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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
April 11, 2008
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View of building site from the parking lot of the UMD building. Parking garage is in the foreground with the NCWCP just visible in the background
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Top level of parking garage
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Putting final touches on the windows on the north (back) of the building
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East side of building showing back (north) wing in foreground and front (south) wing in background
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Front view with two story data center (red) to left and auditorium (gray) to right
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View of back looking from west to east
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West end of building
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Second floor future location of EMC
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View taken from fifth floor looking east along sloping roof
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View of atrium from fifth floor
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View of southeast area of 4th floor taken from fifth floor
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View of atrium roof taken from roof of north (back) wing
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Penthouse (5th floor) viewed from roof of back wing
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View from roof of back wing showing sloping roofs of the front wing and the atrium
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Another view of the atrium and front wing from the back wing roof
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Overhead view of windows being prepared for front of building
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Cmdr. Mark Moran, Chief Science Officer, tries the NCEP Director Office on for size
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View across atrium bridge towards fourth floor operations area for OPC and HPC
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Back of NCEP Director's office. Overhang is where roof will drain with a waterfall effect
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Front exterior of NCWCP looking east from data center roof
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Front exterior of NCWCP looking west from data center roof
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Another view of the front looking east. The auditorium is to the right and the UMD building is in the background.
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Windows awaiting installation for the building front.
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Interior of auditorium looking at the stage area
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Interior of auditorium looking at audience area
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View of NCWCP building site from River Road
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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:
NCWCP Construction Picture Archive
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