1. URS Corporation 2007 Annual Report
The New

2. The Company
URS Corporation is a fully integrated engineering, construction and technical services organiza-
tion with the capabilities to support every stage of the project life cycle. We offer a full range
of program management; planning, design and engineering; construction and construction
management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure services. We also
provide specialized services to the U.S. federal government in the areas of systems engineering
and technical assistance.
URS operates through three divisions: the URS Division, and repairs vehicles and other military equipment to
the EG&G Division and the Washington Division. We extend their service life. The EG&G Division also
have an established presence in major cities in the provides logistics support and installations manage-
Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific, and our comprehen- ment, trains military pilots, conducts homeland security
sive skills and expertise are a valued resource to clients preparedness exercises in communities throughout the
around the world. United States, and manages and operates chemical
agent and weapons disposal systems.
The URS Division provides the services required to
rehabilitate and expand public infrastructure, including The Washington Division provides engineering, construc-
surface, air and rail transportation networks; water tion and technical services for environmental manage-
supply, conveyance and treatment systems; and many ment, industrial/process, infrastructure, mining and
types of facilities, such as schools, courthouses, power projects. The Division specializes in design-build
hospitals and other public buildings. The Division also and design-build-operate-maintain services for transpor-
provides engineering and environmental services for tation systems and provides engineering, construction,
Fortune 500 industrial and commercial companies and modification and maintenance expertise for every form of
other multinational corporations. In addition, the URS power-generating facility. The Washington Division also
Division designs aircraft hangars and other military manages high-risk, technically complex programs and
facilities, remediates hazardous waste sites, and facilities for the U.S. Department of Energy, including
supports Base Realignment and Closure programs. nuclear waste management and disposal programs.
The EG&G Division is a major contractor to U.S. federal Headquartered in San Francisco, URS is a publicly held
government agencies, including the Departments of company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under
Defense, Homeland Security and Treasury, and NASA. the symbol URS. For more information about URS,
The Division provides systems engineering and technical please see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
assistance to develop weapons systems, and maintains fiscal year ended December 28, 2007.
Table of Contents
1 Financial Highlights
2 Chairman’s Letter to Stockholders
38 Office Locations Worldwide
39 Consolidated Summary of Financial Statements URS Corporation’s 2007 Annual Report contains statements that are not
historical fact and that may constitute forward-looking statements involving
45 Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control
risks and uncertainties, including statements about our future growth and
Over Financial Reporting future economic and business conditions. Our actual results could differ
46 Report of Independent Registered Public materially from those discussed in this Annual Report. Factors that might
cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed under
Accounting Firm
“Risk Factors” in URS Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which
48 Corporate Directory accompanies this Annual Report, and that also was filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2008.
IBC Corporate Information

3. Financial Highlights
Financial data for the past five fiscal years and the two months ended December 31, 2004 are summarized below.1
This financial data should be read in conjunction with the information contained in our financial statements and the
accompanying notes, and the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations,” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2007,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2008.
Year ended Year ended Year ended Two months ended Years ended October 31,
December 28, December 29, December 30, December 31,
20051 20041
(In thousands, except per share data) 2007 2006 2004 2003
Operations:
Revenues $5,383,007 $ 4,222,869 $ 3,890,282 $ 564,414 $ 3,367,793 $ 3,180,589
Costs and Expenses
(excluding Minority Interest) $5,179,469 $ 4,041,101 $ 3,774,730 $ 564,714 $ 3,280,719 $ 3,089,880
Equity in Income of
Unconsolidated Affiliates $ 31,516 $ 17,281 $ 27,283 $ 2,583 $ 14,170 $ 6,125
Income Before Income Taxes
and Minority Interest $ 235,054 $ 199,049 $ 142,835 $ 2,283 $ 101,244 $ 96,834
Net Income $ 132,243 $ 113,012 $ 82,475 $ 1,163 $ 61,704 $ 58,104
Diluted Earnings Per Share $ 2.35 $ 2.19 $ 1.72 $ .03 $ 1.53 $ 1.76
Year ended Year ended Year ended Two months ended Years ended October 31,
December 28, December 29, December 30, December 31,
20051 20041
(In thousands, except per share data) 2007 2006 2004 2003
Financial Position:
Cash $ 256,502 $ 89,502 $ 101,545 $ 108,007 $ 69,267 $ 36,275
Total Assets $6,929,965 $ 2,581,029 $ 2,469,448 $ 2,307,748 $ 2,275,045 $ 2,193,723
Total Debt $1,306,781 $ 168,614 $ 318,560 $ 556,922 $ 543,737 $ 812,593
Stockholders’ Equity $3,478,570 $ 1,506,687 $ 1,344,504 $ 1,082,121 $ 1,067,224 $ 765,073
$3,478.6
$18,714*
$5,383
$132.2
$113.0
$4,223
$3,890
$3,368
$82.5
$3,181
$1,506.7
$1,344.5
$61.7
$58.1
$1,082.1
$1,067.2
$564 (2 months)
$4,637*
$765.1
$3,823*
$3,838*
$3,662*
$3,633*
$1.2 (2 months)
’03 ’04 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’03 ’04 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’03 ’04 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’03 ’04 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07
Oct Dec Oct Dec Oct Dec Oct Dec
Net Income
Revenues Stockholders’ Equity Backlog
(In millions)
(In millions) (In millions) (In millions)
1
Effective January 1, 2005, we adopted a 52/53 week fiscal year ending on the Friday closest to December 31, with interim quarters ending on the Fridays closest to March 31, June
30, and September 30. We filed a transition report on Form 10-Q with the SEC for the two months ended December 31, 2004. Our 2005 fiscal year began on January 1, 2005 and
ended on December 30, 2005.
*Unaudited

4. Chairman’s Letter
To Our Stockholders:
Fiscal 2007 was a landmark year for URS. We The New URS is a much larger
and more diverse company—with
achieved exceptional growth in all our businesses—
more than 56,000 employees
reporting record revenues and earnings—and ended worldwide representing some of
the industry’s most talented and
the year with the acquisition of Washington Group
dedicated professionals. We now
International, a leading provider of engineering offer services through the entire
and construction services. With the addition of life cycle of a project—from
planning, design and engineering
Washington Group to URS, we have enhanced our through construction, construction
ability to provide clients with the full range of engineer- management, and operations and
maintenance to decommissioning
ing, construction and technical services, expanded
and closure. We serve four key
our business in key high-growth markets and nearly market sectors: power, infrastruc-
ture, federal, and industrial and
doubled the size of our operations.
commercial.
Consolidated revenues for fiscal In the power sector, URS now
2007, which included six weeks has the expertise to design and
of Washington Group operations, build virtually every type of
were $5.4 billion, a 27% increase power generating facility to help
from 2006. Net income for the meet the growing demand for
year was $132 million, a 17% electricity. Our expertise in the
increase from 2006, and earn- nuclear power market, which
ings per share were $2.35, a 7% is experiencing a resurgence as
URS recorded the strongest growth in the Company’s
history in fiscal 2007.
increase from 2006. We also government and private compa-
generated $312 million in cash nies worldwide seek to reduce
from operations during 2007, their dependence on fossil
reflecting our continued focus on fuels, includes engineering or
cash management. We began the constructing 49 nuclear power
2008 fiscal year with a record operating units around the world
$30 billion book of business, and providing services to extend
providing us with a solid founda- the life and efficiency of more
tion for continued growth. than 100 others.
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5. We have significantly enhanced
our capabilities to repair, modern-
URS has engineered or constructed 49 nuclear power
ize and expand infrastructure.
operating units around the world.
URS now has the expertise to
plan, design, build, and operate
and maintain surface, air and
support major initiatives like the can offer mining industry clients
rail transportation networks.
Global War on Terror and the integrated services for the full life
In addition, we can provide
Base Realignment and Closure cycle of their operations.
fully integrated engineering and
program. The New URS also has
construction services for water
a long history, which dates back This year’s Annual Report
supply, conveyance and treat-
provides an overview of The
to the Manhattan Project in the
ment systems, and a wide variety
New URS, the broader range of
1940s, of providing environmen-
of public buildings. Our broader
tal and nuclear management to services we now offer and the
network of offices in the United
the Department of Energy (DOE). diverse markets we serve. The
States enables close relationships
Today, as one of the DOE’s top following pages also demon-
with key state and municipal
contractors, we help manage strate the excellent work being
agencies—an important com-
complex programs and facilities, performed by our employees
petitive advantage for URS in the
including the remediation and around the world. These talented
infrastructure sector.
disposal of chemical and radio- professionals have earned a well-
active waste. deserved reputation for the high
Our federal sector business
caliber of their work, and we are
also has been strengthened
Finally, in the industrial and committed to providing them with
and diversified. URS has built a
commercial sector, URS now the best opportunities for career
successful defense business that
provides the complete range development in the industry.
is aligned with the future needs
of engineering, construction
of the Department of Defense
and technical services to assist I should like to thank our stock-
(DoD). We continue to benefit
Fortune 500 companies and other holders, clients and employees
from the DoD trend to outsource
large corporations in meeting for their continued support and
non-combat activities, such as
their operational needs. We serve look forward to reporting on our
the development and modern-
virtually all major multinational progress in 2008.
ization of weapons systems,
companies in the rapidly growing
the maintenance and repair
oil and gas market, as well as
of military vehicles and other
some of the largest companies
equipment, and the operation of
in the automotive, chemical, Martin M. Koffel
complex military installations and
Chairman and
pharmaceutical, food and bever-
programs. With our added scale
Chief Executive Officer
age, manufacturing, and pulp
and resources, we have improved
and paper industries. We also are
our competitive position to win
one of the few companies that
large, bundled contracts that
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6. The New URS
Systems
Planning,
Program Engineering
Design &
Management & Technical
Engineering
Assistance
2007 was a year of powerful change at URS. We significantly expanded our
resources and technical expertise, enhanced our capabilities in our core businesses
and entered new, high-growth markets. As a result, URS is now one of the largest
providers of engineering, construction and technical services with more than
56,000 talented employees worldwide.
With the addition of our new Washington Division to the URS organization, we are
now able to meet our clients’ needs through the entire life cycle of their projects—
from program management, planning, design and engineering through construction,
construction management, and operations and maintenance to decommissioning and
closure. We also provide specialized systems engineering and technical assistance to
the U.S. federal government.
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7. Construction
Decommissioning
Operations &
& Construction
& Closure
Maintenance
Management
This year’s Annual Report introduces the new URS, our full-service capabilities
and the markets we serve through our URS, EG&G and Washington Divisions.
The projects described on the following pages outline our key market sectors—
power, infrastructure, federal, and industrial and commercial — and highlight the
full breadth of the services we provide. These projects also demonstrate the talent
and commitment of our employees and their success in achieving new levels of
project performance, safety and technical excellence.
We are the new URS: a single-source provider of engineering, technical and
construction services, able to meet the increasingly complex needs of our clients,
and successful in anticipating and adapting to changes in the engineering and
construction industry.
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8. Power
AmerenUE, Callaway Nuclear Plant, Detroit Edison, Power Plant, Tennessee Valley
Fulton, Missouri Monroe, Michigan Authority (TVA),
Kingston Power
Plant, Kingston,
Tennessee
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9. The global demand for energy is at an all-time high. To meet this need, URS designs, constructs
and maintains virtually every type of power plant and provides single-source management services
for greenfield, retrofit and expansion projects across the entire power-generation industry.
We have engineered nearly 250,000 megawatts of electricity worldwide — more than any other
contractor and equivalent to almost one-fourth of the current generating capacity in the United States.
Whether it’s retrofitting a nuclear power plant to extend its useful life, installing flue gas desulfurization
scrubbers that reduce emissions harmful to the environment or constructing a hydropower generating
facility that brings electricity to millions, URS provides the complete life cycle of services to clients in
the power industry.
Alternative Emissions Renewable Transmission
Energy Co-generation Control Fossil Fuels Hydroelectric Nuclear Energy & Distribution
Pacific Hydro, Yambuk Wind Farm, San Roque Power Corporation, San Roque Multipurpose
Victoria, Australia Hydroelectric Project, Luzon, Philippines
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10. Contributing to the Renaissance of
the U.S. Nuclear Energy Industry
The increasing demand for electricity, the rising cost design, procurement, construc-
tion, start-up and maintenance.
of fossil fuels and their impact on the environment
We also help clients modify or
are driving a resurgence in nuclear power in the decommission plants and manage
waste. URS has provided services
United States. Technical and operating advances
to most of the nuclear power
have made nuclear power safer and more efficient plants operating in the United
States today and has engineered
than ever before. And, nuclear power reduces the
or constructed 49 commercial
country’s dependence on foreign oil supplies. nuclear plants around the world.
As America’s nuclear industry One example of the industry’s
embarks on its largest expansion expansion is the new $1.5 billion
in more than a generation, URS National Enrichment Facility
is prepared to meet the growing being built near Eunice, New
demand for nuclear power. Mexico—the first commercial
Through our Washington Division, nuclear facility to be licensed
URS has the capabilities to by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
address the entire nuclear life Commission in more than three
cycle. From uranium mining decades. When completed, the
through waste disposition, URS National Enrichment Facility
offers the full range of plant will provide 25 percent of the
planning, licensing, engineering, enriched uranium used to
Construction of the National Enrichment Facility is a vital step URS performed construction and start-
in the resurgence of the commercial nuclear power industry. up support for TVA’s Watts Bar Nuclear
Plant in Tennessee — the last new nuclear
plant to go online in the United States.
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operate commercial nuclear global energy and technology their expertise in the nuclear
power plants in the United group, Urenco developed the gas power industry.”
States. The only facility of its centrifuge uranium enrichment
kind in North America, the technology used at the facility. URS’ work with LES on the
National Enrichment Facility is
a groundbreaking step in the
With expertise dating back to the initial commercialization
renaissance of nuclear power in
of nuclear power, URS’ capabilities span the full nuclear the United States. With extensive
nuclear experience and a skilled
life cycle.
talent base, we are prepared to
meet the growing demand for
plant will provide a domestic It is the world’s most advanced nuclear power by providing the
source of enriched uranium and technology for the enrichment capabilities required through all
help to broaden the country’s of uranium and is both energy phases of the nuclear life cycle.
energy portfolio. efficient and cost effective.
URS has been providing a broad “This is an exciting and challeng-
range of construction services for ing project,” says URS Project
the facility since June 2006, and Director George Hansrote. “Build-
operations are expected to begin ing this extremely complex facility
in November 2009. The National means our employees have the
Enrichment Facility is owned by opportunity to work with the latest
LES, a subsidiary of Urenco. A technologies and demonstrate
URS replaced the steam generators at the URS’ decommissioning of the Fort St. Vrain Nuclear
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Maryland Power Station in Colorado was a first for a high-
in record time. temperature, gas-cooled reactor in the United States.
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12. The Port Washington Power Plant:
A Study in Community Cooperation
Building a new power plant in a beautiful and historic existing coal-fired plant, consists
of two 545-megawatt natural-
setting is no easy task. That’s why the Port Washington
gas-fueled units. Due to site
Generating Station, LLC, a subsidiary of the Wisconsin constraints, as well as for visual,
historical and permitting reasons,
Energy Corporation, selected URS’ Washington Division
portions of the existing facilities,
to provide engineering, procurement, construction, such as a distinctive brick-faced
testing and commissioning for the project. wall, were incorporated into the
new plant. In addition to adding
Located adjacent to downtown aesthetic value, the wall serves as
Port Washington and the shores a barrier, shielding the community
of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, from construction noise and dust.
the Port Washington Generating
Station is situated close to “At times, there were as many as
residential, commercial and 500 people working with heavy
recreational areas. As a result, equipment in an area the size
not only were the aesthetics of of a football field,” explained
the project important, but the Construction Manager Michael
potential impacts of construction Renfroe. “To be good neighbors,
had to be minimized. URS has used special measures
to reduce noise and traffic. A
The new plant, which is being new access road was built
constructed on the site of an through an existing industrial
The plant’s location on the shores of Lake Michigan The steam generator is fundamental to the efficiency
enabled URS to have freighters deliver large of the combined-cycle gas-fueled plant.
components directly to the construction site.
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park to accommodate construc- Community outreach is an in portions of Wisconsin and
tion equipment and material important part of the project’s Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
deliveries, and some of the larger success. URS has worked closely
boiler components were delivered with our client to keep local The project has been successful
by large ocean-going ships via officials and residents informed on many levels—by using existing
the Port Washington harbor.” about ongoing activities and resources, developing innovative
employment/supplier opportuni- solutions and working effectively
The design of the power plant ties. We also have participated in with the community. This success
also incorporates various features numerous community fundraising has led to a number of awards,
including Power Engineering
to reduce operating noise after programs and sponsored events
construction is complete. For such as a local summer festival. magazine’s Best Gas-Fired Project
and Power magazine’s Top Plant.
The project also received “Star”
Workers at the site—where 100 to 200 crane lifts occur
status in the Occupational Safety
daily—recently surpassed two million hours worked without and Health Administration’s
Voluntary Protection Program,
a days-away injury.
which recognizes exemplary work
sites with comprehensive, success-
example, the new powerhouse The first natural gas unit was ful health and safety management
building and the equipment inside completed in 2005 and the systems. Just recently, the URS
it use precast concrete panels second unit will be completed in project team was honored as the
and insulated steel siding that act 2008. Both units will help expand 2007 Business of the Year by the
as noise barriers. the power generation capability City of Port Washington.
The gas-turbine enclosure incor- With construction lights facing away from populated
porates various noise-attenuation areas, Unit 2 rises beside Unit 1.
features to limit the impact of
operations on local residents.
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14. Extending the Life of a Nuclear Power Plant
When the Fermi 2 Power Plant in Michigan The first-of-its-kind project
came with many challenges.
needed a nuclear retrofit, Detroit Edison called
One major obstacle was removing
on URS’ Washington Division to perform the the existing MSRs, which were
located deep inside piping and
massive undertaking. The job: replacing two giant
concrete enclosures that had been
moisture separator reheaters, or MSRs, that had built around the vessels during
become obsolete with new, highly reliable and plant construction. Another was
installing the new 115-foot-long,
efficient vessels. single-piece MSRs, each weighing
An integral part of nuclear power 300 tons. The replacement team
plants, MSRs separate moisture also had to deal with severe
from the power plant’s high- weather conditions, including
pressure turbine exhaust. The temperatures in the single digits
steam created from this process and wind chill well below zero.
is then used to power the And, because the plant had to
low-pressure turbines that enable be shut down to accomplish the
the plant to generate electricity. retrofit, construction had to be
The installation of the new MSRs, completed as quickly as possible.
which have a 40-year operating
life, has resulted in an 8-megawatt Installing giant MSRs within
increase in electrical power output extremely tight clearances required
at Fermi. innovation and meticulous
In sub-zero weather, ice forms on the expand- Using the modular lift tower, one of the two new 300-ton MSRs
able water-filled weights URS used to dead-load is lifted for installation during URS’ retrofit of the plant.
test the modular lift tower to ensure its ability to
lift the giant MSRs.
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planning. Total headroom of the traditional two-piece continuous presence at the
above the vessels was less than construction approach. plant for more than 15 years.
three feet, and movements had
to be controlled to within two
Recognized as one of four 2007 Nuclear Top Plants by
inches. To overcome these
Power magazine, the Fermi 2 retrofit project was an
challenges, URS used laser
surveying technology and unqualified success, showcasing URS’ expertise
three-dimensional modeling to
in the modification of commercial nuclear facilities.
create a virtual construction plan
and designed a full array of
specialized equipment to move Even with the aggressive schedule, Today, our alliance with Detroit
and install the MSRs. safety during construction was Edison encompasses every type
paramount. More than 950 craft of service required for a nuclear
The construction schedule was and staff workers were employed power plant—from supporting
aggressive. By replacing the during the outage, and the MSR plant operations and emergent
existing two-piece MSRs with a replacement project achieved a technical and physical work to
single-piece component, URS perfect safety record with no performing engineering design,
was able to shorten the duration recordable injuries. project planning and manage-
of the outage. As a result of the ment, and direct-hire construction
innovative approach, the plant URS began working at Fermi services.
was returned to service and to in 1990, initially providing
the generation of electricity construction and maintenance
significantly ahead of schedule services, and has had a
An MSR vessel is carefully transported across the New one-piece MSRs are staged for installation on the
turbine building floor during replacement. turbine deck of the power plant, while one of the old
two-piece vessels sits to the right during its removal.
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16. Infrastructure
Port Imperial Ferry Terminal, Red Skelton Performing Arts Hoover Dam across
Weehawken, New Jersey Center, Vincennes University, the Colorado River,
Vincennes, Indiana Nevada/Arizona
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17. URS is helping to create a new generation of public infrastructure. Whether it’s a major reservoir in
New Zealand, a freeway expansion in California, a school modernization program in New York City or
an airport upgrade in China, we are a leader in efforts to design, build, expand and modernize critical
infrastructure.
As one of the largest fully integrated engineering, construction and technical services firms, URS has
served as planner, architect, engineer, general contractor, and program and construction manager for
thousands of infrastructure projects worldwide. With public agencies increasingly outsourcing work,
we also provide operations and maintenance support when a project has been completed. URS is at
the forefront of providing the full life cycle of services to help clients address complex infrastructure
challenges anywhere in the world.
Dams & Highways & Ports & Rail & Water &
Airports Reservoirs Facilities Bridges Harbors Transit Tunnels Wastewater
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Arapahoe Arch Span Bridge,
Guangdong Province, China Addison, Texas
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18. The Long-Overdue Expansion
of a Busy California Freeway
Constructed in the 1960s, State Route 22 (SR-22), designed to accommodate
115,000 cars per day, the
a principal east-west corridor in Orange County,
freeway was handling 200,000
California, had long ago exceeded its capacity. cars by 2005. By 2020, traffic
along the corridor is expected to
Although the county’s population had grown from
reach 250,000 vehicles.
700,000 residents to more than three million, there
had been no major improvements to the corridor, The challenge for URS was to
design an expanded freeway that
also known as the Garden Grove Freeway, since it increased traffic flow and speed
opened. In 2004, the Orange County Transportation and decreased noise levels.
One particular challenge was
Authority selected a design-build team to perform a
reducing the congestion at the
$550 million upgrade, with our URS Division as the “Orange Crush” interchange at
the intersection of SR-22 with
prime design consultant.
Interstate 5 and State Route
Connecting to all major north- 57—long considered one of the
south freeways in the county worst bottlenecks in the state.
and extending through highly Another was addressing seismic
urbanized areas of four cities, design requirements that changed
the 12-mile corridor is a critical two months after the project
transportation link for residents, began, due to new information
workers and visitors. Originally about a nearby earthquake fault.
The Lewis Street Bridge over SR-22 was completely To increase the pace of construction,
demolished and replaced with a new structure. multiple concrete pumping machines
simultaneously placed large quantities
of concrete.
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To address increasingly serious utility crossings. A state-of-the-art plans that minimized traffic delays
congestion and safety issues, a traffic management system also and improved safety.
Because of the freeway’s impor-
To minimize traffic disruptions and inconvenience to the
tance to the region’s economy, a
community, construction proceeded on an aggressive streamlined design-build project
delivery approach was chosen
27-month, 800-day schedule.
over more traditional methods.
Using the design-build approach
continuous access high-occupancy- was installed. The system links reduced the total project schedule
vehicle (HOV) carpool lane to a central traffic management by approximately three years.
was added in each direction, center that monitors conditions on
completing the region’s compre- more than 400 miles of Southern The completion of SR-22 in April
hensive HOV transportation California freeways. 2007, improved safety, reduced
network. General purpose and gridlock and expedited traffic flow
auxiliary lanes were added, as well As the prime design consultant for for Orange County commuters.
as upgraded on- and off-ramps on the highway reconstruction, URS
key segments of the freeway. was responsible for managing
the work of a multidisciplinary
Other improvements included engineering team. During
widening or replacing 34 bridges, construction, URS also was
adding 130 new retaining and responsible for developing traffic
sound walls, and building 317 and construction-sequencing
The Horseshoe Bridge provides a traffic connection for east- A concrete barrier was added
bound SR-22 to northbound Interstate 5 and SR-57. to separate eastbound SR-22
traffic from traffic exiting to
southbound Interstate 5.
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20. Building a New Public Transit Line
from Design to Operation
Safe, efficient and on-time public transportation In 1996, New Jersey Transit
entered into a public-private
systems can help relieve traffic congestion and
partnership for the Hudson-
pollution and make life easier for commuters, Bergen LRT and awarded the
$1.1 billion contract to a team
particularly in densely populated urban areas. In
led by URS’ Washington Division.
northern New Jersey, the Hudson-Bergen Light The team, known as 21st Century
Rail Transit (LRT) system is doing just that, while Rail, was contracted to design
and construct the system, procure
helping to revitalize the region’s economy. the equipment, and operate and
maintain the line for 20 years.
Located across the Hudson
River from Manhattan, New Construction of the LRT
Jersey Transit’s Hudson-Bergen presented multiple challenges.
LRT route covers more than 18 For example, there were many
miles through seven cities in issues that needed to be
Hudson County. It is the largest resolved along the right-of-way,
public works program in New including passage through
Jersey history and was delivered long-established cities—some
via the largest transit design- predating the 18th century. The
build-operate-maintain (DBOM) project involved relocating major
contract ever awarded in the utilities, removing abandoned rail
United States. facilities and railroad tracks, and
Tailored to accommodate a congested metropolitan URS monitors Hudson-
region, the Hudson-Bergen LRT is a high-performance Bergen train traffic and
system with a demanding service schedule. schedules to help keep the
system running efficiently.
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resolving a variety of property portions of the Hudson River has increased from 8,000 to
acquisition issues. waterfront. The presence of more than 39,000, exceeding
rail stations helped transform initial projections.
A major construction challenge abandoned industrial neighbor-
was enlarging an existing hoods into thriving communities. The Hudson-Bergen LRT is one
114-year-old freight tunnel to In fact, since opening in April of the industry’s best examples of
accommodate a station 150 2000, more than 100 companies efficient infrastructure. This critical
feet underground. To take riders have moved into the area, creating transportation link along the
to and from the station, three approximately 30,000 jobs. Hudson River waterfront not only
relieved heavy traffic congestion,
but also served as a catalyst for
URS has been responsible for every phase of the design-
redevelopment.
build-operate-maintain project—the largest DBOM transit
The DBOM project demonstrates
project in the United States.
URS’ capabilities through all
phases of a transportation
high-speed elevators were Currently in its eighth year of project—from planning, design
installed in a cavern near the maintaining and operating the and construction through
middle of the tunnel. line, URS continues to achieve operations and maintenance.
milestones in performance and
The Hudson-Bergen LRT has safety. An on-time monthly
brought considerable commercial performance of 99 percent leads
and residential development to the industry, and daily ridership
The LRT has greatly improved the quality of life The Hudson-Bergen LRT system was honored with
for thousands of northern New Jersey residents. a Best of 2006 Award by New York Construction
magazine.
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22. Transforming a Former Air Force
Base into a Community Asset
In the post-Cold War era, the military is address- the England Authority to develop
a preliminary base reuse plan.
ing new priorities by expanding some bases and
We inventoried and inspected
closing others, allowing the decommissioned approximately 500 buildings
totaling more than 2.5 million
properties to be redeveloped by local authorities.
square feet and assessed them
When the 2,284-acre England Air Force Base in for reuse potential.
Rapides Parish, Louisiana, closed in the 1990s,
The reuse plan was designed to
our URS Division was selected by the England make the entire site self-supporting,
Economic and Industrial Development District while creating jobs and income
for the community. The plan
(the England Authority) to help prepare and
encompassed a commercial
implement a redevelopment plan. The result is airport; industrial, commercial
and institutional facilities; a
one of the most successful base conversions in
residential community; and
the United States. recreation areas.
The Air Force base was trans-
formed into a successful business URS also was selected to develop
and industrial campus known as an airport master plan and provide
the England Industrial Airpark the architectural and engineering
and Community. Following the design for the centerpiece of the
base’s closure, URS worked with redevelopment—the $52 million
The brick facade of the Alexandria International The England Industrial Airpark has
Airport terminal echoes the red brick historically experienced significant growth since
manufactured in Rapides Parish. the terminal complex opened in 2006.
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Alexandria International Airport and boasts advanced electronic as a staging facility for military
complex. The complex includes a communications, information, embarkations. Today, the
$24 million, 88,000-square-foot security and ticketing systems. redevelopment of the former
terminal building, along with a
new control tower, aircraft parking
The transformation of the former Air Force bases has
apron, parking lot and access road.
been heralded as a model for base conversions throughout
When airport security require-
the United States.
ments became more stringent
following the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001, URS The new air traffic control tower England Air Force Base has
modified its original design. To has been recognized by the Air gained extensive national attention
satisfy force protection require- National Guard as a prototype for and is considered highly success-
ments, the terminal’s interior new air traffic control facilities ful thanks to forward-thinking
layout and site configuration were nationwide. local leadership that identified
revised, and a 300-foot safety alternate uses for the facilities and
setback was created between the Since the airport terminal complex enacted a practical, economically
terminal and public areas. opened in December 2006, the viable reuse plan.
England Airpark has demonstrated
Incorporating historic architectural significant growth in new tenants,
elements with the latest technol- including a large railcar manufac-
ogy, the new terminal is capable turer and several technology
of servicing a full range of aircraft companies. It also is being used
Post-9/11 security measures included reconfiguring the Four commercial airlines offer service to and
ticketing lobby to allow full outbound baggage screening. from Alexandria International Airport.
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24. Federal
Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Department of Energy’s U.S. Army Military
Art and Portraiture, Washington, DC Savannah River Site, Vehicle Repair and
Defense Waste Processing Maintenance Facility,
Facility, Aiken, South Carolina Fort Lee, Virginia
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25. As a major U.S. federal contractor, URS provides critical support to the Departments of Defense,
Homeland Security and Energy, as well as to the General Services Administration, NASA and other
federal agencies. Our services range from planning and design through construction and operations and
maintenance to decommissioning and closure.
URS modernizes weapons systems, refurbishes military vehicles and aircraft, trains pilots and manages
military and government facilities. We also plan, design and construct hangars and government buildings,
provide logistics support for military operations and help decommission former bases for redevelopment.
URS is a leader in conducting global threat reduction programs to eliminate nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons around the world. We also help the Department of Energy manage complex programs and
facilities, and clean up more of the Cold War’s chemical and radioactive legacy than any other company.
Environmental
Chemical Contingency and Nuclear Flight Homeland Weapons
Buildings Demilitarization Operations Management Training Flood Control Security Systems
Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal
Rotary Aircraft Modification Hangar, Facility, Anniston, Alabama
Lakehurst, New Jersey
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26. Unmanned Aerial Systems:
An Indispensable Tool
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) have become an procurement of UAS technologies.
URS assists in the development of
essential part of the U.S. military’s high-tech arsenal.
the latest generation of UASs,
Able to carry out dangerous missions without placing operates the aircraft from ground
stations, trains other pilots to “fly”
military personnel at risk, unmanned aircraft are
unmanned aircraft and provides
increasingly used for intelligence, surveillance and maintenance and repair services
combat activities. They can stay aloft for long periods for these systems once they are in
use. We also have designed and
of time and be controlled remotely from the safety of constructed beddown facilities
ground stations often thousands of miles away from for UASs at Air Force bases in
California and Nevada.
the theater of operations. As the military importance
of UASs grows, URS is helping the Department of As UASs have become more
advanced, so has the technology
Defense build an increasingly diverse force—
used to control their missions.
providing expertise at every stage of development. Using our expertise in systems
design and integration, we have
Through our EG&G Division, we helped to develop command and
offer the services required to control technology to operate
design, build, test and evaluate numerous unmanned aircraft
UASs, as well as program through a single tactical control
management support for the system. Our engineers also have
Beddown facilities for the Global Hawk were URS plays a significant role in the
designed and constructed by URS. development of the command and
control software for the unmanned
aircraft tactical control system .
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developed software to certify that environmental health of oceans. Because of the many benefits
the different types of UASs used For NASA, we design, fabricate offered by UASs, their use is
by the U.S. military and our NATO and operate airborne sensors on expected to grow dramatically
allies can operate in compliance small unmanned aircraft that over the next 25 years. URS is
with a unified command and collect environmental data. involved in every phase of the
control standard.
The U.S. Department of Defense’s proposed budget for
Today, the Predator and Reaper
2009 includes $3.4 billion for UAS programs.
UASs are playing critical surveil-
lance and combat roles in the War
on Terror, and URS employees Looking to the future, URS is development and deployment
stationed around the world are providing technical support to of these systems, and we will
supporting their deployment and the new Joint Unmanned Aerial continue to be integral to
maintenance. This work includes Systems Center of Excellence, advances in UAS technology
maintaining aircraft, sensors and which was established to improve for both military and scientific
ground stations, providing logistics the compatibility of the UAS purposes.
support and loading munitions surveillance systems used by
onto the aircraft. different branches of the U.S.
military. Created by the Pentagon,
Increasingly, UASs also are being the Center’s mission is to ensure
used to gather information for these systems can meet the
scientific research programs requirements of the U.S. armed
involving climate change and the forces in any combat environment.
URS is playing a key role in the acquisi- URS provides maintenance, repair and logistics services for the
tion, testing, and command and control Predator and Reaper UASs supporting the Global War on Terror.
of the Navy’s new Fire Scout shipboard
unmanned aircraft.
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28. A Radioactive Waste Cleanup of
Monumental Proportions
Surrounded by picturesque woodland, it would be as to clean up the highly
contaminated facilities on the
hard to guess that the West Valley Demonstration
200-acre site.
Project (WVDP) located near Buffalo, New York, was
Liquid waste was stabilized
once the site of the only commercial nuclear repro-
through a process known as
cessing facility to have operated in the United States. vitrification, which locks the
From 1966 to 1972, the site was used to reprocess waste into a stable glass form for
storage in waste canisters.
nearly 640 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel, generating Between 1996 and 2002, when
highly radioactive liquid waste. vitrification was completed, 275
high-level waste canisters were
After commercial operations produced and now are safely
ended, the site was returned to stored in the reprocessing facility.
the state of New York, and in
1980, the Department of Energy “I am proud of the accomplish-
(DOE) joined the state in the ments of the West Valley
cleanup effort. URS’ Washington Demonstration Project in leading
Division began managing and the way for the solidification of
operating the WVDP in 1982. Our high-level waste,” commented
challenge was to stabilize more James Rispoli, DOE Assistant
than 600,000 gallons of Secretary for Environmental
radioactive liquid waste, as well Management. “The vitrification
URS manages and operates the 200-acre During vitrification processing, more than 600,000
West Valley Demonstration Project site in gallons of liquid high-level radioactive waste were
western New York. solidified and stored in 275 canisters.
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campaign at this project is a URS also constructed and is Valley—all planned for completion
model for the Department. I look operating a remote-handled waste by 2011—includes the further
forward to URS achieving the same facility. The facility is uniquely decontamination of rooms and
level of excellence as we enter into designed to allow workers to debris inside the reprocessing
the next phase of this project.” remotely cut up and package plant, the demolition of other
support facilities, and continued
waste management and disposal.
One of the first sites to achieve “Star” status for safety
performance in the DOE’s Voluntary Protection Program, West Valley is a project of
monumental proportions, and
WVDP has maintained this status since 1999.
URS has played a critical role
in its success for more than 25
Efforts have now turned to the process equipment and other years. During that time, the
disposal of contaminated process large components from the WVDP has celebrated many
equipment, the decontamination original reprocessing facility that accomplishments, including a
of buildings in preparation for are too radioactive to contact superior record of safety perfor-
demolition and the ongoing removal directly. Additional high-hazard mance. This highly complex
of radioactive waste to permanent areas in the original reprocessing operation demonstrates our
disposal facilities. As of late 2007, facility have been decontami- unrivaled expertise in managing
over one million cubic feet of nated, and more than 100 high-risk nuclear programs and
low-level radioactive waste was support facilities have been facilities.
shipped for disposal off site. demolished and removed from
the site. Ongoing work at West
A URS facility operator uses a computerized workstation Low-level waste is prepared for transportation off site.
at a shield window to perform operations in the remote-
handled waste facility.
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30. Fast-tracking the Protection of U.S. Troops
Faced with an urgent need to protect U.S. troops less than one year. URS’ EG&G
Division has been an integral part
from land mines, small arms fire and improvised
of all phases of the program since
explosive devices, the U.S. Department of Defense its inception in late 2006.
(DoD) established the Mine Resistant Ambush
Initially providing just a few
Protected (MRAP) program. Through a true partner- specialists, URS’ role has
ship between government and industry — and an expanded as the MRAP program
has grown into the DoD’s number
unprecedented fast-track schedule — these armored one procurement priority. Today,
vehicles have already saved countless lives. URS is leading a consolidated
MRAP program support team
Thousands of people have on three major contracts. We
contributed to the program’s are helping to manage the entire
success: military personnel, inventory of MRAP vehicles
numerous government agencies throughout their life cycle. With
and officials, manufacturers and some 3,000 vehicles in use
support contractors. Their and thousands more in
combined efforts have enabled production, this significant
the MRAP program to go from undertaking includes tracking
source selection, contract the location of each vehicle,
development, and testing and which branch of the military it
evaluation to production in belongs to, and when it is due
MRAP vehicles are designed to protect occupants URS performs MRAP automotive
against armor-piercing roadside bombs. and system safety engineering at
this Stafford, Virginia, facility.
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to be shipped to the theater of As the MRAP program continues success in protecting the lives of
operations or sent for repair and to evolve, URS is providing combat troops led the DoD to seek
maintenance. ongoing engineering and technical additional funding. URS helped
prepare the documents and
presentations that gained Congres-
Since the MRAP program became the DoD’s top priority,
sional support for upgrading the
the program has advanced at near-unprecedented speed. program’s priority level and
increasing its appropriations.
The work also includes technical support during the development,
and administrative support for the testing and evaluation of vehicle Called “a proven lifesaver on the
acquisition of the command, improvements. “URS’ significant battlefield,” by Defense Secretary
control, communication, computer role in the MRAP program Robert M. Gates, the Marine
and intelligence, or C4I, systems demonstrates why we are one Corps has committed to fielding
that are installed in MRAPs. At of the top DoD contractors for 15,000 armored vehicles by
the Space and Naval Warfare outsourcing non-combat 2010 at an estimated cost of
Systems Command Center in activities,” notes Alan Weakley, $25 billion. In commending the
Charleston, South Carolina, each EG&G’s General Manager of accomplishments of the MRAP
MRAP is integrated with specific Engineering and Technology program, Secretary Gates noted
types of tactical communications Services. that nothing on this scale has
equipment based on how the been accomplished by a
vehicle will be used. Documenting The MRAP program was initiated partnership of government and
the equipment in each vehicle is in 2006, with $2 billion to industry since World War II.
an important part of our work. develop a few test vehicles. Its
Vehicles are airlifted to troops Outfitting the completed vehicles for combat service was
on C-17 and C-5 cargo planes. streamlined from months to three weeks.
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32. Industrial &
Commercial
BHP Billiton, Pinto Valley Copper Holcim (US) Inc., Cement Pasminco Ltd Lead Smelter,
Mine, Globe, Arizona Manufacturing Complex, Port Pirie, Australia
Ste. Genevieve County,
Missouri
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33. URS provides complete life cycle services for Fortune 500 industrial and commercial companies and
other multinational corporations. From front-end studies, environmental management, and engineering
and process design to procurement, construction, and facility management and maintenance, URS helps
clients process resources and deliver them to the world. We also provide site decommissioning and
closure services for facilities no longer in use.
Whether the project involves expanding facilities, installing new utility systems, selecting the optimal
process for producing finished products, reconfiguring processes to improve operational efficiency or
providing long-term management services, URS has the resources to meet the needs of industrial and
commercial clients worldwide.
With particular expertise in the oil, gas and chemical industries, we help clients design and construct multi-
billion dollar production facilities, processing plants, refineries, and storage and transportation infrastructure.
Consumer
Chemical & & Industrial Food & Pulp &
Automotive Pharmaceutical Products Beverage Manufacturing Mining Oil & Gas Paper
Lost Cabin Gas Processing Plant, Hawaii Fueling Facilities Corp., Sand Island
ConocoPhillips, Lysite, Wyoming Fuel Storage Expansion, Honolulu, Hawaii
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