Dive Brief:

• Construction workers who need a smoke or a java jolt while laboring on the 60,000-square-foot Mormon temple and visitors center in Philadelphia have a place to do so — across the street and off the consecrated property — and they need only keep their cussing to themselves.
• The project is slated to be done in 2016, by which time the workers will have enjoyed a lot of Cookie Wednesdays, compliments of on-site church representatives Alex and Pamela Carr, who moved from Utah.
• The hiring gave preference to Mormon union members, but it appears that the only person in that category is a carpenter whose skills are more suited to later stages of the project.

Dive Insight:

The Mormon church has its requirements for how the work is done on a site it consecrated before construction began, but economics is ecumenical. Pat Gillespie, business representative for the Philadelphia Building Trades Council, said workers do not have a problem. "It's a job with some unique requirements, but we're happy to accommodate," Gillespie said. "The construction workers are versatile and they can adapt. This is what the customer wants, it's a sound request and they're paying the bill."

In addition, the mayor says the site is the cleanest he's ever seen.