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The Worcester Redevelopment Authority is poised to vote tomorrow to approve Gilbane Building Co. and AECOM Hunt as the project managers for the future home of the Worcester Red Sox.

The two companies have formed a joint venture to bid on the contract, called Gilbane-Hunt, which was selected by a city advisory committee last week.

Polar Park, the future home of the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, is scheduled to open in Worcester’s Canal District in April 2021. A groundbreaking for the project is expected in July 2019. The stadium will cost $101 million.

Providence-based Gilbane has completed projects at Fenway Park and Cleveland’s Progressive Field, while Hunt has worked on nine Triple-A facilities across the country and more than 30 Major League ballparks. Gilbane has also completed 20 projects in Worcester, including several at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the Worcester Trial Court Complex, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital, the parking garage at Union Station and the construction of the city’s North High School.

“With the addition of Gilbane-Hunt as construction manager, we’ve assembled the final piece of our all-star team that will bring Polar Park to life in April 2021,” City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. said in a statement. “Their impressive resume of work both nationally, and locally here in Worcester, really speaks for itself. I extend my sincere thanks to the selection committee as well as the Worcester Red Sox for their work in evaluating the proposals.”