 thumb|urs in canada urs corporation (formerly united research services) was an engineering, design, and construction firm and a u.s. federal government contractor. headquartered in san francisco, california, urs was a full-service, global organization with offices located in the americas, europe, africa, and asia-pacific. urs was acquired by aecom on october 17, 2014. ==history== urs corporationâs oldest predecessor company was founded in 1904. urs was established in 1951 and incorporated in 1957 as broadview research â a research group active in the area of physical and engineering sciences. in 1967, management developed a growth strategy focused on building a multidisciplinary professional services firm. in 1968, broadview research acquired united research incorporated of cambridge, massachusetts. during this period, the name broadview research was changed to united research services and later shortened to urs. as of june 2013, the firm had more than 50,000 employees worldwide, in nearly 50 countries. on july 13, 2014, urs announced an agreement to be acquired by aecom for about $4 billion in cash and shares. the final acquisition was decided on october 17, 2014, and urs was officially part of aecom as of october 20, 2014. ==rankings== fortune magazine * #248 on fortune's list of america's 500 largest companies enrâ the top 500 design firms ranked #2 overall and ranked as one of the top 3 firms for more than a decade. among the top 20 in: * #1 in bridges * #1 in hazardous waste * #2 in highways * #2 in transportation * #2 in airports * #2 in pipelines * #3 in aerospace * #3 in general building * #3 in manufacturing * #4 in mass transit & rail * #4 in marine & port facilities * #5 in
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