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State Capitol Campus Expansion - Latest Renderings & Construction Website Updates -
Ancillary offices and Museum to be added to the State Capitol Campus - Under Construction Photo Update Website Below
By: Ben WinslowPosted - Apr 11, 2022 - https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-...urity-upgrades
SALT LAKE CITY — Plans are moving forward to build a new state history museum and increase security on Capitol Hill.
The Capitol Preservation Board and architects are finishing designs for the new Museum of Utah, a multi-million dollar facility to replace the old State Office Building and data center that sit north of the Capitol building itself. Demolition will start this summer of 2022.
The design, which will closely mirror the existing Capitol, will also include an area for tour buses to come in and a large landscaped plaza for people to enjoy
Historic Capitol Structure
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Pictured, 60's era offices at the rear perimeter of the Capitol Grounds to be demolished and replaced
Pictured are the more recent east/west office additions. Designed to more appropriately blend with the Original Historic Capitol. Contemporary offices to the rear to be demoed and replaced by a major museum/office complex closely mirroring the historic architecture of the original State Capitol.
Renderings of the new Capitol Museum and Offices structure.
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...The Utah Legislature is working to fund a new seismically sound five-story, 151,535 square-foot building just north of the Utah Capitol that would give Utah's historic artifacts collection the permanent home that state historians have requested. In addition to the museum, the building plan calls for a new conference center, office space, 400 parking stalls, and electric vehicle charging stations.
However, its most distinctive feature is the space set aside for a state history museum and history collection area, It's a building that will give Utahns a chance to see pieces of the state's past they may have never seen before. Jennifer Ortiz, the director of the Utah Division of State History, is excited about that prospect, calling Utah's history collection "truly incredible."
"It's such an incredible opportunity — a once-in-a-generation opportunity," she told KSL.com. "To get to participate in thinking about how we can highlight the state's history and the collections is really just a beautiful gift that we can give to the state and to Utahns."
The massive project will replace the aging and abandoned State Office Building that was constructed over 60 years ago. The old building is slated to be torn down in mid-August, according to Jim Russell, the director of the Utah Division of Facilities and Construction Management. Construction of the new building should begin in the fall.
The entire project is estimated to cost $219 million, with $110 million coming over from money saved from the construction of the new Utah State Prison, Russell said. Gov. Spencer Cox has requested that $85 million go toward the North Capitol project, with another $7 million in ongoing funds, according to his 2023 budget. As of Monday, SB6, the legislative bill that covers all sorts of infrastructure and general government spending, lists $68 million toward the project.
It's unclear whether the proposed funds in SB6 would complete the remaining cost of the project.
There are also economic variables that can change the total cost of the project.
"Of course, we are concerned with the continued escalation of the construction market due to labor and material shortages," Russell added, in an email to KSL.com.
Still, the new building is now projected to open in either late 2025 or early 2026 — about 12 to 18 months later than originally anticipated because of earthquake mitigation work that is expected to lengthen the project timeline, Ortiz said.
The delay, however, puts the building right on track to open just in time for a major nationwide celebration...
August 2022 - Demolition Process Begins
Interior work at the moment, they've taken out a few windows and a significant chunk of the eastern wall.
Here's a view from the southwest, only sign anything is happening from this angle is the fencing.
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November 11, 2022
The State Office Building is almost completely gone.
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Photo Website Construction Updates, November 2022 - December of 2023
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March 17, 2024
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Demolition has begun on the parking structure under the Capitol Plaza.
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