INDIANAPOLIS -- The Capital Improvement Board doesn't yet have the money to operate it, but construction is moving ahead full steam on the expanded Indiana Convention Center.

Builders took reporters on an extended tour of the construction site Monday, 6News' Norman Cox reported.

Contractors who are building the new wing said they are making good progress toward a 2010 opening.

"Oh, it's going great. This weather's helping us out a lot," said Tom Scheele, of Shiel-Sexton. "We're right on schedule with the steel."

Unlike Lucas Oil Stadium, which was fairly visible to passing motorists during the construction phase, the convention center building is largely going up behind safety fencing.

Three stories of structural steel have already been installed. Construction managers said that represents about a third of the steel for the expansion. They've also poured 4,000 yards of concrete.

Some of the concrete footings from the RCA Dome are still in place, alongside the newly-poured foundation.

"What we tried to do was design efficiently, spend the dollars wisely," Scheele said. "Any of the foundations that we found that don't get in the way … we leave them in the ground … some of them, we actually reuse them."

The construction continues amidst the CIB's financial crisis. It's a difficult situation for the people charged with luring conventions to town.

"We want to make sure that every convention and meeting planner has the assurance that these buildings will be up and going and be fully staffed, and so it concerns us greatly," said Bill Benner with the Convention and Visitors Association.

Members of the CIB were supposed to meet Monday but canceled. Officials told Cox that the issue was a scheduling conflict and did not indicate any new developments.