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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
March 6, 2008
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North (back) wall of NCWCP showing progress of window installation
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Next window being hauled up by crane for installation on the 4th floor. Note worker on scaffolding inside working on ductwork.
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Window about to be installed
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Looking west into atrium. Note newly installed girders near tops of columns for sloping roof.
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North wing
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Another view into atrium
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Looking down into auditorium from parking garage
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Concrete facade of two story data center wing
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Rest of front facade of data center
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Facade piece being lowered into place
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Facade piece in position
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Another view of the data center facade
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View towards the east along the front of NCWCP showing the data center, the front entrance and the auditorium. The UMD building is in the background.
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View of front entrance showing newly installed roof girders
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View of front auditorium wall with its roof girders piled in front
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Trucks lined up on entrance road carrying concrete facade panels for building exterior
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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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