PHILADELPHIA, June 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has received a contract from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to provide construction management services on nine sections of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ten-year contract has an estimated value to Hill of approximately $21.7 million.

The project entails I-95 construction, reconstruction and widening projects as well as replacement of portable Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) to permanent DMS and upgrades to the Regional Transportation Management Center. Hill has helped PennDOT’s District 6-0 deliver $1.7 billion in highway improvements along the I-95 corridor over the past 17 years.

“PennDOT is making excellent progress improving Pennsylvania’s bridges, roads and highways,” said Michael V. Griffin, P.E., Hill’s Senior Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Region Manager. “We are proud to be continuing our role managing the construction of these critical highway projects,” added Griffin.

Hill International, with 3,300 professionals in more than 50 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management 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.