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EXHIBIT 4.1

State of North Carolina

Department of the Secretary of State

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

(PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION)

Pursuant to Chapter 55B and §55-2-02 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the undersigned
hereby submit these Articles of Incorporation for the purpose of forming a professional
corporation.

	1.	 	The name of the corporation is: URS Corporation – North Carolina

	 
	2.	 	The number of shares of the corporation is authorized to issue is: Four hundred
	 
	 	 	These shares shall be:
	 
	 	 	(a) all of one class, designated as common stock
	 
	3.	 	The street address and county of the initial registered office of the corporation is:
	 
	 	 	Number and Street: 225 Hillsborough Street
	 
	 	 	City, State, Zip Code:          Raleigh, North Carolina          County: Wake
	 
	4.	 	The mailing address if different from the street address of the initial registered office is:
	 
	5.	 	The name of the initial registered agent is: CT Corporation
	 
	6.	 	Any other provisions, which the corporation elects to include are attached.
	 
	7.	 	The specific purpose for which the corporation is being formed: Engineering
	 
	8.	 	The name and address of each incorporator is as follows:
	 
	 	 	William D. Webb, 5301 77 Center Drive, Suite 41, Charlotte, North Carolina 28217
	 
	9.	 	With respect to each professional service to be practiced through the corporation, the name
of at least one of the corporation’s incorporators who is a licensee of the licensing board
which regulates such professions in this State is: William D. Webb.
	 
	10.	 	A certificate by the appropriate licensing board that the shareholder interests of the
corporation are in compliance with the requirements of N.C.G.S. Sections 55B-4(2) and 55B-6 is
attached.
	 
	11.	 	These articles will be effective upon filing, unless a date and/or time is specified.

This 27th day of July, 2001.

			
	/s/ William D. Webb
	William D. Webb, Incorporator

 

 

State of North Carolina

Department of the Secretary of State

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

BUSINESS CORPORATION

Pursuant to §55-10-06 of the General Statutes of North Carolina ,the undersigned corporation hereby
submits the following Articles of Amendment for the purpose of amending its Articles of
Incorporation.

	1.	 	The name of the corporation is: URS CORPORATION – NORTH CAROLINA

	 
	2.	 	The text of each amendment adopted is as follows:

“7. The specific purpose for which the corporation is being formed: engineering and geology.”

	3.	 	If an amendment provides for an exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares,
provisions for implementing the amendment, if not contained in the amendment itself, are as
follows.
	 
	4.	 	The date of adoption of each amendment was as follows:
	 
	 	 	April 1, 2004
	 
	5.	 	d. The amendment was approved by shareholder action, and such shareholder approval was
obtained as required by Chapter 55 of the North Carolina General Statutes.
	 
	6.	 	These articles will be effective upon filing, unless a delayed time and date is specified.

This the 8th day of April, 2004

	 	 	 
	 

	 	URS Corporation – North Carolina
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Kristin L. Jones
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Kristin L. Jones, Assistant Secretaryexv4w2

 

EXHIBIT 4.2

URS CORPORATION – NORTH CAROLINA

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BYLAWS

as amended

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ARTICLE I

OFFICES

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          Section 1. The registered office shall be located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

          Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without
the State of North Carolina as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the
business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

          Section 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of directors shall be held in
Morrisville, State of North Carolina at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the board
of directors.

          Section 2. Annual meetings of shareholders, commencing with the year 2000, shall be held on
the 1st day of November at which they shall elect, pursuant to law, a board of directors, and
transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

          Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the date, time, and place
of the meeting, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before
the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the
secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to
vote at such meeting.

ARTICLE III

SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

          Section 1. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of
directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of North Carolina as shall
be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

          Section 2. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called
by the president, the board of directors, or upon written demand of at least ten percent (10%) of
all of the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered.

          Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting stating the date, time, and place
of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not
less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either
personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer of
persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

          Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to
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ARTICLE IV

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

          Section 1. A majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter by a voting group
constitutes a quorum of the voting group for action on that matter, except as otherwise provided by
statute or by the articles of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or
represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented
by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned
meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which
might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

          Section 2. If a quorum is present, action on a matter by a voting group is approved if the
votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action.

          Section 3. Each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each
matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders unless the articles of incorporation
provide otherwise. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the
shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact.

          Section 4. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may
be taken without a meeting, if one or more written consents setting forth the action so taken shall
be signed, either manually or in facsimile, by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with
respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE V

DIRECTORS

          Section 1. The minimum number of directors shall be three. Directors need not be residents
of the State of North Carolina. A majority of the directors shall be licensed professional
engineers or professional geologists. Of the licensed directors, at least one professional
engineer and one geologist must be licensed in North Carolina.

          Section 2. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors, including a vacancy resulting
from an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by the shareholders, the board of
directors, or if the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, the
vacancy may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors remaining in office.

          Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of
directors, which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all lawful acts.

          Section 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation outside of the State of North
Carolina, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, at such place or places
as they may from time to time determine.

          Section 5. The board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors
then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have
authority to establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as
directors, officers or otherwise.

ARTICLE VI

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS

          Section 1. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within
or without the State of North Carolina.

          Section 2. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held upon such notice, or
without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the
board.

          Section 3. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called on 3 days’ notice to each
director, either personally, by mail or by telegram.

          Section 4. Attendance or participation of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver
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such meeting, unless the director, at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon
arrival), objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, and does not
thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted
at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified
in the notice or waiver of the notice of such meeting.

          Section 5. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, unless a greater number is required by law or by the articles of incorporation. The act
of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act
of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the
articles of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of directors, the
directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be
present.

          Section 6. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the directors may be
taken without a meeting if one or more written consents, setting forth the action so taken, shall
be signed, either manually or in facsimile, by all of the directors entitled to vote with respect
to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE VII

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES

          Section 1. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of
directors fixed by the bylaws or otherwise, may designate two or more directors to constitute an
executive committee, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and
exercise all of the authority of the board of directors in the management of the corporation,
except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled
by the board of directors at a regular or special meeting of the board of directors. The executive
committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board when
required.

ARTICLE VIII

NOTICES

          Section 1. Whenever notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder under the
provisions of the statutes, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, it shall be construed to
mean written notice, which may be by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his
address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such
notice shall be deemed to be given at the time it is deposited in the United States mail or as
otherwise provided by law. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.

          Section 2. Whenever notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes, the
articles of incorporation or these bylaws, a waiver thereof, in writing, signed by the person or
persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed
equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE IX

OFFICERS

          Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors, and
shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may
also choose additional vice-presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant
treasurers. Officers need not be licensed professional engineers.

          Section 2. The board of directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of
shareholders, shall choose a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer,
none of whom need be a member of the board.

          Section 3. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem
necessary, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform
such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors.

          Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the
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          Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are
chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at
any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in
any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.

THE PRESIDENT

          Section 6. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall
preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, shall have general and
active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions
of the board of directors are carried into effect.

          Section 7. The president shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal,
under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed
and executed, and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by
the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

THE VICE-PRESIDENTS

          Section 8. The vice-president, or if there shall be more than one, the vice-presidents in the
order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president and shall perform such other duties and
have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES

          Section 9. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings
of the shareholders, and shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of
the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for the
standing committees when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all
meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose supervision
the secretary shall be. The secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation,
and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument
requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by the secretary’s signature or by the
signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any
other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by such officer’s
signature.

          Section 10. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries
in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the
secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary, and shall perform such
other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS

          Section 11. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities, and
shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the
corporation, and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit
of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors.

          Section 12. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by
the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the
president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so
requires, an account of all the treasurer’s transactions as treasurer and of the financial
condition of the corporation.

          Section 13. If required by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give the corporation a
bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of
directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the treasurer’s office and for the
restoration to the corporation, in case of the treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or
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other property of whatever kind in the treasurer’s possession or under the treasurer’s control, belonging to the corporation.

          Section 14. The assistant treasurer or, if there shall be more than one, the assistant
treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability
of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer, and shall perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time
prescribe.

ARTICLE X

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

          Section 1a. Pursuant to Chapter 55B-6 of the North Carolina General Statutes concerning
capital stock, the corporation shall issue no fewer than 2/3rds of its capital stock to licensees,
as defined in G.S. 55B-2.

          Section 1b. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the
president or a vice-president and the secretary or treasurer or an assistant secretary or treasurer
of the corporation, or by the board of directors, and may be sealed with the seal of the
corporation or a facsimile thereof.

          When the corporation is authorized to issue different classes of shares or different series
within a class, there shall be set forth upon the face or back of the certificate, or the
certificate shall have a statement that the corporation will furnish to any shareholder upon
request and without charge, a full statement of the designations, preferences, limitations, and
relative rights, applicable to each class, and the variations in the relative rights, preferences,
and limitations determined for each series and the authority of the board of directors to determine
variations for future series.

LOST CERTIFICATES

          Section 2. The board of directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any
certificate theretofore issued by the corporation, which is alleged to have been lost or destroyed.
When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the board of directors, in its discretion and as
a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems
expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from
any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been
lost or destroyed.

TRANSFERS OF SHARES

          Section 3. Upon surrender, to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation, of a
certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession,
assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled
thereto, and the old certificate shall be cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of
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CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS

          Section 4. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at,
any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any
dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the
board of directors may fix a record date, in advance, that may not be more than seventy (70) days
before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders.

REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS

          Section 5. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person
registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote with respect to the
shares shown to be owned, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its
books as the owner of shares and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the law.

LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS

          Section 6. A list of shareholders as of the record date, certified by the corporate officer
responsible for its preparation or the transfer agent, shall be open for inspection at any meeting
of shareholders.

ARTICLE XI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

DIVIDENDS

          Section 1. Subject to the law and any applicable provisions of the articles of incorporation,
dividends may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, and may be
paid in cash, in property or in shares of the corporation.

          Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the
corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their
absolute discretion, think proper, as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, for equalizing
dividends, for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose
as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may
modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

CHECKS

          Section 3. All checks or demands for money, and notes of the corporation, shall be signed by
such officer or officers, or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time
to time designate.

FISCAL YEAR

          Section 4. The fiscal year-end of the corporation shall be December 31.

SEAL

          Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the
year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, North Carolina”. The seal may be used by
causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

          Section 1. These bylaws may be amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted, by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the
board unless the articles of incorporation or law reserves this power to the shareholders.

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