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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
October 16, 2008

 
Entrance area to NCWCP
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Entrance area to NCWCP
 
 
 
Interior of auditorium
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Interior of auditorium
 
 
 
Another view of the entrance; yellow walls are temporary
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Another view of the entrance; yellow walls are temporary
 
 
 
Boxes of raised flooring panels stored in the atrium
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Boxes of raised flooring panels stored in the atrium
 
 
 
View from below of scaffolding and platform across atrium. The platform is being used to help with the installation of the ceiling trim, lights and other finishing work at the fourth floor level and above.
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View from below of scaffolding and platform across atrium. The platform is being used to help with the installation of the ceiling trim, lights and other finishing work at the fourth floor level and above.
 
 
 
Another view of the scaffolding
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Another view of the scaffolding
 
 
 
Library space on the first floor
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Library space on the first floor
 
 
 
Area to be used for the guards' office and lockers
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Area to be used for the guards' office and lockers
 
 
 
First floor data center area
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First floor data center area
 
 
 
NCO office area on first floor showing ductwork to be located under the raised flooring
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NCO office area on first floor showing ductwork to be located under the raised flooring
 
 
 
Exercise room
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Exercise room
 
 
 
Showers adjacent to the exercise room
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Showers adjacent to the exercise room
 
 
 
Courtyard outside of atrium
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Courtyard outside of atrium
 
 
 
Patio area in courtyard outside deli entrance
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Patio area in courtyard outside deli entrance
 
 
 
Deli entrance
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Deli entrance
 
 
 
Deli patio looking east toward parking garage
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Deli patio looking east toward parking garage
 
 
 
West side of building with loading dock and two story data center wing in the foreground. Black posts in foreground mark the property boundary.
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West side of building with loading dock and two story data center wing in the foreground. Black posts in foreground mark the property boundary.
 
 
 
Bulldozer working on a pile of dirt
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Bulldozer working on a pile of dirt
 
 
 
Excavation for assorted power connections
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Excavation for assorted power connections
 
 
 
Second floor north wing with raised floor installed (EMC area)
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Second floor north wing with raised floor installed (EMC area)
 
 
 
Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation office area on second floor (note installed raised flooring and ceiling grid)
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Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation office area on second floor (note installed raised flooring and ceiling grid)
 
 
 
Third floor south wing (front of building)
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Third floor south wing (front of building)
 
 
 
Looking up the stairs to the cupola from ARL area on the 4th floor
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Looking up the stairs to the cupola from ARL area on the 4th floor
 
 
 
Green roof with plants installed (enlarge it and you can see the sprinklers going)
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Green roof with plants installed (enlarge it and you can see the sprinklers going)
 
 
 
NCEP Office of the Director office area on fourth floor
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NCEP Office of the Director office area on fourth floor
 
 
 
Corner where NCEP Director's office will be
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Corner where NCEP Director's office will be
 
 
 
NCEP Public affairs Officer Carmeyia Gillis poses outside of her office
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NCEP Public affairs Officer Carmeyia Gillis poses outside of her office
 
 
 
Media Center on fourth floor
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Media Center on fourth floor
 
 
 
Another view of the media center
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Another view of the media center
 
 
 
Fourth floor HPC/OPC ops area
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Fourth floor HPC/OPC ops area
 
 
 
Deli patio from above
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Deli patio from above
 
 
 
Drywalling upper walls in atrium
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Drywalling upper walls in atrium
 
 
 
CPC office area on third floor
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CPC office area on third floor
 
 
 
Second floor EMC area looking west
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Second floor EMC area looking west
 
 
 
Atrium stairway
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Atrium stairway
 
 
 
Fieldstone wall across from building entrance. UMD building is in the background
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Fieldstone wall across from building entrance. UMD building is in the background
 
 
 
Entrance, with auditorium on the right
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Entrance, with auditorium on the 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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