[{"id":15206,"date":"2024-11-11T14:46:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/?p=15206"},"modified":"2024-11-11T17:40:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T17:40:43","slug":"tools-to-manage-the-true-extent-of-disaster-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/articles\/tools-to-manage-the-true-extent-of-disaster-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools to Manage the True Extent of Disaster Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

For local governments, implementing rapid, effective disaster recovery projects in the wake of a hurricane presents major challenges. Managing a fraction of the recovery following a major storm can strain a community\u2019s resources, even with federal and state financial support. At ground zero, hurricanes can cripple transportation and utility systems and damage or destroy thousands of critical community structures, including government offices, emergency service buildings, schools, libraries, parks, and recreation facilities. Beyond the built environment, storms can take a terrible human toll.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the bulk of their staff working to maintain public services and support their impacted constituency, local governments have to implement management tools like work packaging solutions and tailored management plans to get public facilities back online quickly, deliver recovery projects cost effectively, and complete all work in accordance with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requirements.<\/p>\n

Safety First <\/strong><\/p>\n

Immediately following a hurricane, a local government team charged with leading the recovery efforts should assess its assets to identify hazardous conditions that would prevent safe government operations. A recovery team can then mobilize contractors to complete emergency repairs like demolishing water-damaged drywall and ceilings to prevent mold growth and removing debris, damaged gutters, awnings, and fences to prevent falling object hazards. This will enable local governments to safely deliver public services.<\/p>\n

\"PDR

Beyond the initial mitigation of hazardous conditions, even small hurricanes can create large recovery backlogs. Removed gutters, awnings, and fences will have to be replaced. Some buildings may require new roof tiles, drywall, ceiling systems, fans, lighting fixtures, antennas, or other finishings. Such scopes may seem minor, but the work needs to get done. Plus, the large number of small repairs often makes a recovery backlog complex.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of sites may require attention by many different types of tradespeople. Depending on the size of the jurisdiction, damaged public assets can be separated by many miles. Especially with a large number of small repair scopes, the commuting time for construction crews between work sites can be two or three times the length of a given repair. Following the repair of hazardous conditions, work sites are often operational and must remain so throughout construction. Insuring and outfitting work crews for small repairs can make a project unattractive to contractors, and difficulty attracting contractors to do this kind of work snowballs into higher costs and a less-predictable schedule for the owner.<\/p>\n

Packaging Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n

To overcome complexity and facilitate the long-term recovery, local governments should logically group the non-emergency repairs into work packages. How the projects are grouped can change depending on the scale of the recovery, the type of work in the backlog, the size of the jurisdiction, or the community\u2019s needs. By grouping the work, local governments can better prioritize the remaining projects, deploy in-house and consultancy expertise as available and as needed, and undertake procurement in a flexible manner appropriate for the shifting needs and limited up-front budget associated with disaster recovery projects.<\/p>\n

For example, the local government of a very large county would benefit from grouping their projects geographically. This can help reduce expected travel times between project sites as well as associated costs, making projects more attractive for contractors.<\/p>\n

Local governments can also work with industry partners to put together a list of local contractors and small businesses. This will create a larger pool of potential bidders. A larger bidding pool reduces costs and helps ensure there are enough tradespeople to complete planned work, contributing to shorter procurement, as well as more regular progress on the recovery backlog. Working with local contractors and small businesses from the community has the added benefit of infusing funds into the local economy, aiding in the wider recovery.<\/p>\n

Planning for Reimbursement<\/strong><\/p>\n

Achieving compliance with FEMA requirements enables reimbursement of funds invested in disaster recovery projects. This helps limit the long-term economic consequences of a natural disaster. For local governments, especially those in areas susceptible to natural disasters, the key to achieving FEMA compliance is to have an adequate management plan in place before disaster strikes. Planning allows local governments to establish management tools like a project management information system (PMIS), tracking and reporting processes, compliance validation strategies, document controls, and communications plans. In addition to facilitating project delivery, such management tools can simplify FEMA compliance and realize timely reimbursement payments.<\/p>\n

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Expert management consultancy staff can help local governments customize and execute management plans following a disaster. For example, we can help track bids as the recovery proceeds and owner needs change. Following our initial site assessments, we can organize bid tabulations by facility location plus the location of each task within a given facility per FEMA requirements. Since disaster recovery projects often require a wide variety of trade expertise, we can also organize bid tabulations by trade. By doing so while maintaining all relevant location data, we facilitate procurement and keep project records compliant with FEMA requirements. As construction proceeds, we can use our client\u2019s preferred PMIS system to track other important data for FEMA compliance, such as overall project costs and schedules, as well as client-requested changes and associated cost and schedule impacts.<\/p>\n

By establishing management processes to promote FEMA compliance early, local governments can be confident that they will recover the costs of their disaster recovery projects, allowing them to make the best decisions for their community.<\/p>\n

A Community Recovery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following any disaster, the restoration of public facilities is crucial to ensuring a baseline of accessible public services as the rest of a community recovers. With fully functional emergency service facilities, police and firefighters can help prevent or mitigate additional disasters in a disaster-stricken community, while emergency medical services teams can better respond to the medical needs of a vulnerable population. Safe access to school facilities prevents students from falling behind in their education. Plus, schools can provide resources that help students cope with the trauma associated with such natural disasters. Rebuilt parks and libraries can provide additional spaces for public services, pop-up medical clinics, and community gatherings. These third spaces also offer joy and, while there may be no return to normalcy following a natural disaster, can help a community move forward.<\/p>\n

By effectively packaging their work and planning early for funding compliance, local government disaster recovery teams can overcome administrative and management challenges to reconstruct public assets and help their communities recover from the immense damage caused by hurricanes. As management consultants, we are proud to help our disaster recovery clients customize and execute their management plans, achieve FEMA compliance and reimbursement, and deliver each of their community-critical projects\u2014no matter how small\u2014as envisioned.<\/p>\n

\"Pablo

About the Author<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Pablo Schaer<\/a> has more than 30 years of experience providing design and project management services on vertical projects around the world. As senior project manager at Hill International, Inc., Pablo provides solutions to help his clients achieve their cost, quality, and schedule goals.<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n

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For local governments, implementing rapid, effective disaster recovery projects in the wake of a hurricane presents major challenges. Managing a fraction of the recovery following a major storm can strain a community\u2019s resources, even with federal and state financial support. At ground zero, hurricanes can cripple transportation and utility systems and damage or destroy thousands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":15216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":15279,"date":"2024-11-11T06:08:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T06:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/?p=15279"},"modified":"2024-11-13T06:09:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T06:09:40","slug":"critical-transportation-links-enr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/in-the-news\/critical-transportation-links-enr\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Transportation Links (ENR)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":15235,"date":"2024-11-04T14:22:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/?p=15235"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:22:12","slug":"saudi-rail-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/events\/saudi-rail-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Rail 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saudi Rail 2024
\nNovember 20 – 21, 2024
\nRiyadh, KSA
\nHill is attending, speaking, sponsoring and exhibiting
\nFor more information,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saudi Rail 2024 November 20 – 21, 2024 Riyadh, KSA Hill is attending, speaking, sponsoring and exhibiting For more information,\u00a0click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":15237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":15184,"date":"2024-11-03T10:59:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T10:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/?p=15184"},"modified":"2024-11-01T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:30:02","slug":"christine-prettyman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/articles\/christine-prettyman\/","title":{"rendered":"Negotiating Success: Hill Contract Administrator Christine Prettyman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christine

\u201cI came into contract administration by accident,\u201d explains Hill Federal Contract Administrator Christine Prettyman. \u201cI\u2019d been working in accounts receivable for a while and wanted a new challenge. I took a position with a small, woman-owned business in Washington, DC, that provided conferencing and technical support to U.S. Federal clients and here I am 35 years later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christine joined Hill as part of the U.S. Federal Team this past Spring, responsible for helping fulfill Hill\u2019s many reporting requirements under our U.S. Federal contracts, tracking our small business partners\u2019 participation percentages, and managing the reams of data and documentation related to our U.S. Federal work, including CPARS evaluations, SAM.gov registrations, and many others. Given the breadth and depth of Hill\u2019s work for the U.S. Federal Government\u2014which currently encompasses assignments for the Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the General Services Administration (GSA), the Department of State (DOS), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)\u2014and Christine has plenty to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI may be part of the Federal Team but I\u2019m available to support anyone involved in a U.S. Federal Government contract anywhere in the company,\u201d she emphasizes. \u201cI want to be a value add for our PMs. What can I do to help you meet the requirements of your specific contract? At a minimum, I can take a look at the contract and smooth out the process. At the other extreme, I can help everybody stay on the right side of compliance and avoid any penalties\u2014and keep everyone out of jail, including myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christine\u2019s ultimate goals for Hill go beyond tracking and compliance. \u201cI\u2019m working on establishing a true contract library for the company,\u201d she explains. \u201cA single repository with all our U.S. Federal contracts, task orders, blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), and IDIQs that we can use for analysis, reporting, and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving this database will make everybody\u2019s lives a little easier, help leverage our work for business development, and make our clients happy as well as they\u2019ll know we understand what they\u2019re looking for and can quickly deliver when it comes to documentation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christine is bringing the lessons learned and best practices of her career to create this repository and to support our teams. This includes administrating contracts for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), GSA, DOE, DOT, the U.S. Air Force, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Through this work, she knows the triggers that may raise an issue with an owner, the contracting objectives and constraints of many of the agencies we work with, and how to keep vital information from getting lost in the shuffle.<\/p>\n

Developing her contracting chops was not without its hurdles, she notes. \u201cWithout a doubt the most challenging contracts of my career were for the EPA,\u201d she says. \u201cRemedial Action Contracts involved multiple tiers of complexity, with every region having its own preferences and its own personalities. I worked on those for 7 years and about 80 task orders. I remember at one Industry Day I actually got a hug from the head of EPA contracts, which says a lot, no other contractor received such attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

Specifics of Christine\u2019s expertise include experience with all federal contract types, pre- and post-contract administration, negotiation, management of COTS service, contractual closeout documentation, standardization of contractual procedures, and development of processes which can be duplicated for efficiency. She also has been part of a team implementing Contract Management Lifecycle database systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see a lot working well at Hill, and a few areas for improvement,\u201d she says of her introduction to the company\u2019s contracting systems and processes. \u201cThere is a lot of information in a lot of different places. Our separate databases\u2014Vision and Vantagepoint\u2014can make some tasks a little complicated. But I see a lot of progress on all fronts, and I hope I can help get us to the next level. We\u2019re getting there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, Christine is helping multiple regions negotiate and finalize new wins with our U.S. Federal clients while continuing her ongoing information and knowledge management tasks. As for the support she needs, she says simply, \u201cIf I ask, I need. The stakes are high in federal contracting, which can be scary, but it\u2019s also exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI came into contract administration by accident,\u201d explains Hill Federal Contract Administrator Christine Prettyman. \u201cI\u2019d been working in accounts receivable for a while and wanted a new challenge. I took a position with a small, woman-owned business in Washington, DC, that provided conferencing and technical support to U.S. Federal clients and here I am 35 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":15187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":15228,"date":"2024-10-30T12:41:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T12:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/?p=15228"},"modified":"2024-10-30T12:41:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T12:41:46","slug":"fidic-contract-users-conference-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/events\/fidic-contract-users-conference-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"FIDIC Contract Users\u2019 Conference 2024."},"content":{"rendered":"

Official International Contract User’s Conference and Awards
\nDecember 2-4, 2024
\nLondon, UK
\nHill is attending
\nFor more information,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official International Contract User’s Conference and Awards December 2-4, 2024 London, UK Hill is attending For more information,\u00a0click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":15230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":15219,"date":"2024-10-29T10:36:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T10:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/?p=15219"},"modified":"2024-10-29T10:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T10:37:51","slug":"7th-athens-investment-forum-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/events\/7th-athens-investment-forum-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"7th Athens Investment Forum 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

7th Athens Investment Forum
\nNovember 5, 2024
\nMegaron, the Athens Concert Hall
\nAthens, Greece
\nHill is attending, sponsoring, and speaking
\nFor more information,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

7th Athens Investment Forum November 5, 2024 Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall Athens, Greece Hill is attending, sponsoring, and speaking For more information,\u00a0click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":15220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":15023,"date":"2024-10-23T15:23:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/?p=15023"},"modified":"2024-10-23T15:29:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:29:18","slug":"comto-austin-annual-golf-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/events\/comto-austin-annual-golf-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"COMTO Austin 4th Annual Golf Tournament and Scholarship Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) Austin Golf Tournament and Scholarship Fundraiser
\nDecember 9, 2024
\nRound Rock, TX
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Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) Austin Golf Tournament and Scholarship Fundraiser December 9, 2024 Round Rock, TX Hill is attending and sponsoring For more information,\u00a0click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":15024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":15135,"date":"2024-10-22T09:04:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T09:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/?p=15135"},"modified":"2024-10-15T08:53:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T08:53:29","slug":"gavin-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hillintl.com\/articles\/gavin-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking the Talk: New Vice President, Rail and Transit Gavin Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Vice President of our Rail and Transit Sector, Gavin Martin<\/a> comes to Hill with a client focus and proven technical expertise. \u201cI think building relationships with clients and stakeholders is something we should focus more on across the industry,\u201d he says. \u201cCompatibility with everyone involved in a project\u2014from the contractor to the client to the PM\u2014is so important for success. Without that hands-on, walk-the-talk approach, the technical skills will only get you so far.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Gavin