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Reportable Segments (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 segment	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014
Summarized financial information concerning the Company's reportable segments
Revenue	$ 4,186,035us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 1,953,875us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Gross profit	164,223us-gaap_GrossProfit	78,198us-gaap_GrossProfit
Equity in earnings of joint ventures	23,924us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	36,083us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
General and administrative expenses	(34,338)us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	(23,845)us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Acquisition and integration expense	(138,463)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
Operating income	15,346us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	90,436us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Gross profit as a % of revenue	3.90%acm_GrossProfitAsPercentageOfSalesRevenueServicesNet	4.00%acm_GrossProfitAsPercentageOfSalesRevenueServicesNet
Number of reportable segments	3us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Total Assets	14,253,269us-gaap_Assets		6,123,377us-gaap_Assets
Corporate
Summarized financial information concerning the Company's reportable segments
General and administrative expenses	(34,300)us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember	(23,900)us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Acquisition and integration expense	(138,500)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Operating income	(172,800)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember	(23,900)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Total Assets	552,700us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember		365,000us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Design and Consulting Services
Summarized financial information concerning the Company's reportable segments
Revenue	1,877,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember	1,301,400us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember
Gross profit	49,300us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember	53,900us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember
Equity in earnings of joint ventures	1,500us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember	32,800us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember
Operating income	50,800us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember	86,700us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember
Gross profit as a % of revenue	2.60%acm_GrossProfitAsPercentageOfSalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember	4.10%acm_GrossProfitAsPercentageOfSalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember
Total Assets	7,242,800us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember		4,064,500us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_DesignConsultingServicesMember
Construction Services
Summarized financial information concerning the Company's reportable segments
Revenue	1,530,400us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember	428,700us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember
Gross profit	52,900us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember	4,100us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember
Equity in earnings of joint ventures	5,900us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember	1,400us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember
Operating income	58,800us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember	5,500us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember
Gross profit as a % of revenue	3.50%acm_GrossProfitAsPercentageOfSalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember	1.00%acm_GrossProfitAsPercentageOfSalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember
Total Assets	3,205,500us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember		1,256,400us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ConstructionServicesMember
Management Services
Summarized financial information concerning the Company's reportable segments
Revenue	778,600us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember	223,800us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember
Gross profit	62,000us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember	20,200us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember
Equity in earnings of joint ventures	16,500us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember	1,900us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember
Operating income	78,500us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember	22,100us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember
Gross profit as a % of revenue	8.00%acm_GrossProfitAsPercentageOfSalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember	9.00%acm_GrossProfitAsPercentageOfSalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember
Total Assets	$ 3,252,300us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember		$ 437,500us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = acm_ManagementSupportServicesMember

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