High winds are to blame for tearing some of the wrap off scaffolding around the Missouri Capitol Dome.
"Extreme wind gusts over the weekend separated and blew off small portions of the covering on the scaffolding around the Capitol during construction," Brittany Ruess, the public information specialist for the Missouri Office of Administration, said in an email to the News Tribune. "This is not uncommon in these types of construction projects, coupled with excessive wind events. There was no damage to the building, and no one was injured during the incident."
Jared Maples, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, said wind gusts Friday night reached about 40 mph. Saturday night, winds were 20-25 mph. Gusts reached more than 35 mph.
"It was windy a few times over the weekend," Maples said.
Ruess said the contractor, who is continuing renovation and restoration work on the Capitol, was on site early Monday morning and began working to reattach the wrap material.
The $28.69 million project to restore much of the Capitol's exterior stone work, from the top of the dome, to the ground - 238 feet below - is about 25 percent done.
It is scheduled to run until the end of 2020.