MARLTON, N.J., Oct. 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that two of the company's projects have been named 2014 Best Projects by Engineering News-Record (ENR) MidAtlantic magazine. The awards will be presented to Hill on December 12, 2014 at the magazine's 2014 Best Projects Awards Breakfast at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland.
The first project was the Washington Monument earthquake repair project in Washington, DC, which won in the category of "Best Project—Cultural/Worship." The second project was Bloom Energy's Red Lion Energy Center in New Castle, Delaware, which won in the category of "Best Project—Energy/Industrial." Hill was the construction manager on both projects.
"Each of these projects was an extremely unique, high-profile project with a challenging schedule," said Thomas J. Spearing III, President of Hill's Project Management Group (Americas). "We congratulate everyone that was part of the delivery of these impressive projects," added Spearing.
ENR's 2014 Best Projects Awards are a series of special events that celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of 2014. These extraordinary projects are selected by juries of local prominent industry professionals. For more information on ENR, please visit their website at www.enr.com.
Hill International, with 4,500 employees 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 ninth 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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