• Three-year contract has a maximum value of $28.5 million to URS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 27, 2007 -- URS Corporation announced it has been awarded a contract by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to help the state agency comply with stormwater runoff requirements under its State Water Resources Control Board permit and the Federal Clean Water Act. Caltrans will assign tasks to URS on an "as needed" basis under the three-year agreement, which has a maximum value of $28.5 million.
Under the terms of the contract, as specific task orders are awarded by Caltrans, URS will develop monitoring plans, conduct field sampling and analyze stormwater runoff on Caltrans operated roadways and facilities in Orange, San Diego and Imperial Counties. In addition, URS will assist Caltrans in identifying and testing new technologies to improve the quality of stormwater runoff.
Commenting on the contract award, Gary V. Jandegian, President, URS Division, said: "We are pleased to have been selected by Caltrans for this important program, which extends our strong relationship and experience with Caltrans on programs that address complex stormwater issue. We look forward to supporting Caltrans as it works to improve the quality of stormwater runoff throughout the State."
URS Corporation offers a comprehensive range of professional planning and design, systems engineering and technical assistance, program and construction management, and operations and maintenance services for transportation, facilities, environmental, water/wastewater, industrial infrastructure and process, homeland security, installations and logistics, and defense systems. Headquartered in San Francisco, the Company operates in more than 20 countries with approximately 29,500 employees providing engineering and technical services to federal, state and local governmental agencies as well as private clients in the chemical, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, power, manufacturing, mining and forest products industries.
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