All new trusses will brace the upper north and south temple walls as part of the seismic improvements. The picture below shows the original black markings used by the early Latter-day Saint builders to label each stone location.Īdditional roof trusses have also been installed alongside the original trusses, which will remain in place. Each stone will be reinstalled at the very same location it was originally placed. Each stone is carefully cataloged and labeled before being taken to a storage place. Download Photoįinials and stones of various sizes continue to be removed from the towers and the upper north and south walls of the temple. Download Photo Temple Square Renovation October 2021 The north side of the Salt Lake Temple, with the Joseph Smith Memorial Building to the left, covered by scaffolding and surrounded by construction equipment as crews continue the renovation project started in 2019, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2021. Temple Square Renovation October 2021 Horizontal bracing beams are installed to reinforce the vertical columns of the secant wall of the temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2021. The next steps will include pouring concrete slab as a working surface before formwork begins on the lowest floor of the temple addition.Īll five rows of walers (horizontal bracing beams) in the large secant wall have now been installed to further reinforce the vertical steel and concrete columns that form the secant wall. The excavation is nearly at the bottom level. These lower floors will include sealing rooms, two baptistries, administrative offices, changing rooms and a tunnel entrance to the temple from the Conference Center parking garage. Download Photoĭeep excavation continues on the north side of the temple to prepare for three additional lower levels. Temple-Square-Renovation-October-2021 Excavation under the foundation of the Salt Lake Temple continues as part of the seismic strengthening process called jack and bore, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2021. So far, five of 92 such pipes have been installed and three have been filled with concrete. Each pipe is 40 feet long, made from two 20-foot-long pieces welded together. Soil is removed from inside the pipes as they are gradually inserted horizontally. These steel pipes are 3.5 to 4 feet in diameter. Pipes filled with reinforced steel, post-tensioning strands and high-strength concrete are placed in the original foundation. The “jack and bore” process, a key component of the seismic renovation system of the Salt Lake Temple, continues to move forward. The following is the latest in a series of regular updates about these projects. The Church Office Building plaza closed for an upgrade in February 2021. The Salt Lake Temple has been closed for renovation since December 2019.
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