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Special Report - Real Estate & Construction - September 27, 2012
Hill International oversees quick-turn project for EVSD
Work included erecting four elementary school additions in about 90 days

By Kim Crompton
Of the Journal of Business

The estimated $6.2 million project involved erecting modular classrooms at Trent Elementary, Trentwood Elementary, East Farms Elementary, and Otis Orchards Elementary.
The estimated $6.2 million project involved erecting modular classrooms at Trent Elementary, Trentwood Elementary, East Farms Elementary, and Otis Orchards Elementary.
—Photo courtesy of Hill International Inc.
The Spokane office of Hill International Inc., a New Jersey-based construction management company, says it recently completed oversight of a quick-turn project that involved erecting identical freestanding classroom additions at four East Valley School District elementary schools in about 90 days.

"They did a great job. Because we did such a quick turnaround (to mostly complete the project before the new school year started), we sort of needed a turnkey operation," says EVSD Superi...


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