PennDOT hires Hill International for I-70 reconstruction project
PITTSBURGH – Hill International said Friday it received a $4.5 million contract from Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to provide construction management services in connection with the reconstruction and widening of Interstate 70.
The company said in a news release the four-year contract involves two adjacent segments of the project. The first is located in South Strabane Township and includes the reconstruction and widening of the highway to accommodate a 10-foot wide median and 12-foot outside shoulders. It will apply current design criteria for 70-mile-per-hour speeds between the South Junction and state Route 519 interchanges.
The second section will provide three through-lanes on mainline I-70 between the East Beau Street and the South Junction interchanges for a total length of 3.1 miles.
The work is the largest single project ever undertaken by PennDOT’s District 12-0.
“This project will significantly improve the highway’s traffic capacity in the region,” said Vic Spinabelli, Jr., P.E., senior vice president in charge of Hill’s project management operations in Western Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Hill International, with 4,600 professionals in 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, construction claims and other consulting services primarily to the buildings, transportation, environmental, energy and industrial markets.