Hill International Acquires Boston-Based Collaborative Partners

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MARLTON, N.J. and BOSTON, Jan. 7, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International HIL, the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has acquired Collaborative Partners, Inc., a firm that provides project management, strategic planning and regulatory services for healthcare, life sciences, educational, commercial and residential construction projects throughout New England. Collaborative Partners, which has 20 professionals, has offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

"Our merger with Hill takes us to another level in the New England market," said Jack C. Hobbs, FAIA, formerly Chief Executive Officer of Collaborative Partners and now Hill's Senior Vice President and New England Regional Manager. "We will access additional sectors including horizontal construction, mass transit, and airport project management and we will better serve our clients with the addition of in-house expertise in cost estimating and claims consulting," added Hobbs.

Also continuing with Collaborative Partners will be principals Donna Camiolo and Joseph Naughton, now both Vice Presidents with Hill. Going forward, Collaborative Partners will operate under the Hill International brand name.

"We are excited by the combination of our two firms and the opportunity to expand Hill's operations in New England," said David L. Richter, Hill's President and Chief Operating Officer. "Collaborative Partners has an outstanding group of professionals providing excellent services to their clients and we welcome them to the Hill team," added Richter.

Collaborative Partners has more than 30 years of experience guiding construction projects to successful completion. The firm works collaboratively with clients, providing strategic insight and planning from a project's inception through every stage of the design and building process. For more information on Collaborative Partners, please visit their website at www.cpopm.com.

Hill International, with 4,000 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 9th 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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CONTACT: Hill International, Inc. John P. Paolin Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications (856) 810-6210 johnpaolin@hillintl.com The Equity Group Inc. Devin Sullivan Senior Vice President (212) 836-9608 dsullivan@equityny.com

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