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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
August 18, 2008
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(Click on a picture to see the high resolution image.)
Installing windows in courtyard
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Looking south from back wing (foreground) to front wing (background) taken from parking garage
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Auditorium
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Employee entrance on parking garage side (find the photographer)
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Drywalling and roof work in auditorium
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Exterior main entrance
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Looking into interior from the entrance
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First floor data center area
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Loading dock
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North wing
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West end of building
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2nd floor data center - Joint Center area
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Second floor EMC area
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Atrium stairway installation underway
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Third floor NESDIS area
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Drywalling conference rooms on the third floor
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CPC area on third floor
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Fourth floor HPC/OPC operations area
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Entrance to NCEP Director's office
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Future home of NCEP Executive Officer
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Office of NCEP's Public Affairs Officer
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Looking into the HPC/OPC Front Office area
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ARL office area
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View of entrance area from two story data center section
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View of south face from green roof atop data center
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Lifting last window section into position on south face
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Final maneuvering
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View from inside deli
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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.
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Construction of rock wall across from building entrance
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Another view of the auditorium
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Fencing installation on south boundary
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West end of NCWCP, showing two story data center section and main entrance
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Entire building site with data center section on left and parking garage on right
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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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