PHILADELPHIA and RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil, Aug. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that its Brazilian subsidiary Engineering S.A. has received a contract from the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee to provide project management services in connection with the Rio 2016 Overlay. The Overlay includes the temporary infrastructure required to support particular facilities or venues such as the Copacabana arena, which will host the beach volleyball competitions. Amenities will include bleachers that increase venue capacity, chemical toilets, tents, cabins, power, utilities and other infrastructure.
The 14-month contract pertains to the development and delivery of 37 competition venues, 26 non-competition venues, 13 local housing/accommodations, 20 training areas and 58 support and transport facilities. Engineering S.A. will provide project management services for the coordination and supervision of these overlays, including the research of requirements and technical specifications for the required facilities.
"We are honored to provide project management services for the infrastructure of the Olympics and Paralympics at Rio 2016," said José Manuel Albaladejo Cañedo-Arguelles, Senior Vice President in charge of Latin America for Hill's Project Management Group. "Hill International can offer a unique combination of local resources with a differentiated global expertise," he added.
Hill International, with 4,800 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 seventh 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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