January 9, 2008—Hill International, a worldwide construction consulting firm, has acquired John Shreeves Holdings Ltd. and its operating subsidiary John Shreeves & Partners Ltd. (collectively “Shreeves”), a London-based firm that provides project management and cost consultancy services on private- and public-sector projects throughout the United Kingdom.
Shreeves’ clients include some of the largest tenants, developers and public entities in the United Kingdom, including Westfield Shopping Towns, Hermes Property Asset Management, Delancey Estates, Land Securities, Grafton Property Advisors, F&C Property Asset Management, Bank of Scotland, Reckitt Benckiser, Woolworths, KPMG, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the Abbey School Reading and the College of North West London.
The acquired business will continue to operate under the Shreeves brand name until its operations have been consolidated with Hills. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Shreeves provides project management, cost consultancy, building surveying and planning supervision services on private- and public-sector developments throughout the United Kingdom. Shreeves is involved on a wide range of projects including offices, shopping centers, residential schemes, fit-out works, business parks, educational buildings and leisure facilities.
Hill International, together with Shreeves, has 1,600 employees in 70 offices providing program management, project management, construction management, and construction claims services worldwide. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the 10th largest construction management firm in the United States.