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Building sustainable solutions around the world

Our experienced design experts combine local market knowledge with technical expertise to deliver cost effective, functional, innovative solutions anywhere in the world. We listen carefully to our clients needs, drawing on our knowledge and rich experience to find the right sustainable solutions. Our professionals around the world strive to deliver visionary buildings that maximize naturally occurring energy and minimize waste. From creation to completion and beyond, we help clients maximize the potential of every project. Our talented specialists remain at the forefront, creating environments that work for today and tomorrow. By combining creativity, expertise and experience, our multidisciplinary teams of engineers, designers and scientists work closely together to deliver solutions of all scales and levels of complexity.

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Sustainable building engineering solutions

Our professionals design buildings with future needs in mind. We understand the commercial drivers behind a project and design adaptable solutions, offering a longer lifespan for the owner and tenant. Our experts strive to find strategic solutions that reduce the buildings carbon footprint, while making it easier to build and more cost effective to operate. With the most talented specialists around the globe, we have the ability to meet any challenge, for any space. Whether a tall building, a sports stadium, a laboratory, a commercial office block, a leisure resort, an airport terminal or a retail mall, our design specialists deliver creative solutions that work. With an understanding that client needs evolve over time, we seamlessly integrate building form and function, delivering future-ready buildings.

Cover: Unity, Liverpool, U.K. Left: Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Image courtesy of DBI Design Pty Ltd.) Above: Farrer Court, Singapore

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Making it happen
User needs vary and so do the processes for developing new buildings. Around the world, public procurement methods for a new building are different from those employed by the commercial sector. AECOM has a rich history of working with private- and public-sector organizations around the globe, matching international expertise with local legislative and regulatory understanding to drive the success of each project. We drive performance-based engineering at every opportunity, exploring leading-edge and traditional materials, developing technologies, renewable energy, complex geometry, sustainability and every other area of building design to meet the clients vision for every project.

Global thinking, endless possibilities

With a comprehensive global design capability, our multidisciplinary design teams provide single source solutions for all aspects of a building, whatever the size, use, local climate and environment. AECOMs design approach is inclusive. We always consider the environmental impact of a new development or refurbishment on its immediate surroundings. With a culture of dynamic creativity running through the company, we strive to provide innovative solutions that work. AECOMs renowned global reputation rests on our ability to design buildings that maximize opportunities to capture naturally occurring energy and minimize waste, both during construction and in operational use.

Top: National Australia Bank Headquarters, Melbourne Docklands, Australia; Photo: BVN Architecture and Gollings Photography Middle (left): Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Middle (right): Carillion Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.A. Bottom: Spartak Stadium, Moscow, Russia

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An international design community

Our talented professionals on every continent are at the forefront of building design, from vision to operation. We deliver integrated, sustainable solutions both locally and globally, working from our network of offices as part of national and international design teams. With leading-edge communications technology, we work creatively and collaboratively to deliver projects all over the world.

Technology empowers us
AECOM combines the technical expertise of leading experts with the most powerful advanced design and modeling technology in the world. By seamlessly including our creative solutions in the main production process, we drive efficiency and accelerate the design schedule. Technology is harnessed to empower our design solutions. Building performance optimization is key to our work and includes building forensics, energy auditing, advanced computational modeling, building commissioning and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) consultancy. Our comprehensive service integrates a range of engineering disciplines, from geotechnical engineering to security and IT. We help clients reduce the environmental impact of their buildings through strategic planning for the wise use of resources and design for long-term efficiency. We constantly seek new approaches as challenges evolve around the world. As a leading company, we partner with clients to realize their visions reliably and efficiently.
Above (from top): University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; Halley VI Research Station, Antarctica

Our people make a difference

Our designers are thought leaders, engineers and scientists who are passionate about their ability to make a difference by positively impacting buildings, their communities and our planet. We make it our business to influence thinking, evolving effective, sustainable, buildable solutions from day one creating safe and secure, flexible spaces. With an eye on the bigger picture, we focus on meeting client expectations and realizing the project vision. A passion for driving forward innovation at every opportunity lies at the heart of our culture. Its our reputation of curiosity, innovation and drive to make the world a better place that draws todays best engineers and scientists to join us. We pass this thirst for knowledge on to our clients through increased efficiency, with teams around the world drawing upon a rich knowledge base of evolving technical, design and market expertise that is second to none.

Local thinking for buildings worldwide

AECOM provides expertise worldwide that makes the difference when it comes to sustainable, safe building design: Structural engineering Mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering Specialist expertise in: Acoustics and vibration Advanced modeling Applied research Cost management Deep basement design District energy systems Faade engineering Fire engineering Foundation design Geotechnical engineering Health and safety High-rise design engineering Lighting Project and program management Security and IT Sustainable development
Facade angle protects against direct solar gain Photo voltaic cells laminated into glass on exposed surfaces Double glazed faade with integral blinds Prestressed concrete slab

Ventilated cavity

Soffit exposed for thermal mass effect Low level air supply Interim level plant rooms reduce riser space required

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About AECOM AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. With approximately 45,000 employees around the world, AECOM is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the worlds built, natural and social environments. A Fortune 500 company, AECOM serves clients in more than 130 countries and has annual revenue in excess of $8.0 billion. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www.aecom.com. For more information about AECOMs building engineering services, visit aecom.com/buildingengineering.

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