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AECOM appoints new MD for transport

18/09/2025

AECOM has appointed Steve Higham as managing director for transportation in Europe and India.

Graham and AECOM combine on £332m Didcot scheme

10/02/2025

Contractor Graham and consultant AECOM have been signed up by Oxfordshire County Council to deliver the second stage of a £332m highways scheme in Didcot.

Tarmac and AECOM win Knowsley road deals

10/06/2024

Knowsley Council is set to award separate highways maintenance and design contracts to Tarmac and AECOM respectively, worth up to £100m combined over a potential 10 years.

Establishing a new legacy

13/10/2023

Dominic Browne reports on the work that National Highways, KOREC and AECOM have done to create an end-to-end digital system through the concrete roads programme.

Highways Presents: The future of strategic road maintenance

01/06/2023

Highways magazine talks to KOREC, National Highways and AECOM about the new age of highway asset management. Layers upon layers of data, processed by AI, are helping build a digital twin of the strategic road network supported by cutting-edge mapping technology.

Carbon tool is 'game changer for pavement design'

08/09/2022

Infrastructure consultancy firm AECOM has signed a memorandum of understanding with digital start-up ORIS to collaborate on carbon impact assessments for road designs.

AECOM appoints Billington to ED&I role

09/06/2021

AECOM has appointed Rachel Billington as head of equity, diversity & inclusion in Europe.

Aecom mobilises on £25m SRN spatial planning work

13/05/2021

Infrastructure consulting firm Aecom has started work on a new contract to deliver spatial planning advice to Highways England in two of its regions, including advice on development proposals affecting the strategic road network.

Comment: Take the chance to be bold on active travel

31/03/2021

After a year of lockdowns, Rachel O’Donnell, director at AECOM, looks to the road ahead and suggests authorities should consider bold options for modal shift.

SISK scoops £8m job for 200-hectare housing scheme

23/01/2020

Homes England has appointed John Sisk & Son Ltd to carry out the £8m contract to design and build a new bridge and link road at the Northern Arc development in Mid Sussex.

Public to trial driverless pods in London

09/09/2019

Driverless pods are this week transporting members of the public around London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with visitors able to test out an innovative mobility service.

AECOM starts ground investigation work for Lower Thames Crossing

02/08/2019

Infrastructure services firm AECOM has started work on a major programme of ground investigations and surveys along the 14.5 mile route of the planned Lower Thames Crossing.

Four win places on Midlands £70m framework

29/05/2019

The Midlands Highways Alliance has announced the four suppliers who have won places on its new professional services framework, which could be worth up to £70m over four years.

Infrastructure sector shows its colours celebrating pride month

06/07/2018

From flags to cupcakes, all month companies have been celebrating diversity in support for the LGBT community.

JV leaves London’s maintenance framework after drop in work

06/03/2018

Transport for London's (TfL) road maintenance framework - the London Highways Alliance Contract (LoHAC) - has run into further trouble after a key joint venture pulled out.

AECOM bags £25m deal with HE

30/01/2017

Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has secured five contracts with Highways England worth a total of more than £25 million.

Industry reacts to Autumn Statement

24/11/2016

The industry has given its reaction to Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement.

AECOM and the University of Salford announce research partnership

16/08/2016

A new research partnership that aims to improve understanding of how major infrastructure programmes interact with the natural environment has been signed by AECOM and the University of Salford.  

AECOM: Gender imbalance must be addressed at apprenticeship level

21/06/2016

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.

Misperceptions the biggest barrier to apprenticeships, say apprentices

17/03/2016

Misperceptions that apprenticeships are an inferior route into industry are the biggest barrier to attracting good candidates, according to a survey of apprentices carried out by global infrastructure services firm AECOM.

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