Progress of sump construction

Hare Krishna Devotees

The construction of sump is progressing quickly. We completed the base slab concreting last week.

 getting ready for concreting

 Above mixer machine in action and below concrete poured on base slab steel reinforcement

Lastest:

Side walls were concreted yesterday ie 7th April '11. 

Today the shuttering has been opened. After 3 days of curing, we will start with covering the interior of sump with ceramic tiles. 

Keep coming back for more updates.

And we would appreciate your comments.

ys amarendra gaur das 

March Last Week

Hare Krishna

Here you can see recently acquired construction material, apart from 200 bags cement directly procured from Madras Cement Ltd.

Below is the boundary wall waiting for the gates to arrive before we pour concrete in the columns.

The desgin work of sump is complete and agencies for executing the work have been finalized. On 29th Centering and shuttering labors arrived for starting the sump work. Below is the shuttering material. Steel Reinforcement is being prepared. The excavation work is expected to start on 31march.

 Below the PVC coated, GI chain link fence which is ready to be used for boundary wall work on eastern side of temple.

We are on the move

Hare Krishna

We moved an inch closer...

1. The gate designs were finalized and the orders were placed.

2. The reinforcement for fencing post was completed and they will be cast tommorrow.

3. The fiber tank was moved to complete the remaining stretch of boundary work.

4. The design work is on for underground sump which we plan to take up in April.

5. We met a new sthapati who is TN Govt recognized and showed a lot of interest in our work. His cotract will be finaized in week to follow.

ys
agd

I am writing on this blog after a long time... and lots of good news. Things have moved since the last post. Now the entire civil work for the main temple building is complete. The specifications for interiors have been finalised.  Now ground work has started to identify quality sources for procurement and execution.

Curently following work is happening:
1. Boundary Wall and fencing
2. Sthapati work on northern side

We plan to take up the following work in next few weeks
1. Underground fresh water sump for new temple
2. Fixing the main gates

Soon I will post a tentative schedule for completion of interior work.

Temple Roof Successfully Layed

Hare Krishna

Sri Sri Radha Madhava ki jai. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Its a matter of great pleasure that we have successfully layed the temple roof. It was completed in first week of May. We prayed to Lord Narasingha at Mayapur for the concreting to happen unhindered. We would also like to thank all the donors, life members, well wishers, devotees who have supported and prayed for us.


Now we are moving on to the next stage:

1. Raising the structure above 41ft level for temple domes
2. Remaining plastering and brick work
3. Planning and executing the interiors

Your valuable comments and quires are most welcome.

Warm Regards
Amarendra Gaura Das

Construction Meeting today

Hare Krishna

Today we had the final round of meetings to finalize all pending issues before we proceeded with the laying of first roof slab and beams. The tentative date for concreting of slab is 5^th April. The detailed schedule will be up in another two days which will help all of us to keep a tab on whats happening.

To start with we are also strengthening our construction team with an experienced site supervisor and a qualified civil engineer. This is apart from the existing team of resident structural engineer, construction coordinator, Sthapati coordinator and a site supervisor. This is keeping in view the increased number of contractors who will be working at the site as the temple is moving towards completion.

On the other hand, the sthapati has also kept up the pace of work by finishing on more dome over the staircase slab on the south side. Pics will be uploaded soon.

I will be glad to assist if there are any comments of more information is required.

Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada,

Amarendra Gaura Dasa