Location:
Church of Latter Day Saints
Davie, FL
Schedule:
Project Start Date: 2011
Project Completion Date: 2014
Cost:
Square Footage: 30,000 SF
Involved Companies
Precast Concrete Producer
Gate Precast
810 Sawdust Trail
Kissimmee, FL 34744
https://gateprecast.com/
Architect
Architectural Nexus, Inc.
2505 Parleys Ways
Salt Lake City, Utah
http://www.archnexus.com/
General Contractor
Suffolk Construction
615 Channelside Drive, Suite 102
Tampa, FL 33602
https://www.suffolk.com/
Background
The temple’s light-colored, acid-etch finish precast façade resembles natural stone used on many temples in the U.S. Dominant precast features include a curved colonnade with arched window openings and intricate mold work including a repetitive delicate grass motif on the temple’s columns and spandrels and lettering cast into the precast. The monolithic 41-foot central precast spire was the biggest challenge on the project as the owner desired it be constructed with minimal or no joints. In order to create a monolithic steeple with minimal weight, Gate Precast fabricated a steel stay-in-place inner form to allow production of a hollowed out, full-height precast piece. Reinforcement was also attached to the inner form.
Awards
2014 Sidney Freedman Craftsmanship Award (Honorable Mention)
““GATE Precast is proud to be a part of the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Florida. In 1994, GATE produced the state’s first LDS temple in Orlando, which stands today as a testament to the resiliency of architectural precast concrete. With its pure white marble enhanced mix design and acid-etch finish, the facade reacts with the sun as if it was installed yesterday.””
