URS Corporation News

The state will demolish the closed stretch of Cline Avenue in East Chicago and Hammond rather than rebuilding the bridge, Indiana Department of Transportation Chief of Staff Bob Zier told the Post-Tribune Monday.

A familiar name and major employer in the Aiken area is shifting away from one name and consolidating under a single banner.

URS Corp. said Tuesday that its EG&G and Washington units will be rebranded under its namesake brand at the beginning of the new year and maintained its full-year adjusted profit outlook.

URS Corporation today announced that, consistent with its past practice on acquisitions, it will rebrand and integrate its EG&G and Washington divisions under the URS Corporation brand.

URS Corp. said Tuesday that its EG&G and Washington units will be rebranded under its namesake brand at the beginning of the new year and maintained its full-year adjusted profit outlook.

The parents of a Shaler Green Beret electrocuted in his shower in Iraq in 2008 filed a federal lawsuit Monday against a San Francisco firm that once maintained electrical systems in his living quarters.

Nearing the completion of Phase 1, the Aiken Railroad Depot received a major gift for its $3 million project set to open in spring 2010.

Three companies and a consortium of five universities have received a major federal contract for energy research that could be worth nearly half a billion dollars over the next five years, with much of the money flowing into the Pittsburgh region.

PR Newswire KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 14 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Midwest Research Institute is a key contributor on two teams awarded separate contracts to support the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory in advancing the clean and efficient use of fossil fuels and alternative energy.

URS Corporation's stock continues to correct -- it's down about 20% since the June buy call -- but investors should view the pull-back as a buy opportunity, and I'm reiterating my recommendation at $51.56 on June 6, 2009 .

The U.S. Marine Corps has contracted URS Corp. to provide technical services and program support for a program sustaining armored vehicles.

Manatee County officials are quietly moving ahead with plans to build the proposed Fort Hamer bridge, which could be carrying traffic over the Manatee River in as little as 2 1/2 years.

The City of Austin's push toward a November 2010 passenger rail referendum could pick up speed Thursday, when the City Council will consider a $1 million contract to design a route and refine what has been a rough $600 million cost estimate.

Today's matchup is Jacobs Engineering vs. URS Advantage: Jacobs Engineering. Cheapness is determined by P/E ratio.

EastGroup Properties announced a quarterly cash dividend of 52 cents a share. The dividend is payable Dec.

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER Preliminary plans for controlling Ottawa's flooding call for short diversions of the "meandering" Blanchard River, and use of earthen levees instead of flood walls.

URS Corporation today announced that GUBMK Constructors, a joint venture between URS, WorleyParsons and Williams Plant Services, has been approved by the Tennessee Valley Authority Board for award of a contract to perform maintenance and modifications services at TVA electric generation facilities.

Two and a half weeks after the state closed a four-mile stretch of Cline Avenue, the Indiana Department of Transportation still has not released the report that led to the closure.

Three industry-led teams including Penn State and four other research universities have received contracts to provide a range of research and engineering services to the National Energy Technology Laboratory .

A Savannah River Site employer accused of racial and religious discrimination by a former employee has denied any such conduct and said the employee was dismissed legitimately, in a response filed Monday in federal court.