The Salt Lake Temple Retrofit reached a major milestone – the tower transfer girder concrete was placed! This was the culmination of a years-long process of designing, coordinating, and building the rebar cage for the 15′ by 15′ transfer girders that run around the perimeter of each Temple tower. The girders transfer the load of the Temple’s granite towers onto the new base isolation system.

Each tower was cast separately, with 3300CY of concrete in each. The pour was carefully coordinated between Jacobsen Construction’s Self-Perform Concrete team, Parson’s Concrete, and Burbidge Concrete Pumping.

• Owner: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• F|E Team: Mason Walters, Rene Vignos, Brenna Marcoux, Lindsey Koenig, and Polytimi Kontothanasi,
• Architect: FFKR Architects
• General Contractor: Jacobsen Construction
• Ready Mix Concrete Supplier: Staker Parson Materials & Construction
• Rebar Detailing: Harris Rebar (Nucor)
• Rebar Placing: REI Steel
• Post-Tension Ducts: Schwager Davis Inc
• Special Inspector: Terracon