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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
January 21, 2009

 
North wing with parking garage in background
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North wing with parking garage in background
 
 
 
Sidewalk leading to front entrance
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Sidewalk leading to front entrance
 
 
 
West end of NCWCP showing loading dock doors
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West end of NCWCP showing loading dock doors
 
 
 
South boundary; note trees planted along the fence
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South boundary; note trees planted along the fence
 
 
 
Auditorium as seen from building entrance plaza
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Auditorium as seen from building entrance plaza
 
 
 
Building entrance
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Building entrance
 
 
 
Interior of first floor of data center
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Interior of first floor of data center
 
 
 
Fourth floor HPC/OPC ops area; note that raised floor has been installed
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Fourth floor HPC/OPC ops area; note that raised floor has been installed
 
 
 
Bob Oszajca inspects his office area
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Bob Oszajca inspects his office area
 
 
 
View from one of the fourth floor training rooms
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View from one of the fourth floor training rooms
 
 
 
Media center on fourth floor
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Media center on fourth floor
 
 
 
Fourth floor elevator
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Fourth floor elevator
 
 
 
NCEP Director's office
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NCEP Director's office
 
 
 
HPC/OPC front office area; note installed raised floor in background
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HPC/OPC front office area; note installed raised floor in background
 
 
 
Looking down into the atrium; scaffolding is installed to work on atrium roof
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Looking down into the atrium; scaffolding is installed to work on atrium roof
 
 
 
Green (although in some places, brown) roof
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Green (although in some places, brown) roof
 
 
 
Second floor EMC area
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Second floor EMC area
 
 
 
Second floor JCSDA area
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Second floor JCSDA area
 
 
 
Health room
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Health room
 
 
 
Library area
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Library area
 
 
 
Entrance area
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Entrance area
 
 
 
East end of NCWCP including auditorium
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East end of NCWCP including auditorium
 
 
 
Front of NCWCP showing some of the landscaping
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Front of NCWCP showing some of the landscaping
 
 
 
Front of NCWCP looking east; UMD building in the background
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Front of NCWCP looking east; UMD building in the background
 
 
 
 

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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