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Artist drawing of future NOAA Climate Weather Center

Location of NCWCP site plan(University of Maryland website)
 

Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
August 18, 2008

 
Installing windows in courtyard
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Installing windows in courtyard
 
 
 
Looking south from back wing (foreground) to front wing (background) taken from parking garage
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Looking south from back wing (foreground) to front wing (background) taken from parking garage
 
 
 
Auditorium
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Auditorium
 
 
 
Employee entrance on parking garage side (find the photographer)
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Employee entrance on parking garage side (find the photographer)
 
 
 
Drywalling and roof work in auditorium
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Drywalling and roof work in auditorium
 
 
 
Exterior main entrance
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Exterior main entrance
 
 
 
Looking into interior from the entrance
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Looking into interior from the entrance
 
 
 
First floor data center area
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First floor data center area
 
 
 
Loading dock
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Loading dock
 
 
 
North wing
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North wing
 
 
 
West end of building
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West end of building
 
 
 
2nd floor data center - Joint Center area
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2nd floor data center - Joint Center area
 
 
 
Second floor EMC area
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Second floor EMC area
 
 
 
Atrium stairway installation underway
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Atrium stairway installation underway
 
 
 
Third floor NESDIS area
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Third floor NESDIS area
 
 
 
Drywalling conference rooms on the third floor
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Drywalling conference rooms on the third floor
 
 
 
CPC area on third floor
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CPC area on third floor
 
 
 
Fourth floor HPC/OPC operations area
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Fourth floor HPC/OPC operations area
 
 
 
Entrance to NCEP Director's office
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Entrance to NCEP Director's office
 
 
 
Future home of NCEP Executive Officer
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Future home of NCEP Executive Officer
 
 
 
Office of NCEP's Public Affairs Officer
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Office of NCEP's Public Affairs Officer
 
 
 
Looking into the HPC/OPC Front Office area
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Looking into the HPC/OPC Front Office area
 
 
 
ARL office area
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ARL office area
 
 
 
View of entrance area from two story data center section
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View of entrance area from two story data center section
 
 
 
View of south face from green roof atop data center
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View of south face from green roof atop data center
 
 
 
Lifting last window section into position on south face
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Lifting last window section into position on south face
 
 
 
Final maneuvering
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Final maneuvering
 
 
 
View from inside deli
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View from inside deli
 
 
 
Lifting next section of atrium stairway into place. When all pieces are assembled, three weeks of welding will be required to hold it in place.
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Lifting next section of atrium stairway into place. When all pieces are assembled, three weeks of welding will be required to hold it in place.
 
 
 
Construction of rock wall across from building entrance
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Construction of rock wall across from building entrance
 
 
 
Another view of the auditorium
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Another view of the auditorium
 
 
 
Fencing installation on south boundary
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Fencing installation on south boundary
 
 
 
West end of NCWCP, showing two story data center section and main entrance
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West end of NCWCP, showing two story data center section and main entrance
 
 
 
Entire building site with data center section on left and parking garage on right
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Entire building site with data center section on left and parking garage on right
 
 
 
 

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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