Hill International Receives Contract for PMO Services from U.S. Federal Transit Administration

MARLTON, N.J. and PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill
International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk,
announced today that it has received a contract from the U.S. Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) to provide project management oversight (PMO) services on
major transit capital projects nationwide. The five-year contract has an
estimated value to Hill of approximately $14.3 million.

The FTA is responsible for the administration of grants and loans to assist
state and local public agencies in financing acquisition, construction,
reconstruction and improvements of transit facilities nationwide. PMO
contractors monitor all major FTA projects, serving to supplement the FTA's
technical staff to evaluate grantee project management and technical capacity
and capability to successfully implement major transit projects. They also
monitor the projects to determine whether they are progressing on time, within
budget and in accordance with approved grantee plans and specifications.

Hill has been providing PMO services to the FTA continuously for nearly 25
years. Hill's most recent contract included oversight of federally-funded
transit projects in Washington, DC, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Florida,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Tennessee, Nevada, Puerto Rico and Utah.

"Hill understands the importance of the FTA's PMO program in overseeing how
federal funds are spent on transit projects nationwide," said Irvin E. Richter,
Hill's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We are extremely pleased that the
FTA has once again decided to continue our involvement in that program, which
Hill helped pioneer in the 1980s," added Richter.

Hill International, with 2,300 employees in 80 offices worldwide, provides
program management, project management, construction management and construction
claims and consulting services. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked
Hill as the 8th 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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