Mission: Earth

How can we create infrastructure that

sustains a healthy planet?

Photo: NASA

In a time of constrained budgets and competing priorities,

direct investment in pure sustainability measures cannot

be counted on to address environmental challenges.

Through broader, longer-term thinking, we need to capture

the opportunities inherent in every infrastructure

investment to yield benefits on social, economic and

ecological planes.

- Gary Lawrence, chief sustainability officer, AECOM

Missed opportunities

Many perspectives shape the built

environment. Too often, each

focuses on its own goals and

methods. This inhibits better

outcomes that could emerge from

broader thinking.

Infrastructure can simultaneously

address a variety of social,

economic and ecological

challenges to deliver wider

benefits and value.

Integrated thinking

Light Rail Starter System and Build Outs, Dallas, U.S.A.

Think of the potential when we

blend environmental science and

economic understanding, urban

policy and regional planning, high

design and high performance,

gray infrastructure and green

infrastructure, commercial growth

and community cohesion.

Crossing boundaries

Tongzhou Canal Bridge, Beijing, China

We believe integrated thinking can

create urban environments that

attract people, promote economic

opportunity, and protect the

natural world.

Thriving cities

Shepherd’s Bush Living Wall, London, U.K.

Healthy ecological systems can

reduce the burden on built

infrastructure, and increase our

enjoyment of and appreciation for

the world around us.

A new approach

Echo Park Lake, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Willingness to look at problems in

new ways builds a series of better

outcomes, and begins to shape a

new paradigm of human and

natural prosperity.

Every project is an opportunity

Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Land Management Plan and CEQA

Sacramento, U.S.A.

Architecture, engineering, urban

design and landscape architecture

create a next-generation NBA

arena—and a more active,

walkable and green downtown.

To bring the best ideas together

Sacramento Entertainment and Sports Complex, U.S.A.

Nanotechnology and energy-

efficient engineering enable

scientists to conduct climate

research—with minimal

environmental impacts.

Achieve new feats of innovation

Halley VI Research Station, Antarctica

Civil engineering and landscape

architecture result in cleaner water

entering the ocean—and greener

neighborhoods for residents and

wildlife.

And create infrastructure for a healthy planet

San Francisco Sewer System Improvement Program, U.S.A.

Sacramento, U.S.A.

The choice before us

Built to deliver a better world

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Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bay Flood Damage Reduction, Houston, U.S.A.