Hill International Selected as Project Manager for $4-Billion Monorail Project

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A contract to provide project management, design review and implementation supervision services for the New Administrative Capital City and 6th of October City Monorail project in Egypt has been awarded to Hill International. Once complete, the two lines will transport approximately 45,000 passengers per hour at peak capacity, greatly improving mobility for Egyptian citizens in a safe and sustainable manner. Built by Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels, the estimated U.S. $4-billion project represents the first monorail project in North Africa and, once complete, will be the longest monorail system in the world at a combined 98.5 kilometers. The project’s first … Read more

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Curtainwall Installation Begins on Egypt’s CBD Project

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A ceremony was recently held in Egypt’s new administrative capital to mark the beginning of the large-scale installation of the curtainwall units in the Central Business District project’s P4 section. Chang Weicai, general manager of China State Construction Engineering Corporation Egypt, Zhang Shanyou, chief engineer of CSCEC Egypt and more than 30 others attended the event. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, CSCEC Egypt has been adhering to the principle of properly coordinating pandemic prevention and production, and a series of steps regarding the curtainwall have been completed–including check and acceptance of visual mock-up, performance mock-up testing, approval of drawings and … Read more

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