San Francisco Public Works Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2017-18 | Page 42

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Moscone Center:
Phase 2 and 3
747 Howard Street
The completion of Phase 2 of the $551
million Moscone Expansion Project
was more than just a construction
milestone: It highlighted the project
team’s extraordinary efforts to finish on
budget and on deadline to accommodate
San Francisco’s bustling fall season
of conventions, including GSMA
Mobile World Congress Americas,
Oracle OpenWorld and Salesforce’s
Dreamforce. The paint had barely dried
on the walls of the new bigger and
brighter lobby of Moscone South when
Mayor Ed Lee greeted the large crowd
at the Sept. 5 ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Moscone expansion project will
make our convention center an even
more attractive and innovative site
for visitors, boost the local economy
and create a more livable and vibrant
environment for neighbors. A public-
private partnership between the City and
the San Francisco Tourism Improvement
District Management Corporation, the
four-year project is the result of the
collaborative vision of Public Works’
project management team, architecture
firm Skidmore Owings and Merrill,
Associate Architect Cavagnero &
Associates and Webcor Builders.
Phase 2 took 20 months to complete and
employed an average of 400 workers
each day. In all, the project has resulted
in 3,400 temporary jobs and nearly
1,000 permanent jobs in San Francisco.
It’s also on track to generate tremendous
revenue for the City and is critical to
ensuring Moscone’s status as a premier
venue equipped to attract the large,
high-profile shows of the convention
industry. In 2016, the City hosted 25.2
million visitors, generating $9 billion
in spending. Thirty-five percent of
visitors to San Francisco come to the
City for conventions and meetings. But
it’s not just for visitors. The project,
when finished, will address the needs
of people who live and work downtown
by creating inviting outdoor paseos,
expanded children’s gardens, improved
pedestrian walkways and public art
installations, including the return of
the iconic Keith Haring dancing trio
sculpture that’s been stored at the
DeYoung Museum for the past couple
of years.
When completed in fall 2018, the
LEED Platinum designed facility will
not only be beautiful, but represent
San Francisco’s green creed. Designed
to save on energy and water usage,
Moscone will be a zero-emission facility
served by a zero-emission electrical grid
and solar panels that generate nearly 20
percent of its energy needs.