Contractors are digging a hole on the hillside above La Jolla Shores Drive to build a new research facility for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The new facility will replace NOAA’s research building nearby that has been condemned because it sits too close to the edge of the eroding cliff. Contractors are building a 225,000-square-foot building on 3.3 acres of undeveloped land with an underground parking garage. Federal stimulus dollars are funding the $102 million project.