URS Corp. of San Francisco has been awarded a procurement-engineering contract by the Texas Turnpike Authority, a division of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), to implement surface-transportation projects. Under the two-year contract, the primary role of the procurement engineer is to work with financial advisers and attorneys to assist TxDOT in the procurement of transportation concessions, which will utilize both the equity and bond markets to finance major improvements in the transportation infrastructure.