The contract is valued at about $500m during one base year and four option years.

Aecom chairman and CEO John Dionisio said the company has a long relationship with FEMA in its critical disaster-recovery missions across the US and the US territories.

"We are honored to continue partnering with FEMA to boost its capacity to respond to natural catastrophes," Dionisio said.

Aecom said the new contract is the company’s fifth consecutive Public Assistance Technical Assistance Contract from FEMA.

Aecom is a provider of professional technical and management support services for public and private sector clients in more than 130 countries around the world.