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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
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Location of NCWCP site plan(University of Maryland website)
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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
December 5, 2008
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Dr. Uccellini at main entrance to NCWCP. The Auditorium is to the right.
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Installation of raised flooring in fourth floor ops area
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Dr. Uccellini in location of future conference room in NCEP Director's office area on 4th floor
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Elevator doors installed on main elevators
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Second floor EMC office area
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Second floor Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) area. Boxes contain ceiling tiles.
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Second floor NESDIS STAR office area
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CPC office area on third floor
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Conference rooms overlooking atrium
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Construction of housing for dumpsters at northwest corner of property
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Looking south over the loading dock area
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View of west end of NCWCP from the roof of the data center
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Looking east at ESSIC building from the roof of the data center
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Main entrance to NCWCP. Auditorium is to the right of the entrance.
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Ceremonial loop at entrance
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West end of NCWCP. Tarp covered roof structures are skylights
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Concrete pads for three mission-critical generators, one emergency generator and a fuel tank.
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HPC/OPC office area
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NCEP Director's office area
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Atrium scaffolding
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Waterfall/roof drainage system. Looks like a giant faucet
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Atrium scaffolding from below
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Courtyard area. Dining terrace is to the right.
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East side of NCWCP
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North (back) wing of NCWCP
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Entrance road from parking garage. Center right shows construction of curbing for a small parking lot next to the garage.
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NCWCP entrance from service drive
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View of property from ESSIC building parking lot
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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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