AECOM is developing, operating and maintaining the required infrastructure and programs, as well as planning and designing pilot projects, to make connected and autonomous vehicles a safe reality around the world.
Our lives in the near future will be highly influenced by vehicles that sense and avoid collisions while simultaneously alerting other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists of their presence; trucks that can carry more cargo in less space by platooning; on-demand driverless shuttles that can take you from a train stop to your final destination; and city centers with fewer parking lots and more drop-off and pick-up zones.
How these new technologies will impact mobility, accessibility, and congestion in the future will be influenced by the research, policies, regulations and deployments done today. By carefully mapping how connected and automated vehicles will affect future transportation networks, AECOM is helping to forecast, develop and meet federal, regional, and local safety, mobility and environmental goals. With a focus on the complete project lifecycle- from feasibility and planning, to testing and piloting, to design and deployment- our experts are prepared with integrated solutions for the next wave of transportation innovation.
AECOM Connected and Autonomous Vehicles capabilities:
Transportation Operations – Traffic analysis, simulation, intersection and signal design, traffic control centers
Research & Development – Technology development, assessment and application, feasibility analysis, behavior studies, technology acceptance
Modeling Impacts of Connected and Autonomous vehicles – Travel demand forecasting, micro-simulation, scenario modeling and analysis, including scenario analysis using Mobilitics
Testing and Evaluation – Pilot projects, development of performance measures, performance dashboards, developing technology roadmaps
Knowledge and Technology Transfer – Sharing international best practices for planning, designing, implementing and sustaining connected and automated vehicles solutions
Human Factors Research – Exploring how human driver behavior will change as a result of connected and automated vehicles
Data Analytics – Big data analysis, performance measurement, predictive algorithms
Cybersecurity Solutions – Data privacy and protection
Policy and Planning – Connected and automated vehicles readiness planning, long-range planning and visioning, incorporating connected and autonomous vehicles into capital improvement plans, policy development, connected and automated vehicles scenario planning using Mobilitics, incorporating connected and automated vehicles into transit service
Design – Roadway design, architectural and landscape design, connected- and automated-vehicles-friendly parking and loading area design, intelligent transportation systems design, cost estimation
Construction – Traffic, pedestrian, bicycle and transit
Legal and Regulations – Legal analysis, regulatory development
Economic Analysis – Labor force impacts, economic benefits, financial analysis
Environmental – Vehicle emissions profiles, electric vehicle infrastructure
Innovation in Transportation
Innovation and application of new technologies to transportation is systematic at AECOM. Our business model not only empowers us to effectively respond to the rapid advancement of technology, but, more importantly, to drive it. Where do you want to go and how do you want to get there? Imagine it. Delivered.
Transportation is changing, and AECOM’s innovative technology solutions are improving the safety, reliability, and mobility of transportation systems around the world.
We are a global leader in intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and technology innovations. We combine best practices, operational insight, knowledge and skills across the complete life cycle of services to deliver cost-effective and innovative solutions that keep travelers moving and exceed our clients’ expectations.
Our project expertise spans regional traffic operations across the United States, the development of smart motorways in the United Kingdom, and supporting the deployment of connected and automated vehicles in the United States and New Zealand.
AECOM’s experience and focus is on next generation technology programs including:
Stadiums and arenas energize both the fans and players, create an intimidating and celebrated home-field advantage, and, ultimately, reflect the personality of the franchise they house.
They are not only built to enhance the spectator experience, but to boost the local communities and, ultimately, generate an additional revenue stream. At AECOM, we have designed and built the most challenging stadiums and arenas, while setting the industry standard and garnering worldwide acclaim, all without missing an opening day.
These very complex structures require a tremendous amount of know-how to design and build them in a quality, timely and economical way. The AECOM team has consistently provided its clients with optimized solutions that increase the return on investment, while minimizing the operating costs.
We draw on our urban planning, economics, design and construction expertise, while analyzing how ancillary development can be a year-round attraction for sports fans and nonfans alike. We have pioneered the enhancement of green building through the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and have changed the face of arena construction through the use of lessons learned and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).
Our unwavering commitment to research and development helps to create the most innovative designs and revenue strategies, which are models within the industry. As a result, our clients consistently tell us that our facilities dramatically impact revenue generation and heighten the spectator experience.
We are not simply building a place to watch a game; we fundamentally believe that stadiums and arenas should have their own unique image that makes them identifiable icons to the city and region in which they reside.
AECOM plans, engineers and oversees construction for some of the largest port and marine facilities worldwide.
Our planners, simulation and logistics specialists, engineers, architects and economists are at the forefront of port, shipping, logistics and cargo trends. We work with a wide spectrum of clients, including public and private owners, as well as tenants of ports and marine terminals. We focus on applying the right skills at the right time to deliver successful ports and marine projects around the world.
Delivering the World’s Firsts
Innovation is key when it comes to maritime projects. We’ve built our reputation on incorporating new technologies in ports projects around the world. Our professionals have helped plan automated container terminals on five continents and delivered the world’s first shore-to-ship power system for marine oil tankers. We integrate innovation into our plans, models and designs, delivering projects that will serve our clients today and in the future. Our wide range of maritime developments include:
Container
Liquid and dry bulk terminals
Waterfront developments
Cruise and ferry terminals
Recreational marinas
Military installations
Key clients, key services
At AECOM, our relationships with port clients around the world are built on an appreciation of their business needs and a proven record of innovative and cost-effective project development. Our team delivers such key capabilities as dredging, landfill and waterfront projects to marine terminals, backland facilities, intermodal transfer facilities and cruise terminals. We work with our clients to provide high-quality, well-managed professional services that meet their program and budget goals.
AECOM speaks the language of the freight rail industry. We plan, design and engineer rail operations, and we provide a full range of consulting services for long haul, freight rail lines and port cargo intermodal transfer facilities.
Working with clients from the public and private sectors, our teams help navigate smooth and seamless connections between freight rail, ports and intermodal terminal projects. Whether it’s for commodities such as gas, coal and iron ore or for containerized freight, we deliver projects that help our clients convey goods around the globe.
Meeting challenges
Our professionals are some of the brightest minds in the rail industry. We challenge conventional methods by applying new ideas and exploring new opportunities to rehabilitate and develop freight rail systems that will meet our clients’ needs for class 1 industrial and passenger operations. Our expertise extends to the simulation of line haul, terminal and materials handling operations that allows our clients to optimize investments in infrastructure and equipment. We have one of the leading freight rail engineering practices in the world.
We’ve built this success by providing a full range of consulting services for long-haul freight rail lines and port cargo and bulk intermodal transfer facilities that focus on environmental stewardship, efficiency, and long-term operations and maintenance. We work to increase connectivity and efficiency for projects around the world.
New corridors and expansions
At AECOM, our experts are meeting today’s demands and laying the foundation to meet tomorrow’s needs. We are hard at work developing new corridors, expanding current ones and exploring ways to enhance shared use of limited transportation corridors among freight, transit and commuter rail. We partner with our clients to ensure safety, maintain daily operations, control costs and comply with all construction and design standards and local requirements.
AECOM Services:
Freight Rail and Intermodal Transfer Facilities
Terminal Operations
Capacity Planning and Analysis
Permitting and Environmental Services
Track, Bridge and Structure Design and Inspection
Shop, Yard and Building Construction and Rehabilitation
A convention center gives a city the power to attract major local, state, national and international events — serving as the magnetic force behind future economic development. No city should be without one.
With the right expertise, unique knowledge, innovative approaches and cutting-edge solutions, AECOM is the right partner.
We are able to identify and mitigate the challenges presented by these large structures, as we have an extensive understanding of the unique operational, structural and mechanical challenges posed by these facilities. Our on-staff facade specialists are experts in both the design and construction of complex enclosure systems.
When planning, designing and building a new facility, our team is able to expertly advise the client on how to best position the building’s infrastructure to minimize costs. Furthermore, we recognize the importance of renovating these structures while maintaining regular building operations, thus allowing for an uninterrupted revenue stream.
Universities today are constantly evolving to provide distinctive and intimate athletic facilities. Because no two higher education institutions are the same, planning, design, architecture and construction must discover and celebrate the distinctive character of each collegiate campus.
With our exceptional history of deploying innovative solutions, higher education clients turn to AECOM to help position themselves for the future.
Our responsibility is twofold: to assist our clients in the creation of a total package that addresses their program and business requirements, while enhancing their product presentation and marketability. We integrate land-use planning and assessment, major facility siting, and award-winning design and construction for universities throughout the world.
With a deep bench of technical resources and diverse construction teams, we can deploy a myriad of solutions, carefully phasing and sequencing work around existing campus operations, and incorporating a vigilant planning and enforcement program for comprehensive jobsite safety and security, to deliver world-class training, learning and entertaining environments.
AECOM is a world leader in electric power delivery systems with extensive experience in new and upgraded power transmission and distribution systems.
Our projects have included the design of hundreds of overhead, underground and underwater power transmission lines.
We provide lifecycle services that span consulting, outage sequencing and planning through environmental and siting programs to engineering, procurement and construction. In addition, we provide engineering services to meet the demands of modern delivery systems, including state-of-the-art, extra high-voltage, alternating current and direct current technologies.
Our technical personnel have extensive backgrounds in system planning, transmission, distribution and substation engineering, with specific experience in feasibility studies, conceptual and detailed design, rehabilitation of existing systems, and the evaluation of advanced concepts in design and utilization. Our construction and project management teams have overcome challenges to successfully build transmission lines, substations, and SCADA systems in locations ranging from cramped urban environments to the mountains of the desert southwest.
Our transmission and distribution team is active in realizing a 21st century energy grid economy that is founded on comprehensive utilization of renewable energy, distributed generation, and demand-side participation. We help fulfill the promise of a sustainable future through lowering the carbon emissions of the power sector.
For more than 30 years, AECOM has been providing emissions control services to clients across the fossil fuel power industry.
We provide sustainable, low-carbon solutions that support energy security and independence and reduce greenhouse gases.
To help operators of coal-fired power plants meet increasingly stringent air quality regulations, we apply a variety of clean-air technologies to remove sulfur dioxide, sulfur trioxide, mercury and other particulates from process flue gases. These include flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems, as well as proprietary technologies to improve their performance. In addition, we are an exclusive provider of a patented Sodium Based Solution (SBS) Injection™ technology to reduce sulfur trioxide emissions.
With the resurgence of clean-air regulations, we have been responsible for more than 40,000 megawatts of FGD retrofits or new installations, 52,000 MW of FGD upgrades, and another 24,000 megawatts of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) new and retrofit systems. Our customers have come to rely on us as a provider of complete clean-air solutions, from identifying the most appropriate technologies to integration technologies into existing systems with minimal downtime.
AECOM provides comprehensive services for alternative and renewable energy clients. Our experience includes all of the renewable and alternative energies, from biomass and geothermal, to solar, wind and hydroelectric generating systems.
We have established ourselves as a leading provider of environmental, engineering and construction services to develop solutions that are both efficient and cost-effective.
We offer years of expertise in evaluating renewable and alternative energy options, navigating regulatory environments and implementing strategies. Our broad range of project management services, paired with our technical resources, allow us to thoroughly plan, develop and execute environmental and permitting, engineering and design, procurement, construction and commissioning.
In addition to helping our clients develop power generation based on existing technology, we also provide engineering, construction and start-up services to identify the feasibility of new sources of energy, and we help integrate renewable energy systems into existing power grids.
From landmarked concert halls to avant-garde art installations, AECOM has successfully delivered the most challenging arts and cultural projects to world-renowned clients for decades. We specialize in iconic destinations, helping to improve the world, one cultural destination at a time.
Buildings that are used for tourism and cultural recreation — including theatres, cinemas, visitor centers, museums and galleries — have exacting requirements. These buildings are just as much a part of the users’ experience as the show or exhibition; they have to be aesthetically pleasing and engage the visitor while delivering against the owner/occupier’s stringent performance bottom line and operational standards.
Our professionals are proactive in addressing the concerns of our clients and their benefactors. We are adept at project cost-tracking, managing historic preservation processes and collaboratively engaging stakeholders to find solutions regardless of the challenges. Our cutting-edge technical management systems combined with our unrivaled depth of experience in sustainable construction allows us to deliver optimal solutions that add value to our clients’ projects and enhances their brand image.
The hotel and resort marketplace is truly international, with clientele expecting similar standards of comfort and convenience as they travel worldwide, whether for leisure or for business.
From luxury hotel towers and boutique properties to large-scale convention center hotels and spa resorts, AECOM is renowned for hospitality projects of the highest quality.
We bring an integrated approach to every project that is based upon maximum efficiency of space, resources, energy and materials to provide places for travelers that exceed expectations in terms of quality, convenience and value for money.
We understand the operational considerations of designing and building premier hospitality projects, and we focus on end-user efficiency, as well as life-cycle cost management to meet the challenges of each hospitality project type across this varied sector.
We know how essential it is to create hotels and resorts that work for guests and staff alike. To meet our clients’ exacting standards, as well as our own, we deploy sector-specific Quality Assurance practices at every stage of the project. AECOM’s wealth of experience in delivering technical and operational solutions enables us to build remarkable environments where people around the world work, live and play.
