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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
September 11, 2007

Short movie clip of construction

Backhoe helping to smooth dirt in preparation for pouring concrete for floor

Backhoe helping to smooth dirt
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Pouring concrete for floor area to left of loading dock

Pouring concrete for floor of loading dock
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Preparations for laying the concrete for the second floor

Preparations for second floor
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Wide view of front of west side of building with loading dock area to the left

Wide view of front of west side of building
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Smoothing out the concrete floor (notice that the workers are foot deep in concrete)

 Smoothing out the concrete floor
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New area of floor just behind front entrance wall

Floor just behind front entrance wall
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Another view of the front entrance area looking from inside towards the south west. The American Center for Physics can be glimpsed in the background.

Another view of the front entrance
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A view of the atrium from the outside looking in

A view of the atrium
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View of entire construction site taken from roof of UMD building currently under construction to the east. From this view we are looking west and the auditorium area is in the front left corner. In the front to the right, stretching from left to right beyond the construction trailers is the outline of the parking garage. Beyond that is the footprint of the building delineated by the rows of columns. The nearest construction crane is set up in the open area between the two wings of the building. The front (south) wing is to the left and the back (north) wing is to the right.

View of entire construction site
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Closer view from the same location. Again, auditorium area in the front, followed by the front entrance area, followed by the front wing where the work on the second floor is progressing.

Closer view from the same location
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Closer view of work going on for the second floor

Work going on for the second floor
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Another look at the second floor deck

The second floor deck
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Another view of the front half of the building

Front half of the building
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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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