR Bowers Building & Construction Co., Salt Lake READY-MIX CONCRETE .... Utah Sand & Gravel Co. EXPANDED SHALE AGGREGATE Utelite Corp. Coalville, Utah UTELITE is an expanded shale aggregate, manufactured and processed at Coalville, Utah. It is chemically inert, non-hygroscopic, highly resistant to abrasion. Of uniform grade and controlled quality, UTELITE is daily demonstrating its strength, adaptability and versatility in new structures rising up all over the Intermountain area. For the interesting story of UTELITE, write or 'phone. CORPORATION COALVILLE, UTAH PHONE COALVILLE - 336-5961 Lightweight, High Strength Aggregate