URS Corporation Ltd


Address:
URS House
Horne Lane
Bedford
MK40 1TS

 

Contact: Jon Forni

Tel: 01234 349641

Email: jon_forni@urscorp.com

Web: www.urseurope.com

Locations: England - East Anglia, Other, England - North West, England - East Midlands, England - SE - Greater London, Scotland, England - South East, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US, England - South West, Wales, England - West Midlands, England - Yorkshire and Humberside

Sector: Consultant

Visit our European website at www.urseurope.com or our US website at www.urscorp.com for a complete introduction to the range of services URS provide to clients in the UK and throughout the world. Follow the link below to check out what vacancies currently exist.

[URS Career Centre]

Who We Are
URS is a leading provider of environmental and engineering design services. We are uniquely positioned to deliver a wide range of technical expertise through our network of 47,000 professionals working in more than 30 countries worldwide. In the UK, URS Corporation Ltd has grown from it's acquisition in 1999 of the established consultancies Thorburn Colquhoun and Dames and Moore. We now employ more than 700 transport, planning, engineering and environmental professionals in 11 offices throughout the UK. URS Transportation is headquartered in Bedford, with other professional transportation planning staff in London, Leeds, Manchester and Glasgow.

Our Partnership Approach
Working in partnership many clients find that our skills and experience complement their own. URS is well equipped to help them balance the competing needs of travellers, businesses, residents, sustainable development, safety, accessibility and the environment. Our key partners in the UK include: Department for Transport; UK Highways Agency; County, District and Borough Councils; Transport for London; Local and Regional Development Agencies; Homes and Communities Agency, Passenger Transport Executives, London Underground, Network Rail, London Luton Airport, Carillion, ASDA, J Sainsbury and the Kier Group. Elsewhere in the world they include the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, the US Department of State, New York City Department of Transportation and many, many more.

Providing Value
Drawing on extensive experience to deliver best value, URS combine fresh ideas and proven techniques that have been successful elsewhere - and we constantly seek the most cost-effective solutions: be it an award winning engineering design for the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, the master-plan for Hong Kong International Airport, traffic micro-simulation of toll plazas in New York and at London-Luton Airport, transport infrastructure planning in London, West of England, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire and Daventry or cutting edge research into UK adaptation of critical infrastructure in the transport, energy and water sectors.

Building Consensus
URS develops transport solutions by building consensus, achieved by establishing a robust communications strategy at the outset of projects. This includes stakeholder and public consultation, market research and outreach project communications. We have developed successful communication strategies for major transport improvement schemes throughout the UK, transport policy monitoring programmes and travel behaviour research as well as regeneration planning for regional development agencies.
Delivering Solutions
URS' transportation team delivers innovative, sustainable transport solutions. Risks and uncertainty are reduced by building a strong evidence base for each project, enabling clients to make informed and accountable decisions. URS helps client achieve their project goals by:

Placing quality as our highest priority - our Quality Management System is accredited to BS EN 9001:2000.
Investing in People - our success depends on the quality and motivation of our staff, and hence we are accredited Investors In People.
Taking our environmental responsibilities seriously - our Environmental Management System is accredited to ISO 14001.
Building Partnerships - our supply chain is an integral part of our service culture, closely aligned to our business objectives.

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