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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
July 18, 2007

There has been a lot of activity taking place on the building site this week. Walls are being formed at the SE corner of the building and electrical conduit locations are being laid out. Both Tower cranes were at work moving formwork and bracing.



Bulldozer attacks an dirt pile as support columns rise in the background

Bulldozer attacks an dirt pile.
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Closer view of support columns

Closer view of support columns.
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Looking along front of building from east (foreground) to west (background)

Looking along front of building.
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Lowering scaffolding into place

Lowering scaffolding.
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Scaffolding now needed to extend column supports upward

Scaffolding now needed to extend column supports.
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Western side of building with loading dock area

Western side of building.
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Activity on the job site looking from SW to NE

More activity on the job site.
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Workers constructing walls near SE corner

Workers constructing walls.
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The NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, will be located on a new 50-acre section of the University of Maryland's M-Square Research and Technology Park. Opus East, L.L.C., of Rockville, Md., working with Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc. as the lead design and interior architect, will design, construct and own the building and lease it to the GSA.

Opus arranged a long-term ground lease with the University of Maryland for the development. The 268,762 square-foot building will be the new home for NOAA.s Satellite and Information Service, Air Resources Laboratory and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.

Archive of building construction progress:

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