Mar 20 2010
Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has received two separate contracts to manage the construction of major performing arts centers on two college campuses in the New York metropolitan region.
The first contract, from the City University of New York, is to provide construction management/build services in connection with a new performing arts center at Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York. The Brooklyn College Theater Complex is comprised of the Whitman and Gershwin Theaters, built between 1953 and 1955. This new project includes the partial demolition of the existing Gershwin Theater and the construction of a new 60,000-square-foot multi-purpose theater, including music rehearsal space, instructional spaces, theater support facilities and lobby. The thirty-month contract has a total estimated value to Hill of approximately $69.0 million, which includes approximately $7.0 million of management services which will be provided by Hill and approximately $62.0 million of construction services which will be provided by subcontractors.
The second contract, from the State of Connecticut Department of Public Works, is to provide project management services during the design and construction of a new fine and performing arts center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut. The new $68.0 million facility will have approximately 125,000 square feet and will house two main performances spaces, a 350-seat concert hall and a 350-seat proscenium theater, as well as instructional and support facilities. This contract has an estimated value to Hill of approximately $4.0 million over four years, assuming all options are exercised.
"Hill is expert at managing these types of performing arts facilities for higher education clients," said D. Clarke Pile, P.E., Hill's Senior Vice President and New York Regional Manager. "We look forward to helping our clients deliver these theater projects successfully," Pile added.
Source: http://www.hillintl.com