Masons are now setting the pre-cast terrazzo stair treads on the spiral staircase in the Senate stairwell atrium.

An electrician installs a fire alarm device in the ceiling of one of two CVC gift shops, which are located to the north and south of the Great Hall.

Bronze letters that identify interior spaces have been installed in several locations.

Crews are now completing the installation of the ceiling grid at the Gallery level of the East Front Extension.

New custom light fixtures have been installed in the Carriageway below the Center Steps.

Many corridors throughout the CVC have been cleaned in preparation of the inspection process.

Installation of servery bins and kitchen equipment is ongoing in the CVC Restaurant.

As construction work nears completion inside the CVC, palettes of stone and other materials are slowly disappearing from the East Front Plaza.

Lobby space near the Congressional Auditorium.

Many interior spaces have been cleaned and are now being evaluated by the project team in preparation for final inspections.

Paint crews are busy applying the final coats of paint to interior spaces throughout the CVC.

Masons lay granite paving stones on the lower plaza near the CVC's north entrance zone.

Masons install a small black granite slab in a water feature at the base of a staircase in the Great Hall.

Bronze letters are now being installed in the CVC to identify interior spaces.

With all major CVC construction work 97 percent complete, the installation of bronze cladding around doors and windows is one of the few finishing activities still visible within the interior spaces.

Workers are now installing the bronze hand rails to the three-level spiral staircases in both the House and Senate Expansion spaces.

In the East Front of the Capitol, a mason applies grout between two stones that line the threshold of the Rotunda Door.

All of the major finish work is complete in the Great Hall and crews have removed all of the protective covering from the floor stone.

Millwork, carpeting, and floor tile installation are complete in the CVC Restaurant.

A worker polishes a bronze hand rail near the CVC's south visitor entrance.

Aerial photo of the CVC project site taken Tuesday, August 28, 2007.

Like many interior spaces inside the CVC, this upper level lobby near the Congressional Auditorium has taken on a much more finished appearance now that protective covering has been removed.

Photo murals have been installed in many of the House and Senate History cases inside the Exhibition Hall.

Masons install marble countertops to some of the cabinetry components inside the CVC restaurant.

A worker adjusts some of the decorative millwork at the base of one of the history cases inside the Exhibition Hall.

Installation of wall stone, seating, carpet, millwork and light fixtures are nearly complete in the Congressional Auditorium.

From the Capitol Dome, this view of the East Front Plaza shows the progress of restoration activities.

All of the floor and wall stone work is complete inside the Great Hall.  All 22 decorative light fixtures have been installed and most of the floor protection has been removed.

Workers complete the metal framework below a spiral staircase in the Senate Expansion Space.  The staircase is illuminated by a skylight that will also provide a view of the Capitol Dome.

Inside the CVC Restaurant located just east of the Great Hall, workers recently installed all of the banquette seating components.

Inside the Exhibition Hall, workers install a glass case that will display significant Congressional documents including acts or amendments.

Workers lay decorative blue carpet in the north corridor inside the Congressional Auditorium.

Inside the Exhibition Hall, workers have removed much of the protective covering from the floor stone as the area nears completion.

A carpenter uses a sander to finish the ceiling trim in the south side CVC Gift Shop.

Crews are nearly complete installing carpet and millwork inside the Congressional Auditorium.

In the Great Hall, a worker washes an area of marble floor that will be home to the plaster cast of the Statue of Freedom.

Landscape crews place sod within the Senate egg to restore the large grassy oval located east of the Senate wing of the Capitol.

Crews are nearly complete installing carpet and millwork inside the Congressional Auditorium.

A worker adjusts some of the decorative millwork at the base of one of the history cases inside the Exhibition Hall.

Inside the House Expansion Space, painters apply a final coat of paint to a ceiling in a main corridor.

In the CVC's Great Hall, contractors have begun removing the protective boards that have hidden the floor stone for more than a year.  Crews have also completed the installation of all of the Hall's 22 light fixtures.

A worker installs translucent alabaster stone panels that will diffuse the ceiling lights in a lobby area near the CVC's Orientation Theaters.

Masons set a sandstone column on the Rotunda level of the East Front of the Capitol.

The Capitol's East Front Plaza is gradually taking on a more finished appearance as evidenced in this aerial photo taken on June 12, 2007.

Masons set a piece of marble floor stone at the Crypt Level inside the East Front of the Capitol in an area just west of the main staircase and two escalators that connect the CVC to the Capitol.

Just east of the Senate wing, masons set pavers in a decorative pattern.

Most of the seats at the ground level of the Congressional Auditorium are in place while contractors continue to install wood flooring and carpet at the balcony level of the Auditorium.

Bronze light fixture components have been installed in the south CVC entrance zone.

Many corridors and interior spaces within the House and Senate Expansion spaces are nearing completion and will soon be available for "punchlist" inspections by the project design team.

In the CVC Exhibition Hall, a worker installs a component to one of eight display cases that are situated on the back side of the Wall of Aspirations.

A mason checks the level of a stone threshold piece above the exterior bronze Rotunda doors.

Landscapers plant scrubs to restore a portion of the House Triangle just south and east of the House steps.