Hill International Receives $15.5 Million Facilit

PHILADELPHIA and ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 05, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE: HIL ), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has received a contract from the General Services Unit (GSU) of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to provide facilities management services for the entire portfolio of ADNOC facilities.  The three-year contract has an estimated value to Hill of approximately AED 57.0 million ($15.5 million).

Hill’s services to GSU will include providing facility management services for ADNOC's existing portfolio of assets, management of day-to-day operations, support for GSU’s future expansion plans, management of construction phases including pre- and post-construction, contract management and project controls.

“We are extremely honored that ADNOC continues to turn to Hill for their most important assignments,” said Mohammed Al Rais, Regional President (Middle East) for Hill’s Project Management Group.  “We are especially excited to have been selected to provide assistance across their entire portfolio of facilities,” added Al Rais.

ADNOC was established in 1971 to operate in all areas of the oil and gas industry and since then has steadily broadened its activity, establishing companies and subsidiaries and creating an integrated oil and gas industry in Abu Dhabi.  Today, ADNOC ranks among the top ten oil and gas companies in the world.  For more information on ADNOC, please visit their website at www.adnoc.ae .

Hill International, with 4,400 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. John P. Paolin Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications (215) 309-7710 johnpaolin@hillintl.com

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