PHILADELPHIA and LOS ANGELES, May 31, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has received a contract extension from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) to continue providing program management support and implementation services. The one-year contract extension has an estimated value to Hill of approximately $6.2 million. 

In November 2008, Measure R passed providing Metro with a potential $36 billion in revenue to improve transportation in the Los Angeles basin. Measure R funds, which were provided through a ½¢ increase in sales tax, will allow Metro to fund a number of transit and highway projects over the 30-year period that the measure is in effect.  

In support of Metro’s Measure R program, Hill has been providing program management support services including enterprise-wide program management activities (such as process improvement or standardization efforts) as well as project-level support activities (such as cost estimating and project controls).  Enterprise-wide program management activities include the establishment of best practices for expediting project delivery in coordination with internal interdepartmental management, outside agencies and consultants.  This also includes establishing training needs for Metro project managers and developing a project manager training program orientated toward the Metro environment.  Finally, these activities also include support for enterprise-wide tools, such as the Project Management Information System (PMIS).

“The fact that Metro has extended our contract is a reflection of the outstanding job by our team on these important projects,” said John K. Skoury, P.E., Senior Vice President in charge of Hill’s rail and transit practice in California.  “We thank Metro for its continued trust in Hill,” added Skoury.

Hill International, with 4,600 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 seventh 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.
John P. Paolin
Senior Vice President of Marketing and
Corporate Communications
(215) 309-7710
johnpaolin@hillintl.com

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