PITTSBURGH -- A foundation shift at the new downtown convention center will take seven to 10 days to fix and will not cost much, if any, of the public's money, WTAE-TV's Bob Mayo reported.

Project manager Tom Kennedy said Monday that engineers studying the problem said the $300,000 "worst-case" scenario planners braced for is not needed.

"I sleep comfortably and I have no concern, because these people are some of the brightest engineers that I've ever known," Kennedy said.

Only 18 of the project's 500 caissons were affected by the shift. Those caissons are along 10th Street. They will be re-enforced with steel rods starting Tuesday.

A two-inch shift in the foundation was discovered last week.

Talks with six contractors and an insurance company will sort out the sharing of costs for the fix, which could be absorbed by the existing budget, Mayo reported.

Phase I of the project should be completed on time in February.