SOLD OUT! If you would like to be placed on a exhibitor waitlist or a dinner guest interest list please email office@psccsi.org. 

PROSPEC is a network tradeshow where leaders, specifiers, designers, and construction professionals gather to learn from a keynote speaker, discover new construction materials from exhibitors, and attend a live seminar.

Join us for the 39th Annual Puget Sound Chapter CSI PROSPEC March Chapter Meeting & Tradeshow

Event Schedule

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 

2:30 – 3:00 PM Exhibitor Set-up
3:00 – 4:00 PM Seminar/Raffle 
4:00 – 6:30 PM Trade Show
6:30 – 7:30 PM Dinner/Chapter Meeting/Raffle
7:30 – 8:30 PM Keynote
8:30 – 9:00 PM Wrap-Up and Exhibitor Take-down

Location & Parking

Bell Harbor International Conference Center  |  2211 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA - Pier 66  |  Directions & Parking

A limited number of parking validation tickets will be available for the 2323 Elliott Ave parking garage which is across from the venue, but accessed via Elliott Avenue (while supplies last).

Construction Alert: Bell Harbor Grand Staircase

Access to the 3rd floor remains available via the street level elevator, the 4th floor skybridge, and 5th floor skybridge/rooftop. In addition, the rooftop staircase that goes directly to the 3rd floor is available for both arrivals and departures. Clear signage is on-site to ensure a smooth, safe, and comfortable arrival experience.

Keynote | updn: 88 Spins with Bill Pechet

7:30-8:30PM  |  Bell Harbor International Conference Center Dining Hall

All PROSPEC 2026 exhibitors and their guests are welcome to attend.

CREDIT
AIA | 1 LU 

Coming to you live from Canada, join us for an evening of conversation between Bill Pechet and Leslie Van Duzer, author and subject of the new monograph: updn: 88 Spins with Bill Pechet, moderated by former CBC radio host and author, Bill Richardson.

Books will be available for purchase at the event. A book signing is scheduled after the keynote.

BILL PECHET

Bill Pechet holds dual degrees in Geography and Visual Arts from the University of Victoria, BC and a professional degree in Architecture from the University of British Columbia School of Architecture. He has been a faculty member at the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture since 2000 and is a frequent lecturer on issues of the urban built environment and the critical role that public space can play in the development of healthy and vibrant cities. In 2018, Bill won the Carter Wosk Award, the highest award in
the province, for his creative achievements in local, national, and international milieus.

In addition to his role as teacher and lecturer, Bill is the director of PECHET Studio. From his mezzanine in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, his
polymath approach to practice and teaching has inspired a generation of places and students.

PECHET STUDIO
The PECHET Studio is based in Vancouver, Canada. With a combined interest in art, architecture, landscape, and urban infrastructure the studio has created public art works, cemeteries and memorials, playgrounds, plazas, urban lighting, street furnishings, houses, commercial interiors, exhibitions, stage sets, and illustrations for print media.

For every project the studio seeks to heighten the sensorial, spatial, social, choreographic, and ritualistic potentials of given situations to reinforce spaces and places with layers of refreshing experiences that are specific to each context. The studio projects have been represented in national and international exhibitions, publications, performances, and lectures across Canada, the US, Europe and Asia. 

The studio has received awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, the American and Canadian Societies of Landscape Architecture, the Province of British Columbia, and the Architecture Institute of British Columbia. In 2006, under the banner of Pechet and Robb Art and Architecture, the studio represented Canada at the 10th Venice Biennale in Architecture with the SweaterLodge project. In 2025, the studio was awarded the top prize from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the ‘Children’s Picture Book’ category for My Bunny Lies Over the Ocean (Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides, Pub.), as well as shortlisted for best prize in illustrations by the same association.

In the fall of 2025, a monograph on the studio, called updn: 88 Spins With Bill Pechet, written by Leslie Van Duzer, was published by ORO Editions. 

LESLIE VAN DUZER

After completing her graduate studies in architecture at the University of California Berkeley and practicing in San Francisco with SMWM and Vienna with Hermann Czech, Leslie began her academic career. For 36 years, she has taught at numerous schools in the United States (University of Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, California at Berkeley, Washington University and Arizona State University); Europe (Technical University of Vienna, Prague and Helsinki, the Aarhus School of Architecture); Japan (Hosei University); and Canada (University of British Columbia). She moved to Vancouver to serve as the Director of the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in 2010, and currently teaches undergraduate and graduate students in design studios, theory courses and a university-wide course on design thinking. Leslie recently became a Canadian citizen and enjoys splitting her time between Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast.

Leslie has published seven books, her most recent being updn: 88 Spins with Bill Pechet (ORO Editions, 2025). Her early monographs with Kent Kleinman on Adolf Loos’s Villa Müller and Mies van der Rohe’s Krefeld Villas each garnered The Architects’ Journal “Top Ten Books of the Year” award. In 2014, Leslie published House Shumiatcher, the first in a series of building monographs, each written by a different author. She initiated the series in response to widespread alarm over Vancouver’s rapidly disappearing architectural heritage. The series, West Coast Modern Houses, closed in 2020 with the publication of the eighth book. A year later, Leslie sole-authored Almost, Not: The Architecture of Atelier Nishikata, an architectural monograph about a remarkable, little-known practice in Tokyo.

As the sister of a magician and a former magician’s assistance, Leslie has a longstanding interest in magic and its relationship to architecture. She is currently working on a Dictionary of Deception, a collection of trickster terminology from disciplines ranging from zoology to linguistics, stage magic to spy craft.

Bill Richardson is a writer and broadcaster. For many years he produced and hosted interview and music programs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Among his more than 20 books are four that were collaborations with Bill Pechet, most recently a children's picture book, My Bunny Lies Over the Ocean. He lives in Vancouver, B.C. 

3:00-4:00PM  |  Bell Harbor International Conference Center Auditorium

All PROSPEC 2026 exhibitors and their guests are welcome to attend. Raffle too! Must be present to win. 

CREDIT
AIA | 1 LU 

Welcome our seminar speaker, Chris Carter, Managing Principal at SoundEarth Strategies, Inc in Seattle, to speak about evaluating risk in commercial real estate. 

SoundEarth Strategies, Inc. (SoundEarth) has performed thousands of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) throughout the Puget Sound region to support commercial real estate risk evaluation. These ESAs include a review of the subject property history and the surrounding area to identify potential recognized environmental conditions. SoundEarth's historical review has resulted in some very interesting findings and discoveries that we have compiled into a presentation.

From the extensive grading and filling activities occurring in the early 20th century (Denny Regrade, Ship Canal, and Lake Union) to the prolific industrial history of Seattle, Everett, and Tacoma, there are lots of legacy environmental conditions hiding beneath the surface throughout the region. SoundEarth's presentation focuses on identifying these known regional conditions to inform property owners, developers, investors, and design teams so they can be prepared to navigate the associated challenges. SoundEarth will share some effective management techniques and tips as well.

To participate in PROSPEC as a sponsor or exhibitor, register here.   

To attend PROSPEC, guests typically work for an engineering or architectural firm, design business, or are an owner's representative and are typically invited as a guest by a participating sponsor or exhibiting company. Please reach out to a participating sponsor or exhibitor for an invitation. A current list of registrants is below or here in the registration portal.

If you do not know a sponsor or exhibitor to ask, add yourself to our dinner guest interest list here and we will contact you if a space opens. Or email us at office@psccsi.org to be added to the list.

Questions? Contact Committee Chair, Justin Bise, justin.bise@mg2.com or (206) 962-6667. Or contact PSC CSI, office@psccsi.org.                  

Sponsor and Exhibitor Benefits

Exhibitor Table Map 

Dinner Table Map

Cancellation Policy

A big thank you to the 2026 PROSPEC Committee!

Justin Bise, Chair, MG2

Bill Thordarson, Bain Associates, Inc

Don Richards, ArdexAmericas

Julie Taylor, Integrus (and the Integrus staff)

Marty McGarrigle, The Garland Co

Mike Fletcher, EPRO

Olivia Diaz, Pittsburgh Paints Co

Todd Johnson, Facades Northwest

Join the PROSPEC Committee! We are always looking for new members. Contact office@psccsi.org. 

Questions? Contact Committee Chair, Justin Bise, justin.bise@mg2.com or (206) 962-6667, or PSC CSI, office@psccsi.org.