The presentation, titled Mission: Earth, explores how integrated thinking can create urban environments that attract people, promote economic opportunity and protect the natural world.

AECOM also released a statement in Business Roundtable’s 2015 Sustainability Report on how the company is fundamentally structured to bring together better ideas and innovative solutions to the difficult global challenges affecting human developments worldwide. 

“We live in an age that demands action to protect the prospects of a healthy society and environment for future generations,” said Michael S. Burke, AECOM chairman and chief executive officer.  “At AECOM, sustainability is the foundation of our business, from the integrated approach we bring to projects to our efforts to build healthy, resilient cities to how we operate as a company.”

About AECOM

AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and technical services firm positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets around the world for public- and private-sector clients. With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in over 150 countries around the world, AECOM is ranked as the #1 engineering design firm by revenue in Engineering News-Record magazine’s annual industry rankings, and has been recognized by Fortune magazine as a World’s Most Admired Company. The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high-rise buildings and government. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the needs of clients’ projects. A Fortune 500 firm, AECOM companies, including URS Corporation and Hunt Construction Group, had revenue of approximately $19 billion during the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2014. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at aecom.com.

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09-Sep-2014 Student vision for renewing Tirupur, India, wins AECOM Urban SOS competition
10-Sep-2014 AECOM announces the offering of US$1.6 billion in senior unsecured notes maturing during 2022 and 2024
11-Sep-2014 AECOM announced today that it is ranked as the #3 green design firm by Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine, a McGraw-Hill publication that recently released its annual list of the top 100 green building design firms.
16-Sep-2014 The £180 million design and build framework will commence in 2015 and run until 2020 with an option to extend for an additional five years.
17-Sep-2014 AECOM announced today that it has completed its tasks as program manager associated with Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport’s (FLL) new Runway 10R-28L, which is scheduled to open on Sept. 18.
18-Sep-2014 AECOM announces pricing of US$1.6 billion in senior unsecured notes maturing during 2022 and 2024
21-Sep-2014 DAMAC has appointed AECOM as the lead consultant for its luxury residential development, AKOYA Oxygen, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
01-Oct-2014 AECOM announced today that Rear Admiral Mark Handley, P.E., Civil Engineer Corps, United States Navy (retired), has joined the company as a vice president leading U.S. federal energy programs. He will be based in AECOM’s Norfolk, Va., office.
06-Oct-2014 Company expands business development team to drive growth in the Mid-Atlantic region
06-Oct-2014 AECOM publishes third Asia-focused sustainability report
07-Oct-2014 John Stevens will head up the environmental practice for the industrial market sector in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
07-Oct-2014 AECOM’s masterplan for the North West Cambridge Development has won the ‘Future Projects – Masterplanning’ Award at the 2014 World Architecture Festival (WAF).
08-Oct-2014 AECOM awarded contract for Newtown Creek Renewable Natural Gas Project
14-Oct-2014 Mixed-use project will include 270 rental apartments
14-Oct-2014 With a sewage treatment capacity of 340,000 cubic meters per day, the relocated STSTW will be the biggest cavern sewage treatment works in Asia when completed, serving a population of over 800,000 in Sha Tin. This project also marks a new milestone in large-scale cavern development in Hong Kong as part of enhancing land supply strategy to free up land for housing and other beneficial uses.
16-Oct-2014 AECOM and URS announce preliminary merger consideration election results
17-Oct-2014 AECOM completes acquisition of URS Corporation
20-Oct-2014 AECOM to announce fiscal year 2014 fourth-quarter, full-year results on Nov. 11
22-Oct-2014 AECOM announced today that AECOM Senior Vice President and Chief Safety Officer Andrew D. Peters was named chairman of the West Virginia University (WVU) Safety Management Visiting Committee.
23-Oct-2014 AECOM announces final merger consideration election results from former URS stockholders
07-Nov-2014 URS, an AECOM company, has been awarded a five-year contract renewal by ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. (CPAI) to provide design, engineering, and procurement services for CPAI’s oil and gas operations in Alaska.
11-Nov-2014 AECOM reports fourth-quarter, full-year fiscal year 2014 results
12-Nov-2014 AECOM’s multidisciplinary team is working with the HCA on its development of the Louisburg Barracks in East Hampshire, UK. Delivering a viable scheme that meets the wider sustainability and quality credentials defined in the Whitehill and Bordon Masterplan will be the ultimate legacy of the development.
25-Nov-2014 Case study on Chicago O’Hare International Airport’s new Runway 10C-28C highlighted project excellence, sustainability
25-Nov-2014 AECOM has appointed Sergio Chiquetto as a director within Strategic Planning and Advisory, a part of the EMEA transportation practice.
02-Dec-2014 AECOM’s Belfast-based engineer Samuel Donaldson has won the prestigious Institution Medal at the national final of the 2014 Institution of Civil Engineers’ Graduates and Students Papers Competition.
02-Dec-2014 URS, an AECOM company, has introduced a new mercury control technology, HBS Injection™, to help U.S. power plants comply with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) regulation issued by the U.S. EPA.
03-Dec-2014 Landmark document comes from the findings of a workshop initiated by AECOM and hosted by South West Water in the U.K.
10-Dec-2014 Yas Mall, the newly opened retail and leisure destination located at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, has won the Commercial Project of the Year award at the Construction Week awards.
10-Dec-2014 AECOM to webcast presentation of investor day on Dec. 16
10-Dec-2014 AECOM announced today that it has published its annual enterprise safety, health and environment (SH&E) report.
16-Dec-2014 URS and the LJUNGSTRÖM Division of ARVOS Group have signed an exclusive agreement to jointly develop, demonstrate, and market a novel approach to improve the energy efficiency of coal-fired power plants by 1 to 3 percent, with a corresponding reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
19-Dec-2014 Deloitte Real Estate and AECOM with HOK have been retained to progress a range of further studies through to spring 2016, all aimed at supporting the more detailed planning and design process that will follow a decision in principle.
22-Dec-2014 URS, an AECOM company, has formed an alliance with Pixel Velocity Incorporated (PVI) to deliver state-of-the-art capabilities for strategic oil and gas infrastructure protection and security.
29-Dec-2014 AECOM was awarded a contract from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Central Region, to provide detailed design, construction staging, structural engineering, traffic, drainage and various environmental services for 15 structures on Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 406 in Ontario.
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