Press Releases

LOS ANGELES (June 28, 2017) — AECOM (NYSE: ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, today announced that Randall A. Wotring has been named chief operating officer, effective July 1, 2017. With more than 30 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry, Mr. Wotring was promoted in September 2016 to group president,...

LOS ANGELES (June 26, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Zeynep Erdal, PhD, PE, has been named regional business line leader for its water business in the Los Angeles Metro+ region, which encompasses Southern and Central California and Nevada, effective immediately. In this role, she will be responsible...

LOS ANGELES (June 26, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that James W. Thomson, American Institute of Architects (AIA), The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has been named vice president and managing principal for its Midwest region Buildings + Places practice, part of its Design and Consulting...

LOS ANGELES (June 12, 2017) – AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it is one of 56 companies awarded the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) contract. The U.S. Army, multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract supports the Department of Defense and all federal agencies. This five-year base, plus five-year...

LOS ANGELES (June 9, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been chosen by the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) to provide detailed design services for the new Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. Container Terminal at the Port of Charleston. “Extending AECOM’s dedication to delivering a better world...

LOS ANGELES — (June 6, 2017) — AECOM (NYSE: ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael S. Burke and Chief Financial Officer W. Troy Rudd will present at the Citi 2017 Industrials Conference in Boston. AECOM’s presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at...

6 June 2017 – The recently opened Francis Crick Institute in London has achieved BREEAM Excellent certification. Dedicated to tackling scientific questions underpinning health and disease, the centre is one of the biggest single biomedical laboratories in Europe, with space for 1500 staff, including 1250 scientists. Global infrastructure services firm AECOM delivered BREEAM services for...

WASHINGTON (June 5, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that John Jessen, AIA, has been named regional managing principal for the Washington metro area and mid-Atlantic region of its Buildings + Places business, part of AECOM’s Design and Consulting Services Group (DCS), effective immediately. In this role, Mr. Jessen...

Attendance at top theme park groups, museums and water parks continues to grow LOS ANGELES (June 1, 2017) — The 2016 TEA/AECOM Theme Index and Museum Index, an annual study of attendance at top theme parks, water parks and museums around the world, reveals mixed results for calendar year 2016. While attendance at the top...

The firm’s first television commercial highlights AECOM’s partnership with L.A. Metro to expand its rail network and provide greater access to opportunity LOS ANGELES (May 31, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has released its first television commercial that illustrates infrastructure’s power to connect communities. Filmed by...

LOS ANGELES (May 31, 2017) — AECOM (NYSE: ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, will ring The Opening Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at 9:30 am ET today in celebration of the firm’s 10th anniversary of its initial public offering (IPO). Michael S. Burke, AECOM’s chairman and chief executive officer,...

AIKEN, S.C. (May 30, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Jeff Kerridge, a 31-year nuclear industry veteran, has been appointed senior vice president of business development for its Nuclear & Environment (N&E) Strategic Business Unit within its Management Services group, effective immediately. In this role, Mr. Kerridge will...

Landscape design helps transform heritage amusement park ahead of its reopening  26 May 2017 – Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has created striking new landscaping for the redevelopment of Dreamland, a historic amusement park in Margate that originally opened in the 1870s. The park, which reopens this week following a major renovation programme, brings together sensitively...

Developed to help cities prepare and reduce risks from disaster CANCUN, Mexico, 24 May 2017 – An updated Disaster Resilience Scorecard, created to help cities and local government agencies improve their preparedness and reduce risks from disasters was launched today at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Developed for the United Nations Office for...

18 May 2017 – AECOM is supporting Europe’s biggest annual architecture festival by becoming a patron of the London Festival of Architecture. The event, which runs from 1 – 30 June 2017 celebrates London as a global hub of architectural experimentation, practice and debate.   As a patron, AECOM will share its unique experiences of...

Leading global firm hiring innovative talent over the next six months to deliver next generation of infrastructure projects LOS ANGELES (May 17, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today it is seeking qualified professionals and technical experts to fill more than 3,000 open positions throughout the United States and Canada...

Jon Schmidt promoted to deputy national transit systems leader LOS ANGELES (May 15, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Navin Sagar has been named vice president and national director transit systems of the firm’s industry leading transit systems practice in North America. In addition, Jon Schmidt has been...

LOS ANGELES (May 15, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announces the appointments of Daven Oswalt and Paul Delphos in new leadership roles within its Mid-Atlantic Region water practice. Mr. Oswalt will serve as the regional business leader for the company’s water practice in the Washington metropolitan area, including Maryland, Virginia...

Infrastructure services firm argues that natural, human and social capital are just as important as financial capital 3 May 2017 – The water industry must consider natural, social and human capital in addition to financial capital in its business planning if it is to successfully address the myriad of challenges it faces over the coming...

LOS ANGELES (May 9, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been awarded a cost-plus, fixed-fee maintenance services contract to support the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Lakehurst, New Jersey, with servicing its Fleet Readiness Center Aviation Support Equipment sites. The estimated value over...

LOS ANGELES (May 9, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it was awarded a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), third-generation indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) energy savings performance contract (ESPC). These ESPCs are awarded to energy service companies that provide cost savings as a result of privately financed energy...

LOS ANGELES (May 8, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully-integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Rahul Madhavan, vice president, international development and strategy for the company’s Management Services group, has been appointed the chairman of the Aerospace and Defense Executive Committee for the U.S. – India Business Council (USIBC). Comprised of more than 300...

LOS ANGELES (May 5, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has published its fourth-annual safety, health and environment (SH&E) report, “Delivering a Safer World.” Offering a summary of the highlights in fiscal year 2016, the report details the company’s safety performance. It is measured by its global...

Malaysia – May 5, 2017 – AECOM has been appointed by MyHSR Corporation Sdn Bhd (MyHSR) for the civil reference design works for the High Speed Rail infrastructure within Malaysia from the south of Iskandar Puteri Station to the International Border between Malaysia and Singapore, including the Straits of Johor crossing. The Malaysian civil rail...

30-year industry veteran will be responsible for providing AECOM leadership at the Department of Energy repository AIKEN, S.C. (May 4, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Bruce Covert has been appointed president and project manager of Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP), the AECOM-led company that manages the U.S. Department...

Ms. Devine will be responsible for partnering with corporate real estate professionals to design and deliver innovative workspaces for AECOM’s Buildings + Places practice in the Los Angeles metro area LOS ANGELES (May 3, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Sarah Devine, International Interior Design Association (IIDA), National...

Multidisciplinary student teams asked to redefine the boundaries of the “hour city” radius, providing broader access to opportunity LOS ANGELES (May 2, 2017) — AECOM and Van Alen Institute, with 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation, today launched Urban SOS™ 2017: hOUR City, a global student ideas competition that challenges multidisciplinary teams to help...

27 April 2017 – Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has secured a contract with the Welsh Government to deliver design services for the new third crossing of the Menai Strait. Under the contract, AECOM will undertake the Key Stage 2 Appraisal of options to identify and develop initial designs for a new bridge crossing that...

The former U.S. Department of Transportation CIO will be responsible for providing AECOM’s Management Services’ clients with best-in-class systems engineering and information solutions LOS ANGELES (April 26, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully-integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Richard McKinney has been appointed vice president of enterprise Information Technology (IT) strategy within AECOM Management...

LOS ANGELES (April 25, 2017) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, will hold a conference call with analysts and investors on May 9, 2017 to discuss fiscal second quarter 2017 financial results. The company will conduct a live webcast of its conference call at noon Eastern Time, during which management will...

LOS ANGELES (April 20, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) task order contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New England District. The contract is valued up to US$25 million over five years. The scope of services for this...

LOS ANGELES (April 18, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, named Vern Kuehn as executive vice president and general manager of a newly created federal business unit within its Construction Services (CS) business group. In this role, Mr. Kuehn will be responsible for working with leadership across AECOM to implement a...