URS wins FEMA contract for hazard mitigation services

Published 18 August 2006

Company will provide engineering assessments, coastal flood analyses, and other pre-disaster and post-disaster services; the five year contract under the Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Program is worth as much as $75 million

URS (NYSE: URS), a worldwide leader in engineering and construction management, announced Wednesday that it had been selected to provide technical support for FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Program. The company has extensive experience with the program, having already completed more than 575 projects in 35 states, including during hurricanes, floods, the attack on the World Trade Center, and the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia.

Under the indefinite delivery/indefinate quality contract, the San Francisco, California-based company will assist FEMA in both pre-disaster mitigation and post-disaster recovery efforts with a range of services, including engineering assessments, coastal flood analyses, environmental review and compliance and community planning. The five year contract has a maximum value of $75 million.

-read more in this news release; see also URS company Web site