lance shepherd: what's your head right here. there are two domes to the capital. we are inside the outer dome which is just below the lantern. of course the capitol is modeled after u.s. capitol. there is a similar situation with an outer dome and inner dome. it is an architectural feature to make it look larger and grander than it actually is. they are considered the artists to who guilded the capital. we have always used grilled -- gold from colorado to guild it. as part of the dome, on the exterior of this is copper. is 63 ounces of gold for the entire dome. 120 years of hailstorms have damaged the copper quite a bit. there were micro factors. it was getting pretty bad. we replaced all of that. we actually put a layer of been ne,thing -- of bitutha sheet-metal and a layer of that,ne on the top of waterproofing that should hopefully last 100 years. we are currently in the house chambers which is under restoration. this project started approximately three years ago. in the first year we did the , lower-level restoring the ornate stenciling and the plastic work. t

lance shepherd can offer some information about all the projects trying to restore it to its original condition. >> there are two domes in the capital. we are inside the outer dome. kind of an architectural feature to make it look larger than it actually is. the gilder's are considered the artist who gilded the capital and we always used gold from colorado to gilded. 1901, it was around 200 ounces. part of the dome restoration project, there is copper and 120 years of hail storms had damaged the copper quite a bit. there were micro fractures. we replace that. we put a layer of black paper and a layer of metal and sheet-metal and the copper on top of that. three layers of waterproofing for hopefully the last 100 years. >> currently in the house chambers under restoration. the first year, we did the lower ornateestoring the steps. the second year, we did the upper levels and this third year , we were doing the galleys. ceiling tile for all the wall surfaces, all the ceilings. and they glued not ceiling tile there as well supposedly lead for sound. we're taking it back to the ofginal 190

capital architect lance shepherd can provide us with information. >> watch her head. -- your head. are two domes to the capital. we are inside the outer dome which is just below the lantern. the capital is modeled after u.s. capitol. it is an architectural feature to make it look bigger than it is. artists considered the gwo -- who uilded the capital. dome, on thee exterior of this is copper. storms hadf hell damaged the copper quite a bit. it has marker fractures. we replaced all of that. -- microfracture's. we replaced all of that. -- microfractures. we replaced all of that. there are three layers of water proofing now. we are currently in the house chambers which is under restoration. they started approximately three years ago. the first year we did the lower-level restoring the ornate extensively. the second year, we did the upper levels. the third, we are doing the gallery. glued stealing styles -- ceiling tiles. we are taking back to the original 1903 which is our period of historic significance. that is for all the photograph showing the stenciling. the lower-level, we just

and capitol architect lance shepherd can offer information about all of the projects trying to restore it to its original condition. >> watch your head right here. there's two domes in the capitol, the inner dome and outer dome. we're inside the outer dome, which is just below the lantern. the capitol is models after the u.s. capitol. it's just kind of an architectural feature to make it look grander and larger than it actually is. the names up here are the gilders. and they're considered the artists who gilded the capitol, and we have always used gold from colorado to gild it. originally, when it was gilding in 1901, 1903, we used around 200 ounces. this last go around, we used 62 or 63 ounces to gold the entire dome. on the exterior of this, there's copper, and 120 years of hail storms had damaged the copper quite a bit. there were microfractures. it was dented up pretty bad. we replaced all that. we actually put a layer of black paper, then a layer of metal, of sheet metal, and then a layer and then the copper on top of that, so there's three layers of waterproofing material. hopefu

lance shepherd can offer some information about all the projects trying to restore it to its original condition. >> there are two domes in the capital. we are inside the outer dome. kind of an architectural feature to make it look larger than it actually is. the gilder's are considered the artist who gilded the capital and we always used gold from colorado to gilded. originally in 1901, it was around 200 ounces. part of the dome restoration project, there is copper and 120 years of hail storms had damaged the copper quite a bit. there were micro fractures. we replace that. we put a layer of black paper and a layer of metal and sheet-metal and the copper on top of that. three layers of waterproofing for hopefully the last 100 years. >> currently in the house chambers under restoration. the first year, we did the lower level restoring the ornate steps. the second year, we did the upper levels and this third year , we were doing the galleys. we were doing ceiling tile for all the wall surfaces, all the ceilings. and they glued not ceiling tile there as well supposedly lead for sound. we'

and lance shepherd can offer information about the projects trying to restore it to its original condition. >> watch your head right here. there are two domes in the capital. the inner dome and the outer dome. we are in the outer dome below the lantern. similar situation in the capital building. feature architectural to make it look larger than it actually is. they are considered the artists who gilded the capital. we use gold from colorado to gild it. last1901 to 1903, this weighs about 62 ounces or 63 ounces to coat the entire dome. this is coffer -- copper. years of hailstorms had damaged the copper quite a bit. it was dented up pretty bad and we replaced all of that. lateyer ofter -- a copperetal, andt h the on top of that so there are three players of waterproofing. we are currently in the house chambers that is currently under restoration. the started three years ago. the first year, we did the lower-level restoring steps and the plasterwork. the second year, we did the upper levels and the ceiling. this year, we are doing the galleries. tiles toglued ceiling all of the surfaces. it

capital architect lance shepherd can offer some information about all the projects. there are two domes in the capital and the upper dome. the names appear in their consider the artists who gilded the capital. they use gold from colorado. it was a result done in 1901 or 1903. 200 ounces. as part of the dome, there is copper. 120 years of hailstorms. a layer of metal. and copper on top of that. there's a waterproofing. -- layers of waterproofing. we are currently in the house chambers which is under restoration. this project started three years ago. the first year, we did the lower level restoring the ornate extensively. the second year, we did the upper levels. the 30th we were doing the galleries. -- third year, we were doing the galleries. in the 60's, they had glue stealing style -- ceiling style. that is where all the stenciling in the lower level, we just touched up the original stenciling. on the upper levels and ceiling, we actually re-created it on top of an acoustic plaster material. we restored the gilding and these chandelier. -- the chandelier. they have