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A joint venture of Skanska and Hunt Construction reached a settlement agreement Tuesday with the board of the Washington State Convention Center, which had abruptly dropped the business partners as the construction manager-general contractor of a massive expansion project.

鈥淲e 鈥� are pleased to resolve this matter amicably and in a manner which we believe recognizes the valuable services our team provided over the past nine months,鈥� Chris Toher, Skanska USA Building executive vice president and general manager, said in a statement.

The conditions of the settlement were not released.

Skanska-Hunt had performed preconstruction services for the $1.4 billion expansion project for eight months before the convention center’s board of directors, through its developer, Pine Street Group, announced that the joint venture had proved to not be a good fit for the project. Skanska-Hunt sued to prevent the termination.

This month a judge in King County Circuit Court ruled in favor of the joint venture, ordering the convention center to reinstate Skanska-Hunt, settle or go trial. A trial would have delayed the expansion, which has been in development for more than a decade.

Reached Thursday, Pine Street Group principal Matt Griffin said project construction is still on track to start by mid-2017, and to wrap up by 2020.

鈥淲e won’t be going backwards, that’s for sure,鈥� he said.