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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site July 18, 2007
There has been a lot of activity taking place on the building site this
week. Walls are being formed at the SE corner of the building and
electrical conduit locations are being laid out. Both Tower cranes were
at work moving formwork and bracing.
Bulldozer attacks an dirt pile as support columns rise in the background
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Closer view of support columns
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Looking along front of building from east (foreground) to west (background)
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Lowering scaffolding into place
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Scaffolding now needed to extend column supports upward
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Western side of building with loading dock area
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Activity on the job site looking from SW to NE
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Workers constructing walls near SE corner
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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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