Download or read book Status of Construction of the Convention Center written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Status of construction of the Convention Center : hearing before the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, January 18, 2002.
Download or read book District of Columbia written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: District of Columbia: Status of Construction of the Convention Center
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Download or read book District of Columbia written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new convention center is being constructed in accordance with the Washington Convention Center Authority Act of 1994, which authorizes the Washington Convention Center Authority (WCCA) to construct, maintain, and operate a new convention center while continuing to maintain and operate the existing convention center. GAO reviewed (1) issues related to the Revised Guaranteed Maximum Price agreement (RGMP) set in January 2002; (2) the status of construction and significant construction issues that could delay completion of the project; (3) whether the January 2002 estimated total project cost of $799.5 million has changed, and if so, the causes and nature of the changes; and (4) whether WCCA's funding appears to be sufficient to cover the current estimated total project cost. GAO found that on January 31, 2002, the RGMP was set by the construction manager and WCCA at $590.7 million. As of June 30, 2002, the RGMP has increased by $7 million to $597.7 million. The project construction schedule established by the RGMP includes deadlines for (1) substantial completion of convention-ready areas by March 31, 2002; (2) substantial completion of all remaining areas by June 30, 2003; and (3) final completion by October 1, 2003. As of July 2002, the convention center construction activities were 80 percent complete. Although WCCA is behind schedule and has identified several significant construction issues, it is working to address these issues. A critical milestone that must be achieved for WCCA to maintain the construction schedule is completing the facility's exterior shell, which is anticipated to occur in December 2002. According to WCCA, the total estimated project cost remained at $799.5 million as of June 2002. However, WCCA has identified several factors that will increase the project cost. The estimated project funding available as of June 30, 2002, was $822.5 million, which is $6.8 million more than the $815.7 million projected as available during June 2002. WCCA officials said that they believe the available funding will be sufficient to cover the total estimated project costs.
Download or read book 107 2 Hearing Status of Construction of The Convention Center January 18 2002 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and published by . This book was released on 2003* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book District of Columbia written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided a status report on the construction of the new Washington Convention Center, focusing on: (1) the status of the project; (2) changes in the Washington Convention Center Authority's (WCCA) estimated project costs and financing plan since GAO's last report; and (3) actual expenditures and collection of dedicated taxes. GAO noted that: (1) in March 1999, work started on slurry wall construction, site excavation, and removal of contaminated soil; (2) based on information provided by WCCA officials as of June 1999, total estimated project costs decreased $55 million from $846 million to $791 million; (3) this decrease was due to reduced financing-related costs, which resulted primarily from the purchase of a surety bond covering debt servicing instead of funding the initially planned for Debt Service Reserve Fund; (4) WCCA estimated the total construction cost of the project at $714 million--$6.3 million, or less than 1 percent, more than the June 1998 estimate; (5) the $6.3 million increases to $24 million the estimated value of equipment that WCCA anticipates being provided by vendors at no initial cost to WCCA; (6) however, WCCA remains at risk for the cost of the equipment until contracts are executed with vendors; (7) within the $714 million construction cost estimate, WCCA made a number of changes, increasing the estimated cost of some project components and decreasing others to reflect more current data; (8) proceeds from the September 1998 bond sale covered about 66 percent of the $791 million June 1999 project cost estimate; (9) WCCA's financing plan covered the remaining cost through dedicated taxes over the 4-year construction period, anticipated interest earnings, anticipated federal grants, and reliance on vendors to provide without cost, equipment that WCCA estimates would cost $24 million--an amount for which WCCA is at risk until such time that there are executed contracts to cover these arrangements; (10) dedicated tax collections for the first 10 months of fiscal year 1999 were $42.2 million--a little higher than the amount assumed in the bond offering documents prorated for the same period; (11) in addition to the amounts already collected, WCCA may receive some portion of amounts in the lockbox exceptions account; (12) these amounts cannot be determined until all collections held in the lockbox exceptions account have been appropriately allocated by the District of Columbia and appropriate amounts transferred to WCCA; and (13) WCCA's share of interest earnings on amounts in the exceptions account cannot be determined until the District determines the appropriate allocation.
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Download or read book Current Issues in Convention and Exhibition Facility Development written by Robert R. Nelson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increase tourism in your community by designing and expanding your local convention and exposition services! This book provides you with solutions to the issues that can arise during the planning and production phases of constructing a facility as part of a community’s tourism infrastructure. In Current Issues in Convention and Exhibition Facility Development, you’ll find diverse perspectives from experts in a range of disciplines—including public policy, tourism, convention management, and urban planning. As more communities attempt to gain a share of the economically important meetings and exhibition market, this critical resource will aid university faculty, state and city government officials, and convention and visitors’ bureaus. Current Issues in Convention and Exhibition Facility Development examines the reasons why certain communities should create convention, event, or tourism centers. The strategies and tips presented in this book can help you select the most appropriate course of action for any given community, from locating the best area to build a center, to allocating space for an exhibition center in an already existing public building. This extensive guide addresses the political, economical, and environmental concerns that can prevent a convention center from ever leaving the drawing board. This book offers you practical advice on a number of concepts, including: linear planning in the first phase—ten questions communities must confront Dedicated Convention Centers (DCC)—the “mother lode” of convention/exhibit tourism capitalizing on the union of two industries—conventions and casinos the definition of “success” in the lifetime of a convention center capturing a share of the market without interfering with local venues the facts behind the illusions—investigating the empirical evidence behind the central myths of the convention and tradeshow industry Current Issues in Convention and Exhibition Facility Development is generously enhanced with figures, tables, models, and case studies to illuminate the facts you need to know to stay competitive.
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Download or read book Convention Center Follies written by Heywood T. Sanders and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American cities have experienced a remarkable surge in convention center development over the last two decades, with exhibit hall space growing from 40 million square feet in 1990 to 70 million in 2011—an increase of almost 75 percent. Proponents of these projects promised new jobs, new private development, and new tax revenues. Yet even as cities from Boston and Orlando to Phoenix and Seattle have invested in more convention center space, the return on that investment has proven limited and elusive. Why, then, do cities keep building them? Written by one of the nation's foremost urban development experts, Convention Center Follies exposes the forces behind convention center development and the revolution in local government finance that has privileged convention centers over alternative public investments. Through wide-ranging examples from cities across the country as well as in-depth case studies of Chicago, Atlanta, and St. Louis, Heywood T. Sanders examines the genesis of center projects, the dealmaking, and the circular logic of convention center development. Using a robust set of archival resources—including internal minutes of business consultants and the personal papers of big city mayors—Sanders offers a systematic analysis of the consultant forecasts and promises that have sustained center development and the ways those forecasts have been manipulated and proven false. This record reveals that business leaders sought not community-wide economic benefit or growth but, rather, to reshape land values and development opportunities in the downtown core. A probing look at a so-called economic panacea, Convention Center Follies dissects the inner workings of America's convention center boom and provides valuable lessons in urban government, local business growth, and civic redevelopment.
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