PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, May 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that Dominick Fickeria has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Deputy Northeast Regional Manager with Hill's Project Management Group.
Fickeria has more than 35 years of experience in construction management on building and infrastructure projects throughout the New York City metropolitan region. Before joining Hill, he was Director of the Construction Management Department for the New York City office of URS Corporation where he was responsible for over 80 local projects and a staff of nearly 400 construction professionals. Fickeria is also an adjunct faculty member at New York University Polytechnic, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in construction management. He earned his A.A.S. in civil technology from Westchester Community College and his B.C.E. and M.C.E. in civil engineering from Manhattan College.
"We are extremely pleased to have someone of Dominick's caliber and expertise joining our senior management team in the Northeast," said John Milano, P.E., Senior Vice President and Northeast Regional Manager for Hill's Project Management Group. "His depth and breadth of experience in the vertical and horizontal markets will be a major enhancement to our already strong capabilities in New York," added Milano.
Hill International, with 4,800 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 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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