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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
July 3, 2007

Bulldozers move dirt around on Mt. NCEP, a large mound of dirt located to the west of the NCWCP building site

Bulldozers move dirt around.
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Foundation work at front of building

Foundation work at front.
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More work on the front wall of the building

Front wall of the building.
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View from east to west through the forest of support columns

View through the forest of support columns.
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View of building site from SW to NE toward construction site of UMD building

View from SW to NE toward construction site of UMD building.
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Loading dock area of new building

Loading dock.
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Another view from east to west

View from east to west.
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Coils of reinforcing bar used for the round columns

Coils of reinforcing bar.
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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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