EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We 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-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 16, 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 November 16, 1999,

of our report  dated  December 20, 2000,  relating to the  financial  statements
which appear in this Form 10-K.



San Francisco, California
January 15, 2001

                                                  /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP