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Hill International receives $8M amendment to Calif. rail contract

Award is in connection with its contract to provide program management services on Phases 2A and 2B of the $1.9 billion Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project.

September 5, 2014
Hill International receives $8M amendment to Calif. rail contract

Rendering courtesy L.A. Metro

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Rendering courtesy L.A. Metro

Hill International received an amendment from the Calif.-based Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority in connection with its contract to provide program management services on Phases 2A and 2B of the $1.9 billion Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project, an approximately 23.8 mile extension of the Los Angeles Metro's Gold Line from Pasadena to Montclair.

The one-year contract amendment has an estimated value to Hill of approximately $8 million.

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"We are grateful to our client for their continuing confidence in Hill as program manager of this award-winning infrastructure project," said John K. Skoury, PE, sr. VP in charge of Hill's rail and transit practice in California.

Hill International, with 4,200 employees 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.

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