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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
January 29, 2008
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Front view of NCWCP; note sloping roofline
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Southeast corner of building with auditorium foundation in front, parking garage in rear and UMD building to the right.
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Another view of the NCWCP showing the curve of the facade
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Two story building extension which will house NCO and NESDIS computer systems
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View looking east through location of library on first floor into lobby area
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Inside first floor area showing window storage area and installed ductwork
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Portable crane helping to install concrete exterior panels; note that permanent crane installed at beginning of construction has been removed.
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View of atrium looking west
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Laying the remaining area of the first floor in the deli area; note the pipes being laid out prior to the pouring of the concrete
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Exterior facing nearing completion on back of building. Dave Feit oversees work.
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Southwest corner of building
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Another view of back facade
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Ductwork being installed on the 2nd floor
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Southwest corner of 2nd floor: Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation area
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NESDIS area on 2nd floor
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Connecting walkways between south and north wings. In the background a crane is lifting an exterior wall panel into place.
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Bolt holding concrete facade panel to side of building
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Another view of rear of building
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Third floor, north wing (CPC area)
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Third floor, south wing (NESDIS area)
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Hardware installed to hold cabling on third floor
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Dave Feit, Dave Caldwell and Kevin McCarthy take a stroll through the front office area of OPC/HPC
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Looking west from NCEP Director's office area on 4th floor into the HPC/OPC office area
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View of all four floors of north wing. Note facade panel being fastened into place
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View to the south from the NCEP Director's office
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Fourth floor HPC/OPC operations area
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More of the fourth floor HPC/OPC operations area
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Looking west through the fourth floor ops area
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Roof area
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Fifth floor cupola area
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OPC's Dave Feit strikes a pose for posterity in front 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.
Archive of building construction progress:
NCWCP Construction Picture Archive
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