April 29, 2005 -- Stephen N. Noppinger, PE was just appointed Office Manager for the Orlando office of URS Corporation. His new responsibilities will include overseeing all of Orlando's
engineering projects to ensure that every project meets strict quality standards and receives appropriate resources to meet client needs. In addition, he will manage overall operations
and staff of the 85-person Orlando office. He previously served as Vice President and Surface Transportation Design Manager for URS' Orlando operations.
An expert in his field, Mr. Noppinger joined URS in 1979 and has successfully managed many major civil engineering and transportation projects in Central Florida and throughout the US
including the I-4/SR408 Interchange Design for the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, the I-4 Design-Build St. Johns River Bridge replacement for the Florida Department of
Transportation, District Five and the North Central Expressway in Dallas, Texas.
A graduate of the University of South Florida, Mr. Noppinger holds a Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering and is a dedicated member of the Florida Engineering Society and the
American Society of Highway Engineers.
URS Corporation is ranked the #1 design firm nationally by Engineering News Record (ENR) and is consistently ranked the #1 design firm in Tampa Bay by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. URS
Corporation offers a comprehensive range of professional planning and design, systems engineering and technical assistance, program and construction management, and operations and
maintenance services for surface transportation, air transportation, rail transportation, industrial process, facilities and logistics support, water/wastewater treatment, hazardous waste
management and military platform support.
Headquartered in San Francisco, the Company operates in 20 countries with more than 25,500 employees providing engineering services to federal, state and local governmental agencies as
well as private clients in the chemical, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, forest products, mining, oil and gas, and utilities industries (www.urscorp.com).