Siddhidatta Kulam Machine Shop & Offices

The new steel building has entered a new phase, with another team working on the framing of the interior office and equipment/storage spaces. A three-man carpentry crew is making progress with the walls, staircase and floors. This additional space, carefully designed to be super efficient, will help the monks to tackle land and construction projects into the far future. It has the additional benefit to the monastery of placing the sometimes noisy maintenance and building tasks far from the living quarters.

The exterior is completed.

Inside the insulation is in place.

Now they are cladding the walls with plywood on top of which will go the sheet rock.

In the office area, we climb to the second story.

He is installing the floor joists.

A panorama of the downstairs with several offices and file storage spaces.

Blast from the past, we take you to the foundation pour of last year.

And the steel skeleton.

Quite a process. Fortunately, we have capable squads of construction specialists.

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