Officials want $64M to fix Hawaii Convention Center deck
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Tourism Authority plans to seek $64 million from the state’s capital improvements budget to fix a leaky rooftop deck at the Hawaii Convention Center.
That’s more than double what the agency had last anticipated it would cost to complete the largest deferred maintenance project at the building, which opened in 1998, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.
It’s a substantial reinvestment in a center that cost $200 million to construct.
Julian Anderson, who presented recommendations to the Hawaii Tourism Authority board on Thursday on behalf of Honolulu-based property manager Rider Levett Bucknall, said the deck was still structurally safe.
However, he said, components of contractor Nordic/PCL’s design were guaranteed for only 15 to 20 years, so it’s well past time to address the leaky rooftop.
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