Press Release Feb 24, 2009

Jacobs Receives Engineering Design Services Contract from BAA for Enhancements and Expansion of Gatwick Airport's South Terminal

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PASADENA, Calif., Feb 24, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it has received a contract from BAA to provide multidisciplinary engineering and design services for an expansion and enhancement program at Gatwick Airport's South Terminal. The contract is part of a larger development program at Gatwick.

Officials did not disclose the contract value.

The South Terminal program includes a new entrance forecourt, pier refurbishment, new immigration facilities and check-in concourse area. The program will be integrated with the development of the baggage facilities, which Jacobs designed.

Construction work will begin in 2009 and will be complete in 2013.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Allyn Taylor stated, "This contract award further strengthens our relationship with BAA and we look forward to providing them with a diverse range of quality services."

Jacobs, with over 55,000 employees and revenues exceeding $12.0 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 2008 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:

Michelle Jones

626.578.6968

SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

http://www.jacobs.com