Also, a sealing wing addition is being built on the Salt Lake Temple, and three newly restored monuments can be seen in the southwest corner of Temple Square.
Vertical coring, a crucial phase of the seismic upgrade of the Salt Lake Temple, has been completed after three years, and a new statue of Christ was installed on Temple Square.
The Salt Lake Temple spires are without scaffolding after their four-year restoration and strengthening; entry pavilions are rising up on the north side of the temple.
Brent Roberts and Andy Kirby, two directors of Salt Lake Temple renovations, explain how spiritual guidance and prophetic direction have made the mountainous task of preservation possible.