“There had been the discussion about keeping the show at its rightful home, which is of course at Cobo in Detroit, and we've been able to do that because of being able to initiate and complete the first steps of upgrading the facility to be on par with some of the folks on the circuit,” Sam Locricchio, NAIAS spokesman was quoted as saying by Autonews.
According to the organizers, the $3 million were spent on six different projects. Even if the major repairs have been completed ever since November, when the first exhibitors began arriving, work on minor, yet essential components like the compressor system or leaking floor boxes continued into 2010.
“We had to repair the compressors in the air dryers in the mechanical systems -- when you use pneumatic controls for the heating and cooling system, the air has to be dry or it damages your actuators and valves,” Gary Brown, chief construction officer for the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority told Autonews.
“We've done an investigation and repair of all the CCTVs (closed-circuit televisions) that would be monitoring to make sure all of them are operating, and we're still in the process of doing that,” Brown said.
“There were some glitches with generations of software that we had to go in and tweak out. And there were some toilet room repairs such as broken tiles and other cosmetic damage."
NAIAS opens its doors on January 11 for the media and on January 16 for the public. The calendar of events for the show can be found in the PDF attached below, while additional information can be learned by following this link.
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