PRIMAVERA® AIDS HILL INTERNATIONAL IN MANAGING GLOBAL PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION FOR TWO BILLION DOLLAR CITY OF ARABIA PROJECT
Web-based Software Provides Global Team with Crucial Real-Time Project Information
PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 27, 2006 - Primavera Systems, Inc. today announced that Hill International is using Primavera’s award-winning web-based project management software for the planning and construction of the City of Arabia project, a $2 billion, 20,000-square-kilometer development in United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“This project is equivalent to building the city of Los Angeles in just three years. We employ firms in multiple locations around the world,” said Shawn Pressley, Project Engineer at Hill International, a leading construction management firm responsible for coordinating and managing the City of Arabia project. “It is critical that our project management system provide a central location for project data that allows Hill personnel and our contractors across the globe to work collaboratively.”
Using Primavera, project team members and executives at Hill International are able to access summary-level project data tailored to their individual roles. These customized role-based dashboards provide the Hill team with immediate project visibility and the ability to retrieve vital data with just one click. Managers are then able to identify and resolve potential issues before they negatively affect schedule or budget.
“We are pleased that Hill International uses Primavera to manage the City of Arabia project,” said Joel Koppelman, CEO of Primavera. “Collaboration is extremely important to project success. Primavera ensures that everyone involved on a project, regardless of time and geography, will work together effectively toward on-time, on-budget project delivery.”
With an expected completion date of 2009, the City of Arabia will include:
- Mall of Arabia: The world’s largest mall, with brand-name, high-end stores from around the world
- Wadi Walk: A waterfront, Venice-style complex with luxury apartments and shopping
- Elite Towers: 34 Exclusive high-rise buildings located in the heart of Dubai
- Restless Planet: A prehistoric-themed park with roller coasters, robotic dinosaurs and other amusements
For information on the City of Arabia, please visit http://www.cityofarabiame.com.
About Primavera
Primavera is a software company whose clients depend on its project, resource and portfolio management solutions to identify which projects are most important and to make it easy for people to work collaboratively, productively and successfully. As the industry standard in construction and engineering for over 20 years, Primavera solutions are used by general contractors and subcontractors as well as public and private owners to improve scheduling and planning, negotiate change, and increase collaboration to ensure projects are delivered on-time and on budget. Primavera solutions have ensured the success of projects collectively worth more than $5.5 trillion, including the management of the Pentagon reconstruction, construction of China’s Three Gorges Dam and the infrastructure development of the London Underground transit system. For more information, visit www.primavera.com.
About Hill International
Hill International, with over 800 employees in 25 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management and construction claims services. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the 18th largest construction management firm in the United States. As previously announced, Hill and Arpeggio Acquisition Corporation (OTCBB:APGO, APGOW, APGOU) have entered into a merger agreement pursuant to which Hill will merge with and into Arpeggio. This transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2006. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com.
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