Hill International Wins CMAA Project Achievement Award for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Project

PHILADELPHIA and IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2016 -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has been recognized with a national Project Achievement Award by the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) for the company’s management of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa in Southern California.  The project won in the category of “Program Management—Infrastructure.”  The award was presented to Hill on October 11, 2016 at the CMAA’s National Conference and Trade Show held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel in San Diego, California.

“This is the fifth year in a row that Hill has been recognized with a national award from the CMAA, winning seven such awards during that period,” said David L. Richter, Hill’s Chief Executive Officer.  “We are extremely proud of our Gold Line project team and honored to have received yet another award for this outstanding project,” added Richter.

CMAA is North America’s only organization dedicated exclusively to the interests of professional construction management and program management.  The association, formed in 1982, currently has more than 15,000 members, including individual CM/PM practitioners, corporate members, and construction owners in both the public and private sectors, along with academic and associate members.  For more information on CMAA, please visit their website at www.cmaanet.org.

Hill International, with 4,500 professionals in 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, construction claims and other consulting services primarily to the buildings, transportation, environmental, energy and industrial markets.  Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the eighth largest construction management firm in the United States.  For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com.

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Hill International, Inc.
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Senior Vice President of Marketing and
Corporate Communications
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