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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 16, 2011
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Front of the building, view toward the auditorium.
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Front of the building, view toward the loading dock and emergency generators.
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View of the bio-retention area from inside the atrium.
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Rain is collected on the roof and flows through here into the bio-retention area in the courtyard.
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The building will have plenty of overhead and natural lighting.
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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.
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Office walls are going up!
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View from the NCEP area on the 4th floor.
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Emergency systems are being installed.
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View of heating water supply and return pipes.
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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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