Commission taking up African American History museum’s final plan

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The National Capital Planning Commission on Thursday is scheduled to take up the final building foundation plans for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which officially broke ground this winter.

The plans detail the construction of the museum’s foundations including steel bearing piles, supporting columns, and a mat slab foundation system. They were submitted to NCPC by the Smithsonian Institution.

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