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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site

These pictures were taken on May 23 and show the beginnings of the walls on the northeast corner of the building.

Beginning of walls on northeast corner of building. Beginning of walls on northeast corner of building.
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More work on the building footers. Workers construct rebar mat to strengthen footers.

Pouring the building footers.
Pouring the building footers. Rebar mat being assembled.
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Scott Prosise of OPC, Jim Christman of NWS OS&T, Ron Warren of NWS Facilities and Shirley Gunderson of NOAA Facilities inspect the building site. Beyond them in the distance is a Department of Agriculture building which sits on a site adjacent to the NOAA Center's south side.

Inspection of the building site.
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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.

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