Press Releases

AECOM has been ranked as a Top 100 Military Friendly® Employer for 13 consecutive years and a Military Friendly® Spouse Employer for six consecutive years  GERMANTOWN, MD (Oct. 9, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been designated as a 2019 Military Friendly® GOLD Employer and 2019 Military...

AECOM E&C UK Ltd, which includes the company’s Warrington office and teams in Whitehaven, Aberdeen and at the Low Level Waste Repository, Sellafield and Dounreay has received a prestigious award in recognition of its achievements in providing a continued safe working environment for its employees and contractors.   The team has achieved an Order of...

MELBOURNE (October 2, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, will provide the full range of design services as part of the Rail Infrastructure Alliance which today signed a contract with the Victorian Government worth approximately AU$1 billion. The project is expected to be worth approximately AU$70 million to AECOM and will...

Photo credited to the students: Yinan Lin / Aime Wailes Macarie / Julio Torres Santana MANILA (September 28, 2018) – AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, together with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD), hosted today a public forum to launch the exhibition of Manila: Future Habitations at the San Ignacio Church and Mission...

Mr. Dieter brings 32 years of experience to the SONGS Decommissioning Solutions project, which is the largest commercial nuclear plant decommissioning in the United States. LOS ANGELES (September 26, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has appointed Tom Dieter to lead the AECOM-EnergySolutions joint venture to decommission...

GERMANTOWN (September 25, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) five-year, multiple-award contract from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with a maximum aggregate value of US$475 million. As part of the contract AECOM will support USAID’s Bureau for Economic...

AECOM has enabled its client, Westferry Developments Limited, to optimise  its original planning consent in order to increase the number of homes and deliver a major new housing scheme on the Isle of Dogs by addressing key infrastructure challenges. The updated waterfront plan will include 1,500 new homes available to rent or buy, 35% of...

AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, has launched its urban analytics offering in the UK and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), appointing Dr Eime Tobari as Director of Urban Analytics. As part of AECOM’s new offering in the region, Dr Tobari is working with clients on how to leverage data to create...

Under Rosenwax the Buildings & Places practice will sharpen its focus on complex mega-projects in the region SYDNEY (September 13, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that its Australia and New Zealand executive team has appointed James Rosenwax to lead and transform its Buildings & Places (B&P) practice. Mr....

AECOM publishes its 2017 Sustainability Report highlighting a 43 percent reduction of GHG emissions since 2015 LOS ANGELES (September 12, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today a new commitment to further reduce its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 percent by 2025, based on 2017 baseline levels. Since...

Brisbane, Australia (5 Sept. 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has appointed Michael Rinaudo to lead the defence focused team within its Construction Services group. This strategic hire is in response to increased demand for construction management and specialist technical services from The Australian Department of Defence....

GERMANTOWN, Md. (Aug. 27, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Mark Whitney, a nuclear industry veteran, has been appointed general manager and executive vice president of AECOM’s nuclear and environment strategic business unit. This appointment follows the retirement of Dr. Todd Wright from this position and is effective...

GERMANTOWN, Md. (Aug. 23, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) research and development contract from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Information Analysis Centers’ (IAC) multiple award contract (MAC) for the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). The IDIQ contract, which was...

Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has been selected to design a new world-class learning and research building for the University of Exeter, in partnership with Hopkins Architects. The AECOM and Hopkins team has won a design competition for Project North Park, the University’s new flagship research and teaching facility that is scheduled to open in...

LOS ANGELES (Aug. 21, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has begun construction of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Fort Carson, Colorado, using Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) GridStar® Lithium energy storage system. The 4.25 MW/8.5 MWh BESS is part of an energy savings performance contract...

AECOM Tishman to serve as construction manager throughout the restoration of the legendary hotel destination NEW YORK, NY – August 21, 2018 – Anbang Insurance Group (“Anbang”) today announced the continuation of restoration efforts at Waldorf Astoria New York, as the iconic hotel enters its second phase of construction. AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated...

AECOM invited 50 children into its London campus for an Open House day to find out more about the amazing engineering that goes on behind the scenes of daily life. The children took part in fun, hands-on activities delivered by members of AECOM’s engineering teams throughout the day to help them learn about different specialisms...

Project team commits to building the ultimate urban arena at Seattle Center SEATTLE – JULY 31, 2018 – OVG-Seattle and NHL Seattle today announced Skanska-Hunt, a joint venture between Skanska and AECOM Hunt, as general contractor for the redevelopment of the Seattle Center Arena. Together the project team is set to begin construction on the largest private...

In partnership with the Army Cyber Institute at West Point and the City of Houston, AECOM will host Jack Voltaic 2.0 HOUSTON (July 26, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today the launch of its National Preparedness offering. The new approach is underpinned by AECOM’s Converged Resilience model, an integrated...

AECOM has been appointed by the Royal Opera House (ROH) to deliver a full asset condition service of its site in Covent Garden, London. AECOM will make recommendations for the repair of the historic ROH and Production Workhouse. The project will involve building and MEP services for the life cycling profiling of the buildings to...

AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, has appointed Colin Wood MBE as Chief Executive, Civil Infrastructure EMIA. Colin will be responsible for leading the growth, strategy and client engagement of AECOM’s Civil Infrastructure business in EMIA which operates in 50 countries, has over 8500 staff and includes the Transportation, Water, Ports and Power...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 19, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, along with Bluebeam, a leading developer of project efficiency and collaboration software, announced today an initiative to deliver a major digital milestone in revolutionizing and streamlining California’s Division of the State Architect (DSA) design review process. DSA provides design and construction...

Driverless pods are being trialled this week at Filton Airfield as part of a pilot scheme that will pave the way for the use of connected and autonomous vehicles to move people around airports, hospitals, business parks, shopping and tourist centres. The closed test at the disused airfield in north Bristol is the first of...

GERMANTOWN, Md. (July 18, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been awarded one of six indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ), multiple award services contracts by the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency to provide support for the United States Cooperative Threat Reduction program. The mission of the program is...

With over 50 years of experience in the design, build and operations (DBO) of commercial and government space launch facilities, the supporting infrastructure and supply chain development -global infrastructure services firm AECOM congratulates the United Kingdom’s Space Agency (UKSA) on its recent spaceflight announcement. Since the inception of the UKSA programme AECOM has provided potential...

LOS ANGELES (July 17, 2018) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, will hold a conference call and webcast with analysts and investors on August 7, 2018 at 12 p.m. Eastern Time, during which management will present the Company’s fiscal third quarter 2018 financial results, strategy and market trends. The live webcast...

Through Bridging North America consortium, AECOM to design longest cable-stayed bridge in North America LOS ANGELES, (July 12, 2018) — AECOM (NYSE: ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been selected, as part of the Bridging North America consortium, to design the Gordie Howe International Bridge by the Windsor-Detroit...

AECOM has been appointed by the Department for International Development (DFID) to deliver its Cities and Infrastructure for Growth project in Zambia (CIGZ). CIGZ will provide demand-led technical assistance consultancy to national and local government in areas such as urban planning, infrastructure service delivery and energy access with a view to harness the power of...

Automatically refusing mortgages on properties where Japanese knotweed is found is out of proportion to the risk posed by this invasive species, new research has found. Ecologists from global infrastructure services firm AECOM and the University of Leeds have carried out the most extensive research to date assessing the potential of Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica)...

AECOM has released drone footage of the 2018 Serpentine Pavilion, which opened to the public last week, so that people can experience the project from a bird’s eye view. For the sixth year running, AECOM, in collaboration with David Glover, delivered engineering and technical design services for the project. Ross Manship, Lead Drone Pilot, AECOM,...

To champion LGBTQ+ inclusion in the engineering field, AECOM will be marching together this London Pride taking place 7th July with networking group InterEngineering. This will be the third year running at the London march for AECOM. Joining other leading firms from the engineering and construction industry, AECOM will be showing its solidarity in challenging stereotypes associated...

Members of AECOM’s Automotive team attended a ‘Topping Out’ ceremony at Daimler’s new Mercedes-Benz engine factory in Jawor, Poland on Friday 22nd June. Global infrastructure services firm AECOM was appointed as lead consultant/general designer and provided a fully comprehensive infrastructure design service (all disciplines & specialisms) for the EUR 500 million plant.  AECOM was also...

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (June 25, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Marc Devlin, a material science engineer by training, has joined the company as executive vice president and region executive of AECOM’s Design Consulting Services business in Canada. In this position, Mr. Devlin will leverage his substantial engineering and...

DARWIN, Australia (June 21, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been selected by the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) to construct an aircraft parking apron and supporting facilities at the Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin. The firm-fixed priced contract, awarded in May, is worth...