US project and risk consultant Hill International has won a contract to provide design review and construction management services in connection with the Al Samawah Olympic Stadium in Samawah, Iraq.
Iraq’s Ministry of Youth and Sports awarded the 28-month contract, which has an estimated value to Hill of approximately $2.2m.
The new stadium will be built in the city of Samawah in Iraq (Wikimedia Commons)
The Olympic-sized, 20,000-seat stadium will be designed to comply with FIFA standards and is expected to have a construction cost of approximately $61m.
It is the third stadium in Iraq whose construction is being managed by Hill.