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URS and Jacobs Engineering Joint Venture Wins U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ContractBY CapIQ
— 10:05 AM ET 05/27/2009
URS Corp. (URS) announced that a joint venture between URS and Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide general design support and construction management services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers(USACE), New Orleans Hurricane Protection Office. URS has an 85% share in the joint venture. The contract consists of a one-year base period, followed by four one-year options, during which the joint venture would compete for task orders with a maximum contract value of $90 million over five years, if all priced options are exercised. The joint venture will provide services that will contribute to the reconstruction of New Orleans following the damages caused by Hurricane Katrina. Task orders will include design support, construction management services, and other support work for new or existing structures, such as navigational locks, flood control structures, pumping stations, marine structures, roadways, bridges and buildings in and around the city.