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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
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Location of NCWCP site plan(University of Maryland website)
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Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
June 12, 2008
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View looking west into courtyard and atrium
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Auditorium roof
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East end of north wing
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Working on the atrium roof
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North side of NCWCP; shadow in foreground is the parking garage
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Another view of atrium roof showing windows to let light into the atrium
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Building entrance
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Close-up of building entrance
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Two story data center
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View of entrance looking back towards the auditorium
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Closer view of exterior of auditorium; completed and occupied UMD building can be seen in the background
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Loading dock area
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Interior of first floor looking east towards the entrance
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Sealing the first floor
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Looking east into the conference center area from the entrance
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Interior of auditorium; fans are set up to dry up the ground
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Left interior wall of auditorium
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View looking into front door of NCWCP
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Interior of north wing of the first floor
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Deli area on first floor
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Atrium roof and walls showing windows into atrium
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Three cooling towers recently installed over the fourth floor
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West end of NCWCP taken from the roof of the two story data center
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NCWCP building front with view of UMD building in background
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Installation of windows on building front nearly complete
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Third floor of north (back) wing
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Fourth floor of north (back) wing
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NCEP Director's office area on fourth floor
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Fourth floor area of OPC/HPC front offices
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Workers install windows on fifth level; note they are translucent, not transparent as on levels one through four
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View of NCWCP from River Road. Note location of three cooling towers installed on fifth level
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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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