PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.      7a 
STAFF BRIEFING 
Date of Meeting      June 10, 2014 
DATE:    June 3, 2014 
TO:     Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Michael Ehl, Director, Airport Operations 
Wayne Grotheer, Director, Aviation Project Management Group 
SUBJECT:  Update and 2014 First Quarter Report on the Airport's International
Arrivals Facility Program 
SYNOPSIS 
The Port Commission was most recently briefed on April 22, 2014, about the Airport's
continuing growth in international air traffic and the need to replace the current 40-year
old Federal Inspections Services (FIS) facility. The existing facility has surpassed its
design life and needs to be renewed to meet the Port's ambitious Century Agenda goals
to remain competitive with other West Coast airports.
Port staff is currently moving forward with development of a capital program utilizing
the alternative contracting method known as progressive design-build project delivery to
replace the existing FIS facility with a new International Arrivals Facility (IAF) located
landside of Concourse A. The purpose of this presentation is to respond to questions
raised during the May 6, 2014, IAF Project Delivery briefing and to present a quarterly
update (first quarter 2014) on the IAF program. 
BACKGROUND 
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 show 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 FIS facility is located below grade 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 

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June 3, 2014 
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growth, but it has led to congestion in the over-burdened facility. The Airport's
international arrivals facility at the South Satellite, including the FIS, will exceed
capacity to process passengers in summer 2014 in many areas such as gates, immigration 
inspection, baggage claim, security checkpoint, and the satellite transit system train. 
An overloaded international arrivals facility will have a detrimental effect on connecting
times between international and domestic flights that could place the Airport at a
competitive disadvantage. Minimal interim improvements are underway now to mitigate
poor conditions in the existing aging facility.  However, staff recommends that the
current facility be replaced with a new International Arrivals Facility that will serve the
traveling public well into the future. 
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 connector between the new facility and the existing
international corridor at the South Satellite. 
Port staff gave a comprehensive presentation to the Commission on May 6, 2014, about
the Progressive Design-Build (PDB) project delivery method, discussing the mechanics
of PDB projects, and how using PDB will contribute to the success of the IAF program.
Consultants on the IAF team with PDB experience presented lessons learned from other
airport projects built using this method and described national trends towards increased
use of alternative contracting methods, such as progressive design-build, for their large
capital projects. 
The Commission asked staff to follow up with additional information about; (1) what
operational performance criteria are included in the IAF program that will be
communicated to the shortlisted design-build teams, (2) a Commission Communication
and Engagement Plan for the IAF program, and (3) how the previously presented lessons
learned will be incorporated into the IAF program, including any modifications that may
be needed to existing Port policy and procedure to leverage the best management
practices of progressive design-build.
The accompanying PowerPoint and verbal presentation provides Port staff responses to
these inquiries  and also provides a quarterly update on the IAF program's
accomplishments, in-progress tasks, issues, and risks for the first quarter of 2014.

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Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
June 3, 2014 
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IAF Metrics 
Q1 2014 cash flow: 
Actual -   $152,571 
Planned - $1,850,000 
Actual expended to-date through Q1 2014:  $ 281,000 
Commission authorizations:          $8,500,000 
Schedule % complete: 
Actual -  4% 
Planned - 4% 
Estimated Budget: Phase 1: $316,000,000 
Phase 2: $ 28,000,000 
$344,000,000 
Scheduled Project Completion: 2018 
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING 
Computer slide presentation. 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
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.