The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built its first modular temple, in Helena, Montana. Public tours begin this week.
One path currently being considered for select temples is the modular construction employed by Alabama-based BLOX.
For the Helena Temple, crews built the temple in 25 modules and then transported them to Montana, where the pieces were stitched together. The electrical, plumbing, heating, cooling and ventilation systems, along with exterior art deco stone cladding and tower assembly, were also completed. The advantage of modular construction is that “you can build it anywhere and get the construction quality quite high,” said
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