The project will comprise 2.85 million sf of gross built-upspace. It will encompass residential condominiums, apartments, ahotel, retail and office space. The project broke ground inmid-December 2005 and is expected to be completed by year end 2008.The structures include a 64-story residential, hotel and servicedapartment tower and a 14-story office and retail tower.

"This project advances DIFC's goal to become a world-classfinancial center," Raouf S. Ghali, president of Hill'sInternational Project Management Group, says in a preparedstatement. He calls the project "an ambitious assignment" for hiscompany.

Hill International, headed by chairman and CEO Irvin E. Richter,has more than 900 employees in 25 offices worldwide. The companypreviously announced it will be completing a merger this year withNew York-based Arpeggio Acquisition Corp.