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Artist drawing of future NOAA Climate Weather Center
 

Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
February 12, 2008

 
NCWCP Building site from afar. Parking garage is on the right
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NCWCP Building site from afar. Parking garage is on the right
 
 
 
Front of building showing two story data center to the left
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Front of building showing two story data center to the left
 
 
 
Area of south side of building where front doors will be located
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Area of south side of building where front doors will be located
 
 
 
North wing of building with much of the concrete facade in place. Note welder on fourth floor putting in clips to hold windows.
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North wing of building with much of the concrete facade in place. Note welder on fourth floor putting in clips to hold windows.
 
 
 
Side view of concrete facade on north (back) wing
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Side view of concrete facade on north (back) wing
 
 
 
View of concrete facade on north (back) side. Note snow flurries.
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View of concrete facade on north (back) side. Note snow flurries.
 
 
 
View of atrium from outside
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View of atrium from outside
 
 
 
Top floor with incomplete roof
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Top floor with incomplete roof
 
 
 
First two auditorium wall panels being set in place
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First two auditorium wall panels being set in place
 
 
 
Those same two panels viewed from the outside
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Those same two panels viewed from the outside
 
 
 
Another view of auditorium wall construction. Parking garage is in background. UMD building is in background to right.
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Another view of auditorium wall construction. Parking garage is in background. UMD building is in background to right.
 
 
 
More panels arriving for auditorium walls
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More panels arriving for auditorium walls
 
 
 
 

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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