US Army Awards $250Mln in Environmental Engineering Contracts

The US Army has awarded 28 companies architectural and environmental engineering contracts worth a quarter of a billion dollars over the next five years, the Department of Defense announced.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The companies receiving the contacts included Leidos, ARCADIS, Tetra Tech, Highlands Ranch, Colorado and Black Veatch, the announcement noted.

"[The companies] were awarded a $250 million… contract for architectural and engineering environmental support, South Atlantic Division, Army Corps of Engineers," the announcement stated on Tuesday.

Work on the contracts will be carried out over the next five years, the Defense Department added.