AECOMMUNITY │ December 2021

AECOM received multiple honors at this year’s IFLA Asia-Pacific region Landscape Architecture Awards

Our award-winning projects range from city infrastructure and parks, to open space and natural environment. These projects are shaping every aspect of cities, powering a more sustainable future — whether it’s the Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, the Kongque river in Korla, a waterfront corridor in Beijing, or Chengdu’s lumber industry heritage inspired park. These prestigious honors are tangible recognition of our collaborative efforts with clients in helping our local communities thrive through restoring ecological balance and bolstering social development. Learn more here.

Relocation of Shatin Sewage Treatment Works into Caverns won International Tunnel Award (ITA) – Project of the Year Award 2021 under the Category of “Project of the Year Including Renovation” (with a Budget up to 50 M€)

The Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works (STSTW) is the largest secondary sewage treatment works in Hong Kong, capable of serving nearly a million people. The relocation of the STSTW will reduce its footprint by half, and make it Asia’s largest sewage treatment works located in caverns. AECOM was commissioned by the Drainage Services Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government to conduct a feasibility study for relocating Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works (STSTW) to caverns, which is the first and foremost cavern study being carried out under this new initiative.

Chengdu 5G Smart City Pilot Zone

In the urban design of Chengdu 5G Smart City Pilot Zone, located in the startup section of Xinchuan Science and Technology Park, AECOM puts forward the vision of “A Humanistic Xinchuan, with Technological Future.” The team believes the technological innovation is driven by real life needs. Chengdu’s rich local culture served as the foundation to foster innovation and develop urban self-confidence. Click here to learn more.

Redevelopment of the Small Wild Goose Pagoda historical district: West Garden, South Plaza & Municipal Street Landscape Design

The rapid development of its surrounding communities made the original core of the prosperous capital of the Tang Dynasty an area of uncoordinated urban encroachment. From overall planning to spatial design, AECOM used landscape design as a low-intervention approach to redefine the spatial order and reconstruct the relationship between historical blocks and cultural relics, cities, nature and people. Click here to learn more.

AECOM to provide engineering services for the Northern Metropolis in Hong Kong

AECOM has been selected by the Civil Engineering and Development Department of the HKSAR Government to provide engineering services for the Northern Metropolis residential and commercial development project. In this role, AECOM will offer comprehensive services for the city’s latest strategic development direction, which is to transform the most northern part of Hong Kong near mainland China into a thriving metropolitan area which will serve as a second economic engine, and enhance cooperation between Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. Click here to learn more. Click here to learn more.

TEA and AECOM release 2020 Theme Index and Museum Index attendance report

Year 2020 was a difficult year for theme parks, water parks and museums, which are by their nature dedicated to bringing people together for shared experiences. Around the world, most of these venues were closed for significant periods in 2020 due to the pandemic, and steep attendance declines were the inevitable result. At the same time, operators and markets have shown remarkable resiliency and are already on the path to recovery in 2021, considered a “bounce-back year” in what is forecast to be a three-year recovery cycle. Click here to view the full report.

Memorandum of Understanding signed by AECOM and Parkland to advance low-carbon city development in China

AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Parkland Group. It underscored the two parties’ joint efforts in contributing to China’s remarkable journey of green development, with a focus in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The two parties will start a series of projects focusing on carbon neutral research and development. Learn more here.

AECOM publishes the special COP26 edition of Future of Infrastructure report

In this special edition of our Future of Infrastructure report, authored with clients and partners around the world, we’ve identified priority actions needed in the fight against climate change for each of the COP26 themes — finance, energy, nature, resilience, transport and cities. In each of these areas, we highlight practical solutions that improve environmental and social outcomes while tackling climate mitigation and improving resilience. Learn more here.

AECOM launches Digital AECOM to help clients accelerate their digital journeys and achieve better project outcomes

The launch of Digital AECOM, which combines the Company’s global digital-focused consulting services, hosted services products to help clients accelerate their digital journeys and achieve better project outcomes, and digital tools to enhance its delivery of core engineering and design services. The branded offer leverages the strengths of the firm’s more than 2,000 integrated digital practitioners globally and proven AECOM technology to connect data, projects, and communities. Learn more about the service here.