Hill International selected as project manager for major expansion of Bahrain International Airport

The contract includes a four-year base term with a four-year optional extension period. The contract has a potential estimated value to Hill over its full eight-year term of approximately BD13.4m ($35.6m).

BIA is experiencing unprecedented growth and is attracting more international airlines to use the airport as a regional transfer and aviation services hub. BIA handled 7.3 million passengers in 2007 and the number of passengers continued its growth in 2008.

The expansion program at BIA includes two new passenger terminals, aprons, separate piers, a people mover system and their associated facilities such as car parking, necessary road network expansion and utilities infrastructure.

The program also includes the development of an adjacent Airport City with state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure, including hotels, conference centers, retail, and recreational facilities. Upon completion of the program, total combined capacity at BIA is expected to exceed 30 million passengers per year.

Hill's responsibilities will include planning, time control, time management, preparing and evaluating contractual documents, design overview, value engineering, technical, legal and financial support services, staff augmentation and project administration and coordination in order to achieve an efficient performance of the design and construction of the project.

"BIA plays a significant and integral role in the economic development of Bahrain," said Raouf S. Ghali, President of Hill's Project Management Group (International). "We are honored to be part of their ambitious expansion program," added Ghali.

Hill International, with 2,300 employees in 80 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management and construction claims and consulting services. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the 11th largest construction management firm in the United States.