Global Operations
URS has served the energy needs of global utilities operators, industry and government for more than 100 years. Our market-leading experience with power distribution and system planning encompasses the design of hundreds of power transmission lines, including state-of-the-art, 765kV high-voltage alternating current and direct current technologies.
Our full lifecycle range of services includes consulting and permitting, project management, engineering, design, construction, start-up and maintenance support.
URS combines programme management and construction experience with technical expertise in planning, permitting, and engineering transmission and distribution systems to complete the most challenging transmission and distribution projects, regardless of the logistical, environmental or technical conditions. Our technical personnel have extensive backgrounds in system planning as well as transmission, distribution and substation engineering; providing feasibility studies; conceptual and detailed design; rehabilitation of existing systems; and the evaluation of advanced concepts in design and utilization. Our construction and project management teams have overcome challenges to successfully build transmission lines, substations and SCADA systems in locations around the world.