AECOM launches new digital platform for environmental documentation and improved stakeholder engagement
12 May 2020 - 8:55PM
Business Wire
Global platform advances AECOM’s leadership in accelerating
digital transformation during the coronavirus pandemic
AECOM (NYSE:ACM), the world’s premier infrastructure firm, today
launched AECOM Environmental Engagement, a platform that
streamlines environmental documentation and stakeholder engagement
throughout the environmental assessment process by presenting
highly technical information in a user-friendly online and
interactive format.
First developed by AECOM for public- and private-sector clients
in Australia, the scalable platform has now expanded globally after
AECOM successfully created a purpose-built digital environmental
impact statement on behalf of Highways England and the first-ever
National Environmental Policy Act compliant digital statement on
behalf of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
“With AECOM Environmental Engagement, we are pleased to add to
the company’s expanding suite of digital solutions that simplify
and accelerate public reviews of infrastructure projects that can
lead to improved outcomes for communities worldwide,’’ said Michael
S. Burke, AECOM’s chairman and chief executive officer. “This
innovative platform reflects the collaboration of our global
experts who continue to find ways to reduce complexity that saves
our clients money and time, and that can help them overcome
barriers created by the unfolding coronavirus pandemic.’’
Designed to complement and streamline the traditional
paper-based environmental planning process, AECOM Environmental
Engagement enables project teams to consolidate the many aspects of
environmental studies including photos, visualizations, sound
demonstrations, videos, models and narrative into a single data
platform. Through the platform, teams create the online experience,
review the content and then publish the final document for
stakeholders. It also enables stakeholders to provide feedback
directly to project proponents who can track community sentiment
throughout the project lifecycle. Learn more about the
platform.
“We are seeing more projects around the world successfully
leverage digital tools to speed-up the assessment and permitting
processes while also improving the quality of engagement with
project stakeholders,” said Kevin Carlson, AECOM’s global lead for
Digital Transformation. “As we recognize the acceleration of our
clients’ demand for digital and virtual solutions, particularly in
response to the coronavirus pandemic, we are excited to lead the
industry through this phase of digital transformation.”
“In all aspects of our lives, we expect to be able to access
information in a way that is easy to understand and at a time and
place that is convenient to us,” said Colette Munro, AECOM’s chief
digital and innovation officer in Asia Pacific. “AECOM
Environmental Engagement empowers teams to deliver required
technical detail in an easily accessible and interactive online
format, while complying with applicable regulations."
The new platform works seamlessly with AECOM’s recently launched
virtual public consultation tool, which enables virtual community
engagement in an interactive online platform. Together, these
solutions provide powerful support to clients managing existing and
future projects through the key planning and approval gates.
Amid the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic, AECOM is doing
everything it can to help ensure the safety and well-being of its
employees, maintain operational resilience and provide solutions
that can help clients and communities along the path to recovery.
Learn more about the company’s approach to business resilience and
continuity, and its commitment to deliver a better world.
About AECOM
AECOM (NYSE:ACM) is the world’s premier infrastructure firm,
delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle –
from planning, design and engineering to consulting and
construction management. We partner with our clients in the public
and private sectors to solve their most complex challenges and
build legacies for generations to come. On projects spanning
transportation, buildings, water, governments, energy and the
environment, our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a
better world. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm with revenue of
approximately $20.2 billion during fiscal year 2019. See how we
deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com and @AECOM.
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