Hill Reselected to Provide Program Management and Inspection Services for the City of Cleveland on Dominion Energy’s $4 Billion-Dollar Pipeline Infrastructure Replacement Program


PHILADELPHIA and CLEVELAND, Dec. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International, Inc., the global leader in managing construction risk, announced it received a new three-year contract to continue providing program management and inspection services to the City of Cleveland for Dominion Energy Ohio’s (DEO) Pipeline Infrastructure Replacement (PIR) Program.

DEO’s PIR initiative is an overall $4 billion, 25-year program. PIR, launched in 2008, will involve the eventual replacement of more than 5,500 miles of DEO’s 22,000-mile pipeline system.

Having served the City of Cleveland since 2015, Hill will continue providing program management and inspection expertise for Dominion Energy’s distribution line replacement work within the City of Cleveland. Hill’s role includes design review, permitting, and overseeing ancillary restoration work for roadways, curbs, sidewalks, and landscaping.

Said Vic Spinabelli, PE, LEED AP, Hill’s Senior Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager, “For the last three years, Hill has provided specialized services to the City of Cleveland to help manage and control this complex and aggressive pipeline infrastructure replacement. Hill is committed to continuing to provide the City of Cleveland with attentive and thorough services as it navigates through this critical 25-year program that has wide-ranging impacts.”

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Hill International, with approximately 2,800 professionals in more than 50 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the eighth-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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Hill International, Inc.
Elizabeth J. Zipf, LEED AP BD+C
Senior Vice President
Hill International, Inc.
One Commerce Square
2005 Market Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 309-7707
elizabethzipf@hillintl.com

Hill International, Inc.
Todd Weintraub
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(215) 309-7776
toddweintraub@hillintl.com

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President
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