URS to Provide Dam Safety Services to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Division of Engineering; Contract Has Maximum Value of $10 Million to URS.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- URS URS Yours URS Ultimate Roulette System URS Uniform Reporting System URS User Requirement(s) Specification URS Undergraduate Research Symposium URS Unified Registration Statement URS Undergraduate Research Scholars Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : URS) today announced that it has been awarded an indefinite INDEFINITE. That which is undefined; uncertain. INDEFINITE, NUMBER. A number which may be increased or diminished at pleasure. 2. When a corporation is composed of an indefinite number of persons, any number of them consisting of a majority of those delivery/indefinite quantity contract by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Engineering (USFWS USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service ), Dam Safety Branch, to provide dam safety services. The USFWS operates approximately 200 dams and facilities associated with fish and wildlife conservation, and the Dam Safety Branch is responsible for establishing, managing and overseeing the USFWS' Dam Safety Program. Under the terms of the contract, and as specific task orders are issued, URS will provide the USFWS with various engineering services that include safety evaluation of existing dams; rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. , reconstruction, and/or modification to resolve dam safety deficiencies; new construction design; and other associated work. The five-year contract has a maximum aggregate value of $10 million to URS. Commenting on the contract award, Gary V. Jandegian, President, URS Division, said: "As a leading provider of engineering services, URS has extensive experience assisting clients evaluate the safety of existing dams and related facilities. We are very pleased to have been selected by the USFWS and look forward to continuing our longstanding relationship on this important project." 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, commercial/ industrial, facilities, environmental, water/wastewater, homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , installations and logistics, and defense systems. Headquartered in San Francisco, the Company operates in more than 20 countries with approximately 28,000 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 (www.urscorp.com). |
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