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TranSystems/Hill International Joint Venture Selected by CSX to Manage Construction of the National Gateway Initiative

MARLTON, N.J., Dec. 27, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that a joint venture of the company and TranSystems Corp. has received a contract from CSX Transportation Inc. to provide construction management services in connection with the National Gateway initiative. The two-year contract has an estimated value to the joint venture of approximately $11.4 million.
/ Source: GlobeNewswire

MARLTON, N.J., Dec. 27, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that a joint venture of the company and TranSystems Corp. has received a contract from CSX Transportation Inc. to provide construction management services in connection with the National Gateway initiative. The two-year contract has an estimated value to the joint venture of approximately $11.4 million.

The National Gateway is an $842 million, multi-state, public-private infrastructure initiative which will create a more efficient freight rail route between Mid-Atlantic ports and Midwestern markets. The project aims to increase port capacity and the nation's ability to distribute goods, making the United States more competitive in the global economy. This contract is for construction work on 43 projects along a key corridor of the National Gateway that runs through the States of Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Planned improvements include raising bridges, increasing tunnel clearances and building new terminals along existing rail corridors to support the movement of double-stacked containers on rail cars. The National Gateway will create more than 50,000 jobs, with almost 10,000 of those jobs created during the initial construction phase.  Examples of projects that will benefit local economies include numerous clearance projects and the development of a new terminal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  

To date, the project has received $395 million in funding commitments from CSX.  In addition, the project was awarded a $98 million grant from the U.S. federal government through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program in February.  To date, the National Gateway has secured $189 million in funding from participating states.  The coalition continues to seek the remaining funding needed to make this important project a reality.

"The National Gateway project is important for America's competitiveness," Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell said recently. "This initiative helps the environment, it helps our economy, it helps us in so many different ways," he added.

CSX Transportation, a subsidiary of CSX Corp. (NYSE:CSX), is a leading transportation company based in Jacksonville, Florida providing rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload services. The company's transportation network spans approximately 21,000 miles with service to 23 eastern states and the District of Columbia, and connects to more than 70 ocean, river and lake ports. For more information on CSX, please visit their website at .

TranSystems is a company focused exclusively on the vital transportation component of the economy. Their passion is to bring solutions directly to each client in each of their market sectors. Their technical depth within each sector is matched by their consulting expertise delivered across all sectors, including architecture, engineering, planning, management, supply chain consulting, real estate consulting and security.  For more information on TranSystems, please visit their website at .

Hill International, with 2,600 employees in 90 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management and construction claims and consulting services. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the 8th largest construction management firm in the United States. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at .

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