Jacobs Appointed to HCA Engineering Panel Framework

PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it has been appointed to a new framework panel for the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). The panel is designed to provide local authorities and other public sector organizations with access to technical engineering services more quickly and at a reduced cost.

The contract duration is four years.

A total of 15 companies have been appointed to HCA's new Engineering Panel. Panel members are expected to offer their technical services more efficiently and at lower costs than they would on an open market basis.

The services offered cover a variety of disciplines including transport and highways, water, geotechnical and remediation, environmental, structural, infrastructure services and mechanical and electrical engineering.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Bob Duff stated, "We are delighted to continue our relationship with the HCA through the appointment to this Framework and look forward to providing them with further quality services."

Over 180 local authorities and other partners have procured well over $159 million (100 million pounds Sterling) of business in less than three years through the HCA's existing panels, which the Agency estimates have already resulted in a savings to the public sector of around $39 million (25 million pounds). In establishing its new panels, the HCA has further increased the potential for savings by negotiating better tender rates from the successful companies.

Note to editors:

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is the single, national housing and regeneration delivery agency for England. Our vision is to create opportunity for people to live in homes they can afford in places they want to live, by enabling local authorities and communities to deliver the ambition they have for their own areas.

Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional, and construction services.

Statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact are forward-looking statements. We base these forward-looking statements on management's current estimates and expectations as well as currently available competitive, financial and economic data. Forward-looking statements, however, are inherently uncertain. There are a variety of factors that could cause business results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements. For a description of some of the factors which may occur that could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements please refer to our 2010 Form 10-K, and in particular the discussions contained under Items 1 - Business, 1A - Risk Factors, 3 - Legal Proceedings, and 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements made herein.

SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.