LDS Temple

Division: South Pacific
Location: Fiji
Started: May 1999

Cost: Fiji $10 million
Client: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Completed: April 2000

Devoted to the faith

This 21m-high single-spire Temple with two ordinance and two sealing rooms on a 19330m² site was a very high quality project, built to international standards.

The South Pacific division has built many facilities for the Latter-Day Saints Church, from small churches to major temples. Fitout included chandeliers, furniture, lockers, toilet partitions, hardware, baptismal font, angel, theatre seats, drapery and floor coverings specified from the United States. Ceramic and marble tiles were installed by Fletcher Construction and local contractors.

Wall covering & painted finishes were carried out by nominated subcontractors from Salt Lake City. Joinery units & doors were manufactured, finished & installed by local Fijian companies. Air handling incorporates seven split systems with building management system (BMS) supplied and installed by a Honeywell LDS team from Salt Lake City. Extensive audio visual system, lighting control system and fire & security alarms. Font filtration system was supplied & installed from Salt Lake City and is monitored from there via the BMS modem.

Articles

Saints alive! – it’s a new temple
Having built many chapels for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the South Pacific division has been presented with a more challenging assignment – a Temple in Suva, Fiji.

Collecting Work
Multiple projects undertaken over many years for clients with ongoing construction needs are a natural fit for the South Pacific division.

Other Parties

Name: Architects Pacific
Role: Architect

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Project Facts

Services included cast iron sewer line specified and supplied from the United States, copper water reticulation servicing the toilets, showers and a font which holds some 8000 litres.
Precast panel perimeter & core bracing walls, structural steel roof structure & 7.5m-high structural steel tower supporting 3.7m-high angel & pedestal.
External works included 360m ornamental fence, 530m² exposed concrete aggregate paths & 57m² photographic area, 480m² roading, 730m² parking for 29 vehicles and 380m² bus bay.
Internal fitout of steel stud & gibboard with a high quality finish to all painted wall and ceiling surfaces.
Concrete floor slab on grade
Colorsteel profile metal roofing, internal box gutters double lined with membranes and exterior cladding of 30-130mm thick snow white granite supplied from Campolonghi, Italy.

Current and Recent Projects

Building: Hutt Hospital Project >> Redevelopment of the Hutt Valley Hospital consisting of three major elements, new emergency department and theatre, new landscaping, car parking and entries as well as refurbishment of the existing ED building whilst partially live. Work will be completed in four stages and stretched over 28 months.
Engineering: Victoria Park Alliance >> A Fletcher , Higgins, Beca, Parsons & Brinckerhoff and NZ Transport Agency alliance to design and construct a 2.2km upgrade of SH1 between Wellington Street and the Auckland harbour bridge.
Interiors: AUT WE Stage 2 – School of Art & Design >> The second stage of AUT’s School of Art & Design refurbishment to Levels 5-7 (the two-level first stage refurbishment was completed a year ago).
South Pacific: Leadership Code Commission and Ombudsman’s Office >> Refurbishment of existing and additional offices and amenities.