PHILADELPHIA, May 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that Megan Syrnick, P.E., a Project Manager with Hill’s Project Management Group, was honored as Construction Engineer of the Year by the Philadelphia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).  The award was presented to Syrnick on May 5, 2016 at the section’s annual awards dinner held at Le Meridien Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Syrnick has nearly 14 years of construction management experience primarily on roads, highways and bridges.  She earned her B.C.E. in civil engineering from the Catholic University of America.  Syrnick is a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania.

“Megan is extremely deserving of this recognition by ASCE,” said Michael V. Griffin, P.E., Senior Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager for Hill’s Project Management Group.  “We congratulate Megan on receiving this honor and are very proud of her accomplishments,” added Griffin.

Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 civil engineers worldwide and is America’s oldest national engineering society.  ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs and operates society’s economic and social engine—the built environment—while protecting and restoring the natural environment.  For more information on ASCE, please visit their website at www.asce.org.

Hill International, with 4,600 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 seventh 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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