Why AECOM Really Bought URS

These two graphs tell the story.  Slowing growth in the developed world means firms must think in bigger and broader terms (If you want growth in the AEC industry, you had better be thinking in terms of global project execution platforms that can reach the developing world).  Debt in the developed world will seriously constrain traditional public sector opportunities.  The future belongs to those that can navigate the new world of public-private partnerships - - several organizations have estimated the U.S. transportation needs at $983 billion.  Only firms like the AECOMs + URSs of the world can get their checkbooks and thinking caps around numbers like that.