H. Thomas Hicks Becomes Chief Financial Officer Of URS; URS General Counsel Joseph Masters Appointed Corporate Secretary

Martin M. Koffel, URS Chairman and CEO, said: "Tom Hicks has beena valuable addition to our management team since he joined the Companyin September, and I am sure that his solid understanding of thefinancial characteristics of our industry and the perspective he hasgained from his experiences at Merrill Lynch, SAIC and Litton willcontinue to be great assets to URS."

"We also want to congratulate Joe on his new assignment. Joe hasbeen a key member of our management team for nearly 15 years, and I amconfident he will be highly successful in his additional duties asCorporate Secretary."

Mr. Koffel continued: "On behalf of the Board of Directors, ourstockholders and all URS employees, I again want to thank Kent for hisinvaluable contributions to the Company. Kent has been a majorcontributor in building URS over the past 15 years. He is a highlyaccomplished executive and has been a delightful colleague. Hiscommitment to continue serving as an active advisor to the Company inthe future will ensure a seamless transition."

Background on H. Thomas Hicks

H. Thomas Hicks is a senior finance executive with extensiveexperience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) andinvestor relations. Before joining URS in September 2005, Mr. Hicksserved as Managing Director in the Los Angeles office of Merrill LynchInvestment Banking, advising leading companies, including URS, in theAerospace, Defense, Information Services and Engineering andConstruction industries on numerous M&A, debt and equity capitalmarket transactions.

Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1997, Mr. Hicks was VicePresident, Corporate Development, at Litton Industries, where he ledall strategy and M&A activities, including the implementation of astrategic growth initiative that resulted in the creation of a $1.5billion information technology segment at Litton. He also was a memberof the company's Pension Investment Management Committee, whichoversaw Litton's $3 billion pension fund.

From 1978 through 1994, Mr. Hicks held high-level financepositions with Science Applications International Corporation,including Vice President, Finance and Administration; Corporate VicePresident, Finance; and Corporate Vice President, Mergers andAcquisitions. Earlier in his career, he served as Director of Financeand Administration at Computer Sciences Corporation and Controller ofCSC's International Division. Mr. Hicks has a B.S. degree in Commercefrom the University of Virginia.

Background on Joseph Masters

Joseph Masters has served as General Counsel for URS since 1997.Prior to joining URS in 1992, Mr. Masters was a lawyer in privatepractice. He holds a J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve Universityand a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Cleveland StateUniversity.

URS Corporation offers a comprehensive range of professionalplanning and design, systems engineering and technical assistance,program and construction management, and operations and maintenanceservices for transportation, commercial/industrial, facilities,environmental, water/wastewater, homeland security, installations andlogistics, and defense systems. Headquartered in San Francisco, theCompany operates in more than 20 countries with approximately 29,000employees providing engineering and technical services to federal,state and local governmental agencies as well as private clients inthe chemical, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, power, manufacturing,mining and forest products industries (www.urscorp.com).