ICYMI: The 6-year Salt Lake Temple renovation project reached a momentous halfway point this week with a massive infusion of concrete for the new, earthquake-resistant foundation.
reached a momentous halfway point on Tuesday with a massive infusion of concrete for the new, earthquake-resistant foundation.
"We've been preparing to build this foundation for three years," said Andy Kirby, director of historic temple renovations. "This concrete creates the footing for the new foundation for the Salt Lake Temple," he said Tuesday. Concrete is poured at the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.
"So, yes, I would say we're 50%, because we've done all the preparation. Now we're building up out of the ground. Today's a milestone in that process, where we're casting the west footing. The west footing goes all the way around the three west spire towers of the Salt Lake Temple, inside and outside."
The goal is to transfer the 87-million-pound temple onto the new footings instead of the historic footing. Building upward already has begun in one area. Previous large concrete pours set the foundation on the temple's north side, where walls for the first two lower levels have been built, Kirby said.
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