David W. Eckhoff, P.E., has forty years of experience in engineering. His focus has been on government projects, consulting engineering practice, teaching, and research. His early experience involved both geotechnical and structural aspects of highway and pavement systems for Caltrans. Subsequently, he focused on environmental issues, working on research associated with water quality and wastewater reclamation. One of the highlights of Eckhoff's career was his selection as Project Director of the Salt Lake County 208 Water Quality Management Project by the Salt Lake County Council of Governments. This $1-million project resulted in the regionalization of wastewater treatment plants for the Salt Lake Valley, proposed ultimately to involve nearly $300-million worth of construction.
In 1971, Eckhoff joined the faculty of the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Utah where he served as the head of the Environmental Engineering Division until 1973 when he was appointed Chairman of the Department. His independent research and work with graduate students expanded to include a wide spectrum of engineering projects, such as the Utah Lake-Jordan River Water Quality Study and the Wasatch Canyons Land Use Impacts on Water Quality Studies.
Eckhoff was appointed by the Governor in 1980 to serve on the Utah Drinking Water Board, setting policies and standards for public water supply systems throughout the State. He served on this Board for fifteen years. He joined PSOMAS in 1997 as Vice President and Regional Manager and was responsible for developing the Utah Office. Eckhoff provided valuable engineering insight to the Envision Utah program that was assembled by Utah's Governor. He served on the Quality Growth Efficiency Team (QGET) which made valuable recommendations to the development of growth for the State. He was recognized for his efforts on the QGET team and, in 1999, he received a Common Good Award from Governor Leavitt for this work. An outgrowth of this process was his development of the Municipal Infrastructure Planning and Cost Model (MIPCOM), which factilitates the inclusion of infrastructure costs in community planning efforts.
Eckhoff received his Bachelor of Science Degree with Honors from California State University at Sacramento in Civil Engineering, and his Master of Science and Doctor of Philsophy Degrees from the University of California at Berkeley in Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering. He is affiliated with the American Society of Civil Engineers, is the Past President of the Utah Section of the American Water Resources Association. Eckhoff serves as a member of the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Trustees and Chairman of the University of Utah's Civil Engineering Department Advisory Board. In 1991, he was named Engineer of the Year by the Utah Engineers Council.
(This biography was taken from the 2002 Marriott Library Gould Lecture Series)
The David W. Eckhoff papers (1870s-2001) contain materials on the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics and various Utah water projects, mainly the West Desert Pumping Project. Eckhoff and his associates (Eckhoff, Watson, and Preator Engineering) were awarded design reponsibility for the Salt Lake Olympics Winter Sports Park. The collection contains design analyses and various other papers pertaining to the bobsled/luge track. Also included is information from the Environmental Advisory Committee, of which Eckhoff was a member, among other papers. Also in the collection are various reports, legal documents, and data concerning Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake. The West Desert Pumping Project is the subject for the bulk of these materials. This was a project to control flooding on the Great Salt Lake and enhance the lake's natural evaporation process. The project began in 1987 and ended in 1989.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Gift of David Eckhoff in 2006.
Processed by Lisa DeMille in 2007.
Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1414 and A0880).
Boxes 1-6 contain materials relating to the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. Some of the papers reflect Eckhoff's studies of other cities that have hosted the games.
Included are calculations and analyses of design and dynamics.
Correspondence, event results, plans, and reports.
Correspondence, notes, and proposals for the Winter Sports Park facilities.
Box 3 contains chronological packets of materials titled, "Our Environment and the Salt Lake Olympic Committee." Each packet has its own subtitle, as listed. Included are brochures, reports, news articles, correspondence, notes, meeting materials, and other papers.
Folders 1-2 are a continuation of the previous box on the environment and the Salt Lake Olympic Committee.
Included are a handbook, meeting materials, and correspondence.
Environmental theme materials.
Correspondence, articles, pamphlets, and bobsled/luge analyses.
Correspondence, calculations, and diagrams on bobsled/luge track.
Correspondence, notes, calculations, and diagrams.
Design team statement of qualifications, meteorological data summary, and project miscellaneous.
Agreements, abstracts, water decrees, and other legal documents pertaining mainly to Utah Lake and the Jordan River.
Correspondence, data sheets, diagrams, reports, and notes.
Correspondence and data concerning the west pond area.
Notes, proposal, and batch reports.
Information booklet and meeting materials.
Correspondence, notes, and data.
Essay, proposal, and density profiles.
Notes, diagrams, and survey essay.
Correspondence, data, and charts.
Correspondence, agreements, and report.