Europe and Middle East
Chemical & pharmaceutical
URS offers responsive, innovative support services to the world’s leading chemical and pharmaceutical companies during all stages of their development and operations cycles, from initial site selection and conceptual design to construction and start-up, plant maintenance, life extension services and decommissioning and demolition. Our exemplary health and safety record and quality assurance programmes have helped chemical and pharmaceutical companies meet stringent safety, regulatory, reliability, maintainability and performance requirements.We have designed and built sophisticated process plants producing a broad range of hydrocarbons, heavy organic and inorganic chemicals, organic intermediates, polymers, plastics and high-value specialty chemicals.
We have helped biotechnology and pharmaceutical clients design, construct and operate primary research and drug-development laboratories, pilot-plants and full-scale production facilities. Additionally, our validation expertise allows companies to meet performance specifications and quality standards to achieve faster regulatory approval.
URS is a world leader in establishing environmental alliances with our chemical and pharmaceutical clients to maintain regulatory compliance and manage hazardous waste.
We also provide complete environmental site assessments for greenfield and brownfield developments, as well as contaminated site remediation and closure. Our specialists manage the complex process of regulatory permitting and compliance across all mediums. We provide Phase I and II environmental assessments, remedial soil and groundwater engineering, air pollution control technologies, ecological and human health risk assessments and community outreach programmes.