The extensive, multiyear renovation of the Salt Lake Temple reached a pinnacle of sorts Tuesday, February 13, with the placement of the final reinforcing steel pyramid atop the iconic house of the Lord.
An estimated 800 construction team members involved in the renovation project gathered beside the pioneer landmark anchoring the Temple Square headquarters for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City for the midday “topping out” ceremony, a building tradition marking when the structure’s final beam or equivalent piece is placed.
For the Salt Lake Temple and its Tuesday topping out, the sixth and final reinforcing steel pyramid was placed on the central-west tower. It marks the return of the temple’s six signature towers that were removed for refurbishment nearly four years ago.
“It’s a joyful feeling to know that anyone can now look at the temple and say to themselves, ‘I can start to see and recognize something that is familiar to me,’” said Josh Fenn, Jacobsen Construction project executive and project director overseeing all renovation work on Temple Square, in a report published on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. “I hope people will take satisfaction in seeing more and more things that are familiar come back to them.”
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