U.S. Capitol Visitor Center will be built from the ground down

The new, 600,000-sq.-ft. U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) in Washington, D.C., will be constructed underground, beneath the East Front of the Capitol.

Expected to be complete for the Presidential Inauguration in 2005, the CVC will contain 588,000 square feet on three underground levels beneath the Capitol parking area and a landscaped plaza. The total cost of the project is estimated at $265 million.