Jacobs Receives Contract for San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Projects

PASADENA, Calif., Aug 10, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a contract from the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to provide on-call construction management (CM) services in support of the agency's Capital Improvement Program and other projects.

The contract has a maximum value of $15 million.

Jacobs will furnish professional construction management services for five years which include resident, field, and office engineering; inspection services; constructability analysis; hazard analysis and safety certification; surveying; material testing; noise and vibration monitoring and data analysis; independent quality assurance oversight; project communication/recordkeeping; cost and schedule management; coordination with other agencies; progress reporting and project closeout; and claims management.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Robert Clement stated, "We are excited to partner with BART again to help advance their Capital Improvement Program. This award supports our company's focus on further expanding and enhancing our long-term relationships with key clients." He went on to say, "We are confident in our ability to help BART complete their on-going program, and we are privileged to have the opportunity to help enhance the quality of life for the residents of the region."

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

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 2009 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.

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