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Artist drawing of future NOAA Climate Weather Center
 

Construction Pictures from the NCWCP Site
December 20, 2007

 
Front of building showing progress on roof
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Front of building showing progress on roof
 
 
 
Rear wing with all four floors in place
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Rear wing with all four floors in place
 
 
 
Looking east into the atrium
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Looking east into the atrium
 
 
 
Conference center area on first floor
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Conference center area on first floor
 
 
 
Restroom area in conference center
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Restroom area in conference center
 
 
 
Atrium area: holes in ceiling at right show where elevators will go
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Atrium area: holes in ceiling at right show where elevators will go
 
 
 
First floor: NCO area
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First floor: NCO area
 
 
 
EMC area on second floor
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EMC area on second floor
 
 
 
NESDIS area on second floor
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NESDIS area on second floor
 
 
 
CPC area on third floor
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CPC area on third floor
 
 
 
View of third floor NESDIS area and 4th floor with beginnings of roof
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View of third floor NESDIS area and 4th floor with beginnings of roof
 
 
 
West end of fourth floor showing ARL area
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West end of fourth floor showing ARL area
 
 
 
ARL wet lab area
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ARL wet lab area
 
 
 
Cupola construction
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Cupola construction
 
 
 
Rig pumping up concrete for roof over fourth floor
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Rig pumping up concrete for roof over fourth floor
 
 
 
Pipe spouting concrete on fourth floor roof
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Pipe spouting concrete on fourth floor roof
 
 
 
NCEP Director's office on the fourth floor
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NCEP Director's office on the fourth floor
 
 
 
David Caldwell takes a call in Dr. Uccellini's office
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David Caldwell takes a call in Dr. Uccellini's office
 
 
 
North wing showing deli area (1st floor), EMC area (2nd floor), CPC area (3rd floor) and HPC/OPC ops area (4th floor). The parking garage is in the background.
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North wing showing deli area (1st floor), EMC area (2nd floor), CPC area (3rd floor) and HPC/OPC ops area (4th floor). The parking garage is in the background.
 
 
 
Fourth floor ops area wrapped in preparation for inside work
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Fourth floor ops area wrapped in preparation for inside work
 
 
 
Interior of atrium taken from second floor
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Interior of atrium taken from second floor
 
 
 
Second floor NESDIS area in south east corner
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Second floor NESDIS area in south east corner
 
 
 
View of southeast corner of building
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View of southeast corner of building
 
 
 
Parking garage nearing completion
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Parking garage nearing completion
 
 
 
 

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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