EXHIBIT 99.2







                                                       Sard Verbinnen & Co.
                                                       Andrew Merrill/Kim Polan
                                                       (212) 687-8080



                                                       URS Corporation
                                                       Kent P. Ainsworth
                                                       Executive Vice President
                                                       & Chief Financial Officer
                                                       (415) 774-2700



                    URS CORPORATION COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF

                              DAMES & MOORE GROUP

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      SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 24, 1999 - URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) today
announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Dames &
Moore Group (NYSE: DM) for $16 per share in cash, or approximately $300 million.
URS also refinanced approximately $300 million in Dames & Moore debt. The
combination, which was announced on May 5, 1999, creates a leading global
engineering company with revenues of approximately $2 billion and over 15,000
employees in more than 30 countries around the world.

      Martin M. Koffel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of URS
Corporation said, "The strategic benefits of combining URS and Dames & Moore are
considerable--together we will have the resources, the technical expertise and
the geographic reach to meet the evolving needs of our clients and to compete
with the largest firms on a global basis."

      Added Koffel, "We are working hard to achieve a seamless integration of
our two companies and look forward to the opportunities this important
combination creates for both our customers and our employees."

      URS completed the acquisition on June 23, 1999, through a short-form
merger of its wholly owned subsidiary into Dames & Moore after accepting
approximately 17.6 million, or approximately 95% of the outstanding Dames &
Moore shares for payment on June 9, 1999, upon the conclusion


of the previously announced tender offer. As a result of the short-form merger,
Dames & Moore has become a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of URS and, subject
to appraisal rights, each remaining outstanding Dames & Moore share has been
converted into the right to receive $16.00 in cash, without interest.

      Financing for the Dames & Moore acquisition consists of $550 million
of senior bank debt arranged by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., $200 million of
subordinated debt placed by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and $100 million from a
private placement of preferred stock with RCBA Strategic Partners. Financing
proceeds in excess of the purchase price are being used to refinance existing
URS and Dames & Moore debt and will be available for working capital purposes.
The Company also reported the delisting of Dames & Moore common stock from the
New York Stock Exchange effective as of June 24, 1999.

      Headquartered in San Francisco, URS offers a broad range of engineering,
planning, design, and program and construction management services for
transportation, hazardous waste, industrial processing and petrochemical,
general building and water/wastewater projects.  URS serves 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.

      This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the securities laws, including statements about the continued
strength of the Company's business and the effect of the Dames & Moore
acquisition.  We believe that our expectations are reasonable and are based on
reasonable assumptions.  However, risks and uncertainties relating to future
events that could cause actual results to differ materially from our
expectations include our dependency on government programs and contracts,
competitive practices in the industry, our ability to attract and retain
qualified professionals, exposure to potential liability, and other factors
discussed more fully in the Company's 1998 Form 10-K, its Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended April 30, 1999 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 14, 1999 and other publicly available reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission from time to time.  The Company does not intend, and
assumes no obligation, to update any forward-looking statements.


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