Stretching skyward!

Here's a great look at the Temple's newly finished metal roof deck!  

The piles of gravel in front of the building are the stone which will be placed inside the building as the base for the concrete floor slab. 

 

 

Gorgeous Aerial shot!

Check out this aerial view of the temple site!  Glorious!

 

Here are some construction progress details from Elder Holbrook:

 

Work at the Hartford Connecticut Temple construction site is moving along.  The majority of the steel is erected, with the exception of the spire, and the iron workers are busy welding the steel components.

The concrete floor of the mechanical mezzanine, located above the main floor of the temple, was recently poured, and the installation of underground plumbing lines and electrical conduits is underway so the main floor slab can be poured.

 

 

Work on the Steeple!

There's been a whole variety of work going on at the temple site in the last week or so.

The base of the spire was moved into position. The workers have been busy welding the steel frame pieces together. The large crane has been disassembled so that it can be used on another building site. The pipes and other pieces that will provide drainage under the site are being installed.

Take a closer look at the pictures to see all the action!



Above:  Workers are being lifted up to the newly fitted base of the spire to complete the process of securing it to the structure.





Above:  Pipes of all different sizes unloaded and awaiting installation as part of the drainage system for the temple site.



Above:  Installation of draining pipes along the Farmington Ave (Rt 4) side of the site.

The Process of Building a Temple!

Click here to read the rest of this excellent article from the Church's Newsroom about the construction of Mormon temples.

http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mormon-temple-building-process?fb_action_ids=286700098162092&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%22286700098162092%22%3A287688391400564%7D&action_type_map=%7B%22286700098162092%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

The Steel work presses on!

On the morning of Tuesday 29th April 2014, the steelwork that forms the front entrance to the temple was being lifted into place and secured to the foundation. The pictures show one of the uprights being installed. Plenty of progress was ...made today, ahead of the rainy weather expected over the next few days.

The last photo shows a partially completed mock-up section of the temple walls that has been installed near the site office. It will allow the workers and the people from the Temple Department in Salt Lake to see what the finished walls will look like.

The yellow crane that was helping to lift the steelwork left the site at about 2pm on Monday, and now the work is being handled entirely by the larger crane.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerial Photos

Here are the latest aerial shots.  Stunning!  Great views of the baptismal font foundation and overall site transformation. 

 

 

Construction Update---April 17, 2014

More steel was put in place on Thursday. The frame is looking more and more like the shape of the temple in the artist's renditions. The large crane is temporarily out of action after experiencing a problem on Wednesday afternoon, so a slightly smaller one was brought in to keep things moving along.

Earth-moving equipment has been busy at the back (southern) part of the temple site removing more soil and rock from the berm.