December 10, 2007—Hill International, a worldwide construction consulting firm, has been awarded a contract from Kinan International Company for Real Estate Development to provide project management services during the construction of the Andalusia Square Towers development in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The 42-month contract has an estimated value to Hill of approximately SR 45.8 million ($12.3 million).
The Andalusia Square Towers development is anticipated to further shape Jeddah’s city skyline and will cover a total built-up area of more than 268,000 square meters (2,883,680 square feet).
The project is planned as an integrated mixed use development including offices of up to 124,000 square meters (1,334,240 square feet), residential apartments of 70,000 square meters (753,200 square feet), a 5-star hotel of 35,000 square meters (376,600 square feet), high-end retail of approximately 39,000 square meters (419,640 square feet) and parking for 4,000 cars. The project, located close to Jeddahs Central Business District, is designed by Nikken Sekkei Ltd., a world-renowned architectural firm, is scheduled for completion in early 2011.
Hill recently was ranked as the 10th largest construction management firm in the United States.
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