of medicine . aecom company logo type public traded as nyse acm industry professional services founded 1990 headquarters los angeles california area served worldwide key people richard g. newman chairman emeritus john dionisio executive chairman mike burke president and ceo revenue 19.2 billion 2014 including urs 1 operating income 535.19 million fy 2015 2 profit 154.85 million fy 2015 2 total assets 5.67 billion fy 2012 1 total equity 2.23 billion fy2012 1 number of employees approx . 95 000 3 website www.aecom.com aecom office building aecom e . i k m us dict k m formerly known as aecom technology corporation is an u.s. based multinational engineering firm that provides design consulting construction and management services to a wide range of clients . aecom has approximately 95 000 employees 4 and is number 156 on the 2016 fortune 500 list . 5 fortune named aecom as 2015 world s most admired companies 6 and engineering news record ranked aecom as number 1 global design firm . 7 the company s official name from 1990 to early january 2015 was aecom technology corporation . today it is known simply as aecom . 8 the company is listed on the new york stock exchange nyse under the ticker symbol acm 9 and on the frankfurt stock exchange under the ticker symbol e6z . 10 contents 1 history 2 management 3 services 4 corporate affairs 5 brands 6 major projects 7 awards 8 notes 9 references 10 external links history edit operating through more than a dozen subsidiaries aecom traces its origins to kentucky based ashland oil & refining company which in turn grew out of swiss drilling company founded in oklahoma in 1910 by j. fred miles . he gained control of some 200 000 acres and formed swiss oil company in lexington . in 1924 miles launched a refining operation called ashland refining company headed by an ambitious young man named paul blazer . while the parent company struggled leading to the ouster of miles ashland prospered under blazer s leadership and in 1936 he was named chief executive officer of the reorganized company ashland oil & refining company . in 1966 ashland acquired warren brothers and became involved in the highway construction and construction materials business . the company was now able to take fuller advantage of refinery byproducts used to produce asphalt . ashland grew into one of the nation s major road construction firms and laid a future foundation for aecom . through a series of acquisitions and technological developments prior to the buyout ashland grew to include chemical petrochemical highway construction and construction materials firms within its realm laying the groundwork for the creation of ashland technology in 1985 . in the 1970s ashland oil & refining became ashland oil inc. five years later the company consolidated its construction assets into a construction division and also formed a coal subsidiary indicative of a changing focus at ashland . although it generated more than 1 billion a year in sales ashland was a small player in the oil industry at a time when the cost of exploration had grown prohibitively expensive . by 1980 ashland sold off its production assets and a year later was reorganized as a modified holding company . a new corporate strategy was implemented as ashland now focused on refining and marketing and also looked to grow its non refining businesses . in 1984 ashland acquired daniel mann johnson & mendenall dmjm a global provider of transportation related engineering services . originally focused on military projects after world war ii it had become one of the first integrated engineering and architectural firms in the western united states . the acquisition of dmjm also included its president richard g. newman aecom s future chief executive and chairman . in 1985 dmjm became part of a new subsidiary ashland technology corporation . two years later newman was named its new president . 11 when ashland chose to return to its core petroleum refining business in the late 1980s newman recommended an employee buyback proposal resulting in the spin off of ashland technology and the creation of aecom architecture engineering consulting operations and maintenance in 1990 . the company went on to acquire a number of engineering design and planning firms including engineering company maunsell urbanism and sustainability practice edaw economic research associates era environmental management firm ensr and the retec group inc. architects ellerbe becket and davis langdon the quantity surveyors and construction consultants . aecom went public during may 2007 with an initial public offering on the nyse netting 468.3 million . 12 on january 8 2008 aecom acquired the services group inc. a provider of consulting services to the us agency for international development and other multi lateral donor organizations . on july 28 2008 aecom completed its purchase of earth tech inc. a consulting and engineering firm from tyco international for 510 million . 13 14 on july 13 2014 aecom announced its acquisition of urs corporation an engineering construction and technical services firm for us 56.31 per share in cash and stock . 15 effective july 10 2014 it acquired ace international consultants sl a madrid based provider of consulting services . in july 2014 it acquired hunt construction group adding to aecom s construction services business . 16 management edit aecom s first president and ceo was richard newman who came to ashland through its acquisition of dmjm . newman served as president of ashland technology and was instrumental in the creation of aecom . in 2005 john m. dionisio succeeded newman as president and ceo of aecom . in 2011 dionisio became chairman of the company . 17 in march 2014 michael s. burke succeeded dionisio and serves as the company s current chairman and ceo . dionisio remains on aecom s board of directors . 18 in 2011 stephen m. kadenacy was named chief financial officer and currently serves as president . 19 in may 2014 kevin lynch was appointed as executive vice president and chief strategy officer at aecom . 20 in march 2015 carla christofferson was appointed as executive vice president and general counsel of the firm . 21 in august 2015 mary e. finch was named executive vice president and chief human resources officer effective september 28 . 22 services edit aecom provides professional technical and management support services to both public and private sector clients . aecom currently works in the following areas the americas europe asia middle east africa and australia new zealand . services relate to areas including architecture & design asset management construction cost management decommissioning & closure economics engineering environmental services international development it & cyber security operations & maintenance planning & consulting program management construction management risk management & resilience and technical services . 23 corporate affairs edit aecom is headquartered in los angeles california united states with clients in more than 150 countries . the company reported a revenue of us 19.2 billion during the 12 months that ended march 31 2014 . 24 aecom provides specialized integrated solutions in alternative delivery models cities solutions converged resilience equity investment multinational investment & development process technologies and public private partnerships . the company operates under the following business lines architecture ; building engineering ; construction services ; design planning ; economics ; energy ; environment ; government ; mining ; oil gas ; program management ; program cost consultancy ; transportation ; and water . brands edit in addition to the aecom brand it also offer clients the services of these aecom companies around the world . aecom capital launched in january 2013 aecom capital is an investment arm of aecom . it uses a structured fund platform that invests in a variety of real estate and infrastructure assets . aecom capital was established in 2013 by aecom and john t. livingston ; livingston is the ceo of aecom capital and formerly worked for tishman realty & construction . 25 26 one of the funds created is aecom global fund ii lp . 26 ace international consultants ace international consultants is a consulting firm specializing in economic and social development cooperation and private sector development . its primary client is europeaid with additional work funded by the world bank the interamerican development bank and the european training foundation . davis langdon kpk davis langdon kpk is a construction cost contract and project management consultancy firm . it provides consultancy services for a wide range of facilities including commercial residential industrial and healthcare . hunt hunt construction group has been providing construction services in construction management design build integrated project delivery general contracting and preconstruction services for over 70 years . tishman tishman construction is a specialized builder provides wide range of construction and construction related services . known for managing complex iconic projects . 27 major projects edit world trade center sutong bridge central wan chai bypass china national convention center al raha beach hong kong science park moses mabhida stadium liverpool one lakhta center abu dhabi international airport cape town stadium mercedes benz stadium hong kong international airport ivy station delhi jal board swereage system brisbane city hall low level waste repository sellafield axiall national broadband network new irvington tunnel defense intelligence agency headquarters dubai healthcare city los angeles international airport lincoln center for the performing arts millennium park singapore sports hub saadiyat island argyle diamond mine taizhou yangtze river bridge crossrail golden 1 center lawrence livermore national laboratory spaceport america public housing estates in the kai tak development area fort knox gold mine pearl harbor memorial bridge connecticut spring hill manufacturing union station denver colorado 2016 summer olympics titanic belfast tappan zee bridge velti new york university shanghai ferrari world idaho national laboratory hong kong science park barclays center garuda wisnu kencana defense information systems agency john f. kennedy international airport u.s. army information technology agency at & t stadium the royal bank of scotland los vaqueros reservoir samsung medical center etihad rail shanghai ifc resorts world sentosa national energy technology laboratory logan international airport london gateway sydney airport london 2012 woodrow wilson bridge envision energy headquarters etihad towers central market project jinji lake one bryant park langley research center heinz innovation centre the pavilion at ole miss south park downtown los angeles marina bay olmsted locks and dam san roque dam padma bridge halley research station the mersey gateway project liverpool collegebrug kortrijk inglewood stadium 28 awards edit aecom and its projects have received various awards including 2015 number 1 global design firm . 7 2015 number 1 green building design firm . 29 2015 number 1 international design firm . 30 2015 number 1 transportation and water . 7 2015 number 2 environmental firm . 31 2015 global award for nce ace consultants of the year . 32 2015 notre dame global adaptation index corporate prize for united nations international strategy for disaster risk reduction disaster reduction scorecard 2015 project merit award for climate change adaptation 2015 project merit awards for environmental remediation and habitat protection . 33 the institution of structural engineers 2013 supreme award for structural engineering of the taizhou yangtze river bridge . 34 financial times names aecom best workplaces . 2009 best of the best winner by black eoe journal hispanic network magazine and professional woman s magazine for its commitment to diversity and its excellence in fostering an inclusive environment for employees clients and business partners . 35 v t e istructe supreme award laureates year winning organisation winning structure 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 gifford dewhurst macfarlane & partners goldreich engineering pc not awarded dar al handasah consultants buro happold & engineers haskins robinson waters arup expedition engineering arup expedition engineering flint & neill and sinclair knight merz jiangsu provincial comms planning and design institute & aecom eckersley o callaghan arup gateshead millennium bridge gateshead england david l. lawrence convention center pittsburgh united states not awarded sungai prai bridge perai malaysia