diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-image.yml
index 7d0014dc2..6c340e19e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-image.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
 # documentation.
 
+
 name: Build and publish Docker image
 
 on:
@@ -41,7 +42,17 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+      - name: Cache Docker layers
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-${{ github.sha }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-
       - name: Extract version number
         run: |
           VER=$(cat VERSION)
@@ -74,3 +85,6 @@ jobs:
           build-args: |
             CONTAINER_VERSION=${{ env.VERSION }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8
+          cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache
+          cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/call_jobs.yml b/.github/workflows/call_jobs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86567b839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/call_jobs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Call reusable workflows
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - devel
+    types:
+      - closed
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/reuse-build-and-publish-amd.yml'
+      - '.devcontainer/devcontainer.json'
+      - 'Dockerfile'
+      - 'reinstall-cmake.sh'
+      - 'VERSION'
+
+jobs:
+  call-workflow-amd64:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reuse-build-and-publish.yml
+    with:
+      image_name: ${{ github.repository }}
+      ref_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      actor: ${{ github.actor }}
+      registry: ghcr.io
+      platform: amd64
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reuse-build-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/reuse-build-and-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ea4a6a22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse-build-and-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# This workflow uses actions that are not certified by GitHub.
+# They are provided by a third-party and are governed by
+# separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
+# documentation.
+
+name: Build and publish amd 64 Docker image
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      image_name:
+        description: image name
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      ref_name:
+        description: ref name
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      actor:
+        description: actor
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      registry:
+        description: registry
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      platform:
+        description: platform
+        required: true
+        type: string
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  packages: write
+
+jobs:
+  reuse-build-and-push:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Extract version number
+        run: |
+          VER=$(cat VERSION)
+          echo "VERSION=$VER" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ inputs.image_name }}
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=ref,event=pr
+            type=semver,pattern=${{ env.VERSION }}
+            type=sha
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          pull: true
+          tags: ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ inputs.image_name }}:${{ inputs.ref_name }}
+          build-args: |
+            CONTAINER_VERSION=${{ env.VERSION }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+      - name: Write manifest and build history file
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install r-base -y && sudo Rscript -e "install.packages('optparse')" \
+            && Rscript scripts/manifest.R \
+            --registry ${{ inputs.registry }} \
+            --owner ${{ inputs.actor}} \
+            --image ${{ inputs.ref_name }} \
+            --historydir /tmp/r-devel/hist_lines \
+            --manifestdir /tmp/r-devel/manifests \
+            --repository ${{ inputs.image_name }}
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Upload manifest file
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.platform }}-manifest
+          path: /tmp/r-devel/manifests/manifest-*.md
+          retention-days: 3
+      - name: Upload build history line
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.platform }}-history_line
+          path: /tmp/r-devel/hist_lines/history-*.txt
+          retention-days: 3
diff --git a/scripts/manifest.R b/scripts/manifest.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83fbc66cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/manifest.R
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+# manifest.R
+#
+# Files takes the container arguments and creates two files inside the
+# given container. These are the build history and manifest files.
+#
+# The build history file has the locations of the manifest and git history
+# files. This is stored in the location given in histlines argument.
+#
+# The manifest file has the installed apt and R packages written into it
+# along with the build time and commit hash for this build. This is is stored
+# in the manifestdir location.
+#
+# Both are stored as markdown files on the container itself.
+
+library(optparse)
+
+option_list <- list(
+  make_option(c("-r", "--registry"), type = "character", default = "ghcr.io",
+              help = "Registry name"),
+  make_option(c("-o", "--owner"), type = "character", default = "r-devel",
+              help = "Current owner of the Repository"),
+  make_option(c("-i", "--image"), type = "character", default = "devel",
+              help = "Provide the image name [default %default]"),
+  make_option(c("-t", "--historydir"), type = "character",
+              default = "/tmp/hist_lines/", help = "location of history lines"),
+  make_option(c("-m", "--manifestdir"), type = "character",
+              default = "/tmp/manifests/",
+              help = "Manifest file location  [default %default]"),
+  make_option(c("-p", "--repository"), type = "character",
+              default = "r-dev-env", help = "Repository name [ %default]")
+)
+
+parser <- OptionParser(usage = "%prog [options] file",
+                       option_list = option_list)
+
+args <- parse_args(parser, positional_arguments = 0)
+opt <- args$options
+
+#set up constants
+build_time <- as.numeric(Sys.time())
+tm <- as.POSIXlt(build_time, "UTC")
+utc_time <- strftime(tm, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z")
+
+manifest_filename <- paste("manifest-", build_time, ".md", collapse = NULL,
+                           sep = "")
+
+history_filename <- paste("history-", build_time, ".txt", collapse = NULL,
+                          sep = "")
+
+#set up docker
+docker_id <- paste(opt$registry, "/", opt$repository, ":",
+                   opt$image, collapse = NULL, sep = "")
+
+#container_id = system2("docker", args = c("run", "-i -d",  docker_id, "bash"),
+#                       stdout = TRUE)
+
+write_all <- function() {
+  write_manifest_details()
+  write_history_details()
+}
+
+write_manifest_details <- function() {
+  details <- get_manifest_details()
+  write_manifest(details, opt$manifestdir, manifest_filename)
+}
+
+write_history_details <- function() {
+  details <- get_build_history()
+  write_manifest(details, opt$historydir, history_filename)
+}
+
+write_manifest <- function(manifestdata, filepth, filename) {
+
+  my_directory <- file.path(filepth)
+  if (!dir.exists(my_directory)) {
+    dir.create(my_directory, recursive = TRUE)
+  }
+
+  file_conn <- file(manifest_filename)
+  writeLines(manifestdata, paste(my_directory, filename,
+                                 sep = "/", collapse = NULL))
+  close(file_conn)
+}
+
+get_manifest_details <- function() {
+
+  buildregistry <- paste("registry", opt$registry, sep = ":")
+  buildowner <- paste("owner", opt$owner, sep = ":")
+  buildimage <- paste("image", opt$image, sep = ":")
+  buildrepository <- paste("repository", opt$repository, sep = ":")
+  buildtime <- paste("timestamp", build_time, sep = ":")
+
+  r_ver <- r_version()
+  rbuildversion <- paste("### R Version: ", r_ver, sep = "\n")
+
+  r_package <- r_packages()
+  rbuildpackages <- paste("### R Packages: ", r_package, sep = "\n")
+
+  apt_package <- apt_packages()
+  aptbuildpackages <- paste("### APT Packages: ", apt_package, sep = "\n")
+
+  manifest_d <- manifest_string()
+
+  title <- paste(opt$owner, opt$repository, sep = "/")
+  build_title <- paste("# Build manifest for image ", title, ":", opt$image,
+                       sep = "")
+
+  builds <- paste(build_title, buildregistry, buildrepository, buildowner,
+                  buildimage, buildtime, manifest_d,
+                  rbuildversion, rbuildpackages, aptbuildpackages, " ",
+                  sep = "\n\n")
+
+  builds
+}
+
+get_build_history <- function() {
+
+  platform <- "amd64"
+
+  tags <- "default"
+
+  commit <- get_commit_hash()
+
+  diff_url <- paste("https://github.com/", opt$repository, collapse = NULL,
+                    sep = "")
+
+  diff <- paste("[Git diff](", diff_url, "/commit/", commit, ")",
+                collapse = NULL, sep = "")
+  dockerfile <- paste("[Dockerfile](", diff_url, "/blob/", commit, ")",
+                      collapse = NULL, sep = "")
+  manif <- paste("[Build manifest] (./", manifest_filename, ")",
+                 collapse = NULL, sep = "")
+
+  build_history <- paste(diff, dockerfile, manif, sep = "<br />")
+
+  image_manifest <- paste("{", tags, ":", platform, "}", collapse = NULL,
+                          sep = "")
+
+  build_conf <- paste(utc_time, image_manifest, build_history, sep = " | ")
+
+  build_conf
+}
+
+
+## Git helpers
+get_commit_hash <- function() {
+  arguments <- c("rev-parse", "HEAD")
+  hash <- system2("git", args = arguments, stdout = TRUE)
+  hash
+}
+
+get_commit_hash_tag <- function() {
+  x <- get_commit_hash()
+  tag <- substr(x, nchar(x) - 12 + 1, nchar(x))
+  tag
+}
+
+##Linux Helper
+get_linux_release <- function() {
+  os <- docker_command(c("lsb_release", "-a"))
+  release <- paste(os, sep = " ", collapse = "\n")
+  release
+}
+
+#packages
+r_version <- function() {
+
+  r_version <- docker_command(c("R", "--version"))
+  details <- strsplit(r_version, "\r", fixed = TRUE)
+  #version <- paste(details[[1]], details[[3]], sep = " ", collapse = "\n\n")
+  version <- paste(details, sep = " ", collapse = "\n\n")
+  version
+}
+
+r_packages <- function() {
+
+  # from dockerstack
+  r <- docker_command(c("R", "--silent", "-e",
+                        "'installed.packages(.Library)[, c(1,3)]'"))
+  #tidy the response by removing final > and the initial commands
+  package <- paste(unlist(strsplit(r, "\r", fixed = TRUE)[3:length(r) - 1]),
+                   sep = " ", collapse = "\n")
+  package
+}
+
+apt_packages <- function() {
+  e <- docker_command(c("apt", "list", "--installed"))
+  #remove listing line and then clean up response
+  install <- paste(strsplit(e, "\r", fixed = TRUE)[2:length(e)], sep = " ",
+                   collapse = " \n")
+  remove_local <- gsub("\\[installed,local\\]", "", install)
+  install1 <- gsub("\\[32m", "", remove_local)
+  installed <- unlist(paste(gsub("\\[0m/now", "", install1), sep = " ",
+                            collapse = " \n"))
+  installed
+}
+
+# manifest
+manifest_string <- function() {
+  m <- paste("default", get_commit_hash_tag(), utc_time, get_linux_release(),
+             collapse = NULL, sep = " ")
+  m
+}
+
+# Docker functions
+docker_start <- function() {
+  args <- system2("docker", args = c("run", "-i -d", docker_id, "bash"),
+                  stdout = TRUE)
+  args
+}
+
+docker_stop <- function() {
+  system2("docker", args = c("stop",  container_id))
+}
+
+docker_command <- function(arguments) {
+  docker <- paste("exec", "-i",  container_id, "bash", "-c",
+                  sep = " ", collapse = "")
+
+  a <- paste('"', paste(arguments, sep = " ", collapse = " "), '"',
+             collapse = NULL)
+
+  cmd <- system2("docker", args = c(docker, a), stdout = TRUE)
+  cmd
+}
+
+container_id <- docker_start()
+write_all()