Since 1950, the Adamson Team has organized, managed and produced a very broad range of special events, large and small.

Special events have included:

• The 2003 Centennial Celebration, with a variety of commemorative pieces, including a special copper coin in a ten-panel history; placards; banners; employee open house inside the Bingham Canyon Mine with a magazine-sized pictorial history and sourvenir family group photographs; a special chapter in a university text book, and coordinated national media exposure.
• Design, development and project coordination of the award-winning Visitors Center at the Bingham Canyon Mine.
• Ceremonies for facility dedications.
• Press tours of all operating facilities.
• Tours of facilities for government officials.
• Dinners, luncheons and banquets for up to 800 guests at broad range of indoor and outdoor locations.
• Employee open house events.
• The staging of two American Mining Congress tours and related social functions, including a 1967 64-bus caravan tour of the mine and a western barbecue for 4,500 guests.

The above events included the development, planning and management of such facets as transportation logistics; tour guide narration scripts; entertainment; food catering; sound systems; photo and film documentation; mementos; lodging, hotel and remote facility arrangements; security and medical personnel; programs, guide books and event planning manuals; coordination and integration with all Kennecott personnel and vendors.

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• Design and development of staging area the size of two football fields.
• Procurement of 40'x100' circus tent and assorted 20'x20' canopies.
• Procurement of and permanent placement of seven flagpoles.
• Procurement of all support facilities, including portable toilets, electricity generators, water supplies, tables and chairs, etc.
• Procurement of entertainment (two bands) and rehearsals.
• Logistics planning for the arrival of 34 aircraft in a single day; scheduling and routing of six-bus caravan for 126-mile trip from Salt Lake City to Whitney Canyon; construction of three helicopter pads and marking of parking area at the site; arrangements for security and medical personnel en route to, and at the site.
• Design and production of special floral arrangements; custom music tapes; banquet arrangements (Marriott Hotel).
• Media backgrounders and advance briefings.

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• Design and supervision of site aesthetics development and construction.
• Procurement of food and beverage services and decorators.
• Development and printing of invitations and invitation list.
• Liaison with the governor's office and arrangements for his appearance at the ceremony. He placed the first call from an automobile to Rio de Janeiro.
• Liaison with media that resulted in substantial coverage, including two days of radio traffic reports using a cellular phone. Results surpassed similar events held in Phoenix, Denver, Seattle and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

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• Designing and creating festive, gala atmosphere at the remote eastern Utah desert location.
• Procurement of entertainment.
• Procurement of tables, chairs and sound systems to be delivered from Salt Lake City.
• Procurement of food services (including menu selection) to be delivered from Salt Lake City.
• Design and printing of invitations.
• Photo documentation of all events.
• Management and supervision of all facets of the celebration.

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• Creation of groundbreaking concept, which would attract media attention and a significant number of dignitaries and the general public.
• Rather than traditional routine of breaking ground with shovel, we developed the concept of having a model of the shopping center created on a 100-pound, 4'x8'x2" cake. Dignitaries used toy shovels to "break ground" in the parking lot area of the model.
• Media backgrounders were conducted in advance of the event, combined with a series of advance news releases.
• Liaison with community leaders, vendors and the media.
• Writing, design and printing of invitations.
• Site preparation included the erection of a 40'x40' canopied area complete with chairs, tables and sound facilities, and outlining the perimeter of the proposed shopping center with yellow, helium-filled balloons.

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• Development of convention themes and design of related convention logos, advance promotional materials, programs and support signage.
• Assistance with the selection and booking of speakers appropriate to the convention themes.
• Design and creation of thematic decorations and aesthetics.
• Design, engineering and operation of special sound systems.
• Design of special lighting requirements.
• Auditioning and procurement of entertainment.
• Floor plan design for daily sessions and evening functions.
• Media liaison and relations and reporting to media from the sites.

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