MARLTON, N.J., LONDON and WARSAW, Poland, June 8, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has hired a new senior executive and promoted two executives within the European Region of the company's Project Management Group.
Bruce A. Schlaitzer, R.A. has joined the firm as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the European Region for Hill's Project Management Group. Schlaitzer has over 35 years of experience in the construction industry. Prior to joining Hill, Schlaitzer was an Executive Project Director with Bovis Lend Lease International Ltd. Prior to that, he was Design and Construction Executive with Parsons Brinckerhoff Middle East, Senior Vice President of Project Development for Kerzner International, Managing Director of Design and Construction for Europe for Tishman Speyer Properties, and President of Schlaitzer Associates. Schlaitzer has helped manage such notable projects as Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, Canary Wharf in London, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the Euro-Disney Theme Park in Paris. He earned his B.S. in architecture from the University of Washington and is a registered architect in Washington State.
Eric C. Butterworth has been promoted to Vice President and Managing Director of Hill's project management operations in the United Kingdom. Butterworth has nearly 40 years of experience in project management for public and private-sector building, civil engineering, pipeline, mechanical engineering, and petrochemical projects throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Prior to this role, he was a Vice President with the UK Region of Hill's Project Management Group. Butterworth earned his M.Sc. in project management and a Post-Graduate Diploma in property development from South Bank University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Association for Project Management.
Jacek P. Zurawski has been promoted to Vice President and Managing Director of Hill's project management operations in Poland. Zurawski has more than 27 years of experience in construction including on commercial, hotel, industrial, infrastructure, housing and transportation projects. Prior to that, Zurawski was a Director with Hill. Prior to joining Hill, Zurawski was Chief Engineer of Coordination on the Warsaw Metro project, Construction Department Director at Bumar Warynski S.A. and Technical Director at Yareal Polska Sp. z o.o. Zurawski earned his M.S. in electromechanical engineering from the Moscow Construction Institute.
"I look forward to working with each of these gentlemen in their new roles," said Raouf S. Ghali, President of Hill's Project Management Group (International). "I am confident that they will continue to grow our project management operations throughout Europe," Ghali added.
Hill International, with 2,300 employees in 80 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 www.hillintl.com.
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