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Thursday, February 04, 2010
Project Manager for Phase III of the Grand Egyptian Museum Selected
Reported by Ahmed Saleh Mokhtar in Cairo
Hill International, the global construction project management company based in the US, has announced that a joint venture between Hill and EHAF Consulting Engineers has received a contract from the Ministry of Culture's Supreme Council of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt to provide project management services for the design and construction of phase three of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which includes the construction of the museum's main buildings and the site landscaping.
The five-year contract has an estimated value of approximately $50.0 million. Hill has a 70% interest in the joint venture and EHAF has a 30% interest.
The Grand Egyptian Museum (artist's renderings shown above), which has a total estimated project cost of approximately $550 million, will be the largest and most important Pharaonic museum in the world, the largest museum in Egypt and one of the leading scientific, historical and archaeological study centers on the globe. The museum's twenty-first century galleries will be located in an iconic and distinctive building located where Cairo meets the desert, abutting the Giza Pyramids world heritage site. The museum, designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, Ove Arup, Buro Happold and others, will cover 3,500 years of ancient Egyptian history and house more than 100,000 artifacts.
"With the selection of a project manager, we have achieved yet another milestone in the development of the Grand Egyptian Museum," said Farouk Hosni (pictured at right), Egypt's Minister of Culture. "In Hill/EHAF, we have the expertise of a world-class project management team to ensure that this project will be completed successfully," he added.
"This is an iconic, once-in-a-lifetime project," said Raouf S. Ghali, President of Hill's Project Management Group (International). "Hill is proud to be managing the construction of this world-class project."
In order to fast track the project, two phases were started parallel to the design of the main building. The first phase included general excavation works, while the second phase included construction of the utility buildings such as power station, fire-fighting center in addition to the international artifacts restoration center, which will prepare the artifacts to be ready for the new museum.
EHAF Consulting Engineers has 800 employees in seven offices throughout the Middle East and North Africa region, providing architectural, engineering and management services. For more information on EHAF, visit www.ehaf.com.
Hill International (NYSE:HIL), with 2,300 employees in 80 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management and construction claims and consulting services. For more information on Hill, visit www.hillintl.com.
Background: According to Wikipedia: The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will be built by 2013 at the cost of $US 550M. The design of the building was decided by an architectural competition announced on January 7, 2002. The organisers received 1557 entries from 82 countries, making it the largest architectural competition in history. Judging was complete in June 2003; the competition was won by Heneghan Peng from Dublin, Ireland. Second place was awarded to Coop Himmelblau. The building is being designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, Buro Happold and Arup. The exhibition masterplan, exhibition design and museology is by Metaphor and Cultural Innovations Ltd. The building will be shaped like a chamfered triangle and will sit on a site two kilometers west of the pyramids, near a motorway interchange. The building's north and south walls line up directly with the Great Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Menkaure. In front of the building is a large plaza, filled with date plants. One of the main features of the Museum will be a translucent stone wall, made of alabaster, as the front facade of the building. Inside the main entrance a large atrium will include an exhibition of large statues. Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Egyptian_Museum
Hill International, the global construction project management company based in the US, has announced that a joint venture between Hill and EHAF Consulting Engineers has received a contract from the Ministry of Culture's Supreme Council of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt to provide project management services for the design and construction of phase three of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which includes the construction of the museum's main buildings and the site landscaping.
The five-year contract has an estimated value of approximately $50.0 million. Hill has a 70% interest in the joint venture and EHAF has a 30% interest.
The Grand Egyptian Museum (artist's renderings shown above), which has a total estimated project cost of approximately $550 million, will be the largest and most important Pharaonic museum in the world, the largest museum in Egypt and one of the leading scientific, historical and archaeological study centers on the globe. The museum's twenty-first century galleries will be located in an iconic and distinctive building located where Cairo meets the desert, abutting the Giza Pyramids world heritage site. The museum, designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, Ove Arup, Buro Happold and others, will cover 3,500 years of ancient Egyptian history and house more than 100,000 artifacts.
"This is an iconic, once-in-a-lifetime project," said Raouf S. Ghali, President of Hill's Project Management Group (International). "Hill is proud to be managing the construction of this world-class project."
In order to fast track the project, two phases were started parallel to the design of the main building. The first phase included general excavation works, while the second phase included construction of the utility buildings such as power station, fire-fighting center in addition to the international artifacts restoration center, which will prepare the artifacts to be ready for the new museum.
EHAF Consulting Engineers has 800 employees in seven offices throughout the Middle East and North Africa region, providing architectural, engineering and management services. For more information on EHAF, visit www.ehaf.com.
Hill International (NYSE:HIL), with 2,300 employees in 80 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management and construction claims and consulting services. For more information on Hill, visit www.hillintl.com.
Background: According to Wikipedia: The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will be built by 2013 at the cost of $US 550M. The design of the building was decided by an architectural competition announced on January 7, 2002. The organisers received 1557 entries from 82 countries, making it the largest architectural competition in history. Judging was complete in June 2003; the competition was won by Heneghan Peng from Dublin, Ireland. Second place was awarded to Coop Himmelblau. The building is being designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, Buro Happold and Arup. The exhibition masterplan, exhibition design and museology is by Metaphor and Cultural Innovations Ltd. The building will be shaped like a chamfered triangle and will sit on a site two kilometers west of the pyramids, near a motorway interchange. The building's north and south walls line up directly with the Great Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Menkaure. In front of the building is a large plaza, filled with date plants. One of the main features of the Museum will be a translucent stone wall, made of alabaster, as the front facade of the building. Inside the main entrance a large atrium will include an exhibition of large statues. Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Egyptian_Museum