CONSENT OF INEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We  hereby  consent  to  the   incorporation   by  reference  in  the  following
registration statements of URS Corporation on:

         Form S-8 (File No.  2-99410) for 50,000  common  shares  related to the
         1985 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, filed August 1, 1985,

         Form S-8 (File No.  33-42192) for 261,177  common shares related to the
         1985 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, filed August 31, 1991,

         Form S-8 (File No.  33-61230) for 500,000  common shares related to the
         1991 Stock Incentive Plan, filed April 1, 1993,

         Form S-8 (File No. 333-24063) for 750,000  common shares related to the
         1991 Stock Incentive Plan, filed March 27, 1997,

         Form S-8 (File No.  333-24067) for 250,000 common shares related to the
         Employee Stock Purchase Plan, filed March 27, 1997,

         Form S-8 (File No. 333-24069) for 55,000  common shares  related to the
         Non-Executive Directors Stock Grant Plan, filed March 27, 1997,

         Form S-4/A  (File No.  333-37531)  for up to  5,200,000  common  shares
         related to the acquisition of Woodward-Clyde Group, Inc., filed October
         10, 1997,  as amended by that  Post-Effective  Amendmnent  No. 1, filed
         November 25, 1997,

         Form S-8 (File No.  333-48793) for 300,000 common shares related to the
         Employee Stock Purchase Plan, filed March 27, 1998,

         Form S-8 (File No.  333-48791)  for 1,000,000  common shares related to
         the 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, filed March 27, 1998,

         Form S-3 (File No.  333-59203) for the resale of certain common shares,
         filed July 15, 1998,

         Form S-8 (File No.  333-91053)  for 6,900,000  common shares related to
         the Employee  Stock Purchase Plan and the 1999 Equity  Incentive  Plan,
         filed March 27, 1998,

of our report  dated  December 17, 1999,  relating to the  financial  statements
which appear in this Form 10-K.

San Francisco, California
January 28, 2000