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May
26
2021
News | ENR Northwest
Addition Pulls Daylight Into Convention Center
The $1.2-billion contract to build a separate addition to Seattle’s Washington State Convention Center has required crews to work under an active downtown street, build components while hanging over sidewalks and the freeway, create fresh approaches to bringing natural light into the building and employ a billboarding construction method to keep everything on schedule.
Read MoreApril
27
2021
News
April Newsletter: A Project That Lifts the Whole Community
Thanks to about $342 million in private financing to offset a pandemic-induced funding shortfall, construction will continue on the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) Addition.
Read MoreApril
3
2021
News | The Seattle Times
No bailout needed for Washington State Convention Center expansion, as private financing presumes economic rebound
The Washington State Convention Center expansion project, which saw its finances hammered by the pandemic and the ensuing devastation of the travel and tourism industries, has secured financing to complete the project, developers announced this week.
Read MoreMarch
11
2021
News
March Newsletter: Changing Lives With Opportunities in the Building Trades
For the past eight months, the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) Addition project has had a unique partner on the jobsite – What’s Next Washington (WNW), an organization focused on helping employers benefit from the talents of people with conviction histories.
Read MoreFebruary
9
2021
News
February Newsletter: Bridge could sustain WSCC Addition Project
The Washington State Convention Center’s (WSCC) Addition project – and some 1,000 construction jobs – are still in jeopardy.
Read MoreJanuary
29
2021
News | The Seattle Times
Seattle, state look to join King County in multimillion dollar Washington State Convention Center bailout
The city of Seattle and the state of Washington are looking at joining King County in a possible $300 million bailout of the troubled multibillion dollar Washington State Convention Center expansion.
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