URS to Support Air Force Base Realignment and Closure Project

Business Wire,  June 25, 2008  

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Task Order Has Maximum Value of $99.9 Million to URS

SAN FRANCISCO -- URS Corporation (NYSE:URS) today announced that it has been awarded a major new task order under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract to provide engineering and construction services at bases worldwide for the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) under the Heavy Engineering, Repair and Construction (HERC) contract. The task order has a maximum value of $99.9 million, including approximately $89.9 million in a base bid plus $10 million in options, over a two year period.

Under the terms of the task order, as part of an eventual $2 billion program to upgrade and expand the base at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, URS will design and build two Medical Instructional Facilities which will be used for training military personnel from all branches in the areas of radiology, pharmacy, biomedical equipment and dental technicians along with nuclear medicine technologists.

"We are pleased to have been awarded this task order, which augments URS' robust portfolio of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) projects awarded to date," said Gary Jandegian, President of the URS Division. "We look forward to contributing to the Air Force's effort to build and utilize these key medical training facilities at Fort Sam Houston."

URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) 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, the Company operates through three divisions: the URS Division, the EG&G Division and the Washington Division. URS Corporation has more than 50,000 employees in a network of offices in more than 30 countries (www.urscorp.com).

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