“As building work progresses quickly, the facilities for a vibrant monastic community are within our grasp. We can guide our growing community in the ways of our lineage as we have been trained. A stable base provides an effective way to then offer our various skills on site here in Bendigo and when invited further afield in Australia and overseas. Our core work is Dharma – our own inner training and that of our community members, and then sharing more broadly as teachers, facilitators, mediation/retreat leaders, pastoral care and secular. The facilities will serve us and future generations well.”
Tenzin Tsapel
Director Machig Labdron Nunnery
Builders Constructions Cost
Preliminaries: 113k
Site works: 55k
Concrete: 167k
Brickwork: 64k
Carpentry: 194k
Joinery: 53k
Roofing: 75k
Floor covering: 38k
Plastering: 70k
Rendering: 59k
Windows: 125k
Painting: 46k
Services: 179k (Hydraulic, electrical, mechanical)
Scaffolding: 6k
Provisional sum: 27k
Total to build excluding GST : 1,271k
Utility Connection costs ex GST : 116k (Water, Electricity, waste treatment)
Total Excluding GST : AU$1.387 million
To complete the project by the projected date:
Total amount still needed is AU$560k to complete by early 2025.
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