Press Release May 20, 2008

Jacobs Receives Architect-Engineering Services Contract from AFCEE

PASADENA, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a 4PAE08 contract from the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE), Brooks City-Base, Texas.

Officials did not disclose the value of this contract which has a 5-year ordering period.

The 4PAE08 contract enables Jacobs to provide the Air Force with professional architect-engineer services to perform Title I, Title II, and other architect-engineer services to administer, coordinate, and technically support environmental, military construction, military family housing, and facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization programs of interest to the government worldwide.

In making the announcement, Jacobs President Craig Martin stated, "We are pleased to be awarded the 4PAE08 contract -- our third consecutive worldwide contract with AFCEE for environmental and traditional engineering services. We look forward to continuing our 17-year relationship with AFCEE, and are honored to have the opportunity to support the men and women of our military."

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:

Mary Bloom

626.578.6992



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