HILL International, a global leader in managing construction risk, has won a contract from Qatar Petroleum to provide construction management services for the new National Museum of Qatar.

The four-year contract, awarded on behalf of the Qatar Museums Authority, has an estimated value to Hill of approximately QR82.7 million ($22.7 million). The existing Qatar National Museum is currently closed and the new museum, which is already under construction, is scheduled to open in 2015.

“We are honoured to have been chosen to assist with the construction of this iconic monument to the nation and people of Qatar,” said Raouf Ghali, president of Hill’s project management group (international). The new museum’s innovative design created by eminent architect Jean Nouvel is inspired by the desert sand rose, which grows organically around the former palace.