URS Corporation AES to Pay $580K to Resolve Allegations it Overcharged on Niantic River Bridge Contract

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that URS CORPORATION AES (“URS”) has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government in which URS will pay $580,000 to resolve allegations that the Rocky Hill-based construction company violated the federal False Claims Act and the common law in overbilling the federal government on a bridge reconstruction project in Niantic that was funded by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”).