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COVER:

National Radar Cross Section Test Facility, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, Operations and Maintenance

Transmission Pipeline Installation, Saskatchewan, Construction

Denver International Airport, Colorado, Program Management

Detroit Edison Monroe Power Plant, Monroe, Michigan, Engineering, Procurement and Construction

Holcim Cement Plant, St. Louis, Missouri, Procurement, Construction Management, General Contractor

PHOTO CREDITS:

Cover, top left photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense; Page 3, right photo courtesy of Nigel Young/Foster + Partners; Page 6, photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense; Page 14, Hoover Dam photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; Page 15, Kennedy Space Center photo courtesy of NASA; Page 16, West Coast Route Modernization photo by David Nightingale.

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CONTENTS

Infrastructure 4

URS is one of the few firms in the industry with in-house capabilities to support every stage of large-scale infrastructure projects.

Introduction 2

URS delivers performance excellence in five key markets: Infrastructure, Federal, Oil & Gas, Power and Industrial.

Federal 6

As a major contractor to national governments around the world, URS delivers a wide range of engineering, construction and technical services.

Oil & Gas 8

URS provides integrated services across the entire oil and gas supply chain—from upstream exploration and production through treatment and transportation to refining.

Power 10

URS designs, constructs, retrofits and maintains virtually every type of power plant, as well as the systems that distribute electricity.

Industrial 12

Around the world, URS helps multinational corporations and other private sector clients meet their engineering, construction, operational and environmental challenges.

Representative Projects 14

URS is responsible for some of the most innovative and complex projects in the world. The breadth of our capabilites enables us to deliver technical expertise across a broad range of markets.

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Meeting the challenges facing industry and governments today requires a

fully integrated organization with the capabilities to support the full life

cycle of a project—from conception through start-up and ongoing operations

to decommissioning and closure. URS is that company—a single source

provider of planning, architecture, engineering, environmental, construction

and technical services. With a global network of more than 400 offices in

nearly 50 countries, URS’ comprehensive skills and expertise are valued by

public and private sector clients around the world.

URS provides services in five key markets: Infrastructure,

Federal, Oil & Gas, Power and Industrial. Our expertise

encompasses the rehabilitation and expansion of large-

scale infrastructure projects, including surface, air and

rail transportation networks; water supply, conveyance and

treatment systems; as well as public and private facilities.

As a major contractor to the U.S. federal government and

other national governments, URS delivers services ranging

from planning and design through construction and operations

and maintenance to decommissioning and closure. With

our acquisition of Flint Energy Services—one of North

America’s leading providers of production, construction and

maintenance services to the oil and gas industry—URS now

provides services for the full range of upstream, midstream and

downstream oil and gas production. We design, construct and

maintain virtually every type of power plant and have expertise

in greenfield, retrofit and expansion projects. The breadth and

scope of our capabilities enable us to meet the demands of

industrial companies and other multinational corporations.

Introduction

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SERVICES

• Architectural Design

• Construction

• Construction Management

• Decommissioning & Closure

• Engineering Design

• Environmental Services

• Information Technology Services

• Operations & Maintenance

• Planning

• Procurement

• Program Management

• Sustainability

• Systems Engineering & Technical Assistance

Left Page: Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, Aircraft Engineering, Systems Integration, Maintenance and Modification; Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Expansion Project, Fort MacKay, Alberta, Construction; BHP Billiton, Pinto Valley Copper Mine, Globe, Arizona, Contract Mining Right Page: Diablo Canyon Plant Steam Generation Replacement, Avila Beach, California, Engineering, Procurement, Construction; Spaceport America, Upham, New Mexico, Engineering Design

With offices throughout the Americas, the United Kingdom

and Ireland, Continental Europe, the Middle East, India, China,

Australia and New Zealand, URS serves clients around the

world. As one of the leading international engineering and

construction firms, we have the expertise to meet some of the

world’s most challenging and diverse assignments.

Safety is paramount in all of our operations. We are

continuously enhancing our strong safety culture and remain

committed to promoting, maintaining and improving employee

safety in support of our goal of zero workplace injuries.

At the core of our values is a commitment to conducting

business ethically and with the utmost respect for fellow

employees, clients and business partners. As an industry

leader, we believe that it is our responsibility to set and

achieve the highest standards for ethical conduct in all of our

business affairs.

URS is a diversified, global corporation, delivering technical

expertise and operational excellence to a broad range of clients

in both the public and private sectors. By consistently developing

innovative solutions for some of the world’s most complex

engineering, construction and technical challenges, we have

become a market leader our customers trust and rely upon.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

• Air Transportation

• Facilities

• Ports & Maritime

• Rail & Mass Transit

• Surface Transportation

• Water Resources

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For more than a century, URS has been at the forefront of

efforts to expand and modernize critical infrastructure.

We are one of the few firms in the industry with the in-

house capabilities to support every stage of large-scale

infrastructure projects. From program management, plan-

ning, design and engineering through construction and

construction management to operations and mainte-

nance, our life-cycle services help ensure the success of

our clients’ projects.

The Company has planned, designed and built every type of highway, bridge,

tunnel and interchange. We have assisted in the development and improvement

of some of the world’s largest and most technologically advanced airports, and we

have helped port authorities and marine terminal operators expand their facilities

to handle the demands of increased ship traffic and to meet new security require-

ments. Our services for major rail transportation programs include light rail and

high-speed systems around the world.

URS modernizes aging buildings and designs state-of-the-art facilities. For

healthcare clients, we design hospitals that enable medical efficiencies, while

meeting the needs of patients and their families, and our work on educational

facilities includes multimillion-dollar capital improvement projects. In addition, our

expertise encompasses government, recreational and industrial facilities.

With more than 400 architects and engineers with Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design (LEED) accreditation, we are a leader in green buildings and

have designed 44 LEED-certified facilities. In the United Kingdom, we specialize in

designs that meet Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment

Method (BREEAM) certification standards.

In the water resources market, we are a leader in providing a full range of

services for programs to modernize and expand water supply and treatment

facilities, and combined sewer overflow systems. Using advanced modeling and

data analysis, our watershed management capabilities provide solutions to erosion,

nonpoint source pollution and other environmental concerns. We have designed

and built dams, levees and reservoirs throughout the world to curtail flooding,

provide irrigation and drinking water, and generate hydroelectric power.

Infrastructure PROJECT TYPES

• Airports

• Bridges

• Brownfields Redevelopment

• Bus Rapid Transit

• Convention Centers & Sports Complexes

• Criminal Justice Facilities

• Dams, Levees & Reservoirs

• Government Buildings

• Healthcare Facilities

• High-speed & Heavy Passenger Rail

• Highways & Roadways

• Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Interchanges

• Intermodal Transportation Facilities

• Light Rail

• Maritime Facilities

• Mixed-use Developments

• Public-Private Partnerships

• Schools

• Toll Road Operations

• Tunnels

• Water Supply & Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Left: Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Washington, DC, Engineering, Construction Management, Environmental Services

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FEDERAL

• Base & Range Operations

• CBRNE Threat Reduction

• Environmental & Nuclear Management

• Homeland Security & Disaster Response

• Information Technology Solutions

• Installations Management

• International Aid Programs

• Military & Government Facilities

• Military Training

• NASA & Space Operations

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Left: Reaper Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Program Management, Design, Systems Engineering, Training, Construction, Operations and Maintenance

URS serves national governments around the world. In

the United States, we provide engineering services and

critical technical support to virtually every federal agency,

including the Departments of Defense, Energy, State and

Homeland Security, as well as NASA, the Intelligence

Community and the Environmental Protection Agency.

We also serve the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning

Authority and defense agencies in the United Kingdom

and Australia.

URS develops and modernizes weapons systems, refurbishes military vehicles

and aircraft, and provides flight training to U.S. and NATO armed forces. We also

manage and operate specialized government installations, including military

bases and test ranges, and provide mission-focused institutional support for

facilities such as NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. We provide logistics support for

military operations, conduct homeland security exercises and provide disaster

response services on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The Company is a leader in global threat reduction programs, which eliminate

nuclear, chemical, biological and conventional weapons around the world, and

we have helped clean up more of the Cold War’s chemical and radioactive legacy

than any other company. As the largest environmental management contractor

to the Department of Energy (DOE), URS manages the cleanup of radioactive waste

at former nuclear production sites. We also manage several DOE National

Research Laboratories. In the United Kingdom, a URS-led consortium manages

the operations and cleanup of the Sellafield nuclear complex, one of the world’s

largest nuclear sites, for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

At existing military installations, URS plans, designs and constructs aircraft

hangars, barracks and hospitals. We provide engineering and environmental

support for flood control programs and manage multiphase remediation and

environmental restoration programs at military facilities in the United Kingdom,

Germany and the United States. We also offer the full range of services for the

decommissioning and redevelopment of former military bases.

To help our federal customers reduce costs and improve operating efficiencies, URS

provides complex information technology services. Our core capabilities include

secure cloud computing, integrated cybersecurity, software and systems

engineering, and enterprise management.

Federal PROJECT TYPES

• Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection

• Border Security & Portal Monitoring

• Chemical Demilitarization

• Classified Engineering & Construction

• Cloud Computing & Cybersecurity

• Contingency Operations

• Critical Infrastructure Protection

• Emergency Preparedness Exercises

• Environmental Restoration

• Flight Training

• Global Threat Reduction

• Installations Operations & Management

• Logistics Management

• Military Aviation & Ground Systems

• Military Facilities Design & Construction

• Software & Systems Engineering

• Weapons Systems Development & Modernization

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OIL & GAS

• Upstream

• Midstream

• Downstream

• Petrochemicals

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Left: Albian Sands Bitumen Extraction Mine Project, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Construction

Oil & GasURS has been serving the oil and gas industry for more

than 100 years. We are a leading provider of design, con-

struction and production services across the upstream,

midstream and downstream supply chain, and we have

established long-term relationships with some of the

world’s largest integrated oil and gas companies.

With the addition of Flint Energy Services, URS has significantly expanded its oil

and gas capabilities. We are now a single source provider, serving every active

North American oil and gas basin. Our expertise encompasses conventional

applications and emerging unconventional plays, such as the shales, tight oil and

oil sands. Our integrated services include planning, environmental services,

engineering, construction and construction management.

As production costs increase, oil and gas companies are looking for more

efficient ways to produce and deliver their products to markets. URS is helping

industry leaders meet these challenges by providing engineering, construction

and technical support—on both large and small projects—for every phase of

their operations. To help our clients minimize construction costs, we fabricate

equipment and facility modules off-site, assemble them in the field, and provide

maintenance services to ensure continued operation. We also provide technology

assessments for upstream projects to increase production and optimize recovery.

We design and build gas treatment and processing, refining and petrochemical

facilities for major oil and gas clients around the world. For refineries and

petrochemical facilities, our services include plant upgrades, maintenance, and

turnaround planning and execution to optimize efficiency and reduce downtime.

For greenfield projects, we provide siting, permitting and geotechnical evaluations,

as well as front-end engineering and design and detailed design. We also

perform constructability services to ensure that projects can be completed on

time and within budget.

Our capabilities include work in remote and environmentally sensitive areas,

and we provide a range of environmental assessments, risk evaluations and

remediation services. We also support demolition, asset recovery, and property

reuse and redevelopment services for former oilfield sites, refineries and other

facilities.

PROJECT TYPES

• Conventional & Unconventional Oil & Gas Production

• Enhanced Oil Recovery

• Gas Treatment & Processing

• Gathering & Transportation Pipelines

• Liquefied Natural Gas

• Mining & In Situ Bitumen Extraction

• Offsites & Utilities

• Oil Refineries

• Oil & Gas Field Facilities

• Oil & Gas Storage

• Oilfield Equipment

• Petrochemical Plants

• Site Remediation

• Sulfur Recovery & Handling

• Transmission & Storage

• Well Development

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POWER

• Alternative & Renewable

• Emissions Control

• Fossil Fuels

• Nuclear

• Transmission & Distribution

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Left: Port Washington Generating Station, Port Washington, Wisconsin, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Testing and Commissioning

To meet the need for reliable electricity throughout the

world, URS designs, constructs, retrofits and maintains

virtually every type of power plant, as well as transmis-

sion and distribution systems. Our services range from

planning and permitting through engineering, procure-

ment and construction to facility start-up and operations

and maintenance. We also provide decommissioning and

closure services for facilities no longer in use.

URS’ expertise encompasses coal-fired, gas-fired and nuclear power plants, as

well as alternative and renewable energy projects. We have engineered and/

or constructed more than 250,000 megawatts of electricity, including some of

the world’s largest hydroelectric facilities. The Company also is a leader in the

management of complex transmission and substation projects, including system

expansions and reliability upgrades.

Our experience in combustion turbine and combined-cycle power generation

dates back to the industry’s first applications of this technology. URS has

provided services for all types of combustion turbines manufactured for the

commercial market. We also have designed and constructed facilities for the full

range of combustion turbine applications, including simple-cycle, combined-cycle,

cogeneration, dual-fuel firing, repowering, baseload and peaking operations.

As a prime contractor to the U.S. nuclear industry since its inception, URS is

currently supporting new generation technologies, as well as the emerging small

modular reactor market. We also perform major modifications and component

replacement projects to extend the operational life and increase generating

capacity at existing facilities, and we offer specialized services to enhance safety

at nuclear plants.

To help operators of coal-fired power plants meet increasingly stringent air

quality regulations, URS applies and installs a variety of clean air technologies to

reduce plant emissions. Through our Advatech joint venture, we have developed

technology to help reduce sulfur dioxide and other emissions using a unique

double contact flow scrubber system. We also provide a proprietary SBS

Injection™ technology for sulfur trioxide emissions control.

PowerPROJECT TYPES

• Biomass & Waste-to-Energy

• Coal-fired Generation

• Gas-fired Generation

• Cogeneration

• Emissions Control Systems

• Geothermal Energy

• Hydroelectric Generation

• Life-extension Modifications

• New Nuclear Generation

• Nuclear Component Replacements

• Plant Operations

• Renewable Energy

• Transmission Lines, Substations & Distribution Systems

• Uranium Enrichment Facilities

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INDUSTRIAL

• Chemical & Pharmaceutical

• Commercial

• Manufacturing

• Mining

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Left: Holcim Cement Plant, St. Louis, Missouri, Procurement, Construction Management, General Contractor

URS helps multinational corporations and other private

sector clients meet their operational and environmental

challenges. We provide services for every phase of the

project life cycle, including front-end studies, environmental

management, engineering and process design, procure-

ment, construction, facility management and mainte-

nance, and closure. As a partner to industry, we help our

clients increase productivity, reduce costs and improve

overall performance.

The Company maintains long-term preferred provider relationships, Master Services

Agreements and strategic alliances with the world’s leading industrial and

commercial companies. We offer our clients comprehensive environmental

management and compliance services that address their environmental issues

by reducing emissions and minimizing waste, identifying and managing the cleanup

of contaminated soils and groundwater, and providing health and safety training

for industrial employees.

URS also provides strategic advice on energy management and regulatory

issues, and we offer outsourced facility management and industrial maintenance

services for our clients. We have built assembly plants for automobile

manufacturers and planned and designed laboratories and research and

development facilities for pharmaceutical companies.

We are experienced in developing and operating mines, including mineral

processing and metal refining facilities. Our work includes conceptual design,

exploration and site development for new mines, as well as environmental and

social management services to ensure that mines meet local regulations. We

provide permitting, engineering and construction services to develop mining

infrastructure, such as power and distribution systems, processing and waste

handling facilities, railways, roads and ports. We also provide operations and

management to help maintain a mine’s efficiency, and we specialize in mine

closure, remediation and land reclamation.

IndustrialPROJECT TYPES

• Aerospace Manufacturing Facilities

• Chemical & Pharmaceutical Facilities

• Data Centers

• Environmental Management Systems

• Facilities Design & Construction

• Facilities Management & Logistics

• Food & Beverage Processing Plants

• Industrial Wastewater

• Manufacturing Plants

• Materials Handling

• Mining & Metal/Mineral Processing Facilities

• Retail Facilities

• Sustainability Programs

• Utilities & Plant Infrastructure

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REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (New Haven, Connecticut)

URS provided design services for the replacement of the Pearl Harbor

Memorial Bridge for the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The

extradosed prestressed bridge is the first of its kind to be constructed in

the United States. The new bridge, which commemorates the attack on

Pearl Harbor, crosses the Quinnipiac River with a span of 515 feet and will

accommodate 10 lanes of traffic. It is the centerpiece of Connecticut’s $2.2

billion I-95 New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor Improvement Program.

Sellafield Nuclear Complex (Cumbria, England)

A URS-led consortium manages and operates the Sellafield nuclear complex

in North West England on behalf of the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning

Authority. Sellafield is one of the most complex nuclear sites in the world

and the largest nuclear decommissioning project in the United Kingdom. Our

work includes the cleanup of legacy waste buildings, decontamination and

decommissioning, spent fuel reprocessing, waste management and new

construction projects.

Hoover Dam (Las Vegas, Nevada)

In 1931, a URS legacy company led the consortium that constructed the

726-foot-high Hoover Dam across the Colorado River. As the largest dam

of its time, construction of the Hoover Dam required innovative construction

and safety techniques and was completed more than two years ahead of

schedule. Today, Hoover Dam stands as a National Historic Landmark and has

been rated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of America’s

Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders.

SAGD Facilities and Cogeneration Plant (Alberta, Canada)

For a major oil sands development project, URS is providing construction,

module fabrication, construction and pre-commissioning services for steam

assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facilities. We also have provided design,

construction and commissioning for a natural gas-fired cogeneration plant,

which generates steam for the SAGD facilities. Our work has included well

pads and water treatment facilities, construction of the desulfurization unit

and ongoing maintenance services.

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Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral, Florida)

URS performs a wide range of services for NASA at Kennedy Space Center

(KSC). In addition to supporting launch activities, our engineers, technicians

and scientists provide services for daily operations at KSC. Our work includes

operating and maintaining facilities, transportation systems, utilities and

equipment at the site. We also manage environmental and health and safety

functions to help maintain compliance with local, state and federal regulations.

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital (Grand Rapids, Michigan)

For the new Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, URS provided engineering,

interior, landscape and sustainability design, as well as architectural

consulting. The $286 million, 14-floor hospital is 464,000 square feet, has

206 beds and features an outdoor garden area and floor-to-ceiling windows.

It also features artwork created by children along with local artists. Designed

to meet the LEED Gold certification for environmental quality, the facility has

become an icon of form and function in the Spectrum Health medical complex.

BHP Billiton, Olympic Dam Tailings Storage (Roxby Downs, Australia)

Under a contract with BHP Billiton, URS designed a multimillion-dollar tailings

facility for the Olympic Dam and provided procurement and construction

management services for the facility. The project impoundment is an

upstream-raised ring dike, with an initial area of approximately 105 acres and

a height of more than 98 feet. It stores mineral processing by-product tailings

for copper, gold, silver and uranium.

Albian Sands Bitumen Extraction Mine (Alberta, Canada)

At the Albian Sands mine, URS provided construction management, module

fabrication and field construction services for a froth treatment facility and

storage tank farm. The work included fabrication of pipe racks and process

equipment modules, which were then transported and assembled on location.

URS also provided site preparation, foundations, installation of mechanical

piping, process equipment and buildings, as well as electrical systems and

instrumentation.

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Olmsted Dam (Olmsted, Illinois)

URS is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct a 2,700-foot-

long dam across the lower Ohio River, providing engineering and construction

services. Our work includes assembling segments of the dam, each

weighing more than 3,500 tons, in an onsite casting yard and moving them

onto a foundation in the swiftly flowing river. URS’ approach ensures that

marine traffic on the busy waterway is not interrupted and minimizes impacts

on the environment.

West Coast Route Modernization (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, URS provided design services for the West Coast

Route Modernization program—a major upgrade of the principal railway linking

London, Birmingham, the North West and Glasgow. One of Europe’s largest

rail renewal projects and one of the most challenging projects of its kind in

the world, the modernization program has led to increased capacity for both

freight and passenger trains, as well as faster rail speeds.

Miller Plant Flue Gas Desulfurization (Quinton, Alabama)

Through our Advatech joint venture, URS provided engineering and

construction services for the installation of flue gas desulfurization systems

to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions at Alabama Power’s Miller Plant.

Working as an integrated team with our client, we developed a streamlined

expediting and quality program for critical equipment. The technology installed

at the plant can reduce SO2 emissions by as much as 98 percent. The project

was named “Best Coal-Fired Project of 2011” by Power Engineering magazine.

Cloud Computing

URS is helping the U.S. Department of Defense to reduce costs and

increase operating efficiencies by transitioning critical data to cloud-based

environments. Our innovative, cost-effective solutions meet federal government

security standards while providing 24/7 access to software, platforms and

IT infrastructure. URS and its partners recently received federal approval for

Fedcloud.com, a portal that can be used by government agencies to quickly

procure reliable, scalable and secure computing resources.

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OFFICE LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE

AMERICAS

ArgentinaBoliviaBrazilCanadaJamaicaMexicoPanamaUnited States

AFRICA

EthiopiaMoroccoMozambiqueZambia ASIA/PACIFIC

AustraliaChinaHong KongIndiaJapanMalaysiaNew ZealandSouth KoreaTaiwanThailand

EUROPE

AustriaBelgiumFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceIrelandItalyKazakhstanLithuaniaPolandRomaniaRussiaSerbiaSpainSwedenUkraineUnited Kingdom

MIDDLE EAST

AzerbaijanBahrainKuwaitQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab Emirates

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URS CORPORATION600 Montgomery Street26th FloorSan Francisco, CA 94111

www.urs.com

URS Corporation is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies worldwide. We offer a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; information technology; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure services for federal, oil and gas, infrastructure, power and industrial projects.

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