2013 Safety, Health and Environment Report

Safety for life.

AECOM

Contents
About this report 3
Life-Preserving Principles 4
Foreword: Safeguarding our business 5
Views from our chief safety officer 6
Safety for Life 7

An industry leader in safety performance8

Safety for Life around the globe 10

BP recognizes AECOM for safety in remediation 11

Setting the trend in safety: Caterpillar Safety Award 11

Office renovations: The intersection between safety and sustainability 12

Promoting health, safety and social responsibility across the Middle East 13

The New Port Project: Importing safety best practices into Qatar 14

Safety from the start at Central-Wan Chai Bypass Project, Hong Kong 15

Safety is job number one with U.S. Navy 16

Rebuilding Queenslands flood-damaged road network 16

Marking milestones in South Shamkha 17

Creating a world-class safety system 17

Safety Stars at AECOM recognized for outstanding safe behavior 18

AECOMs South Africa team wins DEKRA award 18

Safely capping contaminated sediment in Brazil 19

2013 Safety, Health and Environment Report

About this report

At AECOM, safety is a primary consideration in everything we do. Weve
created this annual report to give our stakeholders a closer look at our safety,
health and environment (SH&E) best practices, goals and performance,
including areas where we acknowledge needed improvement. Throughout the
report, youll find a mix of projects located around the world, which highlight
some of our SH&E best practices in our operations.
This report covers AECOMs fiscal year ending September 30,
2013. It includes details of AECOMs direct operations, those
we acquired, and others still in the process of integration.
Safety, health and environment (SH&E) report management
The report was developed by AECOMs SH&E, legal and
corporate communications teams. This is AECOMs first
company-wide report focusing on SH&E.
Purpose and Core Values
Our Purpose statement is the foundation that defines
AECOM as a responsible company and as citizen of the
community: to create, enhance and sustain the worlds built,
natural and social environments.
We believe that aligning our Core Values, Purpose and strategy
with the social, environmental and economic needs of all our
stakeholders is important. Thats why the safety of our
employees, partners and communities is a priority.
Integrity
We are honest and ethical in everything we do. We keep our
commitments and treat others with mutual respect and trust.
Employees
Our employees are our most valuable and valued resource;
they make our success possible. We respect and encourage
our employees ideas, diversity and cultures.
Clients
Our success is measured by the success of our clients.
AECOM sets the industry standard for client service; we are
passionate about solving clients problems and exploring new
opportunities with them.

Excellence
We strive to achieve excellence in all areas of our business
technical, operational and administrative. We pride
ourselves on bringing outstanding results to everything we do.
Innovation
Creativity, exploration and imagination are key to our business
approach. We continually look for new, creative or better ways
to provide our expertise in all dimensions of our work.
Agility
We embrace change, flexibility and adaptation in a rapidly
evolving world. We strive to anticipate changes in market
drivers and work with our clients and employees to adapt to
those changes.
Safety
We are committed to maintaining a safe, healthy workplace
for our employees by preventing injuries to people and
damage to facilities, property, equipment and the
environment.
Growth
Living and executing these Core Values every day will result in
growth, which drives our business and enables us to invest in
and create opportunities for our employees.

AECOM

Life-Preserving Principles
Derived from AECOMs Core Values, the ultimate goals of our new Safety for
Life program are simple to prevent work-related injuries or illnesses, damage
to property and/or equipment from our activities, and adverse impacts to the
environment from our ongoing projects or operations. And our recently updated
guiding principles, our nine Life-Preserving Principles, will drive AECOMs
employees to proactively commit to achieving these goals.

Demonstrated Management Commitment

Our executive, senior and project
managers will lead the SH&E improvement
process and continuously demonstrate
support and commitment.
Participation Our employees will be
encouraged and empowered to become
actively engaged in our safety processes
through their active participation in safety
committees, training, audits, observations
and inspections. Employees will be
encouraged to participate in health initiatives
and adopt a healthy lifestyle.
Budgeting and Staffing for Safety Our
safety staff will be competent, fully trained
and qualified to provide technical resources
to our internal and external clients. A budget
to support safety activities will be included
within project proposals.
Pre-Planning Our design, engineering,
project and construction management teams
will deploy effective risk-mitigation efforts to
design, plan and build safety into every
project. Pre-project and pre-task planning
will be an effective tool in protecting our
employees and the environment.

Contractor Management Our project staff

will work closely with our subconsultants,
subcontractors, contractors and joint venture
partners to provide a safe work environment
for employees and members of the public. Our
goal of SH&E performance excellence will be
equally shared by all project participants.
Recognition and Rewards Our employees
will be recognized for their efforts in working
safely and their support of our safety efforts.

Safety Orientation and Training Our

employees will be provided with effective
safety training in order to identify and
mitigate hazards in the workplace to prevent
injuries to themselves and others who may be
affected by their actions.
Incident Investigation Our managers and
safety professionals will investigate all
recordable incidents and serious near misses
to identify contributing factors and root
causes in order to prevent a reoccurrence.
Lessons learned shall be identified,
communicated and implemented.
Fit for Duty Our employees are responsible
to report to work each day fit for duty and to
not pose a health or safety hazard to
themselves or others.

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Foreword:
Safeguarding our business

Following a year marked by extensive efforts to further

enhance our robust safety program, it is my pleasure to share
AECOMs first company-wide safety report with you. At
AECOM, safety is one of our most important Core Values. And
as a global company with more than 45,000 employees, we
understand that safety must remain an essential part of our
DNA in order to achieve our purpose to create, enhance and
sustain the worlds built, natural and social environments.
From how we work inside the office to every decision that we
make on a project site, the value of maintaining a healthy,
vibrant workplace; protecting facilities, equipment and the
environment; and, most importantly, ensuring the safety of
our people; is emphasized every step of the way.
We will continue to focus on embedding safe business practices
into AECOMs culture. We will also continue to enhance our
culture through a number of efforts, including: comprehensive
online training and management system assessments; regular
communications such as our safety bulletins, posters and
videos; and company-wide recognition of programs such as the
United Nations World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
At AECOM, the importance of safety isnt confined to our
offices and project sites. We also make it clear to our people
that we genuinely care about their well-being, even after they
leave the workplace, by encouraging safe behaviors at home,
commuting to and from work and 24 hours a day, every day.
To further our commitment to safety in a visible way and
through a global platform AECOM participates in the
worlds largest corporate social responsibility initiative, the
United Nations Global Compact. As part of this effort, we
remain dedicated to fairness, human health, environmental
quality, ethics and the advancement of society and its 10
principles remain etched into our strategy, culture and
day-to-day operations.

Our efforts to optimize AECOMs commitment to safety have

helped earn a number of awards for our overall safety
program, as well as individual projects. A few examples from
fiscal year 2013 include:
We were honored with two 2013 International Business
Awards in the Health, Safety and Environment Program of
the Year category in Asia, Australia and New Zealand as well
as Canada, and the United States. These awards recognize
AECOMs successful accident and injury prevention
policies, strong safety awareness programs, and strict
adherence to environmental and occupational health and
safety laws;
DuPont named AECOM a finalist in the Safety Performance
Improvement category for our work across the Middle East
particularly for safety initiatives established for the
Etihad Towers project in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.; and
Our San Francisco Public Utility Commission project in the
United States received the industry award for Exceptional
Performance in Safety from the American Public Works
Association.
At AECOM, safety is a critical part of our business operations.
As you read this report, you will see how AECOMs dedication
to safety is clear to everyone across the organization, as well
as our clients and stakeholders.
Best regards,

John M. Dionisio
Chairman and CEO

AECOM

Views from our chief

safety officer
Safety for Life at AECOM
We are committed to keeping our employees safe and
becoming the industry Safety, Health & Environment (SH&E)
leader as we work toward a goal of having zero incidents in the
workplace. This report is intended to give you a closer look
into our deep SH&E culture and its successful application to
our business practices.

Process of recognizing and rewarding employees for

outstanding safety performance;

To help meet our SH&E goals, we launched a new program

titled Safety for Life at AECOM. More than just a motto, this
comprehensive program includes processes and tools that
employees can incorporate into their lives to ensure that they
return home safely to their families each day.

These items have been placed in a timeline and will be tracked

monthly for progress. Many of these new processes were
already in place as we kicked off the new fiscal year during
October 2013.

In this report, youll read more about our processes, tools and
best practices. For example, our Australia New Zealand
operation has developed a process for desktop audits, which
reviews the current execution of AECOMs SH&E processes on
projects. Immediate feedback is provided, and our people
quickly close any identified gaps, which can also improve
overall project performance.
As part of the Safety for Life program, we updated AECOMs
SH&E policies as well as our guiding principles. We firmly
believe these Life-Preserving Principles will enhance
AECOMs ability to achieve its goal of zero employee injuries
and no property damage, as well as foster an environmentally
friendly and sustainable workplace.
As a global company operating in more than 140 countries,
AECOM is constantly evolving to achieve excellence in
everything we do. During 2013, we performed an in-depth
review of the companys safety processes and performance.
This enabled us to identify opportunities for even further
enhancements ranging from gaining additional senior
leadership support in business lines and geographies to
implementing new processes. The fiscal year 2014 SH&E plan
has 13 items, which include enhancing our:
Risk analysis of potential hazards on projects we are
bidding for during the business development phase;
Internal communication on the importance of improving our
safety culture, on executive and senior management
support for SH&E, and on how employees can work to
improve safety;

System for creating lessons learned, so our organization

prevents incidents from recurring; and
Reporting near misses in order to identify root causes and
reduce the risk of a serious incident occurring.

Because of our increased focus, AECOM has shown a

substantial reduction in its experience modification rate
(EMR). This number is derived from a formula based upon the
frequency and severity of injuries related to the amount of
payroll, and is used in the U.S. as a prequalification tool.
Moving from .66 in fiscal year 2012 down to .53 in fiscal year
2013, AECOMs EMR is lower than many of our direct
competitors and provides us with an advantage on bidding
projects. And we are continuing to actively support our SH&E
activities to continue this enhancement.
Our SH&E team is committed to advancing our best practices
in safety processes and procedures. With a goal of having
zero incidents in the workplace, we are dedicated to
becoming the industry SH&E leader as we help our clients
address their evolving, complex needs.
Regards,

Andrew D. Peters
Senior Vice President
and Chief Safety Officer

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Safety for Life

Safety for Life is a comprehensive internal program that
drives AECOM toward proactively incorporating our safety
standards and innovative techniques into everything we do
with an ultimate goal of achieving zero work-related
injuries and/or illnesses; preventing damage to property and
the environment; and maintaining an overall environmentally
friendly and sustainable workplace.
Safety for Life Mission
To guide the architecture, construction and engineering
industries as a safety thought leader by embedding a culture
focused on health, safety, risk management and
sustainability into all of our business activities.
Safety for Life Vision
At AECOM, we not only understand the immediate benefits of
operating with safety as the cornerstone of our company
culture, we also see the positive impact it has on our business
development efforts. This is why maintaining a healthy,
vibrant workplace is of primary importance to us as we uphold
our commitment to acting as good corporate citizens by:
Adopting measures that mitigate risk; preserve facilities,
property, equipment and the natural environment; and
protect the safety and health of our people employees,
clients and the end users of our projects.
Practicing active safety leadership and training our
professionals to design processes and projects in a manner
that reduces strategic and localized risks and impacts.
Continuously improving and updating systems and
procedures to adhere to ever-changing occupational safety,
health and environmental laws and licensing requirements
across all levels of government and, where no specific
regulations exist, continuing to adhere to AECOMs high
standards, stakeholder expectations and the appropriate
industry practices.
Tracking our safety performance metrics and maintaining a
high level of transparency with our employees, stakeholders
and clients during this process.

Watch as Chief Safety Officer Andy Peters discusses

how safety is embedded in AECOMs culture.

AECOM

An industry leader in safety

performance
As part of our dedication to safety, we understand that it is
important to provide our stakeholders with interim targets to
assure we maintain constant and steady improvement and
focus throughout our regions. As a result, we actively measure
and track our safety and health performance using two
principal metrics:
Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR): The total number of
work-related incidents that result in injury and/or ill health
requiring medical attention beyond first-aid, restriction of
work activities and/or absence from the workplace in order to
recover. This number is then normalized to provide a rate of
occurrence per 200,000 hours worked. Thereafter, the
resultant rate is used to measure the frequency of all workrelated injuries/illnesses. During fiscal year 2013, AECOMs
TRIR improved by 22 percent.
Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR): The number of work-related
incidents that result in injury and/or ill health and absence
from work for one or more days. This number is then
normalized to provide a rate of occurrence per 200,000 hours
worked. The resultant rate is used to tabulate the relative
severity of work-related injuries/illnesses. Since 2010,
AECOMs LTIR improvement increased by 44 percent.
To further promote safety in our work culture and improve
safety performance, we also plan to implement LifeGuard, an
online safety observation system that will record and measure
site and office observations, both negative and positive.

Top: LifeGuard, AECOMs new online safety tool,

helps employees record and address safetyrelated observations.
Above: Learn more about AECOMs contract safety
performance expectations.

Total Recordable Incident Rate

22% improvement

78% improvement
5-year target

2012

2013

2018

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Safety for Life initiatives

The Safety for Life program includes processes and tools
such as online training and management system
assessments, regular communications, access to enterprisewide safe-work-method statements, and an incentive reward
card that recognizes and rewards proactive safety behavior.
Some examples include:
As a sustainable replacement for printed material, the Safety
for Life: Incident Reporting Tool is a secure Web application
that provides instant cross-platform access to the most
current data procedures to follow during an incident.
In the wake of sociopolitical unrest that has gripped many
nations, AECOM has designed comprehensive travel
management safety and security systems that provide our
employees with a safe zone, if needed, when they are
travelling or working abroad.

The prompt reporting of hazards,

near misses and incidents is
critical to providing a safe
workplace for our employees and
ensuring proper and timely
treatment for injuries. The
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dedication to sustainability and
the Core Value of Safety.

Hosted by the United Nations International Labor

Organization, AECOM celebrates World Day for Safety and
Health at Work by hosting Safety Week across the
organization. In 2013, the theme Prevention of
Occupational Diseases encouraged employees to reflect
upon and learn about the importance of safety, health and
environment strategies through a variety of activities aimed
at making safety part of everyday life.
As part of Safety Week, employees created more than 30
one-minute videos for a competition to win fun prizes and
promote a culture of safety.
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Safety for Life around the globe

The projects featured in this report reflect our commitment to
ensure that employees go home in the same condition in
which they came to work. Embedded in our DNA, a safety
culture is inherent in every project. And our clients and
partners have noticed. With accolades ranging from BP to the
U.S. National Safety Council, our 45,000 professionals around
the globe understand the importance and value of safety.
With an advanced safety culture, many of these projects utilize
innovative safety strategies and techniques on some of the
worlds most challenging projects from the New Port Project
in Qatar, to the Central-Wan Chai Bypass Project in Hong Kong,
to the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.

AECOM incorporates safety into all of its projects, located

in more than 140 countries around the world. These orange
dots represent the projects featured in this report.

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BP recognizes AECOM for safety in

remediation

Setting the trend in safety:

Caterpillar Safety Award

AECOM has received six consecutive Health, Safety, Security

and Environment (HSSE) Performance Awards from BP
Remediation Management for outstanding performance. One
of AECOMs largest global clients, BP presents this
prestigious award to contractors that annually achieve 10,000
hours worked without a recordable injury.

In March 2013, AECOM was recognized for its safety practices

by Caterpillar marking the first time the manufacturer
formally recognized a consultant with a Safety Award for
facility development projects in China.

The award represents 1.2 million hours worked by 700 AECOM

employees across hundreds of projects under challenging
work and natural environmental conditions. Working across
three continents, AECOMs award-winning environmental
group assisted BP with projects in Australia, Italy, New
Zealand, Turkey and the United States involving retail site
closures, refinery product-recovery systems and off-shore
spill response.
The achievement was made possible by a number of safety
innovations developed by the team. These included a new way to
control or reduce vapor emissions from product-recovery wells
to meet regulatory requirements; participation in behaviorbased safety for observations, near misses and management
site visits; and a customized HSSE management system that
integrates AECOMs requirements, policies and procedures
across multiple BP divisions into one unified system.
This great safety achievement is a testament to the hard work,
dedication and commitment by our account team around the
world from field employees and project managers to senior
management safety sponsors, said AECOMs Galen Cooter, BP
global HSSE manager. We exceeded BPs requirements with
safety mindfulness, planning, hazard and risk identification,
assessment, as well as sharing HSSE best practices across
multiple locations and site conditions.

The award commends AECOM for achieving zero incidents in

one million hours worked during 2011 and 2012, while acting
as construction manager for four Caterpillar projects in China.
AECOM partnered closely with Caterpillar to ensure that
safety was a priority at every stage of each project
especially in the contractor evaluation and working plan.
AECOMs entire team demonstrated a strong commitment to
safety while emphasizing that keeping the workplace safe is
part of every employees job. Strict safety training programs
included site safety orientations, high-risk work safety
trainings and certification, and toolbox talks. Employee
health was also of paramount importance during the project
with a focus on heat stress prevention, installation of site
rest sheds, as well as housekeeping and hygiene at the sites
temporary dormitories. In addition to equipping all workers
with personal protective equipment, employees with
outstanding safety performance were recognized at monthly
Safety Day events further driving the safety culture down
to the working level.
Implementation of a successful site safety regime is a key
driver for the overall success of any project, said AECOMs
Andrew Wilson, executive director, project and construction
management, China.

AECOM employees in China were recognized by

Caterpillar for achieving zero incidents in one
million hours worked during 2011 and 2012.

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Office renovations: The intersection

between safety and sustainability
Working toward AECOMs overarching goal of reducing the
environmental impact of our operations, the companys
Safety, Health & Environment (SH&E) team has played a major
role in implementing SH&E procedures during office
renovations in Asia. The teams work across offices in Greater
China including Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen
and Taipei has resulted in zero incidents reported since
renovations were completed in 2012 and 2013.
Specifically in AECOMs Shanghai office, the SH&E team
acted as project coordinator for the Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) application processes, including
evaluating requirements; coordinating with sustainability
consultants; managing documentation; and implementing
environmental, energy-saving and waste management
programs during office renovations. The office was recognized
with the gold certificate for LEED.

AECOM

In order to implant SH&E

practices into our office
renovations, we developed a
project committee with various
professional backgrounds,
including a fire engineer,
ventilation engineer and
sustainability consultant.
Through the design reviews,
meetings and site inspections,
they have actively contributed to
create a healthy, safe and
environmentally friendly office
for all AECOM colleagues.
Helen Hu
Senior Manager,
SH&E, Asia

Below: AECOMs Shanghai office after completion of renovation.

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Promoting health, safety and social

responsibility across the Middle East
Every year, AECOMs Middle East Safety, Health &
Environment (SH&E) team runs a month-long campaign to
raise awareness about major health concerns and key safety
issues. Kicked off with a quiz testing employees health and
safety knowledge, the teams latest initiative highlighted the
importance of leading a healthy lifestyle specifically
focusing on maintaining a healthy heart and minimizing the
risk of cancer.

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The SH&E team organized lunchtime Brown Bag sessions

centered on safety while working at height, and held
presentations where specialized doctors provided basic
health checks and taught employees about the symptoms and
preventative measures associated with cancer and heart
conditions. Training materials were also dispersed to offices
across the region, including posters and health and nutrition
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The initiative integrated AECOMs view that promoting health

and safety is critical even beyond the workplace. In addition
to holding a competition for employees children to produce
artwork illustrating sports and fitness, healthy eating, and
working at height, the campaign included a charity casual
dress day to raise money to furnish and equip a playroom at a
childrens hospital in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

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party in the ward, featuring a clown, a balloon bender and
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AECOM
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The New Port Project:

Importing safety best practices
into Qatar
Already hailed as one of the worlds largest greenfield
port-development projects, Qatars New Port Project (NPP) will
span a 26.5-square-kilometer (10.2-square-mile) area
including the new port, a modern Naval Base for the Qatar Emiri
Naval Forces, and a new canal for the planned Qatar Economic
Zone 3. With an annual general cargo-handling capacity of six
million 20-foot equivalent units (1,766,000 tons), the US$7.4billion project will serve as a major gateway to Qatar and an
important catalyst for the countrys export industry.
Since 2008, AECOM has served as program manager
combining its industry-leading, global transportation and
program management practices with local design experts to
provide risk management, procurement, construction
supervision, cost management, program safety, and quality
assurance/quality control for the project, while regularly
reporting project progress to senior government leaders,
ministries and stakeholders.
Responsible for overseeing more than 3,500 workers involved
in the construction phase, AECOMs core safety, health and
environment philosophy that proper identification,
elimination and minimization of risks can prevent all injuries
has been critical to NPPs continued progress.
The projects considerable technical complexity, coupled with
Qatars unrelenting heat, continue to present significant health
and safety challenges. Yet, AECOM remains dedicated to
implementing a strong safety culture on site, achieving 10 million
hours worked without a lost-time incident and being honored
with AECOMs Impactus Award for Safety Excellence.
The existing port, located in the heart of the city, is currently a
major bottleneck to the development of Qatar. The new port
aims to better position the country to benefit from the
expected regional growth in container and vehicle carrier
traffic as well as general cargo traffic.
Tim Verdon, AECOMs NPP program manager, said the project
will encourage Qatars development by creating an economic
hub vibrant with international trade. The new port will
quadruple importation volumes allowing Qatar to meet its
obligations to deliver the stadiums, hotels and infrastructure
required for the World Cup in 2022.
Upon completion of the first stage of the project in 2016, the
project will be a vital component of Qatars budding economic
infrastructure.

Safety is a Core Value at AECOM

and is an integral part of all of our
projects. I would like to commend
all those who were involved in
these achievements, which are a
true testament to the commitment
of the project team and the
contractors to embrace the strong
safety culture spread across our
organization.
David Barwell
Chief Executive,
Middle East

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Safety from the start at Central-Wan

Chai Bypass project, Hong Kong

As an exemplary safety performing project site, the US$3.6billion Central-Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) project is one of the
largest-scale projects supervised by AECOM in Hong Kong.
Intended to alleviate existing traffic congestion and
accommodate anticipated traffic growth upon its
commissioning, the 4.5-kilometer-long (2.8-mile-long),
dual-three-lane trunk road will include a 3.7-kilometer-long
(2.3-mile-long) tunnel running along the northern shore of
Hong Kong Island to link Central and North Point.
Given the projects enormous scale and complexity, AECOMs
Safety, Health & Environment (SH&E) team has played a key
role ensuring the safety of construction workers, site staff
and the general public. The team aims to foster a positive
safety culture by enhancing site safety and health awareness
and encouraging the adoption of safe work practices.
AECOM and the client signed a joint safety charter with the
contractors dedicating themselves to improving the safety
level of the site environment by investing more resources into
the welfare and training of workers, as well as by
implementing various safety guidelines set out by the Hong
Kong Construction Industry Council. A mentor system and
safety performance management tools were also put in place
to teach safety and hazard identification skills.
Working safely in construction is one of the core competencies
of a professional engineer in Hong Kong, said Eric Wong, senior
resident engineer for SH&E on the project. As engineering
consultants and construction supervisors, AECOMs people
understand that work safety is everyones responsibility, and
work closely with the contractors to achieve the ultimate goal
of zero accidents at construction sites.
As a testament to the success of AECOMs safety initiatives,
the CWB has received numerous awards from Hong Kong

government agencies, industry organizations and clients,

including the following:
2011 and 2012 Gold Award of the Considerate Contractors
Site Award Scheme
2012 Safety Leadership Awards Architect-Consultant
Champion
Below: The Central Wan-Wan Chai Bypass aims to alleviate traffic congestion,
as well as anticipated traffic growth upon its commissioning.
Group photo: The CWB project won the Champion Award for the Safety
Competition by the HK Construction Industry Council and Light House Club in
the Consultants-Architect category.

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Safety is job number one

with U.S. Navy

Rebuilding Queenslands flooddamaged road network

AECOM has achieved more than 147,000 hours of

environmental engineering, technical consulting and program
management services with zero safety incidents while
working at 58 facilities for the U.S. Navy and Marines across
26 states, as well as the Guam and Puerto Rico territories.

During the past four years, Queensland, Australias road

network and transport infrastructure was damaged more than
any other state government asset due to cyclones and
significant flooding. In 2011, AECOM was selected by
Transport Main Roads Queensland to manage the Transport
Network Reconstruction Program (TNRP) for the Brisbane
Metropolitan and Darling Downs regions.

Since the beginning of a new contract in September 2011,

more than 250 AECOM employees have worked safely to
support the U.S. Navys Environmental Restoration and
Munitions Response Programs. The team provides
environmental-remedial investigation and planning services
for cleanups at sites, harbors and ranges under its five-year,
US$200-million Comprehensive, Long-Term Environmental
Action Navy (CLEAN) contract.
According to Ken Vinson, senior vice president and Navy
CLEAN program manager: Many of the foundations of
AECOMs current safety program were laid over a number of
years in collaboration with the U.S. Navys safety program.
Historically, AECOM demonstrated a stellar safety
performance record under the earlier U.S. Navy Pacific CLEAN
contracts, where over an eight-year period our program staff
worked 1 million hours without an Occupational Safety and
Health Administration recordable injury. We are committed to
continuing excellent safety performance.

Due to information technology availability restraints, Program

Safety Manager Brogue Rinebarger, who works with AECOMs
water and infrastructure services group, created and
implemented an innovative safety roadmap procedure. This
provides all field employees with a one-stop shop for safety
policies, procedures and information including projectspecific safety procedures focusing on fatigue management,
working alone or in a remote location, as well as vehicle and
driver safety.
As a contract administrator on a multitude of projects on the
TNRP, I was impressed to see genuine safety leadership
supporting a meaningful safety culture, said AECOMs Adrian
Derbyshire, program manager, water and infrastructure
services. This culture successfully influenced behaviors at
all levels from management to field personnel and
promoted a far-reaching dedication to safety, resulting in all
employees getting home safely to their loved ones.
Several of the training packages AECOM has provided to its
client and contractors are now utilized across the state
with one currently being considered for a government
safety award nomination.
As a safety advisor on the TNRP, I have faith that my AECOM
colleagues will continue to remain true to our Safety For Life
values, said AECOMs Mark Randell, field safety officer,
water and infrastructure services. I am proud of the support
they have shown me and look forward to further success on
the project as our employees continue to put safety at the
forefront of all of their work.
In addition to safety achievements, AECOMs team has
successfully accomplished the following:
Finalized 152 of 203 flood reconstruction projects;
Reconstructed more than 350 kilometers (218 miles) of
roads with 400 kilometers (249 miles) still to be completed;
and
Delivered AU$640 million (US$599 million) worth of overall
work from a total budget of AU$1.1 billion (US$1.03 billion).
The project is set for completion in 2014.

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Marking milestones in
South Shamkha

Creating a world-class safety system

AECOMs team working on the South Shamkha infrastructure

project near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, recently
reached a safety milestone of five-million work hours without
a lost-time incident.

AECOM is assisting a major U.S. state agency to develop a

World-Class Safety System (WCSS). This ongoing multi-year
project involves a comprehensive assessment across 20
agency divisions and offices to evaluate the current state of
health and safety.

The Abu Dhabi Municipality presented a certificate of

achievement on behalf of the team to AECOMs John Kiernan,
construction manager, and Ajith Kumar, engineer, safety,
health and environment, during a ceremony hosted on the site.
AECOM has been providing construction supervision for the
South Shamkha site since August 2011. The area is previously
undeveloped land allocated for the construction of 12,500
villas, a central business district and community facilities.
The work has also included building roads, street lighting,
irrigation and sewer systems, as well as firefighting and
telecommunication networks.
This is a fine example of living our Core Value of Safety for
our own employees as well as those that we can influence in
our industry and communities, said AECOMs David Barwell,
chief executive, Middle East. Congratulations to the team on
their achievement. Well done to everyone involved.

AECOMs John Kiernan (center) and Ajith Kumar

(third from right) accept a certificate of
achievement from representatives of the Abu Dhabi
Municipality.

The assessments reviewed industrial hazards, injury and

illness prevention programs, emergency and fire prevention,
and safety communications. AECOMs team also conducted a
comprehensive review of leading global safety management
systems to determine best practices and identified 12
attributes for the system. Working closely with agency leads,
the team conducted a gap analysis and developed a threeyear road-map and prioritized implementation plan to reduce
safety risks, ensure compliance with applicable safety
requirements and build the overall WCSS.
Currently, AECOM assists with implementation creating
the required written safety programs and plans, policies and
procedures, communications and training. Training programs
include injury illness and prevention, emergency actions, fire
prevention, ergonomics, defensive driver safety,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation/automated external
defibrillator, hazard communication, chemical hygiene/lab
safety, confined space operation, personal protective
equipment, hazardous waste operations and emergency
response waste site work, fall protection, hazardous waste
handling/generation, and U.S. Department of Transportation
hazmat transport.

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Safety Stars at AECOM recognized for AECOMs South Africa team wins
outstanding safe behavior
DEKRA award

AECOMs employees around the world build a Safety for Life

culture.
The Safety Star Recognition Program is awarded to
employees, teams or groups that demonstrate attitudes and
behaviors that support outstanding safety, health and
environmental performance. The objective of the Safety Star
Recognition is to publicly recognize and thank those who
shine in their commitment to our Core Value of Safety.
AECOMs Safety Star recognition program has recognized
more than 260 Safety Stars through the first three quarters of
fiscal year 2013. Our Safety Star Recognition is a very
important component of our efforts to strengthen our safety
culture and encourage positive safety attitudes and
behaviors. It all starts with individuals and teams giving their
best efforts to support the SH&E programs that have been
put in place to create a safe working environment.

DEKRA, a leading services organization committed to longterm safety, quality and environmental protection, recently
presented AECOMs team in South Africa with an international
award for outstanding achievement recognizing the
companys implementation, maintenance and continuous
improvement of its safety, health, environmental and quality
(SHE-Q) management systems, as well as excellence in
compliance to standards in the consultants category.
DEKRA has been the South Africa teams certification body
for the past 13 years. Following their annual audit in 2012, the
auditors were impressed by AECOMs policies and procedures
and nominated the company for the award.
AECOMs Joslyn Pillay, SHE-Q manager, was also awarded a
certificate of recognition for her significant contribution to
ensuring that the accreditations are effectively and efficiently
maintained.
One of our greatest obligations as a company is to create a safe
work environment for all our employees, said AECOMs Indresen
Pillay, chief executive, Africa. As such, it is particularly
rewarding to see AECOM being recognized for its excellence in
SHE-Q. I thank everyone involved for their participation, support
and commitment that resulted in this award.

Above: At a recent award presentation were, from left, AECOMs Dennis

Stewart, senior quality consultant, PCC, Africa; Michael Zeeman, managing
director of DEKRA Certification; AECOMs Indresen Pillay, chief executive,
Africa; AECOMs Andries Schoeman, managing director, PCC, Africa; and
AECOMs Craig Hall, management representative, safety, health and
environment, Africa.

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Safely capping contaminated

sediment in Brazil

Near the Presidente Vargas steel plant in Volta Redonda, Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil, effluent releases and oil spills contaminated
river sediment in an outfall channel and the adjacent Paraba
do Sul River with pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyl, as well as metals.
As the National Steel Company (CSN) works to control source
contamination, AECOM was selected to create an easily
removable interim solution that would isolate contaminated
sediments and provide erosion control.
To meet the clients needs, AECOM partnered with Allonda to
design an innovative, temporary sediment cap using
modular-woven geotextile bags filled with clean, coarse sand,
combined into pallets with an underlying layer of non-woven
geotextile. Designing the first riverine capping project in
Brazil required significant interaction with regulatory
agencies as it presented a new type of remedial action that
hadnt previously been reviewed or permitted in the state. The
project successfully met all permitting requirements;
combatted project challenges such as high river flow
velocities, fluctuating water levels and limited shoreline
access; and saved both design and construction time.
The method allowed the team to determine the necessary
safety measures to prevent and mitigate risks. Focusing on
keeping employees safe, AECOM worked with contractors to
develop specific health and safety plans and emergency
plans, which were ultimately reviewed and approved by CSN.
An expert safety technician was also involved in the project
and held daily meetings with the contractors and clients to
help address upcoming project issues.
With a total capping footprint of more than 1,000 square
meters (10,764 square feet), project installation was
completed within approximately two months using divers and
a specially designed deployment barge. Following sourcearea control, the projects modular construction features will
be considered for partial preservation and/or adaptation as
part of the long-term remedy.

Top, right: An AECOM employee samples surface

water and monitors physical-chemical parameters
of the contaminated area.
Middle, right: Employees fill bags with clean,
coarse sand to be placed into pallets.
Bottom, right: Once assembled, pallets are used to
temporarily isolate contaminants found within and
alongside the Paraba do Sul River.

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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 140 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.

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