I have wondered what these upgrades will entail.
Well, someone did a very nice write-up on this:
https://www.templesquare.com/blog/salt-lake-temple-renovation-announcement/
As I have shared before, not far below the foundations is a granite plug that the entire building sits upon. I am hoping they tie the building to this plug and bypass the 20' or so of alluvial garbage between the footings and said plug.
It will ride easy on such a massive body as this. According to others that have seen the great EQ on the Wasatch, the building does survive it nicely with just some water and scorching damage on the south side (broken gas main?).
I think Brigham Young will personally oversee it's protection during the event. I can imagine others, as well.
So glad all legacy buildings are getting this treatment. They deserve it. Especially the Logan Temple.
As for the capitol building up the hill, there has been enough bad law passed that the whole thing needs to be demolished when the new order is brought online, something else can take it's place (if required).
It appears that the footings are encased with concrete with post tensioned cables looping underneath the footings all setting on base isolators to absorb shocks.
ReplyDeletesee: https://www.templesquare.com/blog/salt-lake-temple-renovation-announcement/
Looks like they must have some rods or cables going from the footing up through the walls from the roof and tied into a new roof diaphragm. I appreciate that they do everything man can do to support this building, which is a correct principal.