in the downtown this company-o shopping arec ned and oper of seattle ted ii50-ct washington we recently t ir self-parking garage related real estate activities the construction phase of a number of projects in this classification was concluded during i960 in georgia two projects both conducted in 50 per cent joint venture arrangement were turned over to federal agencies — a 9 million communicable disease center to general services administration and a 2.5 million air traffic control center for use by the federal aviation agency the financing arranged by us for the latter involved sale of facilities to a large pension fund with long term lease-back to the government agency for a number of years through affiliated companies we have been con structing and providing office and equipment location facilities for mountain states telephone and telegraph company in phoenix and albuquerque on long term lease arrangement this year two sizeable structural additions were completed at both locations our ownership in these properties and buildings through equity interest in the affiliates involved is 70 and 80 per cent respectively in vancouver b c the company has a 25 per cent equity interest in the 20-story burrard building construction of which was completed by the company in 1957 this structure only partially fulfilled a pressing need in that area for modern office space consequently occupancy which was fully committed prior to completion continues at 100 per cent to the south in seattle construction of a circular ramp self-parking garage ( 1 1 50 car capacity was completed by the company and placed in operation during 1960 this is entirely company-owned and for the present will be retained as an in come investment construction activities utah construction & mining co commenced operations as a construction company in 1900 and this phase of activity still constitutes an important segment of overall operations today engineering and construction contracts for foreign and domestic governments public utilities and industrial cus tomers were carried out during 1 960 in 1 3 countries on six continents by the