31 December 2007 -- URS Corp. said it has been awarded a $180 million contract to help the Tennessee Valley Authority design, build or renovate both combined-cycle and simple-cycle gas plants. The first project under the 30-month contract is to design and build a 600 MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant next to TVA's existing Lagoon Creek turbine plant in Haywood County, Tenn. The plant is scheduled to begin operation in 2010.