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URS Corp. - Engineering & Construction -
Category Directory
600
Montgomery Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111-2727
(415) 774-2700
www.urscorp.com
Sales
$3.2
billion
Business Description
We are one of the largest engineering design services firms worldwide and
one of the nation’s leading federal government contractors for operations
and maintenance services. We execute large and complex engineering projects
and provide a comprehensive range of professional planning and design,
systems engineering and technical assistance, program and construction
management, and operations and maintenance services. Over the past several
years, we have grown our business through internal initiatives and strategic
acquisitions, thus diversifying our client base, increasing the range of
services we offer and expanding the markets we serve.
Prior to fiscal 2003, we were organized geographically into reporting
segments, consisting of the Domestic Division and the International
Division. Our Domestic Division was comprised of all offices located in the
United States of America. The International Division was comprised of all
offices in the United Kingdom, Western Europe, the Middle East, the
Asia/Pacific region (including Australia, China, Indonesia, New Zealand, and
Singapore) and the Americas (including Canada, Mexico, and Central and South
America, but excluding the U.S.).
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, we organized our operations into
two business divisions: the URS Division and the EG&G Division. These two
divisions operate under separate management groups and produce discrete
financial information. Their operating results also are reviewed separately
by management.
Services
We provide professional planning and design, systems engineering and
technical assistance, program and construction management, and operations
and maintenance services to local, state and federal government agencies, as
well as private industry and foreign clients. We provide our services
through a network of offices and contract-specific job sites. In addition,
we provide some of our services as subcontractors or through joint ventures
or other partnerships with other service providers.
Planning and Design. Our planning and design services include technical and
economic feasibility studies, the analysis of alternative designs and
environmental impacts, and the development of conceptual and final design
documents, specifications and estimates. The planning process is typically
used to develop a blueprint, or overall scheme for a project. Our planning
services include master planning, land use planning, transportation
planning, permitting and ensuring compliance with applicable regulations.
Based on the project requirements identified in the planning phase, we
integrate and coordinate the various design elements. The product that
results from our design services is a set of contract documents that may
include detailed plans, material specifications and construction cost
estimates and schedules, all of which are then used by our clients in the
construction of a project.
We provide planning and design services for new facilities and for the
renovation and expansion of existing facilities, including bridges,
highways, roads, airports, mass transit systems, railroads, schools,
courthouses, hospitals, and water and wastewater treatment facilities. We
also use our planning and design capabilities to support homeland defense
and global threat reduction programs, as well as for remediation activities
at military bases and environmental assessment, due diligence and permitting
at commercial and industrial facilities.
Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance. We provide a broad range of
systems engineering and technical assistance services to all branches of the
U.S. military, from supporting new weapons systems design and development
activities to providing modernization solutions for aging weapons systems.
We have the expertise to support a wide range of platforms including
aircraft and helicopters, tracked and wheeled vehicles, ships and
submarines, shelters and ground support equipment. Representative systems
engineering and technical assistance services include:
• operational requirements definition;
• specification development;
• interface control;
• requirements control and traceability;
• open system architecture development;
• review of hardware and software design data; and
• development of engineering documentation.
We support a number of activities including technology insertion, system
modification, installation of new systems/equipment, design of critical data
packages, and configuration management.
Construction Management. Our construction management services involve
serving as the client’s representative and monitoring a project’s schedule,
cost and quality. As construction managers, we typically oversee and
coordinate the activities of construction contractors, providing on-site
supervision and inspection of the contractors’ work. Our services include:
• scheduling of both the design and construction phases of a project;
• construction and life-cycle cost estimation;
• cash flow analyses;
• value engineering;
• constructability reviews;
• environmental and specialized engineering;
• bid evaluation; and
• construction or demolition of buildings.
Although we may act as a general contractor or sub-contractor on some
demolition and environmental contracts, we generally do not pursue “low bid”
fixed-price construction contracts.
Program Management. We provide comprehensive services for the management of
large military programs for naval, ground, vessel and airborne platforms.
These services include logistics planning, acquisition management, risk
management of weapons systems, safety management and subcontractor
management. We also provide program management for large capital improvement
programs, which includes planning, coordination, schedule and cost control,
and design, construction, and commissioning oversight.
Operations and Maintenance. We provide operations and maintenance services
in support of large military installations and operations. Our services
include:
• management of base logistics, including oversight of construction, testing
and operation of base systems and processes;
• operation and maintenance of chemical agent disposal systems;
• comprehensive military flight training services; and
• support of high security systems.
The management of military base logistics involves overseeing the operation
of government warehousing and distribution centers, as well as government
property and asset management. We also provide a range of maintenance,
modification, overhaul and life service extension services for vehicles,
vessels and aircraft. In addition, we provide comprehensive military flight
training services for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft.
Markets
Our expertise is focused on eight key markets: surface transportation, air
transportation, rail transportation, industrial process, facilities and
logistics support services, water/wastewater treatment, hazardous waste
management and military platforms support. Our domestic and international
network of offices allows us to perform business development and sales
activities on a localized basis. In addition, for large scale projects and
multinational clients, we coordinate national and international marketing
efforts on a company-wide basis.
Surface Transportation. We provide a full range of planning and design
services for all types of surface transportation systems and networks,
including:
• highways, bridges, tunnels and interchanges;
• toll facilities;
• intelligent transportation systems; and
• port and marine structures.
Historically, we have emphasized the design of new transportation systems,
but in recent years we have focused on the rehabilitation and expansion of
existing systems.
Air Transportation. We provide comprehensive services for the development of
new airports and the modernization and expansion of existing facilities,
including:
• airport terminals, hangars, and air cargo buildings;
• air traffic control towers;
• runways and taxiways;
• baggage, communications, and fueling systems; and
• infrastructure systems such as people movers, roadways, parking garages
and utilities.
We have completed projects at both general aviation and large-hub
international airports throughout the world. In the growing area of security
systems at airports, we provide a full range of planning and design, program
and construction management and operations and maintenance services.
Rail Transportation. We provide services to freight and passenger railroads
and urban mass transit agencies. We have planned, designed and managed the
construction of commuter rail systems, freight rail systems, heavy and light
rail transit systems and high-speed rail systems. Our specialized expertise
in transportation structures, including terminals, stations, parking
facilities, bridges, tunnels and power, signals and communications systems,
complements these capabilities.
Industrial Process. We provide a broad range of industrial process services,
including facility site locating and permitting, environmental management
and pollution control, waste management and remediation engineering, process
engineering and design and property redevelopment. Our clients in this
market are primarily Fortune 500 companies.
Facilities and Logistics Support Services. We provide design services for
new facilities and the rehabilitation and expansion of existing facilities.
We design a broad range of building types, including facilities used for
education, criminal justice, healthcare, transportation and sports and
recreation purposes. We provide historic preservation, adaptive reuse and
seismic upgrade services. We also provide comprehensive services for the
operation and maintenance of complex government installations, including
military bases and ranges. Logistics support services, which focus on the
development of integrated logistics chains to ensure readiness and rapid
response, are provided to a number of Department of Defense agencies. In
addition, we provide logistics support services for the management and
operation of warehousing and distribution centers, and government property
and asset management.
Water/Wastewater Treatment. We provide services for the planning, design and
construction of all types of water/wastewater treatment facilities and
systems. Services are provided for new and expanded water supply, storage,
distribution and treatment systems, municipal wastewater treatment and sewer
systems, and watershed, storm water management and flood control systems. We
also provide design and seismic retrofit of earth, rockfill and
roller-compacted concrete dams, as well as the design of reservoirs and
impoundments, including mine tailings disposal and large outfall structures.
Hazardous Waste Management. We provide a variety of services relating to
hazardous waste management, air pollution management and global threat
reduction. Our hazardous waste management services include planning and
conducting initial site investigations, designing remedial actions for site
clean-up and providing construction management services during the site
clean-up process. Our air pollution management services include air quality
monitoring and design modifications required to meet national and local air
quality standards. Our specialized global threat reduction services focus on
the elimination and dismantlement of nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons of mass destruction (“WMD”). These services include providing
technical WMD advisory services and training client personnel who are
responsible for the operation and maintenance of chemical agent disposal
facilities.
Military Platforms Support. We provide a variety of services to the
Department of Defense in the support of military operations, including:
• weapons system design and modernization;
• maintenance, modification and overhaul services for aircraft, tracked and
wheeled vehicles and ground support equipment;
• development of emergency response strategies and first responder training
for the military and other federal agencies;
• technical advisory services and training for the elimination and
dismantlement of weapons of mass destruction;
• undergraduate and graduate-level instruction for pilots of military fixed
wing and rotary wing aircraft; and
• specialized and classified technology analysis, and management, technical
consulting and advisory services.
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