Ellerbe Becket has joined AECOM, a merger of two architectural and engineering firms that’s expected to strengthen the global platform for integrated design solutions to complex projects. "We’re bringing together top-notch professionals committed to building the next generation integrated design practice," says Joe Brown, chief executive of planning, design, and development for AECOM. "Together we have an opportunity to forge new responses to better serve clients in a world where resource scarcity, urbanization, environmental change, and economic uncertainty factor into projects of every scale. These challenges demand the reinvention of the roles of architect, interior designer, landscape architect, scientist, ecologist, engineer, planner, and economist."
"With the AECOM global platform of services, we’re broadening the expertise and knowledge that we can apply to our clients’ projects," says Rick Lincicome, Ellerbe Becket’s CEO. "Increasingly, projects of all sizes are affected by the global environmental and economic issues. The added resources that we can apply to these projects from the earliest stages will allow us to deliver exemplary local solutions for clients while making a difference in the world."
