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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
November 7, 2008

 
Southeast corner with auditorium to left and parking garage to right. Only a few sun shades remain to be put in place.
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Southeast corner with auditorium to left and parking garage to right. Only a few sun shades remain to be put in place.
 
 
 
Auditorium windows are now in place (find the photographer)
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Auditorium windows are now in place (find the photographer)
 
 
 
Progress inside the auditorium
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Progress inside the auditorium
 
 
 
Main entrance (blocked off to keep the cold winds out)
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Main entrance (blocked off to keep the cold winds out)
 
 
 
Entrance to deli
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Entrance to deli
 
 
 
View from the fitness room
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View from the fitness room
 
 
 
NCO office area on the first floor
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NCO office area on the first floor
 
 
 
Health unit
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Health unit
 
 
 
Scaffolding in atrium
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Scaffolding in atrium
 
 
 
Cabling in data center
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Cabling in data center
 
 
 
Second floor EMC office area
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Second floor EMC office area
 
 
 
Heating/colling vents laid out under the raised flooring on the fourth floor ops area
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Heating/colling vents laid out under the raised flooring on the fourth floor ops area
 
 
 
Looking down from cupola into Air Resources Lab area on the fourth floor
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Looking down from cupola into Air Resources Lab area on the fourth floor
 
 
 
View from north wing roof looking east
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View from north wing roof looking east
 
 
 
Rooftop view showing progress of green roof
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Rooftop view showing progress of green roof
 
 
 
View to south west from roof. Concrete pads below will hold the generators
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View to south west from roof. Concrete pads below will hold the generators
 
 
 
Building mechanicals housed on the fifth floor
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Building mechanicals housed on the fifth floor
 
 
 
HPC/OPC front office area looking east
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HPC/OPC front office area looking east
 
 
 
HPC/OPC staff look over their new digs: left to right, Kevin McCarthy, Dave Feit, Jim Hoke and Ming Ji
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HPC/OPC staff look over their new digs: left to right, Kevin McCarthy, Dave Feit, Jim Hoke and Ming Ji
 
 
 
View from NCEP Director's office across atrium bridge to north wing
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View from NCEP Director's office across atrium bridge to north wing
 
 
 
NCEP Director's office
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NCEP Director's office
 
 
 
NCEP Executive Officer's office
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NCEP Executive Officer's office
 
 
 
Patio area next to deli
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Patio area next to deli
 
 
 
Finish work proceeding in upper atrium area (top of scaffolding)
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Finish work proceeding in upper atrium area (top of scaffolding)
 
 
 
Waterfall for draining water from roof
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Waterfall for draining water from roof
 
 
 
Fourth floor north wing looking southeast towards entrance road
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Fourth floor north wing looking southeast towards entrance road
 
 
 
Sidewalk between parking garage and conference center/auditorium
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Sidewalk between parking garage and conference center/auditorium
 
 
 
East side of NCWCP. Parking garage is to the right.
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East side of NCWCP. Parking garage is to the right.
 
 
 
Main entrance road
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Main entrance road
 
 
 
HPC/OPC management at the end of their NCWCP tour
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HPC/OPC management at the end of their NCWCP tour
 
 
 
Building site from afar
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Building site from afar
 
 
 
 

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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