Ornamental buttress in place.
JANUARY 2002
Image Gallery
January 4, 2002

Workers close three of the four original roof accesses to the dome.
January 4, 2002

The buttress level before installation.
January 7, 2002

A color barrier is used to distinguish where an old structure ended and a new structure begins, this is required for historical preservation.
January 7, 2002

Buttress level before installation of buttress.
January 8, 2002

The Casting Design Inc.  factory in Dallas, TX where the molds for the coffer panels were created.
January 8, 2002

Actual coffer panels for the Capitol Dome in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
January 10, 2002

Concrete is being poured at the mechanical mezzanine level.
January 10, 2002

Final concrete completion at the mechanical mezzanine level.
January 11, 2002

An ironworker removes the cross braces with a blowtorch between the steel columns.
January 11, 2002

A panel of pre-cast is lowered into place.
January 14, 2002

Below: an aerial view over the dome taken from the tower crane.
January 14, 2002

Preparations are made for the installation of the pediment window surrounds.

January 21, 2002

Above: Pediment window surround await installation.

January 21, 2002

Weatherproofing is installed at the drum of the dome.
January 22, 2002

Senator Haney, the artist responsible for the creation of the statue know as the Guardian stands next to a half size clay version that will be raised and mounted at the very top of the Capitol Dome in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Site provided by Frankfurt-Short-Bruza (FSB) Architects / Engineers of Record for the State Capitol Dome