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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
June 16, 2011

 
Front of the building, view toward the auditorium.
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Front of the building, view toward the auditorium.
 
 
 
Front of the building, view toward the loading dock and emergency generators.
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Front of the building, view toward the loading dock and emergency generators.
 
 
 
View of the bio-retention area from inside the atrium.
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View of the bio-retention area from inside the atrium.
 
 
 
Rain is collected on the roof and flows through here into the bio-retention area in the courtyard.
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Rain is collected on the roof and flows through here into the bio-retention area in the courtyard.
 
 
 
The building will have plenty of overhead and natural lighting.
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The building will have plenty of overhead and natural lighting.
 
 
 
In the atrium, the floating stairs can be seen; additional scaffolding is being installed and workers are preparing to install hand rails.
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In the atrium, the floating stairs can be seen; additional scaffolding is being installed and workers are preparing to install hand rails.
 
 
 
Office walls are going up!
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Office walls are going up!
 
 
 
View from the NCEP area on the 4th floor.
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View from the NCEP area on the 4th floor.
 
 
 
Emergency systems are being installed.
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Emergency systems are being installed.
 
 
 
View of heating water supply and return pipes.
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View of heating water supply and return pipes.
 
 
 
 

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:


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