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AECOM ( ) (formerly known as AECOM Technology Corporation) is an American worldwide provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. AECOM has approximately 100,000 employees,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About )〕 and is currently listed at #343 on the 2015 Fortune 500 list.〔''Fortune'', (Fortune 500 ), 2015. Accessed October 25, 2015.〕 AECOM is ranked as Number 1 Engineering Design Firm (Engineering News Record ENR magazine), and is nominated by ''Fortune'' as "World's Most Admired Companies". The company's official name from 1990 to early January 2015 was AECOM Technology Corporation. Today, it is known simply as AECOM.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AECOM (ACM:New York): Stock Quote & Company Profile )〕 == History == AECOM was launched as an independent company in 1990, though it's history can be traced back to the early 20th century and the inception of the Ashland Oil & Refining Company in Kentucky. 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. One of Ashland's acquisitions included Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall (DMJM), a transportation-related engineering firm, in 1984. Richard Newman was president of DMJM at the time of the acquisition and was later named president of Ashland Technology. 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. On January 29, 2007, AECOM announced it had acquired environmental management company The RETEC Group and merged it with another AECOM-owned environmental management firm ENSR. AECOM went public during May 2007 with an initial public offering on the NYSE, netting $468.3 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AECOM, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Dec 13, 2007 )〕 On July 28, 2008, AECOM completed its purchase of Earth Tech Inc., a consulting and engineering firm, from Tyco International for $510 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AECOM, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Feb 12, 2008 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AECOM, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Jul 31, 2008 )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AECOM to acquire URS Corporation )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AECOM」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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