Hill International Wins Engineering Excellence Honor Award from ACEC California for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Pr...
February 06 2017 - 12:10PM
Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing
construction risk, announced today that it has been recognized with
a 2017 Engineering Excellence Honor Award from ACEC California for
its management of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Project
from Pasadena to Azusa in Southern California. The award was
presented to Hill on February 2, 2017 at ACEC California’s
Engineering Excellence Awards Banquet held at the Parc 55 Hotel in
San Francisco, California.
Hill was the program manager for the first
segment of the overall $1.95 billion Metro Gold Line Foothill
Extension, an 11.5-mile project which extended the Gold Line from
Pasadena to Azusa, and is currently the program manager of the next
segment, a 12.3-mile extension of the commuter rail line from
Glendora to Montclair.
“We are extremely grateful to ACEC California
for their recognition of this impressive project,” said John K.
Skoury, P.E., Senior Vice President in charge of Hill’s rail and
transit practice in California. “We thank our client and our
project professionals for a truly outstanding team effort,” added
Skoury.
ACEC California, a member organization of the
American Council of Engineering Companies, is a statewide
association representing over 950 private consulting engineering
and land-surveying firms that average 20 employees each. ACEC
California is dedicated to enhancing the consulting engineering and
land surveying professions, protecting the general public and
promoting the use of the private sector in the growth and
development of California. Their members provide services for
all phases of planning, designing and constructing projects.
For more information on ACEC California, please visit their
website at www.acec-ca.org.
Hill International, with 4,300 professionals in
100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project
management, construction management, construction claims and other
consulting services primarily to the buildings, transportation,
environmental, energy and industrial markets. Engineering
News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the eighth largest
construction management firm in the United States. For more
information on Hill, please visit our website at
www.hillintl.com.
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Hill International, Inc.John P.
PaolinSenior Vice President of Marketing andCorporate
Communications(215) 309-7710johnpaolin@hillintl.com
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