As the new Nursery School year is about to begin, the Renovation & Expansion Project is preparing a few key spaces for the arrival of students and families. The walls where the school wing, Bet Am hallway, and South Addition meet have been finished and painted, the ceiling and light fixtures installed, and new flooring Continue Reading »
We were pleased to welcome CGS Architects for a visit to Temple Sinai on July 28. The firm’s partners, architects, and staff all spent the better part of the morning reviewing construction progress and comparing notes. Based in Georgetown, CGS has been the temple’s design partner for all aspects of the Renovation and Expansion project, Continue Reading »
Temple Sinai is a community dedicated to being Shomrei Adamah, guardians of the land, and to upholding our community values of environmental stewardship. When designing our Renovation & Expansion plan, we worked closely with Temple Sinai’s Green Team to ensure the South Addition lived up to these values and continued the work we started when Continue Reading »
This past week we began connecting the new South Addition to the existing building! This work involved heavy demolition work in the school wing stairwell area, which is where the new and existing buildings join together. As the construction continues, these spaces will be filled with new flooring and lighting, the entryways and spaces will Continue Reading »
We are excited to see all of the progress being made on the South Addition construction project! Now that summer is here, we will be making more space for construction activities. During this time, the temple will be open as usual including for our regularly scheduled Shabbat services on Fridays and Saturday mornings. Offices and the Continue Reading »
We continue to see major progress every day as the exterior and interior walls of the South Addition are formed! Here you can see the metal support structures that have been installed along all of the South Addition’s walls. The new roof has also been laid and sealed with water-resistant treatment. Over the next few Continue Reading »
With the metal structure of the South Addition now finished, construction of the interior of the space has begun! This an exciting time in the construction project where change happens quickly. This week the concrete on the second level was poured and the shape of the new floors is being formed. Site of the Terrace Continue Reading »
Check out the current progress of the new South Addition construction with notes showing what these spaces will become. As the structural metalwork continues, we can better visualize how these will become the new spaces that will transform our community. Compare these photos against the architectural plans to orient yourself and see what these metal beams Continue Reading »
The Covid pandemic highlighted our need to have outdoor gathering and worship space within the security perimeter of the building. The new Terrace is designed to meet that need and is an adaptation of the space originally envisioned when we began this project 5 years ago. The Terrace will be accessible from the second level Continue Reading »
If you have been to the temple in the past few weeks, you may have seen a drastic change in the state of the South Addition. Structural Steel construction has begun! Here you can see the progression made: First, once the foundation and the pipe-laying was fully completed, the site of the South Addition was Continue Reading »