Press Releases

12 April 2017 – AECOM and Norway-based architecture practice Reiuf Ramstad Arkitekter (RRA), are one of seven teams shortlisted to create concept designs for a new landmark Pavilion and updates to the listed West Princes Street Gardens in the heart of Edinburgh. The £25m ‘Ross Pavilion’ will provide a new venue for small-scale indoor and...

12 April 2017—Global infrastructure services firm AECOM will provide industry training and insight to research staff at Sheffield University in South Yorkshire, England, as part of its new membership to the university’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). Under the membership agreement, AECOM and the University of Sheffield will also pursue research and development opportunities with...

Project will trial POD mobility service at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Pilot could pave the way for the use of autonomous and connected vehicles in airports, hospitals, business parks and shopping centres   11 April 2017 – An AECOM-led consortium has secured more than £4.2 million of funding from Innovate UK and the Centre for...

Eight-year contract will support the upgrade of Amesbury to Berwick Down stretch of A303 from single to dual carriageway   Project includes a new tunnel alongside Stonehenge to protect and enhance the World Heritage Site   11 April 2017 – Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has secured an eight-year contract with Highways England to be...

7 April 2017 – Global integrated infrastructure services firm AECOM is supporting former championship rally driver Ronnie Foreman as he travels across Ireland and Northern Ireland this week on a charity road trip. AECOM teams in Belfast, Galway, Limerick and Cork welcomed Ronnie as he arrived in the towns and cities on his Rally for...

31 March 2017 – The new Ilkeston rail station will welcome its first train this weekend, marking the start of rail passenger services in more than 50 years for the Derbyshire town. Global infrastructure services firm AECOM designed the station for Derbyshire County Council (DCC) and has delivered a range of multidisciplinary services over the...

Nottingham University’s GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry is one of the world’s first buildings to achieve both accolades 4 April 2017 – Nottingham University’s recently opened GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry has achieved BREEAM Outstanding and LEED Platinum certifications. It is one of the first buildings in the world to receive...

LOS ANGELES (April 3, 2017) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced that AECOM Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its equity interest in its first investment. The transaction is expected to close in AECOM’s fiscal third quarter, subject to customary closing and other financial conditions, and will...

A new three-year global partnership, convening “living conversations” about the cities of tomorrow 30 March 2017: AECOM, a premier, fully integrated infrastructure firm, and Asia Society, a leading global non-profit institution, today announced a three-year partnership – Imagine 2060: Delivering Tomorrow’s Cities Together. Together the two organizations will leverage their extensive public and private sector...

27 March 2017 – Nicola Blackwood MP for Oxford West and Abingdon and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation in the Department of Health visited AECOM’s Oxford office last week to meet staff and find out more about the company’s local projects. During the visit to AECOM’s offices, Nicola heard a series...

27 March 2017 – Global infrastructure services firm AECOM will today commence data collection site visits at its first eight schools as part of the largest building surveying project in the UK. Under the Education Funding Agency’s (EFA’s) Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme, which AECOM was awarded earlier this year, the company will visit around...

20 March 2017 – AECOM has won the Future Projects Transport category at the World Architecture News (WAN) 2016 awards for its design of the world’s first undersea pedestrian tunnel in Istanbul, Turkey. AECOM’s winning design, called ‘Underwater Domes of Istanbul’, was chosen from a shortlist of six entries by an expert judging panel, who...

NEW YORK (March 15, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, today announced that Paul Praylo has been named chief operating officer of its Construction Services (CS) business, a global construction division that has grown from under $2B to nearly $7B in revenue in just five years. In this elevated position, Mr....

10 March 2017 – Alison Thewliss MP for Glasgow Central visited AECOM’s Glasgow Bothwell Street office yesterday to meet apprentices and graduates as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week. During the visit to AECOM’s office, Alison met with apprentices and graduates working on live projects. One of the apprentices Alison met was Kirsty Walker, who has...

08 March 2017 – The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Greg Clark MP has today granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Glyn Rhonwy Pumped Storage Hydropower project, the UK’s first onshore hydro scheme to go through the Planning Act 2008. Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has supported the applicant...

The UK’s first network arch bridge has been installed on Network Rail’s Ordsall Chord project in north west England. Two cranes worked in tandem to lift the 600 tonne steelwork arches into position across the River Irwell between the cities of Manchester and Salford. The bridge is the result of a detailed collaborative effort by...

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 27, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that together with Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), an AECOM-led team, it has won the Campbell Institute’s 2017 Innovation Challenge for its Physiological Monitoring Program, which eliminated heat-stress disorders by adapting wearable technology for its remote field teams. The...

AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm has been appointed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore as the lead consultant to conduct the Advanced Engineering Study (AES) for the complete design of the Singapore stretch of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail Infrastructure. AECOM and its consortium partners will provide architectural, civil,...

22 February 2017 – For the fifth year running, AECOM, in collaboration with David Glover, will deliver engineering and technical design services for the Serpentine Pavilion in London, UK. This year, German-trained architect Diébédo Francis Kéré from Burkina Faso, has been commissioned to design the 17th temporary Pavilion for the Serpentine Galleries’ grounds in Kensington...

21 February 2017 – AECOM has been named Building Services – Building Performance Consultancy of the Year (over 1000 employees) at the annual Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Building Performance Awards. The win is the third time AECOM has picked up the award in six years. CIBSE noted that AECOM was awarded due...

AECOM and The Harvard University Graduate School of Design shape ideas for the development of Kuala Lumpur’s Golden Triangle Kuala Lumpur – Feb. 20th, 2017 – The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) in collaboration with AECOM a fully integrated global infrastructure firm, today held a public forum in Kuala Lumpur as an integral...

AECOM warns North is facing a looming housing crisis that will stifle growth unless housing is included in Northern Powerhouse decision-making 20 February 2017 – Cities and regions in the North face a looming housing crisis unless they take steps now to incorporate and accelerate residential development in their plans for the Northern Powerhouse, according...

17 February 2017 – Global infrastructure services firm AECOM and 7N Architects have secured Planning Permission in Principle consent from Glasgow City Council for their masterplan for the University of Glasgow. The masterplan provides a development and placemaking framework for a significant expansion of the University’s Gilmorehill Campus on the site of the former Glasgow...

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 16, 2017) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been named to Fortune magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies for the third consecutive year. “To be recognized for the third consecutive year on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies list is an exceptional...

AECOM (NYSE: ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today the pricing of its offering of US $1 billion in aggregate principal amount of its senior notes due 2027 (the “senior notes”). The senior notes will pay interest semiannually at a rate of 5.125% and will mature on March 15, 2027, unless earlier...

Shortlist follows the launch of AECOM’s ‘fastest, best value, most connected, sustainable, agile workplace’ in London   16 February 2017 – AECOM’s new office in central London has been shortlisted in the Best Fit Out of Workplace category at the British Council for Offices (BCO) London Awards 2017. The workplace design for the company’s office...

Introduction of AECOM Tishman TM and AECOM TM Hunt advances the company’s vision to deliver enhanced solutions to its clients LOS ANGELES (Feb. 6, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated infrastructure firm, today introduced AECOM TishmanTM and AECOM HuntTM – brand identities that bring together generations of building experience and best-in-class expertise across a wide...

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 31, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Carolyn Flowers, the former head of the Federal Transit Administration, will lead the firm’s industry leading transit practice in North America. For the past 14 years, AECOM has been nationally ranked No. 1 in the transportation industry by...

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 30, 2017) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it was named Platinum Elite firm by ReNew Canada magazine for our involvement on 29 of this year’s “Top 100 Biggest Infrastructure Projects.” This is the 11th year that AECOM has been named to the list. AECOM was...

30 January 2017 – Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has secured five contracts with Highways England to deliver highway design services across five separate schemes. The contracts, with fees totalling more than £25m to AECOM, are part of the Roads Investment Strategy announced in 2014 and will deliver maintenance, improvements and upgrades to motorways and...

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 17, 2017) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, will hold a conference call with analysts and investors on February 7, 2017 to discuss fiscal first quarter 2017 financial results. The company will conduct a live webcast of its conference call at noon Eastern Time, during which management will...

Multidisciplinary student teams asked to find innovative solutions to critical urban issues LOS ANGELES (Jan. 12, 2017) — AECOM and Van Alen Institute, with 100 Resilient Cities — Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation, today announced the winner of the Urban SOS: Fair Share student competition, which challenged multidisciplinary student teams around the world to explore...

12 January 2017 – Global infrastructure services company AECOM has hired Richard Gammon as Managing Director – Aviation, Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMIA). Richard will be responsible for leading and growing AECOM’s aviation business across the region. Richard joins AECOM from HOK, where he was Global Director – Aviation and Transportation. A recognised...

London – 10 January 2017 –“Toxic” workplaces are jeopardising employee wellbeing, leading to poor productivity, long-term sickness and ultimately impacting staff recruitment and retention, according to AECOM. While most responsible organisations recognise the importance of keeping their employees safe, the same focus is not currently given to wellness. Organisations that do not prioritise employee wellness...