{"id":10267,"date":"2015-02-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\/press\/aecom-announced-today-that-its-chief-executive-officer-michael-s-burke-was-recently-named-to-the-u-s-national-safety-councils-nsc-2015-list-of-ceos-who-get-it\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T06:20:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T10:20:24","slug":"aecom-announced-today-that-its-chief-executive-officer-michael-s-burke-was-recently-named-to-the-u-s-national-safety-councils-nsc-2015-list-of-ceos-who-get-it","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/press-releases\/aecom-announced-today-that-its-chief-executive-officer-michael-s-burke-was-recently-named-to-the-u-s-national-safety-councils-nsc-2015-list-of-ceos-who-get-it\/","title":{"rendered":"AECOM announced today that its Chief Executive Officer Michael S. Burke was recently named to the U.S. National Safety Council\u2019s (NSC) 2015 list of \u201cCEOs Who \u2018Get It,\u2019 \u201d which recognizes leaders who demonstrate a personal commitment to employee safety and health."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burke was selected due to his dedication to building a strong culture of safety at AECOM, with the understanding that employee support for safety begins with company leadership. Burke\u2019s safety accomplishments included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reducing the company\u2019s total recordable injury rate by 61 percent in one year<\/li>\n<li>Implementing AECOM\u2019s \u201cSafety for Life\u201d program and adopting \u201cLife-Preserving Principles\u201d to achieve the company\u2019s vision of zero injuries, property damage and threat to the environment<\/li>\n<li>Celebrating the United Nations\u2019 World Day for Safety and Health at Work by recording special audio messages sent to all employees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cMike being named to the NSC\u2019s 2015 list really acknowledges all of AECOM\u2019s people for their steadfast dedication to safety,\u201d said Andy Peters, AECOM corporate senior vice president and chief safety officer. \u201cOur safety culture provides a key advantage for our company when we pursue work globally, and reaffirms our goal to become the industry safety, health and environment leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of its \u201cSafety for Life\u201d program, AECOM releases an annual safety report featuring project examples and employee anecdotes focused on the company\u2019s safety culture. The most recent report, titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/166q0Ry\">A culture of caring<\/a>,\u201d illustrates how the company\u2019s deep-rooted safety culture sets the expectation that employees, contractors and business partners should take personal responsibility for keeping colleagues safe.<\/p>\n<p>The National Safety Council is a nonprofit organization with the mission to save lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the road through leadership, research, education and advocacy.<\/p>\n<h5>About AECOM<\/h5>\n<p>With nearly 100,000 employees \u2014 including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals \u2014 serving clients in more than 150 countries around the world, AECOM is a premier, fully integrated infrastructure and support services firm. AECOM is ranked as the #1 engineering design firm by revenue in <i>Engineering News-Record&#160;<\/i>magazine\u2019s annual industry rankings.<span style=\" mso-spacerun: yes;\">&#160; <\/span>The company 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.&#160; AECOM&#160;provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world\u2019s built, natural and social environments.<span style=\" mso-spacerun: yes;\">&#160; <\/span>A&#160;<i>Fortune 500<\/i>&#160;company,&#160;AECOM&#160;companies, including&#160;URS Corporation&#160;and&#160;Hunt Construction Group, had revenue of approximately&#160;$19.5 billion&#160;during the 12 months ended&#160;Sept. 30, 2014. &#160;More information on&#160;AECOM&#160;and its services can be found at<span style=\" font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\" class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\" color: #666666;\">&#160;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\">aecom.com\/taiwan<\/a><span style=\" font-size: 10.0pt; color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\" background: white; margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\" background: white; margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\" font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;\"><span style=\" mso-spacerun: yes;\">NR 15-0203<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\" background: white; margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">&#160;<\/p>\n<h5>Media Contact:<\/h5>\n<p style=\" line-height: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\" mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\">Ed Mayer<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\" line-height: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; margin-right: -7.8pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\" mso-bidi-font-fam...\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-10267","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/10267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/10267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=10267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}