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Utah’s portable classrooms put kids at risk, engineering experts say

Civil engineering and architectural groups urge tougher building standards on 100s of units, saying Utah lacks clear rules for anchoring modular classrooms to the ground, potentially putting thousands of students in danger.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Steve Hogan, Granite School District's director of planning and boundaries, shows the underside of a portable classroom at Stansbury Elementary School in West Valley City. On Wednesday, several Utah civil and architectural engineering groups called for more stringent building standards on the hundreds of portable classrooms in use across the state, saying current rules may be putting students at risk.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Steve Hogan, Granite School District's director of planning and boundaries, shows the underside of a portable classroom at Stansbury Elementary School in West Valley City. On Wednesday, several Utah civil and architectural engineering groups called for more stringent building standards on the hundreds of portable classrooms in use across the state, saying current rules may be putting students at risk.

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