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Aecom Buying Shimmick Construction for $175M

Aecom is acquiring Oakland-based Shimmick Construction for $175 million to strengthen its civil construction capabilities in the Western U.S. Shimmick has secured a market-leading position as a heavy civil construction firm, and the addition will help solidify Aecom’s bid to capture more design-build infrastructure projects in California.

In addition to expected Federal infrastructure spending increases, Aecom hopes to secure work stemming from nearly $180 billion of recently-approved ballot measures. Those include Measure M in L.A., Measure RR in San Francisco, as well as a $52-billion road repair bill recently passed by the California legislature.

Shimmick has 1,000 employees, and a $1.35-billion project backlog that includes a wide portfolio of iconic infrastructure projects.  Those projects include San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, Long Beach’s Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement, the E320 South Bellevue Extension in Seattle, Honolulu’s HART Airport Guideway and Stations design-build project, and San Diego’s Miramar Clearwell Improvements project.

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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