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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
March 25, 2008
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Back (north) wall showing progress with window installation. Note wraparound windows at the corner.
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Windows being installed on east side of north wing
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Window installation begins on south side of north wing
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View looking west into atrium showing atrium roof
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Front (south) side of NCWCP showing sloping roof extending over the NCEP Director's Office
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Closer view of sloping roof.
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Back (north) wall looking east. Parking garage is in the background.
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View of west end of building looking up at the penthouse.
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A wider view from the west showing the almost completely enclosed two story data center to the right.
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Panel being prepared for placement on data center wall.
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Another view of the front (south) side showing the auditorium walls to the right.
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View from inside the atrium looking up towards its roof.
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Looking up towards the atrium roof. The open area between the roof top and the first level below it will have windows to let the light into the atrium.
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Interior view of first through third floor showing the vast network of pipes and duct work being installed.
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View of conference center looking towards the auditorium
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Overall view from entrance road.
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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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