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URS Part of Team To Manage U.K. MoD Defense Estate Portfolio

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Thursday, June 5th, 2014

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URS Part of Team To Manage U.K. MoD Defense Estate Portfolio

U.S., U.K. Reservists Parachute On Salisbury Plain on Exercise Airdrop Warrior Photo: U.K. MoD

URS Corp. [URS] June 4 said the company is part of a partnership with Capita plc, which has entered into 10-year, potential $670 million contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) to manage the U.K.’s national and international defense estate portfolio. The partnership is led by U.K.-based Capita, working in conjunction with URS, headquartered in San Francisco, and U.K. firm PA Consulting. As the strategic business partner for the Defense Infrastructure Organization (DIO), the partnership will lead the management…

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