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The building is now finished and NOAA has completed the move. The photo above was taken in March, 1999 after the construction was complete.
The computer generated image that used to be shown above, made from the architectural drawings back in 1996, is still available in both a low resolution, and a sharpened image (260K) form. Check out this combined image to directly see how well the computer generated image compares with the actual construction photo.
On October 18, 1996, a groundbreaking ceremony was held to mark the beginning of the construction process for the new NOAA science and research facility in Boulder being constructed by the General Services Administration (GSA). The new building will house several NOAA entities including six Environmental Research Laboratories (ERL), the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), the local office of the National Weather Service (NWS), and the Mountain Administrative Support Center (MASC).
The building is made up of four major blocks, three core areas, and the Solar Observatory. The blocks are labeled A through D, with D being the southernmost. Work in general is progressing from the south side of the site.
The archived construction photographs are organized into the following categories.
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