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Artist drawing of future NOAA Climate Weather Center
 

Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
March 6, 2008

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

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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