URS to Provide Environmental Restoration and Construction Services to the U.S. Air Force
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URS Corporation On Wednesday January 6, 2010, 8:30 am EST
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--URS Corporation (NYSE:URS - News) today announced that it has been awarded one of 42 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts to provide a range of environmental, engineering and construction services at bases worldwide for the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) under the Worldwide Environmental Restoration and Construction (WERC09) contract. The WERC09 program ceiling is $3 billion for the combined companies. Task orders under the program are expected to be issued to qualified contractors over a five-year period.
Under the terms of the contact, URS and the other qualified contractors can compete for, or be assigned, task orders either as stand-alone companies or as part of multi-company teams. The scope of work for the URS contract includes providing environmental related services for a variety of AFCEE installations, including completion of conceptual designs, construction, implementation, demolition, repair, and operations and maintenance of installed systems for delivery to the government.
“URS has been a continuous AFCEE provider since the Center’s establishment in 1991. We are pleased to have been awarded this important contract, which demonstrates AFCEE’s continued trust in URS and our capabilities,” said Gary V. Jandegian, President, Infrastructure & Environment. “We look forward to providing AFCEE with high-quality services throughout the world.”
URS Corporation (NYSE: URS - News) is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure services. URS provides services for power, infrastructure, industrial and commercial, and federal projects and programs. Headquartered in San Francisco, URS Corporation has approximately 45,000 employees in a network of offices in more than 30 countries
