The firms selected to provide event construction and management for the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago have been announced. McHugh-Powers UC, a joint venture between McHugh Construction and Powers & Sons Construction Co., will serve as the construction manager. Populous, a renowned event architect with experience working on previous conventions, Super Bowls, and Olympic games has also been chosen.
Hargrove + Show Strategy has been appointed as the event manager while Show Strategy will handle exposition services. This marks an important milestone as it is the first time a Black-owned firm has been selected to lead such work for this prestigious event.
All of these firms have strong ties to Chicago and will be subcontracting with local companies for their expertise. The selection process by both the Chicago Host Committee and DNC Committee took into account factors such as experience, reliability, costs, relationships within the community along with union activity history of working with women and minority groups. The convention is scheduled from August 19th through August 22nd at both United Center and McCormick Place venues.
This news was originally reported by Connect CRE.
