Current Aecom European boss Steve Morriss will take reins of combined firm in the region
Aecom and URS have released details of how the firm鈥檚 combined management structure will work and who will run the company鈥檚 various divisions once Aecom completes its takeover of URS next month.
US-based construction group Aecom agreed a deal to buy US engineering firm URS for 拢2.3bn in July.
In an update to staff yesterday Aecom鈥檚 president and chief executive Mike Burke announced the combined firm will have four operating divisions and a new global business development division that will target winning work from the firm鈥檚 biggest clients.
The firm鈥檚 design and consulting services group will encompass the firm鈥檚 architecture, cost consultancy, design, economics, energy, engineering, environmental, planning and programme management businesses.
Current chief executive of Aecom鈥檚 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) division Steve Morriss (pictured) will head up the design and consultancy division in the EMEA region.
Tom Bishop, currently executive chair of URS in Europe, the Middle East and India, will take the reigns of the design and consultancy division鈥檚 Americas region, while Aecom鈥檚 Asia-Pacific president Sean Chiao will head the division鈥檚 Asia-Pacific region.
Morriss, Bisho and Chiao will all report to Aecom鈥檚 current chief growth office and president of EMEA Fred Werner, who steps up to become president of the the global design and consulting services group.
The combined firm鈥檚 construction services group will be split into two segments.
Dan McQuade, currently Aecom鈥檚 chief executive for construction services, will become president of the building construction half of the division, while George Nash, currently president of URS鈥� energy and construction division, will head-up the combined firm鈥檚 energy, infrastructure and industrial construction division.
The combined firm鈥檚 management services group will include URS鈥� federal services divison and Aecom鈥檚 global support services group and will be led by Randy Wotring, URS鈥� current president of its federal services business.
Aecom鈥檚 fledgeling capital investment group, which launched in 2013, will continue as the combined firm鈥檚 fourth division and be led by its current chief executive John Livingston.
The firm will also create a new division called the end markets group which will be responsible for developing business from Aecom鈥檚 biggest customers.
Burke said the end markets group will be 鈥渃ritical鈥� to the firm鈥檚 鈥渞elentless pursuit of long-term growth and technical excellence鈥�.
He added: 鈥淭his group will serve as a powerful, strategic partner with our operations鈥� leadership team as we pursue the largest and most iconic projects in the world.鈥�
This group will be headed by the current chief executive of Aecom鈥檚 global support services division Mike Donnelly.
Burke said Aecom and URS should be operating as a combined firm by January 2015.
He said: 鈥淥ur new operating structure reflects the strengths of both Aecom and URS. The leaders that we have identified are a combination of the extraordinary talent contained within both firms. Together, alongside of each one of you, we will begin a new era of transformational growth.鈥�
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