PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.      7a 
STAFF BRIEFING 
Date of Meeting     August 19, 2014 
DATE:    August 12, 2014 
TO:     Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Wayne Grotheer, Director, Aviation Project Management Group 
Michael Ehl, Director, Aviation Operations 
Dave Soike, Director, Aviation Facilities and Capital Programs 
SUBJECT:  2014 Second Quarter Update on the Airport's International Arrivals
Facility (IAF) Program 
SYNOPSIS 
Replacing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's existing over-burdened Federal
Inspection Services (FIS) facility with a modern and efficient International Arrivals
Facility is a critical part of realizing the Port Commission's Century Agenda objective to
make the Airport the West Coast "Gateway of Choice" for international travel. 
This briefing updates the Commission on second quarter 2014 progress made on the IAF
program and outlines our next steps to move forward towards award of a contract to a
design-build team. 
BACKGROUND 
Description of Project: 
The Port Commission was previously briefed about the Airport's nearly 65-year history
of service as the Pacific Northwest's preeminent gateway for international air service to
many important international markets.  In 2012, the Port Commission identified
establishing the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as the West Coast "Gateway of
Choice" for international travel as a key strategic objective in the Port's Century Agenda.
International flights, and their connecting domestic flights, provide significant economic
benefit to the Port and the region as a whole. Studies at other airports have shown that
the economic benefits of a new international flight extend far beyond those for the flight
activity itself via higher concessions and other passenger related revenues, plus increased
foreign direct investment and exports of goods and services. 
The Airport's current international arrivals facility, including Federal Inspection Services
(FIS), is located at the South Satellite and has had only one expansion since it opened 41
years ago in 1973. International travel through the Airport has increased significantly
since 2004 and a substantial number of these international air travelers arrive during the
mid-day peak. The Port welcomes this growth, but it has led to congestion in the over-

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August 12, 2014 
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burdened facility. The Airport's international arrivals facility has exceeded capacity to
efficiently process passengers in many areas such as gates, immigration inspection,
baggage claim, security checkpoint, and the satellite transit system train. 
An overloaded international arrivals facility has a detrimental effect upon impressions of
airlines who may want to add service to Seattle, passenger experience, and connecting
times between international and domestic flights that place the Airport at a competitive
disadvantage.  Minimal interim improvements are underway now to mitigate poor
conditions in the existing aging facility, until the new International Arrivals Facility is
built.
This program's scope includes construction of a new International Arrivals Facility
landside of Concourse A to replace the existing facility at the South Satellite. This
project will also construct a secure international corridor at Concourse A for arriving
international flights and a bridge connector for passengers between the new facility and
the existing international corridor at the South Satellite. 
The IAF program's accomplishments, in progress tasks, issues and risks for the second 
quarter of 2014 are enumerated in the slide presentation that accompanies this memo. 
BUDGET AND SCHEDULE METRICS 
Note that the scope, schedule and cost of the project as it is currently defined are in the
process of being analyzed by three independent teams of cost estimators and schedulers.
On completion of that validation, the teams will be brought together to collaboratively
reconcile their individual reports. The resulting, tested scope, schedule and cost report
will be presented to the Commission in October as the final budget and estimated
duration to complete the project. Therefore, the figures presented bel ow do not vary
substantially from those reported in our Q1 2014 briefing. 
Cash Flow: 
Q2 2014 Spending 
o  Actual - $1,411,000 
o  Planned - $1,242,000 
Actual total expended through Q2 2014 - $1,691,000 
Commission Authorizations: 
Through Q2 2014 - $8,500,000 
Estimated Budget:
Phase 1: $316,000,000 
Phase 2: $ 28,000,000 
$344,000,000

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August 12, 2014 
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Schedule Percent Complete: 
Actual - 9% 
Planned - 10% 
Scheduled Project Completion: 
Completion currently estimated to occur in 2018 
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING 
Attachment A  IAF Quarterly Commission Update PowerPoint 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
August 5, 2014  IAF RFQ Advertisement. 
July 22, 2014  IAF Progress Briefing. 
June 10, 2014  IAF Update and Quarterly Briefing. 
May 6, 2014  IAF Project Delivery Briefing. 
April 22, 2014  Capital Program Briefing. 
March 11, 2014  IAF Master Planning authorization. 
February 25, 2014  IAF Program Briefing. 
November 19, 2013  International Arrivals Facility Construction Management,
testing and inspection; surveying and locating and safety service agreements. 
July 23, 2013  International Arrivals Facility Project & Program Support; and
Price Factor Design Build Methodology authorization. 
July 9, 2013  Sea-Tac Airport International Arrivals Facility Briefing. 
July 9, 2013  Alternative Public Works Contracting Briefing. 
April 9, 2013  Sea-Tac Airport International Arrivals Facility Briefing. 
June 26, 2012  Briefing on Airport Terminal Development Challenges at Seattle-
Tacoma International Airport. 
June 14, 2011  International Air Service Growth and Future Facility briefing. 
February 2, 2010  Briefing on South Satellite Passenger Growth and Facility
Considerations, Delta's Proposed Airline Lounge and Other Possible Future
Aviation Projects.