EXHIBIT 23.1
                                
                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
                                


The Board of Directors
Dames & Moore, Inc.


We consent to Incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No. 
33-70758 on Form S-8 and Statement No. 33-47303 on Form S-8 of Dames & 
Moore, Inc. of our report dated May 15, 1997, relating to the consolidated 
statements of financial position of Dames & Moore, Inc. and subsidiaries as 
of March 28, 1997 and March 29, 1996, and the related consolidated
statements of earnings, changes in shareholders' equity, and cash flows for 
each of the years in the three-year period ended March 28, 1997, and the 
related schedule, which report appears in the March 28, 1997 annual report 
on Form 10-K of Dames & Moore, Inc.  Our report refers to a change in 
method of accounting for debt and equity securities. 




KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Los Angeles, California
June 18, 1997