URS to Provide Design Services for Light Rail Transit Project in Norfolk, Virginia; 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 the Company, under a subcontract with Parsons Brinckerhoff Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) is a planning, engineering, program and construction management organization. The company has been involved in planning and designing some of the world's largest public works projects, such as Boston's Big Dig, Britain's rail system Network Rail; , will provide final design services to the Hampton Roads Transit Authority for the Norfolk light rail transit The name Light Rail Transit is used by the following specific light rail systems, either as an official name or otherwise:
As part of the project, URS will provide final design services for a 7.4-mile light rail line in the City of Norfolk, followed by engineering support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for the fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. and installation of the rail system and construction inspection services. In addition, URS may perform corridor extension and environmental impact studies and preliminary engineering design for potential future extensions of the rail line to additional locations within the Hampton Roads Transit Authority's service district. Commenting on the contract, Gary V. Jandegian, President, URS Division, said: "As a leading, global provider of engineering design services, URS has extensive experience assisting our clients meet their evolving transportation needs, including assisting Hampton Roads Transit on several light rail projects in the past. We are pleased we have the opportunity to work on this new assignment, which will result in improved access to the Norfolk transportation system, and look forward to continuing our longstanding relationship with the Authority." 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, installations and logistics, and defense systems. Headquartered in San Francisco, the Company operates in more than 20 countries with approximately 29,400 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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