Engineering and construction giant URS Corp. is reportedly moving a division that employs 500 to Denver from Boise by the end of this year.
The San Francisco, Calif.-based company disclosed plans to relocate its Washington Division to Denver during an executive meeting in Houston last month, according to Mountain States Construction, a trade publication.
An unnamed URS executive in Boise confirmed the plans.
“It’s premature to know how many people will stay in Boise or move to Denver,” the executive told Mountain States.
URS officials didn’t return requests for comment Friday.
The Washington Division was created after URS acquired Boise-based Washington Group International in 2007 for $2.6 billion.
During an interview Thursday about the relocation of Frontier Airlines’ headquarters from Denver to Indianapolis, Colorado’s economic development director Don Marostica said two companies plan to announce job creation in the state over the next two weeks.
“(Frontier’s exodus) won’t hurt recruitment of other companies,” Marostica told The Post. “In fact, we’ll be announcing in the next 10 to 12 days another couple companies adding about 500 employees.”
Marostica said Friday that he wasn’t refering to URS, calling the company’s plans “a bonus.”
URS employs 45,000 worldwide and generated revenue of $10.9 billion in 2008. The company currently has about 1,600 workers in Colorado.
Andy Vuong: 303-954-1209 or avuong@denverpost.com
