Special Activities

Banquet and Entertainment at Tillicum Village

The 4-hour adventure to Tillicum Village on Blake Island State Park begins at Pier 55 on Seattle's Central Waterfront. Relax and enjoy the magnificent scenery during the one-hour cruise. Upon arrival you will be welcomed by a path strewn with white clamshells bleached by the sun and greeted with an appetizer of steaming clams in nectar broth. Inside the longhouse, watch as whole Chinook salmon is cooked over an alder-wood fire on cedar stakes in the traditional Northwest Coast Indian style.

Your meal is served buffet-style and includes a menu of Traditional Indian-style Baked Salmon, Warm Tillicum Whole Grain Bread, New Red Potatoes, Long-Grain Wild Rice, Fresh Salad Bar, Boehm's Chocolate Salmon, Coffee, Tea, Lemonade. As you finish your meal, the lights dim while the myth and magic come to life in the spellbinding performance featuring the Tillicum Village dancers. After the show, you have approximately 30 minutes of free time when you can watch carving demonstrations in the longhouse, visit the gift gallery featuring artwork of local artisans, or stroll along the pristine beaches and many forested trails.

Tour to Pacific Northwest Center for Construction Research and Education:

Tours to visit the Pacific Northwest Center for Construction Research and Education will be offered for those participants that wish to learn about this impressive 28,000 SF research center established by the Construction Management Department at the University of Washington. The Center has three laboratories: the Virtual Construction Lab, the Methods and Materials Lab, and The Construction Education Lab.

The Virtual Construction Lab focuses on research in modeling, simulation, and visualization.  It houses a 1,200 SF Holosuite and a giant 120 degrees rear-projection screen (32’ x 18’) for virtual and augmented reality applications. The Methods and Materials Lab focuses on productivity, safety, and health studies.  It incorporates two primary components: a large high bay space in which construction systems can be used to work on specified building components or materials using standard or innovative techniques, and an integrated high-speed data acquisition system to capture multiple-feed digital video and instrument signals using high speed wireless telemetry. The Education Lab investigates different pedagogical approaches related to construction education.  It houses a two-way teleconferencing classroom and a state-of-the-art multi-media production facility to create a variety of educational materials.