Update: February 2020- Aecom has sold the part of its business and transitioned it’s nuclear weapon related contracts. Amentum is the new company, but is not publicly traded. From the first quarter of 2020, Aecom was removed from the Don’t Bank on the Bomb producers list.

Company profile

Aecom, based in the US, provides professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. Aecom also provides construction services, including building construction and energy, infrastructure and industrial construction.[i]

In the financial year ending 30 September 2018, Aecom reported revenues of more than US$ 20 billion (€ 17.7 billion), resulting in an operating income of US$ 424.9 million (€ 377.8 million) and a net profit of US$ 136.5 million (€ 121.3 million).[ii]

Stock exchange listing: NYSE: ACM

Update:

21 June 2019– Aecom will spin off its business related to the US Departments of Energy and Defense (including efforts connected to the nuclear arsenal) into a separate, publicly traded company. The split is meant to be completed by mid 2020. More information is available here. It is likely that this change will result in Aecom’s removal from the list of nuclear weapon producing companies, to be replaced by the new entity.

Contact

Aecom Global Headquarters
1999 Avenue of the Stars
Suite 2600
Los Angeles, CA 90067
United States

Website: https://www.aecom.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AecomTechnologyCorporation/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aecom/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aecom/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/aecomtechnology/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AECOM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AECOMTechnologyCorp

Nuclear weapons

Aecom is primarily involved in stockpile maintenance and modernisation of the US nuclear arsenal at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Through its acquisition of URS in October 2014, Aecom became involved in the Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL). As of 31 January 2019, Aecom is no longer involved at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.^[iii] The Lawrence Livermore National Security partnership also includes Battelle[iv] and Texas A&M University.[v]

The contract for LLNL was awarded in 2007 and currently runs through September 2023.[vi] The maximum possible fee to be collected under the contract is US$ 45.5 million (€ 37.6 million) a year.[vii] The National Nuclear Security Administration was criticised for renewing lucrative deals at LLNL despite poor performance of the contractors.[viii]

Research, design, development and production of nuclear weapons,[ix] including the life extension program of the B61 nuclear bomb[x] and of the W80-1 nuclear warhead for air-launched cruise missiles takes place at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.[xi]

[i] Aecom, “Annual Report 2018”, Aecom, November 2018, p. 2.

[ii] Aecom, “Annual Report 2018”, Aecom, November 2018, p. 123.

[iii] U. S. Department of Energy (2018) NNSA awards Los Alamos National Laboratory management & operating contract, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Available at: https://www.lanl.gov/discover/news-stories-archive/2018/June/0608-new-contractor.php (Accessed: 14 January 2019).

[iv] Battelle is a US based 501(c)(3) charitable trust. In examining their publicly available tax records, they appear to have reported only government income and no external or private financing.

[v] Aecom, “Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory”, Website Aecom (www.aecom.com/projects/lawrence-livermore-laboratory/), viewed January 2019.

BWX Technologies, “Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)”, Website BWX Technologies (www.bwxt.com/about/operations–locations/lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory), viewed January 2019;

National Nuclear Security Administration, “Our locations”, Website National Nuclear Security Administration (nnsa.energy.gov/aboutus/ourlocations), viewed January 2019;

Union of Concerned Scientists, “Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory”, Union of Concerned Scientists, November 2012 (www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/nwgs/nuclear-weapons-complex/livermore-fact-sheet.pdf);

Mello, G., “The US nuclear weapons complex: Pushing for a new production capability”, The Bulletin, 20 March 2008 (thebulletin.org/us-nuclear-weapons-complex-pushing-new-production-capability);

Bechtel, “US National Laboratories”, Website Bechtel (www.bechtel.com/projects/us-national-laboratories/), viewed July 2017.

[vi] Lawrence Livermore National Security, “LLNS, LLC Prime Contract Documents”, Website Lawrence Livermore National Security (www.llnsllc.com/contract/contract.asp), viewed January 2019.

[vii] Inside the Pentagon, “University of California, Bechtel Consortium wins Livermore Contract”, Inside Defense, 10 May 2007.

[viii] Global Security Newswire, “NNSA Defends Contract Extensions but Congressional Scrutiny Expected”, Website NTI, 12 March 2013 (www.nti.org/gsn/article/nnsa-defends-contract-extensions-congressional-scrutiny-expected/).

[ix] Union of Concerned Scientists, “Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory”, Union of Concerned Scientists, November 2012 October 2013 (www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/nwgs/nuclear-weapons-complex/livermore-fact-sheet.pdf);

Los Alamos National Laboratory, “National Security Science”, Los Alamos National Laboratory, December 2016, p. 35.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, “National Security, Weapons Science”, Website Los Alamos National Laboratory, viewed June 2016.

[x] Union of Concerned Scientists, “Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory”, Union of Concerned Scientists, November 2012 (www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/nwgs/nuclear-weapons-complex/livermore-fact-sheet.pdf);

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), “Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL): Nuclear design and engineering and high explosive research & development (R&D)”, Website NNSA, viewed July 2017;
Los Alamos National Laboratory, “National Security, Weapons Science”, Website Los Alamos National Laboratory, viewed June 2016.;

Los Alamos National Laboratory, “National Security Science”, Los Alamos National Laboratory, December 2016, p. 35;

Y-12, “It’s a go—B61-12 LEP”, Y-12 Press Release (www.y12.doe.gov/news/blog/it’s-go—b61-12-lep), viewed in January 2019.

[xi] National Nuclear Security Administration , “NNSA Completes First Production Unit of W80-1 Alt 369”, NNSA Press Release (www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-completes-first-production-unit-w80-1-alt-369), 17 October 2017.

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[last updated 30 January 2020]