Press Releases

15 July 2016: Edinburgh-based hydrologist and AECOM employee Hazel Smith has today been selected to go to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games as a member of the ParalympicsGB team. Hazel is a guide for visually impaired paratriathlete Alison Patrick, also from Scotland, and the duo will compete together in the paratriathlon event. Hazel and Alison...

LOS ANGELES (July 14, 2016) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced that the Dallas Independent School District’s (the “District”) Board of Trustees approved the recommendation for AECOM to provide program management services for its 2015 bond program. The US$1.6-billion program encompasses the design and construction of nine new and replacement schools...

SINGAPORE (July 12, 2016) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it is serving as a Founding Sponsor for the biennial Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), taking place July 10-14. This follows a similar role the company held at the prior SIWW in 2014. Leading the AECOM delegation are Michael...

LOS ANGELES (July 11, 2016) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been awarded a new five-year contract to provide program management and construction management (PM/CM) services at the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport, recognized internationally as one of the most frequently visited super-hub airports in the...

SINGAPORE (6 July 2016) — As AECOM prepares to participate in the Singapore International Water Week from July 10 to 13, 2016 as one of its Founding Sponsors, it announced today that AECOM in Singapore recently received the platinum award in the Building Information Modeling (BIM) organization category at the 2016 Building and Construction Authority...

  London – 30 June 2016: Global, integrated infrastructure services company AECOM has appointed Adrian Rees as Director – Asset Management, UK & Ireland. Adrian will be responsible for leading and growing the company’s asset management capabilities across the water sector. In this newly created role, Adrian will work with different teams and disciplines from...

AIKEN, S.C. (June 29, 2016) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Todd Wright, a 35-year nuclear weapons complex and industry veteran, has been appointed general manager and executive vice president of AECOM’s Nuclear & Environment Strategic Business Unit, responsible for overseeing the group’s day-to-day operations, strategic initiatives and business...

New gas fired power plant to produce 700 megawatts of clean electricity for Alliant Energy customers, boost local economy and jobs in Beloit, Wis. LOS ANGELES (June 28, 2016) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been selected as the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for...

Hong Kong (June 21, 2016) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been awarded a significant project management consultancy contract for a medical hub in Macau.  This is the fourth hospital project win for the company in three years’ time, establishing AECOM’s leadership in this niche market. The...

Urgent lateral thinking is required to avoid “sleepwalking” into future diversity problems London – 21 June 2016: A significant gender imbalance at apprenticeship level risks undermining the engineering industry’s efforts to build a more diverse workforce, according to integrated infrastructure services firm AECOM. Ahead of National Women in Engineering Day, AECOM warns that unless urgent...

LOS ANGELES (June 21, 2016) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that its Tishman Construction unit will manage construction of One Vanderbilt, a world-class commercial office development in Manhattan. Tishman, a legendary builder in the New York market, will construct One Vanderbilt for New York City’s largest commercial property...

Bridging the Digital and Real Worlds to Enable Improved Communication and Collaboration on Projects Spanning Three Continents LOS ANGELES and SUNNYVALE, Calif. (June 13, 2016) — AECOM (NYSE: ACM) and Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) are collaborating on the world’s first use of Microsoft HoloLens “mixed-reality” technology for engineering and construction. AECOM has launched a pilot program...

LOS ANGELES (June 9, 2016) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that President Stephen M. Kadenacy and Chief Financial Officer W. Troy Rudd will present at the William Blair 36th Annual Growth Stock Conference in Chicago. AECOM’s presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, June 14, at 7:30 a.m. Central Daylight...

Construction of the new 2.1-million-square-foot office building is well underway at the mixed-use Manhattan West development New York, NY (May 26, 2016) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that its Tishman Construction unit is managing construction of Brookfield’s One Manhattan West in New York City. Tishman has been selected...

LOS ANGELES (May 24, 2016) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that its scientists and engineers are presenting technical papers with new insights on remediation technologies at the Battelle “10th International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds,” in Palm Springs, Calif., from May 22-26. Based on vast experience...

LOS ANGELES (May 18, 2016) — AECOM and Van Alen Institute today launched the annual Urban SOS competition, inviting university students to become the visionaries of tomorrow by taking on some of the most pressing challenges faced by the world’s cities. The contest is presented in partnership with ‘100 Resilient Cities — Pioneered by the...

Former L.A. economic chief to lead Design and Consulting Services Group in Los Angeles metro market LOS ANGELES (May 17, 2016) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today it has named Kelli Bernard to the position of chief executive for the Los Angeles metropolitan area for the firm’s design and consulting...

  London – 12th May 2016: Construction of the 2016 Serpentine Pavilion and Summer Houses has started. For the first time, the Serpentine Galleries has expanded its annual architecture programme to include four Summer Houses, located a short walk from the Gallery in Kensington Gardens, in addition to the 16th Pavilion on the Gallery lawn....

AECOM’s main cable dehumidification system project for the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge (also known as the Bay Bridge) has recently won a 2016 Engineering Excellence Award (EEA) from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) in the Honor Award category. The Bay Bridge, operated by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA), consists of a...

Broomfield, Colorado (May 10, 2016) – Flatiron Construction Corp. (FLATIRON), one of the largest infrastructure contractors in North America, along with its partner AECOM (NYSE: ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, were named Apparent Selected Proposer by the Colorado Department of Transportation to design and build the $215 million, 12-mile C-470 Tolled Express...

New mayor needs to recruit a “coalition of the willing” with local authorities across the commuter belt  London – 3 May 2016: London is growing so rapidly beyond its formal boundaries that the office of the London mayor no longer holds the necessary powers to plan and deliver the expansion in housing and infrastructure necessary...

After breaking into The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers List for the first time last year, AECOM has now risen to 70, placing us amongst the year’s highest climbers. The list is based on interviews with thousands of graduates working across all sectors, and is seen as the definitive annual guide to Britain’s most sought-after...

For the first time, new book outlines circular economy principles specifically for the built environment Embracing principles of the circular economy could bring a number of benefits to the built environment, according to global infrastructure services firm AECOM. Buildings are regularly stripped out and torn down, with new buildings frequently constructed from hard-won raw materials....

AECOM has launched a new service that will help the UK Government deliver critical aid around the world. From today, the AECOM-led alliance Delivering Procurement Services for Aid (DPSA) will support the Department for International Development (DFID) with its global procurement and logistics requirements. Procuring goods and equipment, supported by a reliable supply chain, is...

AECOM Capital, the investment and development arm of AECOM, announced the hiring of Bill Smith to serve as executive vice president of design and construction, responsible for managing the design and construction of all AECOM Capital developments nationally. Since AECOM Capital’s founding in January 2013, it has invested in 14 projects across residential, commercial and...

LOS ANGELES (April 20, 2016) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, has announced that Al Hannum has been appointed chief executive of its environment consulting business, a leading practice ranked as the world’s largest and most geographically diverse environmental consultancy by the Environmental Analyst. As chief executive, Hannum directs the overall management,...

LOS ANGELES (April 19, 2016) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, will hold a conference call with analysts and investors on May 10 to discuss fiscal second-quarter 2016 financial results. The company will conduct a live, audio-only webcast of its conference call at noon Eastern Time, during which management will make...

Construction for state-of-the-art, US$375-million, 20,000-seat arena completed on time with an aggressive delivery timeline Las Vegas, NV (April 18, 2016) — AECOM’s Hunt Construction Group, part of the firm’s construction services practice, along with partner PENTA Building Group recently celebrated the completion of the MGM Resorts International and AEG’s T-Mobile Arena project, for which they...

LOS ANGELES (April 14, 2016) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been selected to provide technical advisory services on the Hurontario Light Rail Transit (LRT) project in Mississauga and Brampton, Canada, and the Hamilton LRT project in Hamilton, Canada, for Metrolinx, an agency of the Government...

LOS ANGELES (April 12, 2016) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that executives from AECOM and Savannah River Remediation LLC (SRR), an affiliate of AECOM, presented a donation of US$80,000 to the University of South Carolina Aiken (USCA) Chancellor Dr. Sandra Jordan, continuing a US$400,000 pledge to the university to...

LOS ANGELES (April 11, 2016) — AECOM Capital, the investment and development arm of AECOM, a premier fully integrated global infrastructure firm, recently announced the appointment of Ted Fentin to serve as a managing director. Mr. Fentin will be responsible for the origination and execution of real estate projects for AECOM Capital’s West Coast platform....

LOS ANGELES (April 11, 2016) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that its Economics Senior Vice President John Robinett has received the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) Distinguished Service Award. The TEA Distinguished Service Award is presented annually in recognition of a TEA member’s outstanding contributions “above and beyond the call...

AECOM is proud to be a Gold sponsor of the Adaptation Canada National Symposium 2016, a major climate change and resilience conference that takes place from April 12 to April 14 at Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada. The symposium includes three days of plenary and keynote addresses, and concurrent session presentations on...

AECOM guides new ISO 50001:2011-certified energy management system for airport LOS ANGELES (March 29, 2016) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, recently assisted Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) with the development and implementation of an energy management system (EnMS). After the completion of the project, ATL was recognized as the first U.S....