11 Facts About URS Corporation

URS Corporation was an engineering, design, and construction firm and a U S federal government contractor.

URS Corporation was established in 1951 and incorporated in 1957 as Broadview Research – a research group active in the area of physical and engineering sciences.

Issues in the oil and gas division were cited for the poor financial performance in fiscal year 2013 and URS Corporation announced the resignation of senior staff from that division.

URS Corporation acquired the Denver, Colorado based civil, geotechnical and environmental engineering firm Woodward-Clyde Group in 1997 for $100 Million, bringing additional environmental capabilities and a broader international presence to the organization.

In November 2007, URS Corporation acquired Washington Group International of Boise for $3.

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URS Corporation provided comprehensive project and construction management services for the reconstruction of the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, the largest building project ever undertaken by the University of California.

URS Corporation was the contractor for the Port Washington Generating Station in Wisconsin, an 1100 MW combined-cycle power plant, which was recognized by Power Magazine as one of its top plants of 2008.

URS Corporation helped build the state-of-the-art Holcim cement manufacturing plant in Missouri, one of the largest cement manufacturing facilities in the world.

In 2003, URS Corporation had been retained by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to conduct a fatigue evaluation and a redundancy analysis of the bridge.

URS Corporation was the design consultant for the bridge that was completed in 2007.

URS Corporation was one of the contractors responsible for operating nuclear facilities at Los Alamos, when in 2011, was involved in a criticality accident that nearly caused an uncontrollable nuclear reaction after mishandling plutonium.