diff --git a/Quda/build-benchmark.sh b/Quda/build-benchmark.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Quda/build-benchmark.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if (( $# != 1 )); then
+    echo "usage: $(basename "$0") <environment directory>" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+env_dir=$1
+
+# TODO: this is Tursa specific. have not figured out the correct way to do this.
+EXTRA_LIBS="/home/dp207/dp207/shared/env/versions/220428/spack/opt/spack/linux-rhel8-zen2/gcc-9.4.0/cuda-11.4.0-etxow4jb23qdbs7j6txczy44cdatpj22/lib64/stubs/libcuda.so /home/dp207/dp207/shared/env/versions/220428/spack/opt/spack/linux-rhel8-zen2/gcc-9.4.0/cuda-11.4.0-etxow4jb23qdbs7j6txczy44cdatpj22/lib64/stubs/libnvidia-ml.so"
+
+# NOTE: these flags need to be in sync with Qudas compilation options (see build-quda.sh)
+BUILD_FLAGS="-O3 -std=c++17 -DMPI_COMMS -DMULTI_GPU -DQUDA_PRECISION=12 -DQUDA_RECONSTRUCT=4"
+
+call_dir=$(pwd -P)
+script_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}")")"
+cd "${env_dir}"
+env_dir=$(pwd -P)
+cd "${call_dir}"
+BUILD_DIR="${env_dir}/build/Quda-benchmarks"
+PREFIX_DIR="${env_dir}/prefix/qudabench"
+QUDA_DIR=${env_dir}/prefix/quda
+mkdir -p "${BUILD_DIR}"
+mkdir -p "${PREFIX_DIR}"
+
+LINK_FLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$QUDA_DIR/lib: $QUDA_DIR/lib/libquda.so $EXTRA_LIBS -lpthread -lmpi"
+
+g++ $BUILD_FLAGS  -I$QUDA_DIR/include   -c -o $BUILD_DIR/Benchmark_Quda.o  $script_dir/Benchmark_Quda.cpp
+g++ -g -O3 $BUILD_DIR/Benchmark_Quda.o -o $PREFIX_DIR/Benchmark_Quda $LINK_FLAGS -lmpi
diff --git a/Quda/build-quda.sh b/Quda/build-quda.sh
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index 0000000..fa2368d
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+++ b/Quda/build-quda.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091
+
+BUILD_FLAGS="-O3 -std=c++17"
+QUDA_FLAGS="-DQUDA_MPI=ON -DQUDA_PRECISION=14 -DQUDA_RECONSTRUCT=4 -DQUDA_GPU_ARCH=sm_80"
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if (( $# != 1 )); then
+    echo "usage: $(basename "$0") <environment directory>" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+env_dir=$1
+
+call_dir=$(pwd -P)
+mkdir -p ${env_dir}
+cd "${env_dir}"
+env_dir=$(pwd -P)
+cd "${call_dir}"
+
+build_dir="${env_dir}/build/quda"
+if [ -d "${build_dir}" ]; then
+    echo "error: directory '${build_dir}' exists"
+    exit 1
+fi
+mkdir -p "${build_dir}"
+
+git clone https://github.com/lattice/quda.git "${build_dir}"
+cd "${build_dir}"
+
+mkdir build; cd build
+cmake .. $QUDA_FLAGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${env_dir}/prefix/quda
+make -j128
+make install
+
+cd "${call_dir}"
diff --git a/Quda/build.sh b/Quda/build.sh
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index 960c9c8..0000000
--- a/Quda/build.sh
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@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#CXX=/home/dp207/dp207/shared/env/versions/220428/spack/opt/spack/linux-rhel8-zen/gcc-8.4.1/gcc-9.4.0-g3vyv3te4ah634euh7phyokb3fiurprp/bin/g++
-QUDA_BUILD=/home/dp207/dp207/dc-burg2/quda_build
-QUDA_SRC=/home/dp207/dp207/dc-burg2/quda
-#QUDA_BUILD=
-
-FLAGS="-DMPI_COMMS -DMULTI_GPU -DQUDA_PRECISION=14 -DQUDA_RECONSTRUCT=7 -g -O3 -Wall -Wextra -std=c++17 "
-$CXX $FLAGS -I$QUDA_BUILD/include/targets/cuda -I$QUDA_SRC/include -I$QUDA_BUILD/include -isystem $QUDA_SRC/include/externals -isystem $QUDA_BUILD/_deps/eigen-src -c -o Benchmark_Quda.o  Benchmark_Quda.cpp
-LINK_FLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$QUDA_BUILD/tests:$QUDA_BUILD/lib:/home/dp207/dp207/shared/env/versions/220428/spack/opt/spack/linux-rhel8-zen2/gcc-9.4.0/cuda-11.4.0-etxow4jb23qdbs7j6txczy44cdatpj22/lib64/stubs: $QUDA_BUILD/lib/libquda.so /home/dp207/dp207/shared/env/versions/220428/spack/opt/spack/linux-rhel8-zen2/gcc-9.4.0/cuda-11.4.0-etxow4jb23qdbs7j6txczy44cdatpj22/lib64/stubs/libcuda.so /home/dp207/dp207/shared/env/versions/220428/spack/opt/spack/linux-rhel8-zen2/gcc-9.4.0/cuda-11.4.0-etxow4jb23qdbs7j6txczy44cdatpj22/lib64/stubs/libnvidia-ml.so /home/dp207/dp207/shared/env/versions/220428/spack/opt/spack/linux-rhel8-zen2/gcc-9.4.0/cuda-11.4.0-etxow4jb23qdbs7j6txczy44cdatpj22/lib64/libcudart_static.a -ldl /usr/lib64/librt.so /home/dp207/dp207/shared/env/versions/220428/spack/opt/spack/linux-rhel8-zen2/gcc-9.4.0/cuda-11.4.0-etxow4jb23qdbs7j6txczy44cdatpj22/lib64/libcublas.so /home/dp207/dp207/shared/env/versions/220428/spack/opt/spack/linux-rhel8-zen2/gcc-9.4.0/cuda-11.4.0-etxow4jb23qdbs7j6txczy44cdatpj22/lib64/libcufft.so -lpthread"
-$CXX -g -O3 Benchmark_Quda.o -o Benchmark_Quda $LINK_FLAGS -lmpi