NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction
NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction
Construction PicturesDecember 10, 2007
3200 sq.ft atrium
Six story parking
garage – 697 parking
places
5000 sq. ft auditorium
NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction
• Located at the University of Maryland’s Research Park (M-Square)• Includes housing 800+ Federal employees, contractors, and
visiting scientists • 5 NCEP Centers• NESDIS research and satellite services• OAR Air Resources Laboratory
• Construction Start: May 9, 2007– 4 story structural concrete 268,762 RSF building– 19,998 cubic yards of concrete– 1846 tons of reinforcing steel– 5,000 sq. ft. auditorium, >3,000 sq. ft. atrium, 10,000 sq ft of
conference room space, 2500 sq. ft. library,2200 sq ft fully equipped deli, ~2000 sq. ft. exercise room
– Surrounded by parkland, with nearby ball fields and bowling alley– 6 story parking garage (697 parking places)
• Building to be “topped out” (roof on) by end of December, 2007• Begin installing systems – December 2008
NOAA Center for Weather and
Climate Prediction
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