Press Release May 20, 2008

Jacobs President & CEO Craig Martin and CFO John Prosser to Speak at FBR 2008 Conference

PASADENA, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) invites investors and other interested parties to listen to a live webcast of its presentation to the FBR Capital Markets 12th Annual Spring Investor Conference in New York City. Interested parties can listen to Jacobs President & CEO Craig Martin and Chief Financial Officer John Prosser on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. ET by going to http://www.jacobs.com.

An archived version of the conference will be available for a period of seven days.

Jacobs invites those interested in learning more about the company to visit their comprehensive website at http://www.jacobs.com.

Jacobs, with over 55,000 employees and revenues exceeding $9 billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services globally.

Any statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact are forward-looking statements. Although such statements are based on management's current estimates and expectations, and currently available competitive, financial, and economic data, forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. We, therefore, caution the reader that there are a variety of factors that could cause business conditions and results to differ materially from what is contained in 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 2007 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 also caution the readers of this release that we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements made herein.

For additional information contact:

John W. Prosser, Jr.

CFO, Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration

626-578-6803



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