:dateline:Vantage Builders Inc.�said Wednesday that construction has begun on a 21,000-square-foot Sikh temple in Westborough.
The new temple will be called Gurduara Sahib, and it will become the principal place of worship for the New England Sikh community, Waltham-based Vantage Builders said. The temple is for the The New England Sikh Study Circle, was established in 1968 to serve as a Sikh center for spiritual growth, political understanding, community activism, and social gathering.
The New England Sikh Study Circle which is currently located in Milford, purchased the 37-acre, wooded site in 2012. The full ground up construction project will include foundation, structural steel, masonry, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing work.�The project is scheduled to be completed in early 2015, Vantage Builders said.
The new temple will house classrooms, meeting places of various sizes, a community kitchen able to serve up to 400 people, a library, and residences for the community�s leader.
The project team includes architects JG Associates and the engineering firms AKAL Engineering Inc., Waterman Design Associates Inc., and Rivermoor Engineering LLC.�
