Western side of building site looking northeast.

Beginnings of the back (north) wall of the building.

Another view of the back wall of the NCWCP

Preparing to pour concrete into column form.

A view of the building columns on the north side of the NCWCP. The slope reflects the slope of the side of the building.

Another view of north side of the building, looking west.

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.