The following is excerpted from the Church News. To read the full article, CLICK HERE.
With the Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square renovation recently completing its third year of projects and progress, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provided a recap of the past year’s work and a projection of ongoing and new efforts and recent photographs.
The ChurchofJesusChrist.org post — published Wednesday, Jan. 25 — also included photographs of work this month and links to a video providing a full explanation of the Salt Lake Temple renovation and a lengthy detail on TempleSquare.org of the processes and projects.
Following is a look at major work that took place in 2022 and a projection of continuing work or new efforts in 2023.
2022’s major work
- Work began on the Main Street Plaza, including waterproofing and new landscaping.
- The “jack and bore” process of installing reinforced concrete beams continued, with the installing of reinforced concrete beams under the temple’s existing foundations.
- Waterproofing and heating conduit were installed along the Church Office Building plaza, with new paving work started.
- Excavation on the temple’s north and south sides was completed.
- Construction on the three additional lower floors of the temple’s north-side addition began. The addition will include two baptistries, sealing rooms, dressing rooms and administrative offices.
- Excavation completed in the northwest corner of Temple Square, for future gardens providing a place for peaceful contemplation.
2023’s continuing work or new efforts
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