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Irvin E. Richter is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hill International. Mr. Richter is a noted expert in the field of construction contracts and claims. He has been involved in many of the most significant construction projects in the world including: the Channel Tunnel; EPCOT; Reliance Oil Refinery; Athens Metro; King Khalid Military City; Petronas Twin Towers; Washington Metro and the Alaska Gas Pipeline to name a few. He served on the Construction Claims Oversight Committee of the Channel Tunnel and is actively sought as an expert international arbitrator and mediator by many of the leading participants in the industry. He was a special consultant retained by the State of New Jersey as a Hearing Officer to make findings of fact and issue recommendations to aid in the resolution of more than 2 000 claims that had been filed against the State. He has served as an arbitrator mediator and Project Neutral® consultant. He has provided expert witness testimony on numerous occasions regarding contractual and damage issues. Mr. Richter was also the Chairman and CEO of Hill's former subsidiary Gibbs & Hill Inc. an international power and transportation engineering firm and served as Chairman of its Taiwanese joint venture company Gibsin Engineers Ltd.
Mr. Richter is a member of the World Presidents' Organization (WPO) and the Construction Industry Round Table (CIRT). He is a current or past member of the Board of Trustees of Rutgers University the Board of Directors of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) the Board of Governors of Temple University Hospital and the Board of Directors of the ACE Mentor Program. He was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus from both Wesleyan University and Rutgers University School of Law Camden. In 2002 Mr. Richter was made a Fellow by the CMAA for his contributions to the construction management industry. At that time he was one of only 17 Fellows in the history of the organization.
Mr. Richter holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law at Camden and is a member of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania bars. | 