The director of historic temple renovations describes 3 reasons the temple won't be done until 2026, talks about upcoming work on the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, and more.
staggering seismic upgrade and renovation
That's why, four years later, they are comfortable with being right, even though the projected finish date first moved back from 2024 to 2026."We keep adding to it," said a relaxed and chuckling Andy Kirby, director of historic temple renovations for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kirby sat on a metal bench outside the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Tuesday to talk with me.
That's a critical issue in a field where it already normally takes six to 12 months to order massive equipment like the special forklift the church bought to move 98 base isolators under the temple. The isolators will isolate the temple from the ground, allowing it to sway safely above an earthquake.
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